The Emergency Medicine Research Course

Peter serves as Chair of Emergency Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar and holds the position of Professor of Emergency Medicine at Monash University. He has previously served as the President of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and the International Federation for Emergency Medicine, as well as the Academic Director at Alfred Emergency & Trauma Centre. With a global focus, Peter has provided consultation and published extensively on trauma and emergency system development. His impressive research portfolio includes over 700 peer-reviewed publications. In his current role, Peter is the Chair of Emergency Medicine for Hamad Medical Corporation, the major health care provider for Qatar.

Professor Dev Mitra is a Consultant Emergency Physician and director of Emergency Medicine Research at Alfred Health. Following completion of his Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Melbourne, he completed a Masters in Health Services Management (Monash University) and PhD on acute traumatic coagulopathy (Monash University). Prof. Mitra is a member of the Clinical and Consumer Reference Group for The National Blood Authority, Australia and a member of the Australian Red Cross Lifeblood advisory committee.

Prof Gerard O’Reilly is a senior Emergency Physician and Head of Global Programs at the Alfred Emergency & Trauma Centre, Head of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the National Trauma Research Institute, and Associate Professor at the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University in Melbourne, Australia.

A/Prof Paul Jennings is an Intensive Care Paramedic and Lawyer. He holds an Associate Professor appointment with the Department of Rural Allied Health at La Trobe University and an adjunct Associate Professor position in both the Departments of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine and Paramedicine at Monash University.

Dr Cristina Roman is the Lead Pharmacist at The Alfred Emergency and Trauma Centre with over 10 years of clinical experience in emergency medicine. She manages a team of pharmacists that provide comprehensive clinical services to the Emergency and Trauma Centre across extended hours. Current services include daily Emergency Short Stay ward round involvement, Partnered Pharmacist Medication Charting in collaboration with the medical officer, involvement in Stroke Callouts, Stroke Alerts, Sepsis Alerts, Trauma Callouts and Code STEMI.

Elyssia is an Emergency Physician working at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Grampians Health in Ballarat. She is also the Director of Emergency Medical Research at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. She is the current chair of the ACEM Clinical Trials Network and also sits on the executive of the PREDICT network and the Department of Critical Care at the University of Melbourne. Her particular research interest is in clinical trials to develop the evidence base for best management for common presentations in the ED setting.