Diana Egerton-Warburton


Diana Egerton-Warburton is an Australian medical professional, specialising in emergency medicine.
Egerton-Warburton is currently the director of Emergency Medicine Research at Monash Medical Centre.
Egerton-Warburton is best known for her research into Australia's drinking culture. She is an executive member of the National Alliance for Action on Alcohol and serves on the board of the Australian National Advisory Council for Alcohol and Drugs.
A vocal critic of Australia's drinking habits, Egerton-Warburton is opposed to alcohol-orientated public holidays and events such as Australia Day and the annual Beer Can Regatta in Darwin. According to Egerton-Warburton, doctors consider Australia Day to be the busiest day for the "national sport of getting drunk".
She has previously called for the sale of alcoholic drinks to be banned after 10pm, to limit the burden hospital emergency departments face by admitted alcohol-affected patients during the night. Egerton-Warburton has also been critical of the media's focus on the so-called "ice epidemic" because she believes compared to issues caused by alcohol consumption, methamphetamine use is "a very small issue".
From 1997 until 2000, Egerton-Warburton was the president of the Australasian Society for Emergency Medicine.
In 2013, she was awarded the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine's teaching excellence medal. In 2016, the Australian Medical Association awarded Egerton-Warburton with the Women in Medicine Award in recognition for her contribution to the development of emergency medicine.
VicHealth recognised Egerton-Warburton and her Australasian College of Emergency Medicine team at the 2017 VicHealth Awards for their Alcohol Harm Snapshot Survey.
Egerton-Warburton was added to the Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2018.