Our team<\/h1><\/h1><\/div>\nDirector, JTI –\u00a0Prof Michael Schuetz<\/h2>\n![\"\"](\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\")
Prof Michael Schuetz<\/p><\/div>\n
Chair of Trauma, QUT<\/em>
\nDepartment of Orthopaedics and Trauma,\u00a0RBWH<\/em><\/p>\nProfessor Michael Schuetz is a practicing orthopaedic surgeon and research leader in the field of trauma care and orthopaedic trauma research and in August 2018 he commenced as the Director of Jamieson Trauma Institute based at the Royal Brisbane and Women\u2019s Hospital campus in Brisbane.\u00a0Prof Schuetz has held many esteemed positions in both Germany and Australia.<\/p>\n
Between 2004 and 2016 Michael Schuetz was the Chair of Trauma at the Queensland University of Technology as well as Director of Trauma at the Princess Alexandra Hospital.<\/p>\n
Also between April 2016 until August 2018 he held the position of Chair for Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery at the Humboldt and Free Universities of Berlin as well being the Director of the Centre for Musculoskeletal Surgery at the Charit\u00e9 Hospital in Berlin.<\/p>\n
In 2019 Michael Schuetz was appointed to the Australian Orthopaedic Association Research Board.<\/p>\n
Professor Schuetz\u2019s research interests lies in the fields of orthopaedic trauma surgery, trauma system management, traumatology, fracture healing and implant development. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed publications.<\/p>\n
Professor Michael Schuetz’s Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\nExecutive Support Officer:<\/strong> Ms Crystal Brouwers
\nEmail: JTI-Director-ESO@health.qld.gov.au<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Theme leads<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Data Quality & Analytics<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Professor Kirsten Vallmuur<\/h2><\/a><\/div><\/div>\nChair of Trauma Surveillance<\/p>\n
and Data Analytics<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>About Kirsten Vallmuur<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Jacelle Warren<\/h2><\/a><\/div><\/div>\nBiostatistician<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>About Jacelle Warren<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>About Data Quality and Analytics<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Injury Prevention<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Dr Ruth Barker<\/h2><\/a><\/div><\/div>\nDirector, QISU<\/p>\n
(Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit)<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>About Ruth Barker<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>About Injury Prevention<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Clinical Trials<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Professor Jeffrey Lipman<\/h2><\/a><\/div><\/div>\nChair of Trauma Related Clinical Research<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>About Jeffrey Lipman<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>About Clinical Trials<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Diagnostics & Innovations<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Professor Michael Schuetz<\/h2><\/a><\/div><\/div>\nDirector, JTI<\/p>\n
Chair of Trauma, QUT<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>About Michael Schuetz<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Professor Andrej Trampuz<\/h2><\/a><\/div><\/div>\nChair of Device-Related<\/p>\n
Infection Management<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>About Andrej Trampuz<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>About Diagnostics and Innovations<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Education & Training<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Dr Michael Muller<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\nBurns, General, Trauma Surgeon<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>Dr Frances Williamson<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\nEmergency Physician<\/p>\n
Deputy Director RBWH Trauma Service<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/i><\/i><\/span>About Frances Williamson<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nA\/Prof Williamson is an emergency physician working across the trauma spectrum, from pre-hospital, tertiary emergency department and as the Deputy Director of the Trauma Service, trauma inpatient care. \u00a0She leads the Queensland Trauma Education program, developing and delivering face-to-face trauma education to clinicians across the state, and has a passion for improving the care of the injured by educating others from undergraduates to consultant clinicians.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In addition to her clinical roles, Fran is the chair of the Trauma Network within the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, and the education co-lead for the Queensland Trauma Clinical Network and Jamieson Trauma Institutes, which provide opportunities that allow her to engage and understand the trauma training needs more broadly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fran\u2019s research outputs have helped shape trauma care across Queensland with findings used to develop trauma specific protocols and guidelines across the state, and internationally through her role with the ILCOR First Aid Taskforce, garnering support and collaboration between multi-disciplinary and multi-agency trauma services.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fran was awarded the Cliff Pollard Award which supported her attendance and research presentation at the Chest Wall Injury Society meeting in Brussels, fostering international interest in JTIs research collaborations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>About Michael Muller<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nProfessor Michael Muller is a leading Brisbane-based General and Burns Surgeon whose career spans acute surgery, trauma, and major burn care. A founding Director of the RBWH Trauma Service, he has significantly shaped Queensland\u2019s emergency and disaster\u2011preparedness capability.<\/p>\n
As a Pre-eminent Trauma, Burns General Surgeon at RBWH and Education Co\u2011lead at the Jamieson Trauma Institute (JTI), he plays a central role in advancing trauma education and injury\u2011prevention programs across the state. In 2024, he began leading Queensland\u2019s rollout of STOP THE BLEED\u00ae, delivering training to emergency response teams and championing the program\u2019s adoption to strengthen community readiness for disasters and mass\u2011casualty incidents.<\/p>\n
Internationally recognised for his contributions to burns care, he was also one of the original authors of the Emergency Management of Severe Burns (EMSB) course, now used in more than twenty countries.<\/p>\n
A Professor of Surgery at the University of Queensland, he remains deeply engaged in research, teaching, and system\u2011wide trauma innovation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i>About Education and Training<\/span><\/a><\/div>
Director, JTI –\u00a0Prof Michael Schuetz<\/h2>\nProf Michael Schuetz<\/p><\/div>\n
Chair of Trauma, QUT<\/em>
\nDepartment of Orthopaedics and Trauma,\u00a0RBWH<\/em><\/p>\nProfessor Michael Schuetz is a practicing orthopaedic surgeon and research leader in the field of trauma care and orthopaedic trauma research and in August 2018 he commenced as the Director of Jamieson Trauma Institute based at the Royal Brisbane and Women\u2019s Hospital campus in Brisbane.\u00a0Prof Schuetz has held many esteemed positions in both Germany and Australia.<\/p>\n
Between 2004 and 2016 Michael Schuetz was the Chair of Trauma at the Queensland University of Technology as well as Director of Trauma at the Princess Alexandra Hospital.<\/p>\n
Also between April 2016 until August 2018 he held the position of Chair for Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery at the Humboldt and Free Universities of Berlin as well being the Director of the Centre for Musculoskeletal Surgery at the Charit\u00e9 Hospital in Berlin.<\/p>\n
In 2019 Michael Schuetz was appointed to the Australian Orthopaedic Association Research Board.<\/p>\n
Professor Schuetz\u2019s research interests lies in the fields of orthopaedic trauma surgery, trauma system management, traumatology, fracture healing and implant development. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed publications.<\/p>\n
Professor Michael Schuetz’s Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\nExecutive Support Officer:<\/strong> Ms Crystal Brouwers
\nEmail: JTI-Director-ESO@health.qld.gov.au<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Theme leads<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Data Quality & Analytics<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Professor Kirsten Vallmuur<\/h2><\/a><\/div><\/div>\nChair of Trauma Surveillance<\/p>\n
and Data Analytics<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>About Kirsten Vallmuur<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Jacelle Warren<\/h2><\/a><\/div><\/div>\nBiostatistician<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>About Jacelle Warren<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>About Data Quality and Analytics<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Injury Prevention<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Dr Ruth Barker<\/h2><\/a><\/div><\/div>\nDirector, QISU<\/p>\n
(Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit)<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>About Ruth Barker<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>About Injury Prevention<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Clinical Trials<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Professor Jeffrey Lipman<\/h2><\/a><\/div><\/div>\nChair of Trauma Related Clinical Research<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>About Jeffrey Lipman<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>About Clinical Trials<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Diagnostics & Innovations<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Professor Michael Schuetz<\/h2><\/a><\/div><\/div>\nDirector, JTI<\/p>\n
Chair of Trauma, QUT<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>About Michael Schuetz<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Professor Andrej Trampuz<\/h2><\/a><\/div><\/div>\nChair of Device-Related<\/p>\n
Infection Management<\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div>About Andrej Trampuz<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/i>About Diagnostics and Innovations<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Education & Training<\/h2><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Dr Michael Muller<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\nBurns, General, Trauma Surgeon<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div>Dr Frances Williamson<\/h2><\/div><\/div>\nEmergency Physician<\/p>\n
Deputy Director RBWH Trauma Service<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/i><\/i><\/span>About Frances Williamson<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nA\/Prof Williamson is an emergency physician working across the trauma spectrum, from pre-hospital, tertiary emergency department and as the Deputy Director of the Trauma Service, trauma inpatient care. \u00a0She leads the Queensland Trauma Education program, developing and delivering face-to-face trauma education to clinicians across the state, and has a passion for improving the care of the injured by educating others from undergraduates to consultant clinicians.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In addition to her clinical roles, Fran is the chair of the Trauma Network within the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, and the education co-lead for the Queensland Trauma Clinical Network and Jamieson Trauma Institutes, which provide opportunities that allow her to engage and understand the trauma training needs more broadly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fran\u2019s research outputs have helped shape trauma care across Queensland with findings used to develop trauma specific protocols and guidelines across the state, and internationally through her role with the ILCOR First Aid Taskforce, garnering support and collaboration between multi-disciplinary and multi-agency trauma services.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fran was awarded the Cliff Pollard Award which supported her attendance and research presentation at the Chest Wall Injury Society meeting in Brussels, fostering international interest in JTIs research collaborations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>About Michael Muller<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>\nProfessor Michael Muller is a leading Brisbane-based General and Burns Surgeon whose career spans acute surgery, trauma, and major burn care. A founding Director of the RBWH Trauma Service, he has significantly shaped Queensland\u2019s emergency and disaster\u2011preparedness capability.<\/p>\n
As a Pre-eminent Trauma, Burns General Surgeon at RBWH and Education Co\u2011lead at the Jamieson Trauma Institute (JTI), he plays a central role in advancing trauma education and injury\u2011prevention programs across the state. In 2024, he began leading Queensland\u2019s rollout of STOP THE BLEED\u00ae, delivering training to emergency response teams and championing the program\u2019s adoption to strengthen community readiness for disasters and mass\u2011casualty incidents.<\/p>\n
Internationally recognised for his contributions to burns care, he was also one of the original authors of the Emergency Management of Severe Burns (EMSB) course, now used in more than twenty countries.<\/p>\n
A Professor of Surgery at the University of Queensland, he remains deeply engaged in research, teaching, and system\u2011wide trauma innovation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
<\/i>About Education and Training<\/span><\/a><\/div>
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2022\/12\/michael-schuetz-1.jpg\")
Prof Michael Schuetz<\/p><\/div>\n
Chair of Trauma, QUT<\/em> Professor Michael Schuetz is a practicing orthopaedic surgeon and research leader in the field of trauma care and orthopaedic trauma research and in August 2018 he commenced as the Director of Jamieson Trauma Institute based at the Royal Brisbane and Women\u2019s Hospital campus in Brisbane.\u00a0Prof Schuetz has held many esteemed positions in both Germany and Australia.<\/p>\n Between 2004 and 2016 Michael Schuetz was the Chair of Trauma at the Queensland University of Technology as well as Director of Trauma at the Princess Alexandra Hospital.<\/p>\n Also between April 2016 until August 2018 he held the position of Chair for Trauma and Reconstructive Surgery at the Humboldt and Free Universities of Berlin as well being the Director of the Centre for Musculoskeletal Surgery at the Charit\u00e9 Hospital in Berlin.<\/p>\n In 2019 Michael Schuetz was appointed to the Australian Orthopaedic Association Research Board.<\/p>\n Professor Schuetz\u2019s research interests lies in the fields of orthopaedic trauma surgery, trauma system management, traumatology, fracture healing and implant development. He has published more than 200 peer-reviewed publications.<\/p>\n Professor Michael Schuetz’s Google Scholar<\/a><\/p>\n Executive Support Officer:<\/strong> Ms Crystal Brouwers Chair of Trauma Surveillance<\/p>\n and Data Analytics<\/p>\n<\/div> Biostatistician<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div> Director, QISU<\/p>\n (Queensland Injury Surveillance Unit)<\/p>\n<\/div> Chair of Trauma Related Clinical Research<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div> Director, JTI<\/p>\n Chair of Trauma, QUT<\/p>\n<\/div> Chair of Device-Related<\/p>\n Infection Management<\/p>\n<\/div> Burns, General, Trauma Surgeon<\/p>\n <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Emergency Physician<\/p>\n Deputy Director RBWH Trauma Service<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> A\/Prof Williamson is an emergency physician working across the trauma spectrum, from pre-hospital, tertiary emergency department and as the Deputy Director of the Trauma Service, trauma inpatient care. \u00a0She leads the Queensland Trauma Education program, developing and delivering face-to-face trauma education to clinicians across the state, and has a passion for improving the care of the injured by educating others from undergraduates to consultant clinicians.\u00a0<\/p>\n In addition to her clinical roles, Fran is the chair of the Trauma Network within the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine, and the education co-lead for the Queensland Trauma Clinical Network and Jamieson Trauma Institutes, which provide opportunities that allow her to engage and understand the trauma training needs more broadly.\u00a0<\/p>\n Fran\u2019s research outputs have helped shape trauma care across Queensland with findings used to develop trauma specific protocols and guidelines across the state, and internationally through her role with the ILCOR First Aid Taskforce, garnering support and collaboration between multi-disciplinary and multi-agency trauma services.\u00a0<\/p>\n Fran was awarded the Cliff Pollard Award which supported her attendance and research presentation at the Chest Wall Injury Society meeting in Brussels, fostering international interest in JTIs research collaborations.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div> Professor Michael Muller is a leading Brisbane-based General and Burns Surgeon whose career spans acute surgery, trauma, and major burn care. A founding Director of the RBWH Trauma Service, he has significantly shaped Queensland\u2019s emergency and disaster\u2011preparedness capability.<\/p>\n As a Pre-eminent Trauma, Burns General Surgeon at RBWH and Education Co\u2011lead at the Jamieson Trauma Institute (JTI), he plays a central role in advancing trauma education and injury\u2011prevention programs across the state. In 2024, he began leading Queensland\u2019s rollout of STOP THE BLEED\u00ae, delivering training to emergency response teams and championing the program\u2019s adoption to strengthen community readiness for disasters and mass\u2011casualty incidents.<\/p>\n Internationally recognised for his contributions to burns care, he was also one of the original authors of the Emergency Management of Severe Burns (EMSB) course, now used in more than twenty countries.<\/p>\n A Professor of Surgery at the University of Queensland, he remains deeply engaged in research, teaching, and system\u2011wide trauma innovation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
\nDepartment of Orthopaedics and Trauma,\u00a0RBWH<\/em><\/p>\n
\nEmail: JTI-Director-ESO@health.qld.gov.au<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>Theme leads<\/h1><\/div>
Data Quality & Analytics<\/h2><\/div>
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<\/div>Professor Kirsten Vallmuur<\/h2><\/a><\/div>
![\"Jacelle](\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/jamieson-trauma-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2025\/06\/AusHSI-headshot-e1750306633542-200x200.jpg\")
<\/div>Jacelle Warren<\/h2><\/a><\/div>
Injury Prevention<\/h2><\/div>
![\"Ruth](\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/jamieson-trauma-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2025\/06\/Ruth-Barker-200x200.jpg\")
<\/div>Dr Ruth Barker<\/h2><\/a><\/div>
Clinical Trials<\/h2><\/div>
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<\/div>Professor Jeffrey Lipman<\/h2><\/a><\/div>
Diagnostics & Innovations<\/h2><\/div>
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<\/div>Professor Michael Schuetz<\/h2><\/a><\/div>
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/jamieson-trauma-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2023\/02\/jti-andrej-trampuz-e1724890654721-200x200.png\")
<\/div>Professor Andrej Trampuz<\/h2><\/a><\/div>
Education & Training<\/h2><\/div>
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/jamieson-trauma-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2026\/03\/4_MMuller.jpg\")
<\/div>Dr Michael Muller<\/h2><\/div>
![\"\"](\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/jamieson-trauma-institute\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2026\/03\/FranW.jpg\")
<\/div>Dr Frances Williamson<\/h2><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>About Frances Williamson<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
<\/i><\/i><\/span>About Michael Muller<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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