Curriculum Vitae Geoffrey K. Isbister BSc MBBS FACEM MD Formal Qualifications: Bachelor of Science (1987-1990) – Biophysics, Biochemistry and Physiology. University of NSW Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (1991-1994) – Honours I. University of NSW Doctor of Medicine (2004) – University of Newcastle Awards, Fellowships and Memberships 1. 2014: John Gilroy Potts Award, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine – best refereed paper contributing to emergency medicine in 2013. 2. 2014 Senior Braun Fellowship, University of Newcastle 3. 2014 (Inaugural) Fellow of the European Association of Poison Centres and Clinical Toxicologists 4. 2013 Australian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology – Achievement Award. 5. 2013 Vice-Chancellor’s Awards for Research Excellence, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle. 6. 2013: Faculty of Health Research Staff Excellence, University of Newcastle. 7. 2012: John Gilroy Potts Award, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine – best refereed paper contributing to emergency medicine in 2011. 8. 2011: STARS Fellowship, University of Newcastle 9. 2011: Informa Health Care Award, Best Scientific Presentation, International Congress of the European Association of Poison Centres and Clinical Toxicology. 10. 2010: John Gilroy Potts Award, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine – best refereed paper contributing to emergency medicine in 2009. 11. 2010: IUTOX Early Toxicologist Award, XII International Congress of Toxicology 12. 2009: ASCEPT visiting lecturer to the British Toxicology Society 13. 2008: Informa Health Care Award, Best Scientific Presentation, International Congress of the European Association of Poison Centres and Clinical Toxicology. 14. 2007: Cosmos Bright Sparks Award: Top 10 young scientists in Australia 15. 2007: Medical Journal of Australia/Wyeth Research Award for 2006 16. 2005: Morson Taylor Research Award, Emergency Medicine Research Foundation 17. 2005: NSW Young Tall Poppy Award – Australian Institute of Political Science 18. 2004: Finalist, Eureka Skeptics Award, Australian Museum, Sydney 19. Fellowship Australasian College of Emergency Medicine (FACEM) awarded March 2002 20. 2002: Young Medical Researcher of the Year (Hunter Medical Research Institute) 21. 2002: Best presentation at the scientific meeting of the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine, 2002. 22. 2000: ASCEPT Hypertox prize 2000, best presentation in clinical toxicology at an ASCEPT conference 23. 1995: Greg Monaghan Award (Intern of the Year 1995) 24. 1994: Student Anaesthetics Award for a year 6 student – Liverpool Hospital 25. 1993: 2/5 Australian General Hospital Associations Prize for best performance in general practice/subspeciality term. 26. 1989: Australian Institute of Physics Prize – best performance in third year physics 27. 1988: School of Mathematics Prize: best performance, year 2 higher mathematics 28. 1988: Physics Staff Prize for Physics 2 – best performance in second year physics. 29. 1987: Physics Prize 1st year – best performance in first year physics. Current Appointments Professor, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, (2015-) Senior Staff Specialist, Clinical Toxicology and Emergency Medicine, Calvary Mater Newcastle (2007-) Honorary Associate Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Monash University, Melbourne (2007-) VMO Clinical Toxicology, NSW Poison Information Centre, the Children’s Hospital at Member, Drug Committee: The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney (2003-) Visiting Medical Officer, Clinical Pharmacology, Childrens Hospital Westmead (2003-) Member, Scientific Committee, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (2003-) Honorary Consultant and Clinical Toxicologist, Queensland Poison Information Centre, Royal Children’s Hospital and Health Service District (2002-) Previous Appointments Associate Professor, Discipline of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Newcastle, (2010-2014) Research Consultant, School of Pharmacy, University of Queensland (April 2006-2010) Conjoint Associate Professor, Discipline of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Newcastle, (2009) Principal Research Fellow, Tropical Toxinology Unit, Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University (January 2009-Dec 2009) Executive Editor and Original Research Section Editor, Emergency Medicine Australasia (2004 -2009) Conjoint Senior Lecturer, Discipline of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Newcastle (2004-2009) Senior Research Fellow, Menzies School of Health Research (2005-2008) Staff Specialist, Clinical Toxicology and Emergency Medicine, Calvary Mater Hospital (2004-2007) Acting Director, Hunter Area Toxicology Service, Newcastle Mater Hospital (Nov 2004 – May 2005) Honorary Senior Lecturer, Department of Pharmacology, Monash University (2003-2007) Honorary Consultant and Clinical Toxicologist NSW Poison Information Centre, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney (Jan 2002 – Jun 2004) Clinical Academic in Clinical Toxicology, Newcastle Mater Hospital (2002-2003) Lecturer, Discipline of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Newcastle (2002 – 2003) Newcastle Mater Misericordiae Hospital (Senior Registrar in Toxicology 2000 - 2001) Royal Darwin Hospital (Emergency and Paediatric Registrar 1999 - 2000): including adult, paediatric and neonatal retrieval medicine. Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (Emergency Registrar 1997-1999): including ICU/Anaesthetics Liverpool Hospital (1995 – 1996): Intern and Resident, representative to the General Clinical Training Committee; Secretary, Liverpool Hospital RMO Association Technical Officer, Biophysics Department , University of NSW (1989 – 1991) Memberships Australasian College of Emergency Medicine: International Society of Toxinology (IST): o Member, Scientific Committee for the 14th International Congress on Animal, Plant and Microbial toxins, Adelaide 2003 Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology (ASCEPT) European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists (EAPCCT) Conference Organisation Scientific Committee, International Congress on Animal, Plant and Microbial Toxins, Oxford, 2015 Co-organiser (Scientific), Toxicology and Poisons Network Australasia, Annual Scientific Meetings, Newcastle, 2013 and 2014. Local Organiser, Population Analysis Group of Australia and New Zealand 2009 Chair, Scientific Committee for the Australian College for Emergency Medicine Winter Symposium, Darwin, 2009 Chair, Scientific Committee for the Australian College for Emergency Medicine Winter Symposium, Newcastle, 2008. Member, Scientific Committee for the 14th International Congress on Animal, Plant and Microbial toxins, Adelaide 2003 Invited Presentations 1. 18th Annual Scientific Meeting of Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, Hobart 2001: Invited speaker “Necrotic Arachnidism.” 2. North American Congress on Clinical Toxicology (NACCT) Meeting, Montreal, 2001 : ASCEPT symposium: “Data Collection in Clinical Toxinology” 3. NSW Rural Doctor’ Network Annual General Meeting; Conference December 2001 “Envenomation Update” 4. European Association of Poisons Centres and Clinical Toxicologists (EAPCCT) XXII International Congress, Portugal, 2002: Keynote Lecture: “Data collection in Clinical Toxinology: Debunking myths and developing diagnostic algorithms.” 5. Monash University, Department of Pharmacology, Research Meeting “Serotonin Syndrome . a misunderstood phenomena” September 2002 6. Rural Doctors Association of Victoria & South Australia Annual Conference 2002 October “Snake and Spider bite” 7. Australasian College for Emergency Medicine: Winter Symposium 2003, Melbourne: Invited speaker: “Australian spider bite: An update and approach to management” 8. 9th Southeast Asian-Western Pacific Regional Meeting of Pharmacologists in Korea in 2003: Invited symposium speaker: “Venom Research: Does the clinician have a role?” 9. North American Congress on Clinical Toxicology (NACCT) Meeting, Chicago, 2003: ASCEPT symposium: “Venomous fish stings” 10. 14th International Congress on Animal, Plant and Microbial toxins, Adelaide 2003: Invited speaker, short plenary session: “Spider mythology and data collection in clinical toxinology” 11. Hunter Rural Doctors Association Annual General Meeting, 2003: “Marine stings” 12. Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society Annual Scientific Meeting, Sydney, May 2004: Lunchtime seminar “A Skeptics View of Australian Marine Nasties” 13. Australasian College for Emergency Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting, Adelaide, 2004: Invited talk “Toxinology Update” 14. University of Queensland, School of Pharmacy, February 2005: “Serotonin Syndrome . a misunderstood phenomena” 15. Menzies School of Health Research, February 2005, “Venomous Myths in Medicine…forget what you read in the MJA” 16. Hunter New England Health, Critical Care Dinner for Nursing Education, March 2005 “Brown Snake: to retrieve or not to retrieve” 17. National Congress in Brazil, Florianopolis, March 2005: Plenary lecture and Mini-course: “Toxicologia Clínica Baseada em Evidências” 18. Plenary Speaker, “Medically Important Spiderbite in Australasia” and “Tetrodotoxin Poisoning: Advances in Analytical and Neurophysiological Testing”; Workshop on Natural Toxins, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Clinical Toxicology Conference, Taiwan, June 2005 19. Australasian College for Emergency Medicine: Winter Symposium 2005, Queenstown, New Zealand: Invited speaker: “White tailed spider bites” 20. Emergency Medicine Update,