State Medical Director - Dr Andrew Turner

Dr Turner has been Director, Department of Critical Care Medicine Royal Hobart Hospital since 2007, Honorary Treasurer of ANZICS 2002-10, Honorary Secretary ANZICS 2010 – present, Intensive Care Foundation Trustee/Director since 2005, and is a clinical lecturer at the University of Tasmania.

Dr Turner has an interest in research and evidence-based medicine, having spent several years on the Executive of the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group and has been principal investigator in numerous studies conducted at the Royal Hobart Hospital. He was Director of Intern Training for five years and Director of the Division of Medicine at Royal Hobart Hospital for three years.

Dr Turner started his medical training at the University of Tasmania and began specialising in intensive care medicine in 1993. His training continued at the Austin Hospital in Melbourne and he became a specialist at the Royal Hobart Hospital in 1998.

Dr Turner believes his role allows him to advocate for and improve the health of Australians waiting for organ donation, and foster a culture and systems within Tasmania that support organ donation and the families of organ donors.

DonateLife TAS team

The Tasmanian DonateLife team includes a State Medical Director, an Agency Manager/Data and Audit Coordinator, three Hospital Senior Nurses and an Executive Officer. There are three hospital based Medical Clinical Champions, one Donor Family Support Coordinator and an Education Coordinator.