Obtained his MBBS from the University of Adelaide in 1981 and the FFARACS (Anaesthesia - 1986 and Intensive Care - 1989) followed by the FANZCA in 1992, FFICANZCA in 1993 and FJFICM in 2002.  Obtained his DipAvMed from the University of Otago in 2000. Won the Matthew Spence Medal for the best Registrar Paper in 1985, at the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) Annual Scientific Meeting.

Joined the Consultant Staff of the RAH in 1989 and assumed his current position as the Director of the Trauma Service in 1995.  Major areas of clinical interest relate to acute trauma, disaster/mass casualty management and prehospital care, including retrievals and patient transport. He also has strong interests in aviation/aerospace medicine, and in injury prevention. Since 2004 he has been involved in the development of the Roads2Survival young driver road safety program.

He was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in June 2003 "for service to medicine, particularly through trauma, emergency and intensive care management and education, and critical care retrieval and transport in Australia, and in support of the Australian Defence Force internationally."

Current Positions:

• Director, Trauma Service, Royal Adelaide Hospital
• Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, RAH - Senior Consultant
• RAH Mediflight - Senior Consultant
• Adelaide University Department of Anesthesia and Intesive Care - Clinical Senior Lecturer
• Otago University (New Zealand) - Senior Lecturer Aviation Medicine.
• Griffith University (Qld) - Consultant Senior Lecturer Aerospace Medicine
• S.A. Ambulance Service - Regional Medical Officer.
• Royal Australian Air Force Specialist Reserve (Medical)
  • Numerous military awards/medals for service in Australia & Overseas
• St John Ambulance Australia (Operations Branch) - Medical Officer.

Current Committee Memberships:

• Australian Resuscitation Council - SA Branch
• Royal Australasian College of Surgeons - State Trauma Committee
• SA State Counter Disaster Medical Subcommittee
• SA Ambulance Service Medical Advisory Committee
• SA Trauma Clinical Advisory Committee
• Australasian Trauma Society

Publications:

• Over 40 publications in a variety of journals.
• Mutiple publications related to the dilation technique of percutaneous tracheostomy. Invented and patented the Guide-Wire Dilating Forceps and the associated percutaneous tracheostomy technique which is currently sold worldwide.
• Many others related to acute trauma and prehospital care.

Interests Hobbies:

• Spending time with his family
• Computer Hardware and Software
• Reading, Chess, Snow Skiing, Windsurfing, Sailing, Fishing
• Flying  - Private Pilot's Licence