June 2007

Alfred professor promoted to brigadier in Army Reserve

The Alfred Hospital Head of Surgery and Neurosurgery Professor Jeffrey Rosenfeld has been promoted to the rank of brigadier—making him the most senior health services officer in the Army Reserve.

Appointed as Director General of Defence Health Reserves (Army) and Assistant Surgeon General, ADF (Army), Professor Rosenfeld has responsibility for all health reservists in the army.

‘I am very excited about the appointment—it’s a great opportunity to further develop my military interests and serve the Australian Defence Force (ADF) and Australia at a national level,’ Professor Rosenfeld said.

‘The appointment carries great responsibility and is a great honour.’

As Assistant Surgeon General, Professor Rosenfeld will also represent the ADF and health services in the wider community and take a more active role in policy development and recruitment and retention issues for the health services.

Professor Rosenfeld recently returned from the United States where he was invited to deliver a paper on battlefield surgery to military and civilian trauma surgeons at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda, Maryland.

The university trains medical personnel for the U.S. Military.

‘The paper was on brain injury and detailed the sorts of injuries incurred in battle and how we manage those injuries,’ Professor Rosenfeld said.