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Sue Ieraci (born 1960) is an Australian doctor and emergency specialist with more than three decades’ experience in the public hospital system. She is a vocal advocate for improvements in Emergency Medicine, how it is viewed in the hospital framework and patient-centred care. Ieraci is a member of the Executive of Friends of Science in Medicine and she strongly promotes evidence based medicine.

Early life and Education
Ieraci was born in Sydney in 1960 to parents who were both immigrants from the Calabrese town of Roccella Ionica. Her first language was Calabrese but both she and her older sister began to speak only English in their early school years.

She achieved high marks in both French and English at matriculation which gave her entrance to Medicine at Sydney University. She graduated in 1982, did an internship at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney then specialized in Emergency Medicine.

Career and Activism
Ieraci has spent a career of more than 3 decades in public hospitals in the South West of Sydney which are working-class areas with lots of migrants. Her career has included periods of management, committees and policy development. Increasingly her focus is on human relationships within the health care system. She is vocal in supporting better processes and structures for emergency medicine.

Ieraci is a member of the Friends of Science in Medicine (FSM) Executive. FSM is "an Australian association which supports evidence-based medicine and strongly opposes the promotion and practice of unsubstantiated therapies that lack a scientifically plausible rationale". She frequently speaks, writes and comments on issues around vaccination, alternative medicine and the wellness industry. She has been the target of criticism by groups opposing her views.

Ieraci was invited to speak at the Australian Skeptics Convention in December 2019.

Personal Life
Ieraci is married with one daughter.