Dr Andrew Dean is a passionate advocate for the benefits of telehealth in extending specialist emergency medical care to people who need our service, during stressful and critical times. He has been a practising emergency specialist doctor (FACEM) for nearly 30 years, working at St John of God Hospital Ballarat, in regional Victoria.  

In 1984 Dr Dean completed his medical degree at the University of Melbourne, and moved to Ballarat Base Hospital to undertake post-graduate training.  He worked briefly in general practice also, and achieved his Fellowship of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine in 1992.  Dr Dean has been involved with leadership in clinical, administrative and educational roles since then, and is actively involved teaching medical students in his Emergency Department whenever he works.  His areas of interest include risk management, clinical simulation, team building in critical care areas, and personal resilience and well being when working in stressful healthcare environments.  His passion for medicine extends into educating co-workers about a holistic approach to their practice of emergency medical care.  

In 2017, Dr Andrew Dean published a book titled ‘Moving Light: Meditation Journeys’ which encourages the use of meditation on a daily basis to achieve inner mind and body balance. It is through his dedication to strengthening the inner self, that he has been able to combine his clinical skills with an intuitive awareness of the patient’s needs. 

Dr Sue Ieraci studied a medical degree at the University of Sydney, graduating in 1983. She did her internship and most of her post-graduate training at St Vincents Hospital in Sydney, before achieving her Fellowship in Emergency Medicine at the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine in 1990. Her first consultant position was in Vancouver, Canada, before returning to continue her specialist career in Australia.  

Dr Ieraci thoroughly enjoys conversing with people and throughout her medical career she has actively participated in writing and vocalising her passion for patient-centred care. She has contributed to the Textbook of Adult Emergency Medicine, 4th Edition (Jelinek ed.) and writes for The Medical Journal of Australia’s blog site, MJA Insight. 

After 35 years in public hospital medicine, Dr Ieraci discovered telemedicine with My Emergency Doctor and hasn’t looked back. She is often commended on her ability to deconstruct complex medical knowledge and put it in context for patients to have them instantly understand. Her satisfaction in her role as a FACEM is reflected in the many meaningful conversations Dr Ieraci enjoys in her telemedicine work – from joking with jovial seniors to sharing frank end-of-life discussions with families, and supporting other clinicians in remote settings. Her wealth of experience is now distilled to provide a service she has endless curiosity and passion in delivering. 

Dr Mustafa Alshaar was born in Iraq, where he completed his medical degree. He spent 5 years working in Iraq, before furthering his clinical experience across a variety of health services in Jordan. In 2002, Mustafa moved to New Zealand where he resides today. He achieved his Fellowship degree at the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (FACEM) in 2012. He also went on to achieve another Fellowship degree with the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (FRNZCGP) in 2018. Dr Alshaar uses his expertise as both a qualified GP and FACEM in managing a broad spectrum of patients with chronic and acute conditions. 

His exposure to a variety of international medical departments makes him a highly adaptable and understanding medical physician. Whether working for My Emergency Doctor or in his part-time specialist role at Waikato Emergency Department in New Zealand, Dr Alshaar understands what matters most to a patient is an acknowledgement of their health concerns. He finds it most rewarding seeing his patients satisfied and motivated to improve their health after taking on his trustworthy medical advice. 

Dr Kimberly Booth studied a medical degree at UNSW. She went on to complete her Fellowship at the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and was awarded the Buchanan prize for coming first in her final year clinical exams. Dr Booth began her career at hospitals located in Canberra (ACT), Albury (NSW), Tamworth (NSW) and Sydney. Her in-depth medical training enabled her to develop a diverse skill set as she received practice in areas of respiratory, psychiatric, neurology and surgical medicine.  

Her greatest passion in medicine is helping her patients to seek a solution. In 2014, Kimberly and her husband, Dr Byron Booth, spent 6 months in Nepal to teach vital health and hygiene practices to doctors and to enable them a more structured approach when dealing with emergency situations. She has also worked in a maternity hospital in India, educating new mothers on fundamental models of care.  

Today, Dr Kimberly Booth resides in Hobart with her husband and two children. She works part-time at The Royal Hobart Hospital and via telehealth with My Emergency Doctor. With her positive guidance and kind-hearted nature, Dr Kimberly Booth invariably leads her patients to achieve improved outcomes.  

Dr Paoloni is the Chief Medical Advisor for My Emergency Doctor, coordinating the activities of the FACEMs employed by the company. He is an experienced senior emergency physician, Fellow of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (FACEM) and an Associate Professor with the University of Sydney. Richard was Chair of the ACEM Workforce Subcommittee for eight years and a member of the ACEM Standards Committee.  Previous roles include the NSW Faculty Chair of ACEM (4 years) and Director of Emergency Medicine at Concord Hospital (12 years). He has a strong interest in streamlining access to emergency care, developing and refining new models of care and promoting high quality service within emergency medicine consultations. 

Dr Catherine Kizana was born in London, UK. She studied an undergraduate medical degree in Birmingham before moving countries to Sydney, Australia to complete her fellowship with the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine. For the four years following her accredited degree, Dr Kizana worked as a senior emergency specialist doctor at Blacktown Hospital, Sydney. Today, she enjoys juggling her life as a mum of a two year old and continuing her role as a senior emergency specialist doctor via telehealth.

My Emergency Doctor has allowed Dr Kizana to extend her caring nature to people when they are at their most vulnerable. Her greatest asset is her passion for communication. She approaches a medical assessment by carefully listening to her patients and taking the time to navigate a complete understanding of their symptoms. Additionally, she prides herself on uncomplicated delivery of medical reviews that leaves her patients feeling safe, reassured, and well looked after. 

A Fellow of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (FACEM), Justin is an experienced senior emergency physician with more than 25 years experience working in the hospital system, both in Australia and overseas. He is also the ACEM representative on the ultrasound group of the International Federation of Emergency Medicine, a Professor for the Ultrasound Leadership Academy, and Director of Emergency Ultrasound at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney. A former member of the ACEM ultrasound subcommittee, Justin is also a published author (Emergency Ultrasound Made Easy, Bowra and McLaughlin, 2nd ed and Point of Care Ultrasound for Emergency Medicine and Resuscitation, 1st ed) and is also a Medical Advisor to Echonous Pty Ltd. His passions include telehealth, tele-education and ultrasound. 

Dr Rebecca Zimmer is a Canadian-born emergency specialist doctor. She completed her medical training at the University of Calgary and went on to become a Fellow of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (FACEM) in 2012. Dr Zimmer has a diverse range of experience having worked as a locum doctor in Australia and as a retrieval doctor for CareFlight, an aeromedical retrieval service.   
   
One of her passions is medicine in the developing world. She has done a number of stints of time working in various regions of Africa. Today, Dr Zimmer works part time at a hospital in Hamburg, Germany as a medical consultant in a busy emergency department. Her natural ability in communicating with people from all walks of life makes patients feel comfortable in her care. Dr Zimmer prides herself on exercising empathy and good communication to determine what her patients need.  

Dr Adam Chan completed his undergraduate medical training at the University of New South Wales (UNSW). After completing his internship in Sydney, he underwent training in general surgery in Hong Kong. On his return to Sydney, he changed his career pathway and undertook specialist training in emergency medicine which was a relatively new specialty at the time.

Dr Chan has been a practicing Emergency Medicine Specialist (FACEM) for more than 30 years. He was the Director of Emergency Medicine at St George Hospital (NSW) for 20 years and served as an examiner with the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine for 25 years. He is also a Conjoint Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine at UNSW, and he continues to be actively involved in the education and training of medical students and young doctors.

Dr Marian Lee studied medicine at the University of Melbourne and proceeded to complete her medical training at Royal Melbourne Hospital. She then moved to Sydney where she studied pediatrics for a year, followed by training at Liverpool Hospital in NSW. In 1996, Dr Lee was accredited her Fellowship in emergency medicine at the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM).  She has worked clinically in Emergency Medicine since attaining her specialist qualification and has been involved in all aspects of emergency medicine including management and education. She is also an actively involved in the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine. 

Dr Lee is motivated to apply her clinical synthesis and management knowledge in order to evolve in her medical practice. She uses her natural ability as an effective problem-solver to undergo thorough medical assessments. Dr Lee also places high value on patient experience. She enjoys interacting with patients and they in turn, appreciate her kind, calm approach, that provides necessary assurance to best manage their health.  

A Fellow of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (FACEM), Justin is an experienced senior emergency physician with more than 25 years experience working in the hospital system, both in Australia and overseas. He is also the ACEM representative on the ultrasound group of the International Federation of Emergency Medicine, a Professor for the Ultrasound Leadership Academy, and Director of Emergency Ultrasound at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney. A former member of the ACEM ultrasound subcommittee, Justin is also a published author (Emergency Ultrasound Made Easy, Bowra and McLaughlin, 2nd ed and Point of Care Ultrasound for Emergency Medicine and Resuscitation, 1st ed) and is also a Medical Advisor to Echonous Pty Ltd. His passions include telehealth, tele-education and ultrasound.

Phil Offer has held senior executive roles over twenty years in digital health and telco organisations. Prior to joining, he was CEO at George Health Technologies growing its chronic disease management system across Australia and Asia. Phil also led the turnaround of the Medical Director division at Healius Limited which resulted in a successful sale of the business. Before entering the digital health sector, Phil was a Vice President at Optus working across finance, sales and marketing. A graduate of the University of Cambridge, outside of work he is a board member of Poetry in Action, a touring theatre company focused on increasing literacy levels in children.

Wendy brings over 15 years’ experience in commercial and innovation leadership roles in the healthcare sector. She has successfully led national digital health programs, APAC regional capability building initiatives and the introduction of specialist medical technologies into the ANZ hospital market. Wendy is a passionate advocate for leveraging digital technology to deliver better health outcomes at scale.

Wendy holds tertiary qualifications in Business (MBA, BCom) and Engineering (Hons I) and is a Graduate member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Richard is the Chief Medical Advisor for My Emergency Doctor, coordinating the activities of the FACEMs employed by the company. He is an experienced senior emergency physician, Fellow of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (FACEM) and an Associate Professor with the University of Sydney. Richard is currently the Chair of the ACEM Workforce Subcommittee and a member of the ACEM Standards Committee. Previous roles include the NSW Faculty Chair of ACEM (4 years) and Director of Emergency Medicine at Concord Hospital (12 years). He has a strong interest in streamlining access to emergency care, developing and refining new models of care and promoting high quality service within emergency medicine consultations.

With a a BSc in Computer Applications from Dublin City University, Stephen brings 10+ years of technology leadership experience across the US, Australia and Ireland. Before joining My Emergency Doctor, he was Head Of Technology for Ashurst Digital Ventures, with responsibility for this global law firm's technology strategy.

Stephen also previously worked for Oneview Healthcare, a patient engagement vendor, as part of their global leadership team. In this role, he was the tech lead for the project that won the Microsoft Health Innovation Award for 2018.

Richard is the Chief Medical Advisor for My Emergency Doctor, coordinating the activities of the FACEMs employed by the company. He is an experienced senior emergency physician, Fellow of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (FACEM) and an Associate Professor with the University of Sydney. Richard is currently the Chair of the ACEM Workforce Subcommittee and a member of the ACEM Standards Committee. Previous roles include the NSW Faculty Chair of ACEM (4 years) and Director of Emergency Medicine at Concord Hospital (12 years). He has a strong interest in streamlining access to emergency care, developing and refining new models of care and promoting high quality service within emergency medicine consultations.

Dr John Kennedy is a Senior Staff Specialist Emergency Physician and co-Director of Emergency Medicine Training at Sydney’s Royal North Shore Hospital. He has a background in outer metropolitan and rural Emergency Departments and works part-time as a NSW Ambulance Retrieval Consultant. He has worked with My Emergency Doctor in an advisory role since it’s earliest days.

Dr Bowra is the Founder and Medical Director of My Emergency Doctor. A Fellow of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (FACEM), Justin is an experienced senior emergency physician with more than 25 years experience working in the hospital system, both in Australia and overseas. He is also the ACEM representative on the ultrasound group of the International Federation of Emergency Medicine, a Professor for the Ultrasound Leadership Academy, and Director of Emergency Ultrasound at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney. A former member of the ACEM ultrasound subcommittee, Justin is also a published author (Emergency Ultrasound Made Easy, Bowra and McLaughlin, 2nd ed and Point of Care Ultrasound for Emergency Medicine and Resuscitation, 1st ed) and is also a Medical Advisor to Echonous Pty Ltd. His passions include telehealth, tele-education and ultrasound. 

Clinical Professor Bezzina is an Emergency Physician with extensive experience within Australia across a range of Emergency Departments from small, rural to large regional; and in a range of roles clinically and administratively. He has also worked and taught across a spectrum from small Pacific Islands to large tertiary Emergency Departments in Australia, Canada and Ireland. Clinical Professor Bezzina is a past Chair of NSW Faculty for Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and Councillor on the ACEM Council of Advocacy Practice and Partnerships. 

Dr Joseph is the current Co-Director of Trauma and senior Staff Specialist in the Emergency Department at Royal North Shore Hospital. He is also a Clinical Associate Professor at the Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney where he graduated in Medicine. He is a past –President and co-founder of the Australasian Trauma Society. He has held numerous positions as Chair and member of committees for the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and was a member of the ACEM Court of Examiners for over 15 years. He teaches medical students, trainees in Emergency Medicine and senior doctors in trauma-related courses.

Dr Joseph is an author or co-author on 40 publications published in peer-reviewed journals and has authored 8 chapters in medical textbooks. His research and teaching interests include emergency ultrasound, trauma radiology, mental health issues after trauma and trauma in the older person.

He is currently a reviewer for articles submitted to the Injury, Emergency Medicine Australasia, and the European Journal of Emergency Medicine journals.He has been an invited speaker at over 60 national and international meetings on a variety of subjects including emergency medicine, emergency ultrasound and trauma-related topics.

Dr Bowra is the Founder and Medical Director of My Emergency Doctor. He is an experienced senior emergency physician and Fellow of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (FACEM). Additionally Justin is also the ACEM representative on the ultrasound group of the International Federation of Emergency Medicine, and a Professor for the Ultrasound Leadership Academy. A former member of the ACEM ultrasound subcommittee, he is also a published author (Emergency Ultrasound Made Easy, Bowra and McLaughlin, 2nd ed and Point of Care Ultrasound for Emergency Medicine and Resuscitation, 1st ed) and is also a Medical Advisor to Echonous Pty Ltd. His passions include telehealth, teleeducation and ultrasound.

John has enjoyed a successful Radiology, leadership and commercial career working in Australia and United Kingdom. John brings to the board of MED highly relevant experience gained from his clinical / executive role within I-MED and having successfully founded, grown and sold, Everlight Radiology, Imaging @ Olympic Park & the Regional Radiology Group.

Paul graduated from Sydney University with degrees in Economics and Law. He began his legal training with Hunt & Hunt (Sydney) before moving to Hong Kong where he worked with Baker & McKenzie for over 5 years. Paul then worked in various in-house roles including many as regional counsel/ compliance counsel. Paul’s core areas of experience are general corporate law, IT law as well as startups. Paul has been working with My Emergency Dr since January 2016.

John Studdert is an advisor and investor in My Emergency Doctor.

John brings experience having founded, built and sold an award winning, highly profitable consultancy that grew to have an international footprint. After moving on from the consultancy firm, John went on to run Australia’s largest and most awarded Public Relations firm as CEO and then Chairman.

Now an angel investor, advisor and director of a number of privately owned companies John brings a skill set valuable in helping start, build and exit early stage companies. John’s formal qualifications include a Bachelor of Education (University of Sydney) and a Master of Business Administration (Macquarie University).