AMD Council

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

Council membership 

Professor Graeme Maguire, President and Chair

Professor Brian Wood, President-elect 

Dr Sharmila Ramessur Chandran, Elected Member (Australia)

Dr Fahid Hashem, Elected Member (Australia) 

Dr Anthony Deacon, Advanced Trainee Representative

Dr Matthew Twining, Advanced Trainee Representative

Dr Kristof Wing, Basic Trainee Representative 

Dr Fiona Horwood, Aotearoa New Zealand AMD Committee Chair

Professor Adrian Dunlop, Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine President

Associate Professor Peter Poon, Australasian Chapter of Palliative Medicine President

Clinical Professor Louise Owen, Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine President-elect

Professor Alan Barber, Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists representative

Dr Sam Whittle, Australian Rheumatology Association representative

Associate Professor Jacqueline Center, Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society representative

Professor Rory Clifton-Bligh, Endocrine Society of Australia representative

Dr Michelle Gold, Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine representative

Professor Stephen Nicholls, Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand representative

Dr Michelle Downie, Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand representative

Associate Professor Rathika Krishnasamy, Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology representative

Dr Hui-Peng Lee, Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand representative

Associate Professor Vincent Wong, Australian Diabetes Society

Dr James Lynam, Medical Oncology Group of Australia representative

Associate Professor Darren Roberts, Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists representative

Dr Joseph De Luca, Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy representative

Dr Amanda Ormerod, Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion representative

Professor Alex Thompson, Gastroenterological Society of Australia representative

Dr Rob O’Sullivan, Australian and New Zealand Society of Geriatric Medicine representative

Dr Gemma Poke, Human Genetics Society of Australasia representative 

Professor Hubertus Jersmann, Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand representative

Associate Professor Kate Wyburn, Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand representative

Vacant Council positions

Australasian Sleep Association representative 

Australian Society for Medical Research representative

Elected Member (Aotearoa New Zealand) 

Elected Member (Australia) 

Elected Member (Australia)

Advanced Trainee Representative

Lead Fellow – CPD

Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine Committee representative

Basic Trainee Representative 

AMD Education Committee Chair

Australasian Association of Nuclear Medicine Specialists representative

Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases representative

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