Born in South Africa in 1950, married with 4 children. Graduate of the Universities of Pretoria and Cape Town South Africa.Registered specialist in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine both in South Africa and Israel.

Fellow of the Faculty of Anaesthesiology, College of Medicine of South Africa since 1980 and Master of Philosophy in Critical Care Medicine from 1990, University of Cape Town. Previously Principal Specialist, Principal Lecturer and co-director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit of the Departments of Medicine and Anaesthesiology, University of Cape Town. 

Currently Director: Medical Intensive Care Unit, Department of Medicine, Hadassah Medical Organization and Clinical Senior lecturer of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Previously President of the South African Society of Anaesthesiology and Past President of the Critical Care Medicine Society of Southern Africa. Associate Editor of the Southern African Journal of Critical Care and Past Editorial Board member of Current Opinion in Pulmonology and Current Opinion in Critical Care. ATLS and ACLS Instructor since 1992. Life member of the South African Aerospace Medical Society and Senior Aeromedical Examiner of the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States Government. Special interests and expertise include: the design, management and audit of adult intensive care practice; all aspects of adult and pediatric perioperative anaesthesia and respiratory intensive care; peri-operative and intensive care management of neurological crises; obstetrical crises management and air and road transport of the critically Ill. Exceptional procedural skills include: mechanical ventilatory support and difficult weaning; difficult airway management; noninvasive mechanical ventilation; minimally invasive percutaneous dilational tracheostomy; cricothyroid puncture and jet ventilation; central venous and arterial line placement; pulmonary artery catheterization and monitoring; noninvasive cardiac output monitoring; and interpretation of capnography.

Professor Linton is an internationally acknowledged expert in air ambulance transport of critically ill patients. He has assisted in the organization of national and international air medical rescue organizations and operations in Africa and the Middle East for the past 20 years. Professor Linton is an Instrument Rated Commercial Pilot with more than 1,300 hours. He was a volunteer pilot and Honorary Chief Medical Officer to the South African Red Cross Air Ambulance Service for 10 years. In 1997 he organized the first Dedicated Air Ambulance service in the Middle East - negotiated the purchase and medical installation of the first suitable aircraft for Air Ambulance Service in Israel. Currently holder of both South African and Israeli Commercial Pilots licenses and acting as Honorary Pilot and Medical Director of the first Airborne Intensive Care Unit in Israel. Licensed in Israel as Pilot on multi-engined and Jet aircraft. Sporting activities: Jogging, swimming, squash, windsurfing, diving, camping. Musical Instruments played: Piano, piano accordion.