Meet the Team
Michael Golding
Clinical Director
Dr Michael Golding joined the ECI team in September 2017. He is responsible for the clinical oversight of the ECI.
Brendon Zeman
ECI Manager
Brendon is responsible for the strategic and operational functions of the ECI.
Nick Goryl
Special Project Officer
Nick is supporting a number of ECI priority emergency care related projects within the ECI Operational Plan 2017-2018.
Rachael Allen
Clinical Review Manager
John Mackenzie
Medical Project Officer
John leads the review and development of clinical resources available on the ECI website. John provides clinical input into all ECI projects and to a number of statewide committees.
Hatem Alkhouri
Research Fellow
Hatem leads the ECI research program including the Airway Registry Project and Impact of the Physiotherapy Practitioner on ED care for patients with Musculoskeletal Injuries. Hatem also supports the Research Advisory Committee.
Nicholas Lelos
Advanced Trainee
Nicholas joined the ECI in 2018 and will be working with us for 6 months part-time on reviewing and developing clinical tools and emergency care related projects.
Advisory Committee Co-Chairs
Matthew Bragg
Dr Matt Bragg is a senior staff specialist in emergency medicine at South Western Sydney LHD, currently working at both tertiary referral and rural district hospitals, and also holds a fractional appointment with NSW Ambulance as a retrieval/prehospital physician. His interests include clinical emergency medicine, emergency ultrasound, ED management, and retrieval medicine.
Kate Curtis
Professor Kate Curtis has been an Emergency Nurse for 22 years and is a Trauma Coordinator at St George Hospital Sydney. She has a fractional appointment at Sydney Nursing School. Kate also works regularly as an RN in the Wollongong Emergency Department, is a Fellow of the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia and on the Editorial Board of the Australasian Journal of Emergency Nursing.
Anne Hawkins
Anne Hawkins is a Clinical Nurse Consultant for Emergency / Critical Care Services in the Murrumbidgee Local Health District. Anne provides leadership, consultancy service and ongoing review of clinical practice and standards of care in all aspects of emergency / critical care services to 12 small rural facilities and 2 base hospitals within the upper half of Murrumbidgee LHD.
Anne is a member of the Rural Critical Care taskforce and the NSW Rural Emergency Critical Care
Jacqui Irvine
Dr Jacqui Irvine is an Emergency Specialist working as the Director of Shoalhaven District Memorial Hospital Emergency Department. Jacqui has worked widely across New Zealand and Australia in Emergency and Primary Care roles and has a Masters in Applied Health Management. Having worked in many different environments Jacqui has developed special interest in redesign, service development and equity of access to high quality care with a particular focus on the rural environment.
Amith Shetty
Amith was appointed as Co-Chair of the Research Advisory Committee in March 2016.
Kylie Stark
Kylie is currently Nurse Manager, Emergency Department at Sydney Children’s Hospital. Kylie has 26 years experience in nursing in both the adult and paediatric environments. Kylie has worked in the UK and USA giving her broad exposure to different health care models and quality systems. Since 1999 Kylie has worked in the Emergency Care environment as a CNS then a Nurse Educator and in a management role since 2003.
Kylie is the immediate past NSW President of CENA and has a keen interest in quality and safety, education and training and clinical leadership. Kylie’s main passion is for the way we provide accessible safe care from the cradle to the grave in the city or the rural areas.