John Fraser

Background

About John Fraser

Founder and Chief Medical Officer, De Motu Cordis | Founder and Director, Critical Care Research Group (CCRG), The Prince Charles Hospital & University of Queensland | ICU Director, St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital | President, Asia-Pac Extracorporeal Life Support Org | Founding member of the global clinical trials ECMOnet | CoChair, Queensland Cardiovascular Research Network. Founded in 2004, CCRG is Australia’s largest multi-disciplinary critical care research facility with 80+ world-leading clinicians, engineers, scientists, economists, and support staff from 6 continents. Under his leadership, CCRG has created 7 purpose-built biology, engineering, bio-fabrication labs, and is renowned as the largest preclinical ICU in the southern hemisphere. In Jan 2020, Fraser established the COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium with A/Prof G LiBassi and Dr J Suen. The Consortium has since facilitated the collection of millions of data points from ICU COVID-19 patients across 7 continents to aid intensivists decide treatment pathways for the critically ill. The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) lauding the Consortium’s innovative global efforts as a quantum change in data collection in medical research. John has 5 professorships with major Australian universities, published >550 peer-reviewed publications, received AUD41+million in competitive grants, delivered over 200 national and international keynotes and lectures, and is the senior editor of the most comprehensive textbook on Mechanical Circulatory Support. He has been awarded many international research awards, including the 2018 Australian Society of Medical Research Award. His multi-disciplinary research extends from basic science, preclinical, international clinical bionic heart and lung, sepsis and respiratory support in resource-poor countries. He led Australia’s first-ever intentional NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Artificial Heart & Lungs. Driven by a desire to translate great research into better clinical outcomes, Fraser co-founded BiVACOR with its inventor Dr Dan Timms in 2007; and De Motu Cordis, an award-winning med-tech start-up, to revolutionise emergency drug delivery. De Motu Cordis is chaired by John Eales, world-cup winning Australian Wallabies Captain. The admission of his own father to ICU has encouraged him to work on improving patient-centred outcomes through the creation of 'ICU of the Future’ – a model that is revolutionising intensive care so patients THRIVE, not just survive. He is father of 5 great children Ben, Dominic, Nicholas, Lucy and Tommy.