George Braitberg AM OStJ AM MBBS FACEM FACMT FRACMA MBioethics MHlthServMt Dip Epi Biostats Professor George Braitberg is an emergency physician and toxicologist and medical administrator of 36 years. He is Professor of Critical Care at the University of Melbourne and Professor/Director of Emergency Medicine Research at Austin Health. He is the course convenor for the Graduate Diploma Disaster and Terror Medicine at the University of Melbourne.

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) and the International Board of Disaster Medicine (IOBDM). He holds a Masters in Bioethics and Health Services Management (Monash University), is a Board member of St Johns Ambulance and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Hospital and a member of a number of national and international research committees. His research interests include toxicology, disaster and terror medicine, ethical decision making and learning health systems and the management of acute emergencies. He has published over 120 journal papers and 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.