Prof David Story, FANZCA (Vic)
1986 Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours), Monash University - Thesis topic: Exercise at altitude 1989 Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (Honours), Monash University 1997 FANZCA 2004 Doctor of Medicine, The University of Melbourne - Thesis topic: Acid-base in critical care
Nominated by: Dr Lindy Roberts AM (WA) and Professor Paul Myles (Vic) (2020)
Statement
Dave Story is Professor and Foundation Chair of Anaesthesia at the University of Melbourne; and Head of the University Department of Critical Care. His main research interest is clinically and cost-effective approaches to reduce perioperative risk, complications, disability, and mortality. He also does translational work in acid-base disorders; environmental impact research, and is a consumer investigator in diabetes care.
Dave is a staff anaesthetist at the Austin Hospital where he provides perioperative care for most procedural specialties including liver transplantation. His academic and ANZCA roles include supporting students, trainees, and fellows in pursuing research, education, and leadership.
His love of the outdoors led to research in altitude physiology, subsequent anaesthesia career, environmental advocacy, and recreational hiking and bike riding.
Current and previous service on ANZCA committees and other roles
ANZCA
- ANZCA Vice President - May 2022 - May 2024
- Elected Member, ANZCA Council - 2020 to date.
- Safety and Quality Committee (SQC), (Chair 2020 - 2022) - 2015 to date.
- Professional Affairs Executive Committee (PAEC) – Ex-Officio as SQC Chair - 2020 to 2022.
- Annual Scientific Committee and Events Planning Committee - 2015 to 2022.
- ANZCA Perioperative Medicine Steering Committee, Deputy Chair - 2020 to date.
- Australian Diabetes Society-ANZCA, Perioperative Diabetes Guideline group - 2015 to date.
- Perioperative medicine special interest group, Executive - 2009-2019.
- ANZCA Research Committee, Deputy Chair 2018 onwards - 2006 to date.
- Professional Affairs Executive Committee - 2020 to 2022.
- Founding member, Clinical Trials Network, ANZCA CTN Executive. Chair, 2005 to 2011 - 2003 to date.
- Primary Examination Committee - 2007-2014.
- Examiner, Physiology, Primary (Scientific Foundations) Examination - 2002-2013.
- Scientific Convenor, ANZCA, Annual Scientific Meeting - 2007.
- ANZCA Perioperative Medicine Working Group - 2015-2017.
Past and/or current appointments in other relevant professional organisations
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https://medicine.unimelb.edu.au/school-structure/critcare
The University of Melbourne
- Professor, and Foundation Chair of Anaesthesia - 2012 to date.
- Head, Department of Critical Care - 2021 to date.
- MD Governance Committee, Melbourne Medical School - 2019 to date.
- Academic Board - 2013 to present.
- University Clinical trials policy working group - 2019 to date.
- Steering Committee, Methods and Implementation Support for Clinical and Health research Hub (MISCH) - 2020 to date.
- Deputy Director, and Head of Anaesthesia, Perioperative and Pain Medicine Unit Program; Centre for Integrated Critical Care - 2018-2020.
- Director, Melbourne Clinical and Translational Sciences (MCATS) platform - 2014-2018.
- Executive, Centre for Lung Health Research - 2016-2018.
- Research Integrity Advisor, Office of Research Ethics and Integrity - 2016-2020.
- Regional Research Consortium, Working Party, Goulburn Valley - 2016.
- Discipline leader: Medical and Health Sciences (2 Digit and 4 Digit) for ERA State of Australian University Research - 2015-2015.
- Faculty Research Training Committee - 2014-2015.
- Northern Centre for Health Education and Research (NCHER) Collaboration Group - 2015.
- Coordinator, Clinical Sciences and Health Practice Research Domain, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences - 2014-2015.
- Preparing for clinical practice MD2 + MD3, Melbourne Medical School - 2013-2014.
- Transition to practice Committee, Melbourne Medical School - 2013-2014.
- Scholarly Selective Committee, Melbourne Medical School - 2013-2014.
- Associate Professor (Principal Fellow), Department of Surgery, Austin Health - 2003-2013.
- Senior Lecturer (Senior Fellow), Anaesthesia Research and Education Unit, Department of Pharmacology - 1998-2003.
- MD Clinical Subjects Committee, Melbourne Medical School
Melbourne Academic Centre for Health (MACH)
- Associate Director - 2019 to date.
- Interim Executive Director - 2018-2019.
- Clinical Trials Committee - 2017 to date.
- Health Services Improvement and Implementation subcommittee - 2019 to date.
- Co-Chair, Health Services and Data Network Steering Committee - 2018-2019.
Government
- Victorian Perioperative Consultative Council, Safer Care Victoria - 2019 to date.
- Council, National Health and Medical Research Council - 2015-2018.
- Expert Panel for the National Patient Blood Management Collaborative, of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care - 2015-2016.
- Medicare Benefits Schedule Review Urology Clinical Committee, Federal Department of Health, Australian Government - 2018-2020.
- Medicare Benefits Schedule Specialist and Consultant Physician Consultations Clinical Committee, Federal Department of Health, Australian Government - 2018-2020.
- Member, ASA Stakeholder group Medicare Benefits Schedule Anaesthesia Review - 2018-2020.
- Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, National Clinical Taskforce: Preventing and Controlling Healthcare-Associated Infection Standard - 2020 to date.
Military Service
- Private, Infantry, Australian Army Reserve (1980 – 82, NO deployment and NO active service)
International and National Academic
- Visiting Scholar, West Respiratory Lab, Department of Medicine, Section of Physiology, University of California at San Diego - 1987.
- Visiting Professor: Department of Anesthesiology, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, Hangzhou, China - 2005.
- Academic Promotion Reviewer Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST) - 2013.
- External Examiner, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Final Exam Surgery - 2015.
- International working group on Standardized Endpoints for Perioperative Medicine (StEP) Quality and Safety Indicators - 2015.
- Grant Reviewer Auckland City Hospital - 2016.
- Commissioned Training Speaker, Anaesthesia and Medicine (Geriatrics), Hospital Authority, Hong Kong - 2018.
- International Perioperative Medicine (iPOM) Curriculum Development Group - 2016.
- International Board of Perioperative Medicine - 2018 to date.
- Diabetes Victoria; Clinical Advisory Committee - 2019 to date.
- DSMC Chair NZ ABC Trial (University of Auckland) - 2019-2021.
- Visiting Professor, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, USA - 2020.
- Go8 Roadmap to Recovery Task Force (COVID) - 2020.
- Visiting Professor, University of Washington, St Louis, US - 2021.
- DSMC Chair CROWN CORONATION trial (COVID-19 Research Outcomes Worldwide Network for CORONAvirus prevenTION) - 2021.
- Grant Reviewer Dioscuri Centres of Scientific Excellence, Max Planck Society, Germany - 2021.
- World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists Global Working Group on Environmental Sustainability in Anaesthesia - 2021.
Editorial Boards
- Associate Editor Anesthesiology - 2021 to date.
- Perioperative Medicine - 2012 to date.
- Editor-in-Chief for Novice Researcher Educational Edition, International Journal of Clinical Anesthesiology - 2013-2014.
- Case Reports In Anesthesiology - 2011-2014.
- Best Practice & Research in Clinical Anaesthesiology - 2011-2018.
- Guest Editor Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology, Edition 3 - 2011.
- Victorian Sub Editor Australasian Anaesthesia (The Blue Book) - 2011-2015.
Professional Associations
- Australian Medical Association - 1991 to date.
- Wilderness Medical Society - 1995 - 2005.
- Australian Society of Anaesthetists - 1997.
- Doctors for the Environment, Australia - 2006 to date.
- Australian Institute of Company Directors – MAICD - 2021 to date.
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