Eamon Raith
Dr Eamon Raith is an ICU Registrar at The Royal Adelaide Hospital, a Neonatal & Paediatric Retrieval Registrar at MedSTAR Kids & a Clinical Lecturer in the Discipline of Surgery. He has research interests in outcomes research and experimental medicine, in the areas of mitochondrial bioenergetics, sepsis, extracorporeal life support, neurocritical care, haemostasis & thrombosis, and surgical critical care.
In addition, Eamon is involved in outcomes research through the Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS) Centre for Outcome and Resource Evaluation and is involved in the Global Open Source International Severity Score (GOSISS) project, working in partnership with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Philips Healthcare (US) and with critical care registry groups around the world to create an international severity of illness score.
Eamon is also involved in research in the field of disaster and retrieval medicine, particularly regarding outcomes for paediatric and neonatal retrieval, and the role and integration of paediatric critical care within disaster planning and management frameworks.
Research Interests
- Clinical outcomes research
- Experimental medicine
Research Areas & Current Projects
- Critical Care Medicine
- Mitochondrial bioenergetics in critical illness
- Haemostasis and Throbosis
- Sepsis
- Extracorporeal life support
- Neurocritical care
- Surgical critical care
Appointments
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Intensive Care Registrar | Royal Adelaide Hospital |
| 2016 | Neonatal & Paediatric Retrieval Registrar | South Australian Health |
| 2012 | Clinical Lecturer | University of Adelaide |
Awards and Achievements
| Date | Type | Title | Institution Name | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Award | Prize for Geriatric Medicine | The University of Adelaide & The Australia and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine | |
| 2009 | Award | Archibald Watson Prize for Surgery | University of Adelaide |
Education
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 - 2016 | Monash University | Australia | Master of Advanced Critical Care Practice |
| 2013 - 2013 | Women's and Children's Hospital | Australia | Graduate Diploma of Child Health |
| 2005 - 2011 | University of Adelaide | Australia | Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery |
Postgraduate Training
| Date | Title | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Intensive Care Registrar | Royal Adelaide Hospital | Australia |
| 2015 - 2017 | Senior Registrar | Alfred Hospital | Australia |
| 2015 - 2015 | Registrar | Modbury Hospital | Australia |
| 2014 - 2015 | Registrar | Lyell McEwin Health Service | Australia |
| 2013 - 2014 | Resident Medical Officer | Women's and Children's Hospital | Australia |
| 2012 - 2012 | Intern | Flinders Medical Centre | Australia |
Research Interests
Journals
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Raith, E. & Roodenburg, O. (2017). Novel supports for Junior Medical Officers during out-of-hours work. Internal Medicine Journal, 47, 2, 236-237. 10.1111/imj.13344 |
| 2017 | Raith, E., Udy, A., Bailey, M., McGloughlin, S., MacIsaac, C., Bellomo, R. & Pilcher, D. (2017). Prognostic accuracy of the SOFA score, SIRS criteria, and qSOFA score for in-hospital mortality among adults with suspected infection admitted to the intensive care unit. JAMA, 317, 3, 290-300. 10.1001/jama.2016.20328 |
| 2011 | Frauenfelder, C., Raith, E. & Griggs, W. (2011). Damage Control Resuscitation of the exsanguinating trauma patient: pathophysiology and basic principles. Journal of Military and Veterans Health, 19, 2, 19-24. |
| 2010 | Raith, E. (2010). Minimally invasive mitral valve repair: a new surgical option for mitral insufficiency. Australian Medical Student Journal, 1, 1, 32-34. |
| 2010 | Raith, E. (2010). Heart: Cardiac Myxoma. Atlas of genetics and cytogenetics in oncology and haematology, 14, 2, 164-168. 10.4267/2042/44694 |
Conference Papers
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Raith, E. P., Udy, A. A., Bailey, M., McGloughlin, S., MacIsaac, C., Bellomo, R. & Pilcher, D. V. (2016). SIRS, qSOFA, and SOFA score as outcome predictors among infected critically ill patients: An external validation of the new sepsis definition. ESICM Lives 2016. Milan, Italy. |
Conference Items
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2017 | Raith, E., Udy, A., Bailey, M., McGloughlin, S., MacIsaac, C., Bellomo, R. & Pilcher, D. (2017). Prognostic accuracy of SIRS, SOFA and qSOFA in the ICU. Society of Critical Care Medicine's (SCCM) 46th Critical Care Congress. Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. |
| 2016 | Raith, E., McGloughlin, S., Bailey, M., Udy, A., Bellomo, R. & Pilcher, D. (2016). The value of SIRS, qSOFA and SOFA in discriminating in-hospital mortality and prolonged ICU length of stay amongst critically ill patients with infection. 41st ANZICS/ ACCCN Intensive Care Annual Scientific Meeting. Perth, Western Australia. |
| 2015 | Raith, E. (2015). Ex Astris, Medicina: Medicine, space and astrobiology. Australian Society of Aerospace Medicine Conference (ASAM 2015). Adelaide, South Australia. |
| 2012 | Raith, E., Frauenfelder, C. & Griggs, W. (2012). Damage Control Resuscitation of the exsanguinating trauma patient: pathophysiology and basic principles. Australian Military Medicine Association Conference: Military Health, Shaping the future (AMMA 2011). Melbourne, Victoria. |
Theses
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Raith, E. P.; (2018); An online learning tool for the prevention and management of venous thromboembolism; |
- 2013: Covidien Venous Thromboembolism Prevention & Management Research Grant
Clinical Lecturer, Discipline of Surgery, The University of Adelaide
Faculty, Victorian Primary Examination Course for CICM (http://www.vpecc.com/faculty.html)
Convenor & Lecturer, Alfred ICU Primary Examination Teaching Program
Advanced Life Support Level 2 Instructor, Australian Resuscitation Council
Course Materials
BloodSafe eLearning Australia, 2011
- Critical Bleeding Module.
Emedici Online Case-based Learning Environment; Discipline of Surgery, The University of Adelaide
- Raith EP. : No Autopsy, no foul”. Emedici online patient-based cases – Marfan Syndrome. 2011. Available at: http://emedici.com/medici_online.php
- Raith EP, Trouma G. “Turbulence”. Emedici online patient-based cases – Mitral valve prolapse. 2011. Available at: http://emedici.com/medici_online.php
- Raith EP, Trouma G. “Two out of three is bad”. Emedici online patient-based cases – Aortic regurgitation. 2011. Available at: http://emedici.com/medici_online.php
- Raith EP. Russell R. “A simple case of chest pain”. Emedici online patient-based cases – Pericarditis. 2011. Available at: http://emedici.com/medici_online.php
- Raith EP. “An interesting end to the day". Emedici online patient-based cases – Infective endocarditis. 2011. Available at: http://emedici.com/medici_online.php
- Raith EP. “Day One”. Emedici online patient-based cases – Advanced life support. 2011. Available at: http://emedici.com/medici_online.php
- Raith EP, Fitzpatrick D. “Hritshoola”. Emedici online patient-based cases – Myocardial infarction. 2011. Available at: http://emedici.com/medici_online.php
- Raith EP. “Hungry for air”. Emedici online patient-based cases – Acute pulmonary oedema. 2011. Available at: http://emedici.com/medici_online.php
- Raith EP, Hamilton-Craig C. “Increasing breathlessness in a young woman”. Emedici online patient-based cases – Adult congenital heart disease (Atrial septal defect). 2011. Available at: http://emedici.com/medici_online.php
- Raith EP. “Lights Out”. Emedici online patient-based cases – Supraventricular tachycardia. 2011. Available at: http://emedici.com/medici_online.php
- Raith EP. “Paging Dr. Blalock”. Emedici online patient-based cases – Introduction to congenital heart disease. 2011. Available at: http://emedici.com/medici_online.php
Memberships
| Date | Role | Membership | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 - ongoing | Member | Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society | Australia |
| 2015 - ongoing | Member | Society of Critical Care Medicine | United States |
Board Memberships
| Date | Role | Board name | Institution name | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 - 2011 | Member | University Department of Rural Health Board of Studies | University of Sydney | Australia |
| 2006 - 2009 | Member | Board of the Faculty of Health Sciences | The University of Adelaide | Australia |