President: Australasian Wilderness & Expedition Medicine Society
Lead Faculty: Canyon, Marine, Alpine and Swiftwater Rescue Medicine; Wilderness Rescue Medicine; Advanced Wilderness Life Support; Basic Wilderness Life Support.
Other Qualifications and Awards: GradCertAeroMedRet, GradDipEmerHlth(MP), BParaStudies, DipAmbParaStudies, BSc(Zool), WMS Warren D Bowman Award 2021
Kerryn is the Founding President of the Australasian Wilderness & Expedition Medicine Society (AWEMS) and Managing Director of RescueMED, an organisation dedicated to the delivery of wilderness, rescue, remote, and austere medicine education. He has taught wilderness and remote medicine internationally and has extensive operational experience in alpine, marine, tropical, desert, expedition, and aeromedical environments.
His passion for wilderness medicine began while assisting in the management of an injured climber on New Zealand's Franz Josef Glacier. That experience combined his lifelong love of the outdoors with his professional calling, shaping a career focused on bringing high-quality medical care to some of the world's most challenging environments.
Kerryn holds fellowships with the Academy of Wilderness Medicine, the Australasian College of Paramedicine, the Academy of Extreme Environment Medicine, and the Faculty of Rural, Remote and Humanitarian Healthcare of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He remains actively involved in advancing wilderness, remote, expedition, and retrieval medicine through education, research, advocacy, and international collaboration.
