Dr Christopher Smith
School of Medicine
College of Health
Working in the fields of Intensive Care and Pre-Hospital and Retrieval medicine in Adelaide, with a practice spanning general and cardiothoracic ICU and pre-hospital and retrieval medicine, Dr Smith's work sits at the intersection of bedside care, clinical governance, and medical education to improve quality of care provided to South Australians. Clinical and academic interests include critical care diagnostics (respiratory infection), cardiothoracic intensive care and ECMO, airway management and peri-procedural safety, clinical governance, mortality review, and quality improvement, in addition to medical education and curriculum design within postgraduate medical education.
- Innes MA, Buttery J, Emerson P, Trewren T, Bruce K, Trethewey R, et al., Smith CD. Increasing the visibility of delirium as a hospital acquired complication: a consumer co-designed, nurse-led quality improvement program in a quaternary intensive care unit. Australian Critical Care 2026;101704. doi:10.1016/j.aucc.2026.101704.
- Smith CD, Douglass S, Devanand NA, Adair DC, Nankivell S, Freeman M, et al., Sundararajan K. Implementation of locally processed neuron-specific enolase is associated with improved guideline-concordant neuroprognostication after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a retrospective before-and-after study. Resuscitation Plus 2026;30:101418. doi:10.1016/j.resplu.2026.101418.
- Smith C, Bessen T, Silverwood A, Dohnt S, Reddi B, Sundararajan K. Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: clinical outcomes and resource use in a South Australian intensive care unit. South Australian Journal of Medicine 2026;1(1). doi:10.66861/oaau5181.
- Lewis G, Smith CD, Sundararajan K. Non-directed bronchoalveolar lavage: improving the quality and timing of pneumonia diagnosis in mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit. BMJ Open Quality 2026;15. doi:10.1136/bmjoq-2025-003787.
- Harris T, Bhanderi N, Harris D, Smith C, Breslin R, Moran J, et al., Barnard E. Air transport medicine: from the field. Air Medical Journal 2025;44(5):330–332. doi:10.1016/j.amj.2025.07.002.
- Smith CD, De Luca A, Hibbert P, Sundararajan K. Reducing postoperative blood product usage and costs in cardiothoracic surgery: the implementation of a multispecialty perioperative care model incorporating a haemostasis checklist. BMJ Open Quality 2025;14(1). doi:10.1136/bmjoq-2024-002911.
- Smith C, Patel M. ‘Ticked off’? Can a new outcomes-based postgraduate curriculum utilising programmatic assessment reduce assessment burden in Intensive Care Medicine? Journal of the Intensive Care Society 2023;24(2):170–177. doi:10.1177/17511437211061642.
- Pywell SR, Smith CD, Reynolds P. Controversy and consent: achieving patient autonomy in thrombolysis for acute submassive pulmonary embolism. BMJ Case Reports 2015;2015. doi:10.1136/bcr-2015-209390.
- Smith CD, Robert S. ‘Designer drugs’: update on the management of novel psychoactive substance misuse in the acute care setting. Clinical Medicine 2014;14(4):409–415. doi:10.7861/clinmedicine.14-4-409.
- Smith CD, Williams M, Shaikh M. Novel psychoactive substances: a novel clinical challenge. BMJ Case Reports 2013;2013. doi:10.1136/bcr-2013-200663.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 - ongoing | Transfer & Retrieval Medicine | SAAS MedSTAR |
| 2024 - ongoing | Clinical Lecturer | University of Adelaide |
| 2023 - ongoing | Intensive Care Medicine | Royal Adelaide Hospital |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Smith, C., Bessen, T., Silverwood, A., Dohnt, S., Reddi, B., & Sundararajan, K. (2026). Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: clinical outcomes and resource use in a South Australian intensive care unit. South Australian Journal of Medicine, 01(01). |
| 2026 | Smith, C. D., Douglass, S., Devanand, N. A., Adair, D. C., Nankivell, S., Freeman, M., . . . Sundararajan, K. (2026). Implementation of locally processed neuron-specific enolase is associated with improved guideline-concordant neuroprognostication after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a retrospective before-and-after study. Resuscitation Plus, 30, 9 pages. |
| 2025 | Smith, C. D., De Luca, A., Hibbert, P., & Sundararajan, K. (2025). Reducing postoperative blood product usage and costs in cardiothoracic surgery: the implementation of a multispecialty perioperative care model incorporating a haemostasis checklist. BMJ Open Quality, 14(1), e002911. Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1 |
| 2025 | Harris, T., Bhanderi, N., Harris, D., Smith, C., Breslin, R., Moran, J., . . . Barnard, E. (2025). Air Transport Medicine: From the Field. Air Medical Journal, 44(5), 330-332. |
| 2023 | Smith, C., & Patel, M. (2023). ‘Ticked off’? Can a new outcomes-based postgraduate curriculum utilising programmatic assessment reduce assessment burden in Intensive Care Medicine?. Journal of the Intensive Care Society, 24(2), 170-177. Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC4 |
| 2021 | Abstracts (2021). The Clinical Teacher, 18(S1), 27-98. |
| 2015 | Pywell, S. R., Smith, C. D., & Reynolds, P. (2015). Controversy and consent: achieving patient autonomy in thrombolysis for acute submassive pulmonary embolism.. BMJ case reports, 2015, bcr2015209390. Europe PMC2 |
| 2014 | Smith, C. D., & Robert, S. (2014). 'Designer drugs': Update on the management of novel psychoactive substance misuse in the acute care setting. Clinical Medicine Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London, 14(4), 409-415. Scopus28 WoS21 Europe PMC18 |
| 2013 | Smith, C. D., Williams, M., & Shaikh, M. (2013). Novel psychoactive substances: A novel clinical challenge. BMJ Case Reports, 2013, bcr2013200663. Scopus14 Europe PMC8 |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Lewis, G., Smith, C. D., & Sundararajan, K. (2026). Non-directed bronchoalveolar lavage: improving the quality and timing of pneumonia diagnosis in mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit. In BMJ Open Quality Vol. 15 (pp. 6 pages). England: BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP. DOI |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Smith, C., Douglass, S., Devanand, N. A., Nankivell, S., Freeman, M., Emerson, P., . . . Sundararajan, K. (2026). Implementation of Locally Processed Neuron-Specific Enolase Is Associated with Improved Guideline-Concordant Neuroprognostication After Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Retrospective Before-and-After Study. DOI |
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