THE HEART OF MEDICINE 2026


An International Gathering of Compassionate Leaders in Medicine

Dr. Andrea Austin

Emergency Physician, Director of Simulation, Podcast Host of Heartline: Conversations with Healthcare Changemakers, Author

San Diego, USA

About Dr. Andrea

Dr. Austin is an internationally recognized emergency medicine and simulation educator. Dr. Austin is the Senior Lecturer and Director of the Healthcare Modeling and Simulation Certificate at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California. In addition, she is the inaugural Simulation Director for Southwest Healthcare.

Her pioneering efforts advocate for simulation as a pivotal tool in healthcare education.

She is a Navy veteran and former lieutenant commander. Her career includes a deployment to Iraq and serving at the forefront of emergency medicine at the Navy Trauma Training Center (NTTC) at LA General.

She is the chair of the American Association of Women Emergency Physicians. She hosts the podcast Heartline: Changemaking in Healthcare, which features the inspirational stories of healthcare changemakers. Her book Revitalized: A Guidebook to Following Your Healing Heartline transcends her personal burnout narrative, offering tangible insights on thriving in a challenging healthcare system.

Watch conversations between our faculty!

A talk with Dr. Rhea...

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A talk with Dr. Michelle...

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A conversation between Dr. Minky and Dr. Ashok...

Coming soon

Where you can find Dr. Andrea

instagram.com/andreaaustinmd

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facebook.com/andreaaustinmd

www.andreaaustinmd.com

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We acknowledge Australia's First Peoples

Coaching for Doctors is based on Gunaikurnai country. We pay our respects and honour the traditional custodians of Country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their ancestors, Elders past and present and to their emerging leaders. And recognise that this land was never ceded. 

Our Country | Gunaikurnai Land and Waters

The Heart of Medicine Gathering and Retreat will take place on Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Country