Professor John Fraser AO (MBChB 1991), the Founder and Director of the Critical Care Research Group (CCRG) at Prince Charles Hospital, has been named an Officer of the Order of Australia. This recognition celebrates his outstanding contributions to medicine as an intensive care physician and surgeon, as well as his significant impact on global critical care research.

Professor Fraser, who is Director of the Intensive Care Unit at St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital, Brisbane and Chief Medical Officer at De Motu Cordis, established the CCRG in 2004. Over the past two decades, CCRG has grown to become one of the largest multidisciplinary research groups in Australia, with a global network spanning more than 60 countries – encompassing clinical, pre-clinical and engineering research – all with the singular aim of improving outcomes in critically ill patients.

Professor Fraser said “I am equal parts humbled and honoured to receive this huge accolade from my adoptive homeland of Australia. It represents not just my efforts, but the efforts of my many mentors, collaborators and team members I have had the good fortune to work with and learn from. None of it would have been possible without the guidance of my parents nor the love and support of my 5 wonderful kids.”

Professor John Fraser AO

First published: 6 March 2025

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