David Rosengren


David Rosengren


Queensland Health; Australia


Dr Rosengren commenced as Director-General, Queensland Health on 1 November 2024. He is a Senior Staff Specialist in Emergency Medicine with more than 20 years of clinical and leadership experience in both public and private hospital sectors.


While continuing to work as a clinician, he has also undertaken executive roles where he has overseen the delivery and performance of acute public hospital services at a large scale. This includes as Chief Operating Officer for Queensland Health, Executive Director of Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and as Chief Operating Officer for Metro North Hospital and Health Service. He has also been Acting Executive Director of Organisational Development at Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service.


Dr Rosengren has held several representative roles with the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and oversaw the Metropolitan Emergency Department Access Initiative project in 2012. He was the Chair of the Queensland Clinical Senate between 2012 and 2019.