Professor Tony Brown has written extensively in the medical literature, including a bestselling handbook on emergency medicine now in its eighth edition. He holds a Professorial academic teaching title at the University of Queensland Faculty of Medicine, and still works full-time in clinical emergency medicine. He was awarded the Order of Australia (AM) in 2018, “For significant service to emergency medicine as a clinician, author and educator". His teaching awards include the inaugural Teaching Excellence Award 2001 at the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine; the Excellence in Clinical Teaching Award 2001 at the Royal Brisbane Hospital; the Outstanding Teaching Award 2015 at the Royal Brisbane Clinical School, University of Queensland; and The Michael Perera Teaching Award, Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit, Phase 2 MD Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland in 2021.