About Nurse Cassie
Living with a complex wound or adapting to life with a stoma can be physically and emotionally challenging. You need expert care, clear guidance and a clinician who understands not only how to promote healing, but how to help you regain your confidence and quality of life.
Throughout her career, Cassie has worked to improve not only clinical outcomes, but the entire patient experience. In the UAE, she developed the region’s largest nurse-led wound and stoma care service, recognised by the World Union of Wound Healing Societies UAE as a Local Clinical Wound Centre of Excellence. She was also a member of the Royal Adelaide Hospital Burns Assessment Team, supporting responses to burns disasters in Australia and internationally.
Cassie currently chairs the Stoma Care Program for the Emirates Society of Colon & Rectal Surgery and serves as a member of the European Pressure Ulcer Expert Panel Group.
At a Glance
- Nationality: Australian
- Date of Birth: April 1983
- Years in Dubai: 13
- Superpower: Multitasking
- Lives with: Husband and 3 rescue cats
- Surprising Fact: Studied volleyball in high school in Australia
Awards & Recognition
- Journal of Wound Care Bronze Award for Excellence in Wound Care — UAE
- Dubai Champion Nurse Award
- World Union of Wound Healing UAE Local Clinical Wound Centre of Excellence
Professional Affiliations
- Wound Australia
- Association of Stoma Care Nurses UK (ASCNUK)
- Australian Lymphology Association
- Editorial Board Member, International Wound Journal
- Member, European Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (EPUAP) Expert Panel Group
- Chair, Stoma Care Program — Emirates Society of Colon & Rectal Surgery
Education
- Masters of Nursing Science, University of Adelaide — Thesis: Patient Experience of Chronic Wounds in a Tertiary Healthcare Setting
- Post Graduate Diploma in Nursing Science (Burns Nursing), University of Adelaide
- Bachelor of Nursing, University of South Australia
- Post Graduate Certification in Advanced Stoma Care, University of East Anglia
- Wounds Australia Credentialled Advanced Wound Professional
- Certified Lymphatic Massage
Clinical Training & Experience
Former member of the Australian Burns Assessment Team — Royal Adelaide Hospital, deployed for burns disasters in Australia and internationally. 26 years of specialist clinical experience across Australia, the United Kingdom, and the UAE.
