Rate My Professor Michael Bastick

Dr Michael Bastick is a Conjoint Associate Professor in the School of Medicine and Public Health, part of the College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing at the University of Newcastle, Australia. A Fellow of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (FACEM), he has a distinguished career in emergency medicine and critical care. He works as an Emergency Physician at Gosford Hospital within the Central Coast Local Health District, where his involvement dates back to at least 2000-2001, during which time he served as a member of the ACEM Maintenance of Professional Standards Committee. Bastick has held several key leadership roles within ACEM, including Chair of the Credentials Committee, Regional Censor for New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, and contributions to training oversight at Gosford Hospital. He participated in the development of the Paediatric Emergency Medicine Advanced Training Curriculum and supported emergency medicine training efforts in Papua New Guinea through ACEM's International Emergency Medicine Special Interest Group.

Bastick's contributions to the field are recognized through awards from ACEM, including the Distinguished Service Award and the Buchanan Prize. His research involvement includes co-authorship on the landmark ADRENAL clinical trial. The primary results, titled 'Adjunctive Glucocorticoid Therapy in Patients with Septic Shock,' were published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2018. He also co-authored the 6-month follow-up study, 'Health-related quality of life in survivors of septic shock: 6-month follow-up from the ADRENAL trial,' published in Intensive Care Medicine in 2020, with affiliation to Gosford Hospital, Central Coast Clinical Network. Additionally, he has engaged in simulation-based training initiatives and ICU technology implementations, such as eHealth NSW projects for intensive care units.