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
Associate Professor Jacqueline Center Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society representative
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 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
Dr Hui-Peng Lee Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand representative
Dr James Lynam Medical Oncology Group of Australia 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 Amanda Ormerod Australian and New Zealand Society of Blood Transfusion representative
Dr Rob O’Sullivan Australian and New Zealand Society of Geriatric Medicine representative
Dr Gemma Poke Human Genetics Society of Australasia representative
Dr Sharmila Ramessur Chandran Elected Member (Australia)
Associate Professor Darren Roberts Australasian Society of Clinical and Experimental Pharmacologists and Toxicologists representative
Professor John Saunders  Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine President
Dr Fiona Thompson Aotearoa New Zealand AMD Committee Chair
Professor Alex Thompson Gastroenterological Society of Australia representative
Dr Spencer Toombes Adult Medicine Division Education Committee Chair
Dr Kristof Wing College Trainees’ Committee Chair 
Associate Professor Vincent Wong Australian Diabetes Society
Dr Sam Whittle Australian Rheumatology Association representative
Associate Professor Rathika Krishnasamy Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology representative

Vacant council positions

  • Australasian Sleep Association representative
  • Australian Society for Medical Research representative
  • Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists representative
  • Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand representative
  • Elected Member (Aotearoa New Zealand)
  • Elected Member (Australia)
  • Advanced Trainee Representative
  • Lead Fellow – CPD
  • Basic Trainee Representative
  • Basic Trainee or Advanced Trainee Representative
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