Dr Timothy ”Dr Tim” Chimunda is a Critical Care specialist and Director at Goulburn Valley Health in Victoria. Who has a passion for innovation that, has helped health care services to optimise delivery of critical care by implementing innovative quality improvement based strategies. This is backed by research publication in the field. He has a special interest in Telehealth science, Innovation, Big data, Artificial Intelligence analytics, and meaningful patient centred outcomes. He employs a collaborative model of leadership and believes in outside the box solutions.
Dr Tim, has trained and worked as a Critical Care physician for over 10years in 4 different countries. He has held several Clinical directorship positions in both Intensive Care and Emergency medicine. During this course he was the Clinical lead for Telehealth critical care services in regional victorian healthcare service. There he successfully implemented, collaborated, and embedded a Telehealth, Telegovernance, Tele-mentoring, and Tele-education program.
Having completed his clinical and research fellowship from UoFT he returned to Australia and has held multiple Clinical Director of Crit Care Research. Aligned with this activity was his key role in prompting regional health research, relating to effective implementation of Quality improvement work, initiating Big data research in the form of a Datathons. He has overseen step into research programs that have led to PhD supervision., He is a former Gardner King recipient and now focuses on Digital health integrating AI techniques to improve health care. He is the founder and Executive Director for Innovate Crit Care consultancy.
He has over the past 15 years mentored junior doctors and held a Post Graduate Hub director position with the University of Monash. He has an avid desire to see IMGs and Junior doctor’s welfare upheld.
Dr Tim enjoys a good sci-fi movie, Golf and an adventure or two!
He is currently one of the State COVID19 cluster leads overseeing the Victorian Clinical and operational implementation of strategic responses to the C19 pandemic.