Meet Bruce.
Hi,
I'm Bruce.
A reckless neurodivergent medic with a brain injury.
An ex-critical care specialist, organ donation leader, wannabe writer.
I dunno. I’ve been reborn.
We each have to figure out who we are; it’s early days for me.
You figure it out.
I was Western Australia’s Director of Organ and Tissue Donation, a highly experienced Anaesthetist, and Head of Department in Intensive Care Unit at Rockingham Hospital, Western Australia.
Medicine is a tall pedestal to fall from.
Turns out that none of that medical stuff defines who I am.
There’s no future in looking backwards.
Medics call it the ‘Retrospectoscope’; a machine that brings wisdom after the event.
Shit definitely happens.
What else can one do but get up, dust off, and have another go.
This is me standing up again.
Experience
- State Director of Organ and Tissue Donation
- Critical Care Specialist
- Specialist endocrine anaesthetis
- Head of Department in Intensive Care Unit at Rockingham Hospital, WA
- Speaker at Brain Injury Conference for Brain Injury Australia
- MBBS MRCP FRCA FANZCA
- Member of Life Stories Australia
Advisory
- Brain Injury Unit Advocate
Fiona Stanley Hospital
Bruce serves on the Consumer Advisory Council (CAC) at Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospitals Group (FSFHG). CAC members are involved across Fiona Stanley and Fremantle Hospitals advising on how to better provide support and advice to improve the hospital experience for patients, their families, and carers. - Honorary Research Fellow at Monash University Melbourne
Published Work
I have an extensive portfolio of case reports, letters, topic reviews and original research published in peer-reviewed UK, European and Australian journals.
