John Fraser
Professor John F Fraser MB ChB PhD FRCP(Glas) FFARCSI FCICM FELSO is Founder and Director of the Critical Care Research Group at The Prince Charles Hospital and The University of Queensland, Director of the Intensive Care Unit at St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, and Immediate Past President of the Asia Pacific Extracorporeal Life Support Organisation.
Established in 2004, the Critical Care Research Group (CCRG) is Australia’s largest multi-disciplinary critical care research facility with seven purpose-built biology, engineering, and bio-fabrication laboratories, as well as the largest preclinical ICU in the southern hemisphere.
He has a strong successful record in founding translational research from inhalable epinephrine pens for anaphylaxis and co-founding with Dr Daniel Timms (the inventor) Bionic Hearts.
John has five professorships across major Australian universities, has published over 600 peer-reviewed publications; received more than AUD 80 million in competitive grants; been invited to deliver over 200 national and international lectures and co-wrote and edited the most comprehensive textbook on Mechanical Circulatory Support. In 2018, John was awarded the Australian Society of Medical Research Clinical Research Award.