Prof Vassiliadis is a senior Emergency Physician with over twenty years’ experience in a quaternary teaching hospital, providing high-acuity, patient-centred emergency care. He is recognised for expertise in managing complex, time-critical presentations and leading multidisciplinary teams in high-pressure environments. His clinical interests include airway management, trauma resuscitation, patient safety and critical care systems.

Prof Vassiliadis has pioneered the use of healthcare simulation in Emergency Medicine, strengthening clinical performance and team reliability, and also leads critical care education within the Northern Clinical School, shaping the next generation of emergency clinicians.

He holds the rank of Captain in the Royal Australian Navy and provides emergency medical expertise in humanitarian and operational settings. Prof Vassiliadis is known for clinically focused, compassionate and evidence-driven leadership across emergency medicine, education and military health.

Qualifications

1992 Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, University of Sydney

2002 Fellow Australasian College for Emergency Medicine

2024 Master of Health Professions Education – Monash (With Distinction)

2024 Oxford Health Leadership Programme

Current Appointments

Emergency Physician Maritime Operational Health Unit

Honorary Emergency Physician Royal North Shore Hospital

Clinical Professor, Emergency Medicine, Northern, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney

Honorary Clinical Professor, Macquarie University Medical School

Adjunct Clinical Professor, Monash Centre for Scholarship in Health Education

Captain, Royal Australian Navy, Director of Navy Health Training

Previous Positions

Staff Specialist Emergency Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital

Staff Specialist Emergency Medicine, Westmead Hospital

Areas of Clinical Expertise

• Airway management, trauma resuscitation, patient safety and critical care systems