Bill Griggs AM — ASN Events

Bill Griggs

Royal Adelaide Hospital, SA, Australia

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Director, Trauma Service, Royal Adelaide Hospital Clinical Director, MedSTAR Emergency Medical Retrieval State Controller (Health and Medical), SA Health Director, Air Force Health Reserves, SA/WA Dr Bill Griggs is a world leader in his field. He's on the frontline with trauma patients domestically and overseas. Completed many hundreds of aeromedical retrievals and is Clinical Director of Retrieval Coordination for MedSTAR – South Australia’s statewide retrieval service. Dr Bill Griggs is the founder of the Roads2Survival™ community road safety program. He is a member of the RAAF Specialist Reserve and his list of service is  deployed to the Bali bombings in 2002 and 2005,  2004 Boxing Day Tsunami,  2007 crash of Garuda 737 GA200 in Yogyakarta,  2009 Ashmore Reef SIEV36 explosion/fire,  Lead the SA AusMAT medical team the 2009 Samoan tsunami disaster.  deployed to the Gulf War 1991, Bougainville 1994 & 1998 and East Timor 1999 & 2007.  He also has an MBA and speaks on Risk Management Practices as they relate to business. Major Awards: 2003 - Member of the Order of Australia (AM). 2006 - South Australian Recipient for the “Australian of the Year” Award. 2006 - “Key to the City”, City of Adelaide. 2009 - Ambulance Service Medal (ASM). 2009 - “South Australian of the Year”. 2010 - Distinguished Alumni Award, University of Adelaide.