Bill Griggs
Bill Griggs | |
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Griggs in 2025 | |
| Born | William Middleton Griggs |
| Alma mater | University of Adelaide University of Otago |
| Known for | Griggs Technique, Disaster Response |
| Awards | National Medal (1993) (clasp added 2002) Member of the Order of Australia (2003) Australian of the Year for South Australia (2006) Keys to the City of Adelaide (2006) Ambulance Service Medal (2009) South Australian of the Year (2009) Distinguished Alumni Award (2010) Doctor of the University honoris causa (2014) Emeritus Professor (2024) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Trauma Response, aviation medicine |
| Institutions | University of Adelaide Griffith University University of Otago James Cook University Australian Defence Force |
William Middleton Griggs, AM, ASM is a retired Australian Critical Care physician specialising in Major trauma, Disaster response, and Pre-hospital emergency medicine.
In 2006 Griggs became a Member of the Order of Australia for "service to medicine, particularly through trauma, emergency and care management and education, and critical care and retrieval and in support of the Australian Defence Force."
Griggs is one of the founding members of the Australasian Trauma Society and was president from 2001 to 2003. Griggs is the author of more than 75 publications and was described by Governor Hieu Van Le as "The face of trauma care and retrieval medicine in South Australia".
Griggs is currently a non-executive director of Super SA (since 2009), Return to Work SA (since 2013) and Funds SA (since 2018).