Overview
Background
Elissa is an Intensivist and clinician researcher. She is a full-time Intensive Care Specialist in the Australian Army through which she works at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. She holds honorary academic titles at the University of Queensland and Monash University. Her PhD was on the role of the endothelial glycocalyx in severe trauma, and she is building a research program that spans the management of severe burns, trauma, blood transfusion, military medicine, and endothelial dysfunction in critical illness. She also has a strong interest in the design of novel clinical trials and is currently completing a Masters in Biostatistics. She is an emerging leader in critical care clinical trials, currently leading the Australian sites of the international, multi-centre, Threshold for Platelets (T4P) clinical trial, and is on the management committee of several other large multi-centre clinical trials. She is an active member of the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group community and supervises several student research projects.
Availability
- Dr Elissa Milford is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, University of New South Wales
- Bachelor of Medicine Surgery, The University of Queensland
- Doctoral (Research) of Medicine (Research), The University of Queensland
Works
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2026
Book Chapter
Blast and ballistic trauma
Reade, Michael Charles, Woolley, Tom and Milford, Elissa Mary (2026). Blast and ballistic trauma. Oh's Intensive Care Manual. (pp. 1191-1203) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-443-11611-7.00107-9
2025
Journal Article
Statistical analysis plan for the Australasian Resuscitation in sepsis evaluation: FLUid or vasopressors in emergency department sepsis (ARISE FLUIDS) trial
Milford, Elissa M., Macdonald, Stephen P. J., Serpa-Neto, Ary, Delaney, Anthony, Higgins, Alisa M., Howe, Belinda and Peake, Sandra L. (2025). Statistical analysis plan for the Australasian Resuscitation in sepsis evaluation: FLUid or vasopressors in emergency department sepsis (ARISE FLUIDS) trial. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 27 (4) 100157, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ccrj.2025.100157
2025
Journal Article
Australasian Resuscitation in Sepsis Evaluation: FLUid or vasopressors in emergency Department Sepsis (ARISE FLUIDS) trial: Study protocol
Howe, Belinda D, MacDonald, Stephen P J, Arendts, Glenn, Bellomo, Rinaldo, Burcham, Jonathon, Delaney, Anthony, Egerton-Warburton, Diana, Fatovich, Daniel, Fraser, John F, Higgins, Alisa, Jones, Peter, Keijzers, Gerben, Milford, Elissa, Udy, Andrew Alexander, Williams, Patricia, Young, Paul and Peake, Sandra L (2025). Australasian Resuscitation in Sepsis Evaluation: FLUid or vasopressors in emergency Department Sepsis (ARISE FLUIDS) trial: Study protocol. BMJ Open , 15 (7) e101215, e101215-7. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-101215
2025
Journal Article
Tranexamic acid did not attenuate the acute rise in plasma syndecan-1 in a severely injured cohort: a laboratory analysis of the PATCH clinical trial
Milford, Elissa M., Marjanovic, Dusan, Ho, Heidi, Wallis, Steven, Draxler, Dominik F., Mitra, Biswadev, Gruen, Russell L., Medcalf, Robert, Bernard, Stephen, McArthur, Colin, Meagele, Marc, Burns, Brian, Gantner, Dashiell and Reade, Michael C. (2025). Tranexamic acid did not attenuate the acute rise in plasma syndecan-1 in a severely injured cohort: a laboratory analysis of the PATCH clinical trial. Intensive Care Medicine Experimental, 13 (1) 72, 72-1. doi: 10.1186/s40635-025-00784-2
2025
Journal Article
Lower fluid resuscitation volumes in the first 24 hours following a severe burn injury are independently associated with greater days alive and out of hospital: A retrospective cohort study
Gardiner, Ben, Coles, Victoria, Vujcich, Elizabeth, Reade, Michael C, Karamujic, Nermin and Milford, Elissa M (2025). Lower fluid resuscitation volumes in the first 24 hours following a severe burn injury are independently associated with greater days alive and out of hospital: A retrospective cohort study. Burns, 51 (8) 107610, 107610-8. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2025.107610
2025
Journal Article
Respiratory syncytial virus infection in adult and paediatric patients admitted to intensive care in Australia: A nation-wide comparison with COVID-19
Tang, Yaodong, Zhao, Peinan, Cheng, Allen C., Ibrahim, Aaliya, Hassall, Jenna, Litton, Edward, Andersen, Christopher R., Liang, Cindy, Milford, Elissa M., Rose, Morgan, Plummer, Mark, Kong, Jing, Johnson, Kerry, Bihari, Shailesh, Chaba, Anis, Begum, Husna, Cruz, Sherene Magana, Ng, Sze, Trapani, Tony, Campbell, Lewis, Ramanan, Mahesh, McAllister, Richard, Chumbes, Jenipher, Erickson, Simon, Kol, Mark, Cheung, Winston, Udy, Andrew A. and Burrell, Aidan (2025). Respiratory syncytial virus infection in adult and paediatric patients admitted to intensive care in Australia: A nation-wide comparison with COVID-19. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 27 (2) 100113, 100113-2. doi: 10.1016/j.ccrj.2025.100113
2025
Conference Publication
Lower fluid resuscitation volumes in the first 24 hours following a severe burn injury are independently associated with greater days alive and out of hospital censored at day 90
Gardiner, Benjamin, Coles, Victoria, Vujcich, Elizabeth, Reade, Micheal, Lisec, Carl and Milford, Elissa (2025). Lower fluid resuscitation volumes in the first 24 hours following a severe burn injury are independently associated with greater days alive and out of hospital censored at day 90. Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society/Australian College of Critical Care Nursing Intensive Care Annual Scientific meeting 2025, Christchurch, New Zealand, 9-11 April 2025. Philadelphia, PA United States: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.aucc.2025.101333
2024
Journal Article
Type-specific whole blood still has a role in the era of low titer O universal donor transfusion for severe trauma hemorrhage
Milford, Elissa M., Gurney, Jennifer M., Beckett, Andrew, Strandenes, Geir and Reade, Michael C. (2024). Type-specific whole blood still has a role in the era of low titer O universal donor transfusion for severe trauma hemorrhage. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 97 (3), e23-e27. doi: 10.1097/ta.0000000000004369
2024
Journal Article
Recommendations for the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM) trainee research project: A modified Delphi study
Ho, Ariel, Denny, Kerina J., Laupland, Kevin B., Ramanan, Mahesh, Tabah, Alexis, McCullough, James, Schults, Jessica A., Raman, Sainath, Apte, Yogesh, Attokaran, Antony, Baker, Stuart, Bartholdy, Roland, Bhadange, Neeraj, Brailsford, Jane, Cook, Katrina, David, Alexandre, Dhanani, Jayesh, Edwards, Felicity, Elkady, Hatem, Evans, Tess, Hutchinson, Jane, Lannon, Sean, Marshall, Andrea, McIlroy, Philippa, Milford, Elissa, Morrison, Lynette, Murray, Lauren, Serratore, Alyssa, Shah, Vikram ... Queensland Critical Care Research Network (2024). Recommendations for the College of Intensive Care Medicine (CICM) trainee research project: A modified Delphi study. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 26 (3), 169-175. doi: 10.1016/j.ccrj.2024.05.002
2024
Journal Article
Cannabis use disorders and outcome of admission to intensive care: A retrospective multi-centre cohort study
Renger, Laura, Dhanani, Jayesh, Milford, Elissa, Tabah, Alexis, Shekar, Kiran, Ramanan, Mahesh and Laupland, Kevin B. (2024). Cannabis use disorders and outcome of admission to intensive care: A retrospective multi-centre cohort study. Journal of Critical Care, 80 154504, 154504. doi: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2023.154504
2023
Other Outputs
The role of the endothelial glycocalyx in severe trauma
Milford, Elissa (2023). The role of the endothelial glycocalyx in severe trauma. PhD Thesis, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/8695614
2023
Journal Article
Publication outcomes among intensive care trainees
Shen, Eddie, Dhanani, Jayesh, Milford, Elissa M., Raileanu, Vanessa and Laupland, Kevin B. (2023). Publication outcomes among intensive care trainees. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 52 (1), 45-51. doi: 10.1177/0310057x231194079
2022
Journal Article
Fingolimod does not prevent syndecan-4 shedding from the endothelial glycocalyx in a cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cell model of vascular injury
Milford, Elissa M., Meital, Lara, Kuballa, Anna, Reade, Michael C. and Russell, Fraser D. (2022). Fingolimod does not prevent syndecan-4 shedding from the endothelial glycocalyx in a cultured human umbilical vein endothelial cell model of vascular injury. Intensive Care Medicine Experimental, 10 (1) 34, 34. doi: 10.1186/s40635-022-00462-7
2019
Journal Article
Resuscitation fluid choices to preserve the endothelial glycocalyx
Milford, Elissa M. and Reade, Michael C. (2019). Resuscitation fluid choices to preserve the endothelial glycocalyx. Critical Care, 23 (1) 77, 77. doi: 10.1186/s13054-019-2369-x
2016
Journal Article
Activation of the protein C pathway and endothelial glycocalyx shedding is associated with coagulopathy in an ovine model of trauma and hemorrhage
van Zyl, Natasha, Milford, Elissa M., Diab, Sara, Dunster, Kimble, McGiffin, Peter, Rayner, Stephen G., Staib, Andrew, Reade, Michael C. and Fraser, John F. (2016). Activation of the protein C pathway and endothelial glycocalyx shedding is associated with coagulopathy in an ovine model of trauma and hemorrhage. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 81 (4), 674-684. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000001190
2016
Journal Article
Comprehensive review of platelet storage methods for use in the treatment of active hemorrhage
Milford, Elissa M. and Reade, Michael C. (2016). Comprehensive review of platelet storage methods for use in the treatment of active hemorrhage. Transfusion, 56 (S2), S140-S148. doi: 10.1111/trf.13504
2014
Journal Article
Letter: the need for a definitive clinical trial of cryopreserved red blood cells
Milford, Elissa M., Tung, John Paul and Reade, Michael C. (2014). Letter: the need for a definitive clinical trial of cryopreserved red blood cells. Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 77 (6), 1004-1004. doi: 10.1097/TA.0000000000000463
2014
Journal Article
An age-of-blood transfusion trial in the trauma setting is crucial and animal models may help inform trial design
Milford, Elissa M., Reade, Michael C., Colone, Lieutenant, Shekar, Kiran, Tung, John-Paul and Fraser, John F. (2014). An age-of-blood transfusion trial in the trauma setting is crucial and animal models may help inform trial design. Critical Care and Resuscitation, 16 (2), 149-150.
2011
Conference Publication
Do Rural Student Health Clubs produce more rural health professionals?
Milford, Elissa, Fogarty, Sam, Moffatt, Jennifer and Baker, Peter (2011). Do Rural Student Health Clubs produce more rural health professionals?. 22nd Annual Conference of the Rural Doctors Association of Queensland (RDAQ 2011), Cairns, Australia, 10-12 June 2011.
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