ASA President

I'm a VMO at Lismore Base Hospital where I have held several posts including supervisor of training, and Chair of the Anaesthesia Department. I'm a senior instructor in Advanced Trauma Life Support and Care of the Critically Ill Surgical Patient (ATLS and CCrISP). I received my medical degree in 1985 from the University of Newcastle and obtained my FANZCA in 1992. I'm a graduate of the Australian

Institute of Company Directors. I was appointed Adjunct Associate Professor University of Western Sydney in 2015. I have worked as an instructor in anesthesia at Harvard University at the Beth Israel Hospital, Boston and Visiting Professor in Anesthesia, University of California, Davis, Sacramento CA USA. I was commissioned as an officer in the Royal Australian Air Force in 1990. My previous roles include:
o Director Health Reserve – Air Force (Qld)
o Vice-Chair of Joint Health Command Anaesthesia Consultative Group
o Formerly Clinical Director of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Services Royal Australian Air Force
o Past and founding Chair of the ANZCA/ASA/NZSA Regional Anaesthesia Special Interest Group