Staff
Professor Brian Maguire 
Professor of Pre-Hospital Care
Dr. Brian J. Maguire is a Professor in the School of Biomedical Sciences, Paramedic Program at the Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. He holds a doctoral degree in public health from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and a master's degree in health administration from Central Michigan University.
Professor Maguire is a 2009 Senior Fulbright Scholar; his Fulbright research focused on occupational risks among emergency services personnel.
Brian has been a university faculty member since 1994. For over a decade he was an administrator and faculty member of the on line graduate degree program in the Emergency Health Services Department at UMBC. In the mid-90s he developed one of the first undergraduate distance education programs in health administration in the United States.
Veronica Madigan 
Senior Lecturer in Pre-Hospital Care Emergency Medicine
Program Leader for the Pre-Hospital Care Program
Veronica Madigan has extensive industry experience having worked for the Ambulance Service of NSW for 13 years in various roles including Acting District Officer, Paramedic Station Officer and Intensive Care Paramedic in the Illawarra and Sydney regions.
Veronica is involved with the development and teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and is also enrolled in a PhD with CSU, examining the lessons learned from veterinary medicine that can benefit human medicine.
Veronica's research and teaching interests lay in pre-hospital emergency medicine; the overlap between human and veterinary medicine; how non verbal communication assists health care practitioner practice; problem based learning for internal and distance education students and learning to be a clinical detective.
Mr Joe Acker 
Senior Lecturer in Pre Hospital Care
Joe has over 20 years experience in prehospital care, most of which was practicing as a paramedic in the rural, urban, and critical care flight environments. Joe spent almost four years teaching the paramedic program at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada before moving into Management and Leadership positions in prehospital care.
Over the past ten years Joe held the positions of General Manager of the Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society (STARS) helicopter air ambulance program, Chief of EMS for the City of Edmonton, and an EMS Operations Director for Alberta Health Services.
His academic interests involve the development of leaders in all levels of prehospital care - from front-line professionals to senior executives of large EMS systems.
Mr Graham G Munro 
Lecturer, Pre Hospital Care
Graham started in paramedicine in 1975 joining the City of Toronto EMS (TEMS) in 1977 where he was a primary, advanced and critical care paramedic in both the land and flight environments. He held management positions with TEMS as well as being an EMS educator with Humber College, The Michener Institute and TEMS. In 1999, Graham graduated from CSU with a BHSc in Prehospital Care, and in 2003 with a Master's in Health Services Management and in 2010, obtained a Graduate Certificate in Emergency Planning and Disaster Medicine from Monash University. He came to CSU in 2007 on a one-semester secondment and returned to a fulltime position with the School of BMS in 2008 as a lecturer and researcher. He is currently enrolled in a PhD with the School of Education researching paramedic education.
Ms Leanne Hamilton 
Lecturer in Prehospital Care
After school Leanne completed a BSc degree at UNSW majoring in both Anatomy and Psychology.
In 1987 she joined the Ambulance Service of NSW (ASNSW) where she was employed for 16 years including 7 years as an Advanced Life Support Officer and 5 years as an Intensive Care Paramedic. In addition to her clinical role, Leanne held the position of ASNSW Peer Support Officer for 6 years.
Margaret Adams
Associate Lecturer, Pre-hospital Care
Margie trained in Queensland as a Registered Nurse then moved to Sydney to pursue her interest in pre-hospital care. There she joined the NSW Ambulance Service and trained to Advanced Life Support level. She later completed her undergraduate degree in Clinical Practice as a paramedic. Margie went on to work in rural NSW as an Emergency Department Registered Nurse where she developed an active interest in rural health issues. Margie is currently undertaking a Master of Advanced Practice Nursing specialising in rural emergency care. She commenced work with Charles Sturt University in 2011 teaching second year paramedic students and plans to continue research into rural emergency service provision.