Dr. Elissa Kennedy-Smith is a senior Emergency Physician who has worked in many different Emergency Departments throughout Victoria and NSW. She loves working with the huge variety of patients who need specialist Emergency care and being able to help them in many different scenarios and locations. She has sub-specialty interests in both Point of Care Ultrasound (gaining her Diploma of Diagnostic Ultrasound- Emergency Medicine in 2017), as well as in Early Pregnancy and is the Current Chair of the ACEM Emergency Department Ultrasound Committee. She loves working in the physical emergency department but has now developed a new passion for Emergency Telehealth and looks forward to many years of working in this field. 

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. 

Assoc. Professor 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 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.

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 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.

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.

Todd McEwan is the Director of Acute Care Services and also the Disaster Incident Controller (HSFAC) for St Vincent’s Sydney. Responsible for providing effective leadership to the Acute Care Services and Support professions across the organisation, the position ensures the development and implementation of the clinical scope of practices for the relevant professional groups. In addition, he is also responsible for organisational performance. Across all these responsibilities, Todd has a strong track record of being on time and on budget.

Todd has a background as a Registered Nurse, (Critical Care), holds a Bachelor of Business (Economics) as well as an MBA in Organisational Behaviour.  He has been leading large organisations or part thereof in the Tertiary / Quaternary Acute care sector at an executive level for over 17 years, with his previous roles including Chief Operating Officer for Central Adelaide LHD (SA Health), Director of Clinical Operations for the Acute Hospital Network (Hunter New England LHD, NSW), and General Manager of John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle (Hunter New England LHD, NSW).