Anthony Holley

Anthony Holley is a dual qualified intensivist and emergency physician working at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in Queensland Australia as a senior staff specialist. He is a senior lecturer with the University of Queensland Medical School. Anthony serves on the Australia New Zealand Intensive Care Society National executive as the treasurer, following on three and a half years as the Queensland ANZICS Chairman. He is also an examiner for the fellowship of the College of Intensive Care Medicine of Australia and New Zealand. Anthony has authored five book chapters and more than 30 peer reviewed publications. He is the supervisor of intensive care training at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and is an instructor for both BASIC and EMST (ATLS). Anthony was the recipient of the Military Matthew Davey Award that facilitated study of frozen blood products at the Netherlands Military Blood Bank. He served as a representative for the National Blood Authority Critical Care Group in developing the Australian Patient Blood Management Guidelines for critical care which were published in 2013. Anthony is currently a Commander in the Royal Australian Navy Reserve and has deployed on numerous occasions, including to peace keeping operations in Bougainville, East Timor and anti-piracy operations in The Persian Gulf. Anthony served in Afghanistan in 2012 as a force insertion and extraction medical officer and then again for five months in 2013 as an intensivist at the American led NATO Role III Hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Anthony considers it a tremendous honour and privilege to be returning to South Africa.