George Braitberg

Professor George Braitberg is an emergency physician and toxicologist and medical administrator of 35 years. He is Head of the Emergency Medicine Stream for the Department of Critical Care at the University of Melbourne and Professor/Director of Emergency Medicine Research at Austin Health. Prior to that he held an executive role in quality and safety at The Royal Melbourne Hospital.

He is a Fellow of the American College of Medical Toxicology (ACMT), the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) and the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (RACMA). He holds a Masters in Bioethics and Health Services Management (Monash University). He is a Board member of St Johns Ambulance (Victoria) and Board Ministerial Advisory Committee and is a member of a number of national and international research committees.

His research interests include toxicology, disaster medicine, ethical decision making and learning health systems and the management of acute emergencies. He has published over 80 journal papers and authored more than 20 book chapters.

He became a member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2018 and an Officer of the Order of St John (OStJ) in 2019. In 2018 he was awarded the ACEM Service Award.