Debra Nestel, PhD, is Professor of Simulation Education in Healthcare at Monash University, and Professor of Surgical Education at the University of Melbourne, Australia. Debra is program lead for the Graduate Programs in Surgical Education (Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne & Royal Australasian College of Surgeons). She has published over 200 papers and has edited books on healthcare simulation and simulated patient methodology. Debra is Editor-in-Chief of Advances in Simulation.Kirsten Dalrymple, PhD, is Principal Teaching Fellow and Co-director of the Master’s in Surgical Education at Imperial College London’s Department of Surgery and Cancer. Previously, Kirsten had a major role in curriculum reform and faculty development at the University of Southern California School of Dentistry. From 2005-2010 she led educational development programs for medical staff at Imperial.John Paige, MD, has been a faculty member of the Department of Surgery at the Louisiana State University (LSU) Health New Orleans School of Medicine since 2002. He is currently an Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, with additional appointments within the Department of Anesthesiology, Department of Radiology, and at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center. He is a practicing general surgeon with fellowship training in minimally invasive surgery. John Paige, MD, has been a faculty member of the Department of Surgery at the Louisiana State University (LSU) Health New Orleans School of Medicine since 2002. He is currently a Professor of Clinical Surgery, with joint appointments within the Department of Anesthesiology and the Department of Radiology. He is a practicing general surgeon with fellowship training in minimally invasive surgery, and he serves as the Director of the American College of Surgeons Accredited Education Institute at the LSU Health New Orleans School of Medicine Learning Center.Rajesh Aggarwal MD PhD FRCS FACS is a surgeon and educator. He trained as a surgeon in the United Kingdom and has held academic and clinical posts at Imperial College London, the University of Pennsylvania and most recently at McGill University where he was Director of the Steinberg Centre for Simulation and Interactive Learning. In 2017, Rajesh took on a role in strategic ventures and innovation at Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health, Philadelphia, USA.
