Dr Ken Wishaw co-founded CareFlight and the NSW Medical Retrieval Service, pioneered helicopter medicine and helped to develop life-saving initiatives and techniques like battle trauma management and a “mobile intensive care unit” for transferring patients.
In his retirement, he turned to fulfilling a lifelong passion, completing a post-graduate certificate in astronomy and becoming an advocate for the night sky.
Dr Wishaw serves as secretary of the Brisbane Astronomical Society and co-founded the Australasian Dark Sky Alliance, which advises policy makers on light pollution matters.