Our People

Head of Department

Professor David Story, Chair of Anaesthesia

Department Executive

Dr Yasmine Ali Abdelhamid
Dr Amanda Baric
Professor Rinaldo Bellomo AO
Professor George Braitberg AM OStJ,  Deputy Head of Department; Lead Emergency Medicine
Professor Andrew Davidson
Professor Adam Deane, Deputy Head of Department; Lead Intensive Care Medicine
Associate Professor Jonathan Knott
Ms Anna Parker
Dr Ainslie Senz
Professor David Story, Head of Department; Lead Anaesthesia

Staff

Yasmine Ali Abdelhamid, Honours Program Coordinator
Rinaldo Bellomo, Professor of Intensive Care
Sonia Chanchlani, Senior Fellow, Sustainability, Climate and Health 
Gayle Claxton, Coordinator, ROCKet Trial, SNAP3 Study
Jessica Clarke, Research Assistant, Health Care Sustainability
Mya Cubitt, Senior Lecturer in Critical Care
Adam Deane, Principal Research Fellow, Intensive Care 
Lis Evered, Associate Professor, Critical Care  
Manisa Ghani, Lecturer in Medical Education, Critical Care
Kimberley Haines, Principal Research Fellow, Critical Care
Liz Hibbert, Research Assistant, Critical Care 
Eugenie Kayak, Enterprise Professor in Sustainable Healthcare 
Jonathan Knott, Associate Professor in Critical Care 
Nina Leggett, Research Assistant, Critical Care 
Ocean Ma, Events and Communications Officer 
Scott McAlister, Senior Research Officer, Environmental Footprinting 
Leanne Marshall, Academic Support Officer 
Stuart Marshall, Lead, Interprofessional Team Work & Crisis Management
Violet Mukaro, Senior Project Officer
Marion Orchison, Senior Lecturer, Disaster and Terror Medicine
Anna Parker, Department Manager
Bhavita Patel, TRICS-IV Trial Coordinator, SNaPP Trial Coordinator
Emily See, Senior Research Fellow, Critcal Care 
Christopher Selman, Biostatistician 
Sofia Sidiropoulos, ROCKet Trial Manager, SNaPP Trial Manager
Evie Sloan, Research Assistant 
David Story, Head of Department, Chair of Anaesthesia
Sean Yip, Research Assistant 
Monique Wiessner, Department Administrator

Graduate students

Current PhD Students

NameThesis TitlesPrinciple Supervisors
Megan AllenQuality assurance and implementation strategies for perioperative opioid stewardship: A mixed methods approachProf Kate Leslie
Melissa AnkravsDelirium in the critically ill.Prof Adam Deane
Samantha BatesEnteral electrolyte replacement during critical illness.Prof Adam Deane
Andrew CasamentoThe use of narcotic agents and adjuvant therapies in mechanically ventilated intensive care unit patients: effects on sedation, analgesic requirements, short and long-term neurocognitive outcomes.;;A/Prof Stephen Warrillow
Rahul Costa-PintoVasopressor therapies in critically ill patientsProf Rinaldo Bellomo
Jess DavisTranslating environmental sustainability evidence into clinical practice in Australian hospitalsA/Prof Forbes McGain
Ned DouglasPerioperative hypotension - causes and consequences.Prof Kate Leslie
Martin DutchDevelopment of a residual risk of transmission calculator for blood-borne viruses in increased viral risk organ donorsA/Prof Jonathan Knott
Sophie FincherHaemoglobin in veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation oxygen affinity, tissue oxygenation ;;and defining transfusion thresholds.A/Prof Warwick Butt
Luke FletcherThe development and validation of a physiological haemodynamic model of the right heart and pulmonary circulation for use in the perioperative period.A/Prof Lachlan Fraser Miles
Angaj GhoshThe relationship between enteral nutrition, short chain fatty acids (SCFA) and microbiome during and after critical illnessProf Adam Deane
Thomas LarsenDrug-induced Acute Kidney Injury in Australian Hospitals  Prof Rinaldo Bellomo
Chuan Whei LeeSurgery at the End-of-Life: A Paradigm for Assessing Futile TreatmentA/Prof Jai Darvall
Nina LeggettDigital health to assist recovery after critical illnessA/Prof Kimberley Haines
Steven McGuiganIdentifying the cellular and network-level mechanisms responsible for xenon anaesthesia and neuroprotectionProf David Scott
Lucy Modra'Sex Differences in ICU admissions, outcomes and resource use in Australia and New Zealand.'Prof Rinaldo Bellomo
Chin Dam Nguyen (MPhil)The impact of enteral when compared to parenteral electrolyte replacement in the critically illProf Adam Deane
Luke PerryPulmonary artery catheter use in cardiac surgeryA/Prof Lachlan Fraser Miles
Laurie ShowlerImproving restorative sleep during critical illnessProf Adam Deane
Earlene SilvapulleCardiac Risk and Myocardial Injury in Surgical PatientsA/Prof Jai Darvall
Rebecca SzaboImplementation, translation and simulation.Prof David Story
Patrick TanHigh flow humidified nasal oxygen in pregnant peopleA/Prof Alicia Dennis
Geoffrey Wigmore20% Human Albumin Solution Fluid Bolus AdministratIon Therapy in Patients after Cardiac Surgery.Prof Rinaldo Bellomo
Kym Wittholz (MPhil)Impact of amino acids or their metabolites on muscle wasting and functional outcomes in critically ill patientsProf Adam Deane
Marcus Young The Use of NLP to Investigate Delirium in Critically Ill Patients.Prof Rinaldo Bellomo

Completed
Simon Chong, DMedSci
Jai Darvall, PhD
Kate Fetterplace, PhD
Lachlan Miles, PhD
Scott McAlister, PhD
Forbes McGain, PhD
Tuong Phan, DMedSci
Benjamin Sansom, PhD
Emily See, PhD
Neda Taghizadeh, MSc
Phung To, PhD
Stephen Warrillow, PhD
Laurence Weinberg, PhD

Honorary appointments