Morzine Presenter Bios
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Dr Robert Seith, Paediatric Emergency Medicine Main Ridge, VIC, Australia |
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I’m a Paediatric Emergency Specialist working at Monash Medical Centre/ Monash Children’s Hospital in Melbourne where I am also Director of Emergency Medicine Training. I have been a consultant there since 2011. We are a tertiary Paeds ED seeing about 45000 children per year. As you will soon discover I am actually Scottish but came to Australia in 2006 and am now married to an Aussie and have four Scossie girls. I love the mountains and am a mad keen bike rider and these days I’m very much a MAMIL having transitioned from mountain biking to gravel and road. In winter I love to snowboard.
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Dr Chris Jenkins, Emergency Medicine Lakelands, NSW, Australia |
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Chris is an Emergency Physician at John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle. He has a keen interest in education and training. Chris is the current Network Director of Training and previously the discipline lead for Emergency Medicine at the University of Newcastle.
When not at work, Chris enjoys endurance sports and mountain biking |
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Dr Adam Buckmaster, Paediatric Emergency Medicine Erina Heights, NSW, Australia |
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Adam is a paediatrician on the Central Coast where he and his family have lived for 25 years. Having recently retired from private practice he now has more time to enjoy swimming, bike riding, walking and skiing. In his off weeks he may be found at Gosford Hospital undertaking staff specialist duties, instructing or directing APLS courses or doing the odd hospital locum. He is joined by his wife who assures him is looking forward to his talk.
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Dr Chris Hill, Rural Hospital Medicine Christchurch,CAN, New Zealand |
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Born in England, Chris moved to New Zealand for a couple of years. 20 years later he’s still there. Working as a Rural Hospital Specialist in the South Island, he balances his “propper job” with coordinating Canterbury’s Alpine Reacue Team, directing the Rural Health Academy Centre in Ashburton and trying to get his two children into trouble.
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Dr John Scott, Emergency Medicine Copacabana, NSW, Australia |
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John qualified as an emergency physician in 2017 having undertaken the majority of his training on the Central Coast of NSW with stints in Alice Springs with the RFDS and at Westmead Children’s hospital. John developed a passion for promoting physician wellbeing as he personally felt the effects of burnout during the challenges of specialist training. John has delivered many talks and podcasts at the local, state, and international level on the effects of burnout and on the multiple benefits of promoting wellbeing within healthcare.
The last few years of the pandemic challenged and at many times undermined John’s wellbeing beliefs and practices. After this tumultuous era, having a clear vision of what is meaningful for us in our practice has never been more important. Stepping confidently into compassionate care has enabled John to reinvigorate and ignite his passion for Emergency Medicine. Outside of medicine John is a father of 2 young girls, husband to a fellow emergency physician and has a passion for surfing, Wim Hof breath work and CrossFit.
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Dr Manfred Ellmer, Emergency Medicine Merewether, NSW, Australia |
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Dr Manfred Ellmer is an Emergency Physician from Newcastle, Australia. |
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Ms Nancy Steward, Facilitator Pelverata, TAS, Australia |
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Nancy has 18 years of leadership experience in tourism marketing, specializing in digital marketing and helping teams move from strategy to execution. Spending their days facilitating conversations that drive meaningful progress, Nancy believes in the power of dialogue and connection for continual learning and in future-proofing our careers by recognizing the strengths in our people, minds, and the tools available to us. |
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Mr James Abbott, Ski Patrol and Mountain Rescue Pelverata, TAS, Australia |
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After moving to the mountains of Canada ‘for a season’ in 2007, James decided to turn this into a life spent roaming and exploring the BC mountains with Whistler Blackcomb as his main base. James began ski and MTB patrolling in 2013. Specializing in avalanche management and outdoor emergency care and with over 12 years of patrolling experience, James has been involved in several major first aid calls, mountain rescues and helps mitigate the avalanche hazard on storm days. |