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

NamePosition
Professor Brian WoodPresident and Chair
Dr Anthony DeaconPresident-elect
Dr Yee Ching BeeAdvanced Trainee Representative
Dr Adam BryantHaematology Society of Australia and New Zealand representative
Dr Laura ChapmanElected Member (Aotearoa New Zealand)
Professor Rory Clifton-BlighEndocrine Society of Australia representative
Associate Professor Elizabeth ClinganAustralasian Association of Nuclear Medicine Specialists representative
Dr Clinton ColacoElected member
Dr Joseph De LucaAustralasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy representative
Dr Emma DonaldsonAdolescent and Young Adult Medicine Committee representative
Professor Joseph DoyleAustralasian Society for Infectious Diseases representative
Dr Michelle DownieInternal 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 GognaAustralasian Chapter of Palliative Medicine President
Dr Fahid HashemElected Member (Australia)
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 LynamMedical Oncology Group of Australia representative
Dr Jay Mifsud Basic Trainee Representative
Professor Stephen NichollsCardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand representative
Professor Tina NoutsosAustralian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion representative
Clinical Professor Louise OwenAustralasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine President-elect
Dr Rob O’SullivanAustralian and New Zealand Society of Geriatric Medicine representative
Dr Sharmila Ramessur ChandranElected Member (Australia)
Associate Professor Darren RobertsAustralasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists representative
Dr Georgia Ross Advanced Trainee Representative
Professor John SaundersAustralasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine President
Dr Fiona ThompsonAotearoa New Zealand AMD Committee Chair
Dr Spencer ToombesAdult Medicine Division Education Committee Chair
Dr Nimal Vijayaraghavan Elected Member (Australia)
Dr Kristof WingCollege Trainees’ Committee Chair
Associate Professor Vincent WongAustralian Diabetes Society
Dr Sam WhittleAustralian Rheumatology Association representative
Associate Professor Amany ZekryGastroenterological Society of Australia representative

Vacant council positions

  • Australasian Sleep Association representative
  • Australian Society for Medical Research representative
  • Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society representative
  • Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine representative
  • Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand representative
  • Lead Fellow – CPD
  • Representative nominated by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Committee
  • Representative nominated by the Māori Health Committee  
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