Dr  Craig Jurisevic 

Cardiothoracic and Trauma Surgeon, Adelaide, South Australia

​Craig Jurisevic is a Cardiothoracic and trauma surgeon from Adelaide, South Australia. He is currently a surgeon with the Australian Army having deployed on multiple operations over the past 16 years in East Timor and Afghanistan. More recently he was the Senior Medical Officer with the Australian Army during Operation Bushfire Assist, running a field Role 1 (resuscitation) facility during the 2020 bushfires. Prior to his involvement with the Australian Army he had front-line trauma experience in Israel, Palestine, Albania and Kosovo during conflicts in these regions. His experiences during the Kosovo war of 1999 were published as a novel in 2010. In addition to his cardiothoracic surgical practice he is involved with Trauma surgery unit at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide.

War in Ukraine: Trauma on a Grand Scale

The war in Ukraine, now into its seventh month, continues to stress the health service across the country, particularly in the south. The Mechnikov hospital (in the southern city of Dnipro) is 200km from the front line and receives the majority of the casualties. This presentation will describe the scale and scope of the trauma load and how the services have risen to the immense challenge of a protracted large scale war.