Our people are your people

Welcome to Academy HQ

The Academy Advisors, Faculty and Executive Team are the driving force behind the Academy Fellowship. Below, you can meet the individuals, the legends, the pioneers, and the founding fellows—who make up our esteemed faculty.
The Academy

Council of Advisors

The Council of Advisors provide high-level strategic advice, professional insight, and collaborative guidance to support the Academy’s ongoing development and direction.
Dr Dan Lack
President 
Capt Sean Golding
Vice President
Dr Molly Cargill
Senior Advisor
Dr Alicia Tucker
Senior Advisor
Dr Kate Baecher
Senior Advisor
Adam Kersaw
Senior Advisor
The Academy

Specialists

The Academy is also home to several other specialist groups including:
  • We RISE
  • COMPASS
  • Mountain & Altitude Medicine
  • Dive & Ocean Medicine
  • Human Factors

These specialist groups exists to provide high-level strategic advice, professional insight, and collaborative guidance to support the Academy’s ongoing development and direction. 
April Roustone RN
Lecturer / Advisor
Dr Natalia Labzova, MD
Lecturer / Advisor
Dr Sam Wills
Lecturer / Advisor
Dr Evie Wilkins
Lecturer / Advisor
Dr Paddy Timms
Lecturer / Advisor
Dr Hannah Evans
Lecturer / Advisor
Dr Sophie Fontaine
Lecturer / Advisor

Academy SMEs

Dr Henning Liljeqvist
Master Fellow
Humanitairan  Medicine 
Shell Piercy
Fellow
Governance / Remote & Rural Healthcare
Dr Belinda Flanagan
Honorary Fellow
Humanitarian Medicine / Prehospital Obstetrics
Prof Herwig Drobetz MD
Master Fellow
Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeon

Dr Johan Gustafson
Associate Fellow
Ecologist / Marine Scientist / Shark Week Host 
Dr Sophie Fontaine
Research Fellow
Remote Medicine / Adventure Travel
Dr Tom Solano
Fellow
GP / Emergency Medicine / Tropical Medicine 
Kerryn Wratt
Fellow
Critical Care Flight / Wilderness Rescue 
Wendy Sullivan
Associate Fellow
Marine First Response / Ocean Medicine 
Dr Edi Albert
Fellow
Emergency, Expedition and Wilderness Medicine.
Matt Campbell
Fellow
Pre-hospital care / Toxinology
Damo Anderson
Fellow
Vertical Rescue / Remote Paramedicine
Dr Sophie Ootes
Fellow
GP / Sports Medicine / Mountain Medicine
Andrew Hughes
Fellow
Paramedic / Jungle / Tactical Medicine
Dr Brenton Systermans
Fellow
GP / Expedition Medical Practitioner
Mark Ward
Fellow
Paramedic / Remote Paramedicine
Academy

Executive HQ

Shelly Kim
Executive Director
Sunny Whitfield
Honorary Dean / Principal Fellow

Evelly Whitrrel
General Manager
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