AMD Council

The Adult Medicine Division (AMD) Council meets twice a year and is governed by the Adult Medicine Division By-law. (PDF).

Council members

Name Position
Professor Brian Wood President and Chair
Dr Anthony Deacon President-elect
Dr Yee Ching Bee Advanced Trainee Representative
Dr Laura Chapman Elected Member (Aotearoa New Zealand)
Professor Rory Clifton-Bligh Endocrine Society of Australia representative
Associate Professor Elizabeth Clingan Australasian Association of Nuclear Medicine Specialists representative
Dr Clinton Colaco Elected member
Dr Joseph De Luca Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy representative
Dr Emma Donaldson Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine Committee representative
Professor Joseph Doyle Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases representative
Dr Michelle Downie Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand representative
Dr Sharon Ford  Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology representative
Dr Himanshu Goel

Human Genetics Society of Australasia representative 

Dr Gauri Gogna Australasian Chapter of Palliative Medicine President
Dr Fahid Hashem Elected Member (Australia)
Professor Hubertus Jersmann Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand representative
Associate Professor Nicole Isbel   

Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand representative

Dr Michelle Kiley  

Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists representative

Dr James Lynam Medical Oncology Group of Australia representative
Dr Jay Mifsud  Basic Trainee Representative
Professor Stephen Nicholls Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand representative
Clinical Professor Louise Owen Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine President-elect
Dr Rob O’Sullivan Australian and New Zealand Society of Geriatric Medicine representative
Dr Sharmila Ramessur Chandran Elected Member (Australia)
Associate Professor Darren Roberts Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists representative
Dr Georgia Ross  Advanced Trainee Representative 
Professor John Saunders  Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine President
Dr Fiona Thompson Aotearoa New Zealand AMD Committee Chair
Dr Spencer Toombes Adult Medicine Division Education Committee Chair
Dr Nimal Vijayaraghavan   Elected Member (Australia)
Dr Kristof Wing College Trainees’ Committee Chair 
Associate Professor Vincent Wong Australian Diabetes Society
Dr Sam Whittle Australian Rheumatology Association representative

Vacant council positions

  • Australasian Sleep Association representative
  • Australian Society for Medical Research representative
  • Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society representative
  • Gastroenterological Society of Australia representative
  • Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion representative
  • Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand representative
  • Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine representative
  • Lead Fellow – CPD 
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