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Kathryn Browning Carmo

Castle Hill,Australia

Summary

Dynamic professional with extensive experience in strategic oversight and governance of high-risk, high-consequence Medical Retrieval Services. Leverages analytical insights to drive organizational success while effectively mitigating risks. Proven track record in fostering collaboration and managing finances within complex environments. Expertise as a neonatal and pediatric critical care physician complements a strong background in retrieval coordination and oversight. Committed to cultivating an engaged and empowering work culture, with documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships across diverse stakeholders in fast-paced settings.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Non-Executive Director

Humpty Dumpty Foundation
01.2022 - Current
  • Provided strategic guidance on corporate governance and board operations.
  • Evaluated organizational performance and directed initiatives for improvement.
  • Collaborated with executive leadership to develop long-term business strategies.
  • Oversaw risk management processes to ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
  • Chair the Medical Program Advisory Committee - leading the standardisation of equipment and approval of equipment donations.
  • Liaise with donors and bring donors into the charity.
  • Coordinate large projects - for example the $1.7million ICON for Sight project.

Associate Professor

University of Sydney
01.2021 - Current

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Mentored junior faculty, fostering professional growth and collaborative research efforts within department.
  • Led interdisciplinary research projects, securing funding and promoting knowledge exchange across faculties.
  • Published peer-reviewed articles contributing to advancements in field and elevating university's academic reputation.
  • Organized the academic conference - the JKB Seminar, facilitating networking opportunities for students, faculty, and industry professionals.
  • Mentored students and advised on career paths, degree requirements and post-graduate education options.
  • Made contributions in curricular development and innovation in teaching strategies.
  • Sustained professional contact with colleagues and engaged in continuing professional activities to upgrade and augment existing skills or develop new ones.

Acting Director

NETS NSW
01.2016 - Current

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS:

  • Built the team from five to thirty over five years.
  • Improved communication in the team with an open door policy - always available to help support the critical care needs of children.
  • Introduced a weekly update to enhance communication to the team of key executive updates.
  • Coordinated and convened an international conference to showcase the work of our team to external stakeholders - the JKB Seminar
  • Coordinated and facilitated open communications via annual whole of team planning day.
  • Led the fundraising for over $2million dollars of donations to the organisation
  • Led the social media strategy to enhance the public awareness of the service.
  • Led the service in multidisciplinary research and peer reviewed publications.
  • Regraded and organised key staff to work to their strengths.


Senior Staff Specialist Neonatologist

NSW newborn & paediatric Transport Service (NETS)
01.2008 - Current

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Led development and implementation of clinical protocols for neonatal and pediatric transport operations.
  • Coordinated multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient care during critical transport situations.
  • Mentored junior staff on best practices in emergency response and patient management.
  • Analyzed data trends to identify areas for process improvement in retrieval efficiency.
  • Cultivated a culture of innovation within the department by encouraging open communication channels among team members and promoting creative problem-solving approaches.
  • Designed training materials and facilitated workshops for employees at all levels of the organization, promoting continuous learning opportunities.
  • Vision for Life -Along with Dr Andrew Berry, I led the institution and implementation of telemedicine into NSW neonatal and paediatric critical care advice and retrieval services. This has revolutionised the way we deliver this type of care across NSW and has meant that no matter where a child resides, they have access to a centralised critical care expert within minutes of presenting to their local hospital. The local clinicians are able to deliver tertiary level care supported by the critical care physician on the NETS Base of Operations.


Senior Staff Specialist Neonatologist

Children’s Hospital at Westmead
01.2007 - Current

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Successfully coordinated the care of up to 24 neonatal intensive care patients at once whilst providing supportive communication to their families.
  • Developed training programs for junior medical and nursing staff to ensure success in the care of critically ill newborns.
  • Maintained a flattened hierarchy of communication channels among team members, ensuring safety of the patients with critical care needs.
  • Introduced Point of Care Ultrasound into the department of neonatology and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, enhancing the care and directed therapy applied to rescue critically ill newborns.
  • Actively participated in the fundraising for the unit - seeking and reaching out to potential donors

NSW Medical Staff Council Executive Chair

NSW Medical Staff Council Chairs
01.2022 - 06.2025

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Led the conversation for three years around state wide issues for all the Medical Staff Council chairs and took the main issues identified to the Minister for Health and the Health Secretary to keep them up to date with the clinicians main concerns.
  • Coordinated the feedback from the Medical Staff Council chairs regarding the need for award reform.

Medical Staff Council Chair

Children’s Hospital at Westmead
01.2018 - 01.2022

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS

  • Led a council of circa 500 doctors in a coordinated fashion to speak up about the lack of funding in children's hospital care
  • Produced a 52page compendium of issues for presentation to the NSW Health Minister in 2018
  • Communicated the needs of the team to the Sydney Children's Hospital Board which led to a "deep dive" by the Chair/Deputy Chair of the Board into the management and funding of the Health Services.
  • Triggered the Board to undergo a Governance review of the Sydney Children's Hospitals Network - particularly how the Cardiac Services should be delivered - The Alexander Review of 2019.

Critical Care Program Director

SCHN – CHW
01.2021 - 01.2022

KEY ACHIEVMENTS

  • Led program development initiatives to enhance service delivery and patient outcomes.
  • Managed cross-functional teams to ensure alignment with organizational goals and strategic vision.
  • Analyzed program performance data to inform decision-making and strategic planning efforts.
  • Oversaw budget management processes, ensuring financial accountability and sustainability of programs.
  • Mentored team members for professional development, resulting in increased productivity and job satisfaction.
  • Provided ongoing direction and leadership for program operations.

Education

PhD - Neonatal Ultrasound in Transport

University of Sydney
05-2018

Skills

  • Organizational growth

  • Operational efficiency

  • Strategic leadership

  • Data-driven decision making

  • Crisis management

  • Industry expertise

  • Excellent communication

Interests

  • Podcasting - Neonatal Conversations

During the COVID 19 Pandemic I used the downtime to create and produce a podcast to enable the education of my team to continue even though we were all separated by necessicity

This podcast - still available on SPOTIFY has a five star rating and been downloaded over 100 000 times globally

Timeline

Non-Executive Director

Humpty Dumpty Foundation
01.2022 - Current

NSW Medical Staff Council Executive Chair

NSW Medical Staff Council Chairs
01.2022 - 06.2025

Associate Professor

University of Sydney
01.2021 - Current

Critical Care Program Director

SCHN – CHW
01.2021 - 01.2022

Medical Staff Council Chair

Children’s Hospital at Westmead
01.2018 - 01.2022

Acting Director

NETS NSW
01.2016 - Current

Senior Staff Specialist Neonatologist

NSW newborn & paediatric Transport Service (NETS)
01.2008 - Current

Senior Staff Specialist Neonatologist

Children’s Hospital at Westmead
01.2007 - Current

PhD - Neonatal Ultrasound in Transport

University of Sydney

Current Research

  • NSW HEALTH AWARD 2023, Grace Centre for Newborn Intensive Care – Research Based Care through the Neonatal admission and beyond – part of the team award
  • Body composition of neonates born at term gestation with cardiac and surgical pathologies and its correlation with the neurodevelopmental outcome at one year of age, A hospital based cohort study PhD research candidate Amit Trivedi
  • How should the neonatal retrieval team respond to the neonate referred with bilious vomiting? Mark II, Research colleagues Sunaina Nundeekasen, Hannah Dalrymple, Ahmed Moustafa, Gordon Thomas, Srinivas Bolisetty and Anil Lakkundi
  • Managing life threatening paediatric asthma in retrieval, Research colleagues – Elizabeth Hardman, Tracey Lutz, Stuart Haggie
  • Vision for Life: NETS specialists, local providers and patients families perceptions of live video streaming for remote telemedicine neonatal and paediatric emergency support, Research colleagues Andrew Berry & Tessa Kennedy
  • Paediatric Trauma Retrieval, Masters completion Dr Michael McCarron

Guideline And Policy Contributions

Primary author: Abdominal Wall Defects, Extremely low birth weight babies, ECMO in Neonatal and Paediatric Transport, Hernia Reduction, Difficult Inguinal Hernia in Children 1 month of age, Submersion, Thermal management of the Newborn, Traumatic Brain Injury, Vacuum Mattress, Paediatric Ventilation

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 11th June 1968
  • Nationality: Australian

Publications

  • Scerri L, Fletcher M, Haggie S, Lutz T, Carmo KB, An Australian Paediatric Retrieval Service Riding the Wave of Invasive Group A Streptococcal Disease From 2022 to 2024, Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2025
  • Grant P, Legge AA, Gonzalez A, Carmo KB, Dry and dusty outback: infant botulism, BMJ Case Reports CP, 18, 2, e262942
  • McLean L, Dalrymple H, Sasidharan L, Grant T, Browning Carmo K, Efficacy of Therapeutic Hypothermia During Transport of Newborns With Perinatal Hypoxic‐Ischaemic Encephalopathy: Experience From Newborn and Paediatric Transport Service, NSW, Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2025, 61, 3, 411-416
  • Redpath S, Syed MM, Browning Carmo K, Rapid Response Systems for Neonates and Newborns, International Textbook of Rapid Response Systems, M. Devita, 2025, 4
  • Lutz T, Berry A, McGillivray A, Browning-Carmo K, Neonatal Hypoxic Respiratory Failure: Referral for ECMO, Emergency Care and Medicine, 1, 3, 304-311
  • Williams, A., Carmo, K.B., Lawson, J., Staatz, C. and Liley, H., Drug treatment of neonatal seizures by neonatologists and paediatric neurologists: a survey of practice in Australia and New Zealand, BMJ Paediatrics Open, 2024, 8, Suppl 6, A1–A22
  • Scullin M, Carmo KB, Haggie S, Characteristics and outcomes of respiratory distress among term infants born in a regional setting, Australian Journal of Rural Health, 2023
  • Trivedi A, Browning Carmo K, Nunez-James K, Jatana V, Gordon A, Growth and risk of adverse neuro-developmental outcome in newborns with congenital heart disease: A single-centre retrospective study, Early Human Development, 2023-08-01, 183, 105798
  • Trivedi A, Browning Carmo K, Jatana V, James-Nunez K, Gordon A, Growth and risk of neurodevelopmental outcome in infants with congenital heart disease: A systematic review, Acta Paediatrica, 2023, 112, 53-62
  • Joerck C, Wilkinson R, Angiti R, Lutz T, Scerri L, Browning Carmo K, Use of Intraosseous Access in Neonatal and Pediatric Retrieval—Neonatal and Pediatric Emergency Transfer Service, New South Wales, Pediatric Emergency Care, 2023, 39, 11, 853-857
  • Shivamallappa M D, Mullins A, Browning Carmo K, Bullous eruptions in transient abnormal myelopoiesis with normal phenotype, British Medical Journal Case Reports, 2023, 16, 4, e251523
  • Hurwitz S, Boyd S, Crowle C, Browning Carmo K, The impact of acidosis on the developmental outcomes of neonates with postnatally diagnosed left heart obstruction, Acta Paediatrica, 2022, 112, 2, 261
  • Moustafa A, Popat H, Ayer J, Haghighi M, Skilton M, Browning Carmo K, Infants With Congenital Heart Disease at Risk of Early Atherosclerotic Disease, Journal American Heart Association, 2022, 11, 22, e025772
  • Khachane Y, Halliday R, Thomas G, Maheshwari R, Browning Carmo K, Outcomes for infants with congenital diaphragmatic hernia: A single campus review with low extracorporeal membrane oxygenation utilization, Journal Paediatrics Child Health, 2022, 58, 1, 90-96, 10.1111/jpc.15659, 34293230
  • Nundeekasen S, Dalrymple H, Moustafa A, Thomas G, Browning Carmo K, How should the neonatal retrieval team respond to the neonate referred with bilious vomiting?, Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2021, 10.1111/jpc.15829
  • Seigel A, Legge N, Hughes G, Browning Carmo K, Umbilical venous catheterisation: emergency central venous access which saves lives in coarctation of the aorta, British Medical Journal Case Reports, 2021, 14, e245789, 10.1136/bcr-2021-245789
  • Syamkumar S, Jani S, Browning Carmo K, Management and referral of acute laryngotracheitis – Croup: The New South Wales Neonatal and Paediatric Emergency Transport Service experience, Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2021, 10.1111/jpc.15729
  • Browning Carmo K, Liava’a M, Festa M, Fa’asalele T, Roxburgh J, Bladwell W, McGeever J, Griffiths A, O’Shaughnessy K, Berry A, Retrieval of neonatal and paediatric patients on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support in New South Wales, Australia, Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2021, 10.1111/jpc.15602
  • Browning Carmo K, McCarron M, Kendrick T, Gallagher P, Roxburgh J, Berry A, Letter to the Editor Re: Pathways and factors that influence time to definitive trauma care for injured children in New South Wales, Australia by Curtis et al. published in 2021, Injury, 2021
  • Dalrymple HM, Browning Carmo K, Improving intubation success in Pediatric and Neonatal Transport: use of daily simulation and checklists, Pediatric Emergency Care, 2020
  • Boyd SM, Staub E, Browning Carmo K, Improving diagnostic accuracy in neonates with left heart obstruction in a transport setting, Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2020, 10.1111/jpc.15102
  • Gupta N, Shipley L, Goel N, Browning Carmo K, Leslie A, Sharkey D, Neurocritical care of high-risk infants during inter-hospital transport, Acta Paediatrica, 2019, 108, 1965–1971, 10.1111/apa.14940
  • Teo SS, Priyadarshini A, Browning Carmo K, Sail sign in neonatal pneumomediastinum: a case report, BMC Pediatrics, 2019, 19, 38, 10.1186/s12887-019-1397-7
  • Browning Carmo K, The History of Ultrasound and its use at point of care, Current Treatment Options Pediatrics, 2017, 10.1007/s40746-017-0101-0
  • Browning Carmo K, Lutz T, Greenhalgh M, Berry A, Kluckow M, Evans N, Feasibility and utility of portable ultrasound during retrieval of sick preterm infants, Acta Paediatrica, 2017, in press
  • Fa’asalele TA, Browning Carmo K, Berry A, Rheumatic Heart Disease in Paediatric Critical Care Retrieval, Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2017, 53, 1, 95–96
  • Browning Carmo K, Lutz T, Berry A, Kluckow M, Evans N, Feasibility and utility of portable ultrasound during retrieval of sick term and late preterm infants, Acta Paediatrica, 2016, 105, 12, e549-e554
  • Owler B, Browning Carmo K, Bladwell W, Fa’aselele TA, Roxburgh J, Kendrick T, Berry A, Mobile pediatric neurosurgery: rapid response neurosurgery for remote or urgent pediatric patients, Journal of Neurosurgery, Pediatrics, 2015, 16, 3, 340-345
  • Goh A, Browning Carmo K, Morris J, Berry A, Wall M, Abdel Latif M, Outcomes of high-risk obstetric transfers in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory: The High-Risk Obstetric Transfer Study, Australia and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2015, 10.1111/ajo.12375
  • Popat H, Wall M, Browning Carmo K, Berry A, Potentially avoidable neonatal retrievals in New South Wales: a retrospective analysis, Medical Journal of Australia, 2014, 200, 1, 33-36
  • Browning Carmo K, Evans N, Kluckow M, Berry A, Neonatal Ultrasound in Transport, Current Paediatric Reviews, 2012, 8, 4, 1-6
  • Woods P, Browning Carmo K, Wall M, Berry A, Transporting Newborns with Transposition of the Great Arteries, Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2013, 49, E68–E73
  • Hazelton B, Kesson A, Prelog K, Carmo K, Dexter M, Epidural abscess in a neonate, Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2012, 48, 3, E132–E135
  • Kumar BVK, Badawi N, Fa’asalele A, Carmo K, Spontaneous neonatal pneumomediastinum, Open Journal of Pediatrics, 2011, 1, 37-38
  • De Lima J and Browning Carmo K, Practical Pain Management in the Neonate, Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology, 2010, 24, 3, 291-307
  • Browning Carmo K, Evans N, Paradisis M, Duration of indomethacin treatment of the preterm patent ductus arteriosus as directed by echocardiography, Journal of Paediatrics, 2009, 155, 6, 819-822
  • Browning Carmo K, O’Brien K, Teo J & Schell D, Traumatic bleeding at birth treated with rVIIa, Journal Paediatrics and Child Health, 2009, 45, 68-70
  • Häertel C, Haase B, Browning Carmo K, Gebauer C, Kattner E, Kribs A, Segerer H, Teig N, Wense A, Wieg C, Herting E, Göpel W, Does the enteral feeding advancement effect short term outcomes in very-low-birth-weight infants, Journal Paediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, 2009, 48, 4, 464-470
  • Browning Carmo K & Terrey A, Stabilising the Newborn for Transport – Invited article for Australian Family Physician, 2008, 37, 7, 510-514
  • Browning Carmo K, Williams K, West M, Berry A, Quality Audit Of The Service Delivered By The NSW Neonatal And Paediatric Transport Service, Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2007, 44, 5, 253-272
  • Browning Carmo K, Evans N, Isaacs D, Congenital candidiasis presenting as septic shock without rash, Archives of Disease in Childhood, 2007, 92, 627-628
  • Browning Carmo KA, Barr P, West M, White J, Hopper N, Badawi N, Transporting newborn infants with suspected duct dependent congenital heart disease on low-dose prostaglandin E1 without routine mechanical ventilation, Archives of Diseases of Childhood Fetal Neonatal Ed, 2007, 92, 117–9
  • Browning Carmo K and Barr P, Drug treatment of neonatal seizures by neonatologists and paediatric neurologists, Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2005, 41, 1-4

Community Service

  • Presentation to Donors, Platform presentation, Humpty Dumpty Foundation, at least 6 times per annum since 2018.
  • ASMOF Councillor - this includes weekly meetings contributing to the NSW Staff Specialist Award reform, speaking to media and weekend work contributing to drafting the new award.
  • Flu B awareness, Social Media video, unlimited, Facebook, Linked In and Twitter, 2023-07-01
  • Neonatal Conversations, Podcast, 16,890 international listeners, Online, 2020-05-01
  • Risks of energy drinks on the adolescent age group at risk of Long QT syndrome, Radio interview, Academic and general public, https://www.2ser.com/component/k2/item/27563-can-energy-drink-cause-sudden-cardiac-death, 2017-03-01
  • Vision for Life Variety Launch, Meeting and presentation with donors – social media, Facebook, Twitter, Balmain, 2017-01-01
  • Women in Business – Caring for Critically ill babies, Video interview and public speaking engagement, Fundraising, Waterview Bicentennial Park, 2017-01-01
  • Vision for Life Variety Launch, Meeting and presentation with donors – social media, Facebook, Twitter, St George, 2016-01-01
  • Vision for Life Variety Launch, Meeting and presentation with donors/fundraisers– social media, Facebook, Twitter, Port Macquarie, 2016-01-01
  • John Moriarty Foundation, On football scholarship for trials and school placement, 13 yo Indigenous boarder for 8 weeks, 8 weeks in our home, 2016-01-01
  • Ms Lucy Turnbull, High Tea and tour of the NETS Base, Facebook, Twitter, NETS Westmead base, 2016-01-01
  • Grace Gala – caring for critically ill babies, Video interview, Fundraising, Sheraton on the Park Sydney, 2015-01-01
  • Expose on work and life at NETS, Magazine article, General public, Sydney Hills Living, 2015-01-01
  • NETS in Nowra, Radio interview, General public, ABC Radio National, 2014-06-01
  • Vision for Life Launch, Doorstop meeting, Multiple media outlets launching a new technology allowing NETS to visualise sick babies and children remotely, Westmead NETS NSW Base of Operations, 2014-01-01
  • Expert advice on Going home with new babies, Magazine article, General public, Cosmo Pregnancy, 2012-01-01
  • Article on funny things about babies that mothers worry about, Magazine Article, General public, Coles Baby, 2013-01-01
  • Humpty Dumpty Foundation Charity Hike, Participant 22kms, Fundraising, Mt Kosciusko, 2012-01-01
  • Humpty Dumpty Foundation Charity Hike, Participant 30kms, Fundraising, Cradle Mountain

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