Professor Mark Fitzgerald is Director of Trauma Services at The Alfred Hospital; Director of the National Trauma Research Institute; Adjunct Professor, Department of Surgery, School of Translational Medicine, Monash University; and Honorary Professor, School of Information Technology, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment, Deakin University.

Professor Fitzgerald credentials include MBBS (University of Melbourne) 1981; Fellowship Australasian College for Emergency Medicine 1987; MD (Monash) 2015 (Computer Assisted Decisions Support for Trauma Resuscitation); Global Clinical Scholar - Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Harvard Medical School)  2015; and Grad. Cert. Internet Communications (Curtin University) 2019. He is an Ambulance Victoria Medical Advisor, a Victorian State Trauma Committee member and the Director of the Trauma Reception & Resuscitation Project.

His research themes are trauma systems improvement, error reduction and standardization of resuscitation care. Professor Fitzgerald has led the establishment of Trauma Systems in China, India, Saudi Arabia and Sri Lanka. He has delivered 179 major presentations, 254 publications in peer reviewed journals, 12 book chapters and has achieved Au$10m in research funding and Au$16m in development funding.

Professor Fitzgerald’s honours include the Ambulance Service Medal 2003; the Foundation Medal, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine 2003; Honorary Life Membership, Neurotrauma Society of India 2010; and the Gordon Trinca Medal for services to trauma, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons 2013.