Dr Chris Holmwood FAChAM, FRACGP | Specialist contractor

Chris is an Addiction Medicine Physician in Adelaide. Until recently he was Director of Clinical Partnerships with Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia. He is a member of the Chapter of Addiction Medicine Training Committee. Prior to working at DASSA he was Clinical Director of the South Australian Prison Health Service, and prior to that was State Director of the RACGP Training Program for SA/NT. His main professional interest is improving health service responses for people with substance use related problems.

Professor John B. Saunders FRACP, FAFPHM, FAChAM, FRCP | Chair

John Saunders is a professor and consultant physician in internal medicine and addiction medicine, based in Sydney. His clinical, academic and research career in addiction medicine extends back nearly 50 years. During this time, he has been Professor of Alcohol and Drug Studies at the University of Queensland (currently with the National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research) and also a service director for NSW and Queensland Health. He has worked with the World Health Organization since 1981 and has led international multi-country studies in the field of screening and brief intervention for unhealthy alcohol use. He maintains an active clinical and consulting practice across the range of addictive and related medical disorders.

Dr Kate Senior FAChAM | Deputy Chair

Kate Senior is a New Fellow. She's an Addiction Medicine Specialist at Drug and Alcohol Services South Australia (SA), with a background in General Practice. She has served as the Trainee Representative on the AChAM Committee since early 2022; is the workplace representative of the SA Salaried Medical Officers’ Association; and is the current APSAD SA Representative and Convenor of the APSAD23 Conference which will be held in Adelaide in November 2023. Kate’s particular areas of interest include Aboriginal health, substance use in women and pregnancy, hepatitis C and chronic liver disease, and co-morbid chronic pain and opioid dependence. She is a passionate advocate for the principles of harm reduction and is a keen teacher and supervisor.

Associate Professor James Bell FRACP, FAChAM 

James Bell trained as a physician and has worked in Addiction Medicine in Sydney, regional Australia, and London. He pioneered development of training programs in Addictions, led the establishment of ACHAM and specialty recognition of Addiction Medicine in Australia. He has published extensively on treatment of Opioid Use Disorder and has been recognised with awards in Australia and the United States. He has been employed as a consultant by WHO, UNODC, and the EU.

Dr Jonathan Brett FRACP, FAChAM 

Jonathan Brett is a Clinical Pharmacologist and Addiction Specialist previously sitting on both RACP training committees and recent past coordinator of addiction training.

Dr Joan Chong FRACP, FAChAM 

Joan Chong is an Addiction Medicine Physician and General Medicine Physician. She is currently appointed as an Addiction Medicine Specialist at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Her area of interest includes reducing harms from pharmaceutical opioid use and chronic pain management.

Dr Clara Dawkins

Clara Dawkins is a General Physician who has been working in the Community Drugs and Alcohol Services since 2017. Originally from Colombia, Clara completed her General Physician training in the UK, and later on served as a General Physician in South Auckland. For almost a decade, Clara has been working in Tamaki Makarau, making passionate efforts to improve the screening and treatment of substance use disorders in the community. Clara has most recently been working on completing her Fellowship in Addiction Medicine. Clara is currently working as an Alcohol and Other Drugs Advisor for Te Whatu Ora Waitemata as well as on the Auckland Opioid Substitution Service and Medically Managed Withdrawal Unit. Clara is also actively making an avid effort to promote training in Addiction Medicine, hoping for it to achieve the recognition as a specialty in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Dr Vicki Macfarlane FAChAM 

Vicki Macfarlane is of Te Arawa descent but was born and raised in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand. She graduated from the University of Auckland in 1989 and completed a Fellowship in General Practice becoming a Fellow of the Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners in 2004.   In 2011 she started working with the Community Alcohol and Drug Services in Auckland and her training in Addiction Medicine with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. She became a Fellow of the Chapter of Addiction Medicine in 2015.

Since 2011 she has been the Lead Clinician of the Medical Detoxification Services, providing clinical leadership for both a community detoxification service and an inpatient withdrawal unit. The multidisciplinary service provides medically supervised withdrawal services for all substances to the population of Auckland. She was the Aotearoa New Zealand Branch Chair on the AChAM Committee from 2016 until 2022 and has been on the AChAM training committee since 2022. She is a member of Te Akoranga a Māui, the RNZCGP Māori representative group and on the board of Whare Tututuku the National Maori Addiction Centre.

Associate Professor Mike McDonough FAChAM 

Mike McDonough has had 35 years clinical experience in the Addiction Medicine field, and in 2009, was a Foundation Fellow with AChAM including membership of the initial Curriculum Development Group along with Prof Greg Whelan and A/Prof James Bell. In the past, he has acted as AChAM State representative for Victoria and more recently, for South Australia and also as AChAM representative for the Australian Prescriber – National Prescribing Service. He is most recently, a member of AChAM Training Committee. He maintains his appointment as A/Professor with Adelaide University, within the discipline of pharmacology and as a specialist advisor in Addiction Medicine with Therapeutic Goods Administration.

Dr Allan Pascoe FAChAM 

Allan Pascoe is an Addiction Psychiatrist and Addiction Medicine Specialist. He is Clinical Director of Toowoomba Alcohol & Other Drugs Service (AODS) and provides psychiatric Telehealth consultations and clinical oversight to South West Queensland (QLD). Allan is RANZCP QLD Director of Advanced Training in Addiction Psychiatry, Senior Lecturer with the University of QLD Rural Clinical School in Toowoomba and is also a member of and Director of Training for the RACP Training Committee in Addiction Medicine. He is passionate about delivering and developing addiction training and providing gold standard psychiatric and addiction care to regional, rural and remote communities.

Dr Craig Rodgers FAChAM 

Craig Rodgers completed his training with the College of General Practitioners in 2000 and was inducted as a founding Fellow of the Chapter of Addiction Medicine in 2004. He has continued to work in both the drug and alcohol sector and general practice with roles at the Kirketon Road Centre, East Sydney Doctors, the Sydney Medically Supervised Injecting Centre and since 2012 he has been working as a Staff Specialist in Addiction Medicine at St Vincent’s Hospital. He is also a conjoint lecturer with the University of NSW and has contributed to registrar and General Physican training in the areas of Addiction Medicine, HIV and Sexual health.

Dr Amelia Woods FAChAM 

Amelia Woods in a General Physician, PhD Student and addiction medicine registrar. She completed a Masters of Addictive Behaviours (Monash University/Turning Point) in 2018 and has since held roles conducting research and supporting medical registrars in conducting research. In her clinical roles, she has worked as a General Physician in the Aboriginal and Prison Health Services and continues to work and research at the intersection of delivering Addiction Medicine for Aboriginal and incarcerated clients.

Dr Brad Jongeling FRACP | Chair

Dr Brad Jongeling has been a Consultant Paediatrician in Neurodevelopmental and Behavioural Paediatrics at the Child Development Service Western Australia since 2000, Medical Head of Department CDS since 2011, Consultant Paediatrician at Joondalup Health Campus Department of Paediatrics (since 2002) and works in private practice as a general and developmental paediatrician.

Dr Jongeling graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 1990 from the University of Western Australia. He was admitted to Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physician (Paediatrics) in 2000. He has a strong interest in developmental paediatrics, including ADHD, Autism, developmental disabilities, and the interface with mental health, and use of technology in medicine.

Dr Paul Hotton FRACP | Deputy Chair

Paul is the Chair of the Chapter of Community Child Health (CCCHC) Committee, RACP and the Acting Chair of the RACP Advance Trainee Committee in CCH. He is also the Deputy Chair of the PDEC. Paul is a specialist Paediatrician in CCH and has worked in a variety of positions in developmental, neurodevelopment, behavioural issues, child population health, and child protection. Currently, Paul works as a Staff Specialist in the Child Protection Unit at Sydney Children's Hospital Network (Westmead Campus) and is the Paediatric Clinical Lead for Prevention & Response to Violence, Abuse and Neglect at North Sydney Local Health District.

Paul has both a master’s in public health and a master’s in clinical forensic medicine. He is currently studying a master’s in criminology and medical Law. Paul has a strong research and advocacy interest in children in the care and protection system, with work focusing on improving those children’s health and wellbeing needs through a public health framework.

Dr Tom Clemens FRACP 

Tom is a general and community paediatrician based in beautiful lutruwita/Tasmania. He runs clinics in children's continence, child development and behaviour at Royal Hobart Hospital and on outreach visits to the Aboriginal Health Service, Hobart, and in rural locations. Tom supervises and teaches advanced trainees in community child health, registrars, junior doctors and medical students. He's passionate about supporting the wellbeing of vulnerable children and ensuring the sustainability of health services for current and future generations.

Dr Elise D’Abaco FRACP

Dr Elise D'Abaco is currently working as Senior Fellow with the Centre for Community Child Health at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. She undertook her medical training at the University of Melbourne and is completing Advanced Training in General Paediatrics and Community Child Health.

Elise has been actively involved in health services research, and currently holds leadership positions with the Neurodevelopmental and Behavioural Paediatric Society of Australasia, as Trainee Board Director and Representative.

Professor John Eastwood FRACP, FAFPHM

For the last 40 years, Professor Eastwood has worked as a Senior Health Executive, Public Health Physician, International Development Advisor, and Population Child and Adolescent Health Specialist. Professor Eastwood has provided national-level policy advice on public health matters, general practice and primary care, maternity services, health system reform, legislative reform, nutrition and food administration, health promotion, injury prevention, cancer control, crime prevention, screening, and immunisation.

He has undertaken international development work for AusAID, UNFPA and NZODA, which included primary healthcare, reproductive health, health system institutional strengthening, and maternal, child and youth programme delivery in China and the Pacific. Professor Eastwood is currently providing technical advice to WHO in relation to Child and Adolescent Health and well-being. Professor Eastwood’s current research interests are well-child and adolescent health and integrated care. He currently heads the National Health and Medical Research Council-funded Centre of Research Excellence for Integrated Health and Social Care.

Dr Danielle Hewitt FRACP

Dr Alyce Horstman FRACP

Dr Alyce Horstman is an Advanced Trainee in General Paediatrics and Community Child Health nearing the completion of her training. Alyce has an interest in forensic paediatrics and currently works as a Fellow with the Victorian Forensic Paediatric Medical Service. Alyce is a PhD candidate at Monash University exploring the roles of paediatricians testifying in court in cases of child maltreatment and the impacts this experience has. She has a Master of Public Health and is currently working toward a Master of Forensic Medicine. Alyce’s long-term goal is to continue working in the field of forensic and community paediatrics and to help shape policies and practices that promote the health and well-being of children.

Dr Aaron Ooi FRACP

Aaron is a general paediatrician with an interest in developmental/behavioural paediatrics based in Rotorua, New Zealand. He is currently in his final year of Community Child Health training, having completed an integrated fellowship at BC Children’s Hospital, Vancouver, Canada, to bridge the traditional silos between General Paediatrics, Developmental Paediatrics and Child and Youth Mental Health. Aaron is also a Senior Lecturer at the University of Auckland and has strong interests in medical education, research and quality improvement, with his work recognised through several awards at a local, national and international level. Aaron’s most recent passions centre around strategies to foster an educational culture within the clinical environment, and in qualitative research methodologies to amplify the voices of patients and whānau to promote holistic, equitable and trauma-informed care for children with neurodiversity.

Dr Jenny Sohn

Jenny is an Advanced Trainee in Community Child Health with a keen interest in community paediatrics and medical education. The majority of her paediatric training to date has been completed through Sydney Children's Hospital Randwick. She is currently undertaking a Master of Public Health and hopes to become a well-rounded community paediatrician in the public sector one day.

Dr Paul Trani FRACP

Paul enjoys the responsibility and gift of providing the best health care that he can for all children. He has made it his career goal to exceed the expectations of his patients for their medical home. He has specialised interests in the fields of behavioural-developmental medicine, paediatric psychiatry, child abuse medicine, adolescent medicine, school health, and immigration medicine. He is proud to be a community paediatrician and he strives to raise the visibility of his specialty via his practice and professional advocacy. He also enjoys teaching and nurturing medical students, paediatric residents, and allied health students in small group and large lecture environments. Helping to influence new health professionals has become a rewarding part of his career, and to that end, he has begun postgraduate studies into how medical education could be improved. He has significant experience in coordinating complex medical care, motivating communities to improve health, leading medical teams, medical simulation, and mentoring future health professionals. He’s an expatriate American who is proud to be a full-fledged citizen of Aotearoa, his home for the past decade. He has a lovely Kiwi partner and two small Kiwis of his own, and he’s regularly pinching himself to see if he’ll awake. Kia ora.

Dr Sinthu Vivekanandarajah FRACP

Dr Sinthu Vivekanandarajah is a Staff Specialist Developmental and Community Paediatrician working in The Child Developmental Assessment Service (Department of Community Paediatrics) in South West Sydney. She is passionate about making a positive difference to children and their families by taking a holistic and family centered approach to diagnostic assessment and feedback. Sinthu also strives to instil confidence and passion for Developmental Paediatrics in trainees and was instrumental in establishing the Griffiths III training course at Liverpool. She is also involved in a number of research projects and regularly contributes on committees and working groups to improve health care processes.

Dr Stella Sarlos MBBS, BSc(Hons), PhD, FRACP | Specialist contractor

Stella is a Consultant Endocrinologist in the departments of Diabetes and Endocrinology at Monash Health and Peninsula Health, and in Clinical Andrology at the Hudson Institute of Medical Research. She is Director of Clinical Training at Monash Health and the Monash University Medical Student Coordinator (Yr3) at the Peninsula Clinical School. She is an Adjunct Lecturer in the Department of Medicine, Monash University. In her role as Co-Convener of the Endocrine Society of Australia’s Seminar Conference she is focused on the education of Endocrinology Advanced Trainees. To support her developing expertise in medical education, she is completing a Master of Clinical Education at the University of Melbourne.

Clinical Professor Jane Holmes-Walker FRACP | Chair

Jane was appointed as a Staff Specialist to Westmead Hospital in 1998 and is a Clinical Associate Professor of Sydney University. She was Chair of the Advanced training Committee in Endocrinology from 2019-2022 and previously an Executive of the Australian Diabetes Society from 2015-2021.She manages more than 300 people on insulin pump therapy across all age groups including patients who use continuous glucose monitoring full time. She is one of the lead clinicians involved in islet cell transplant therapy for people with severe hypoglycaemia unawareness since it was first performed in Australia in 2002 and she has supervised over 150 islet transplant grafts.

Jane is also an investigator for the Australasian Diabetes Data Network which collects longitudinal data on youth and adults with type I diabetes across the life span and outcomes of introduction of universal funding for CGM in Australia. She has developed models of care for young adults with chronic health conditions for the ACI Transition Network and for young people with diabetes. She is actively involved in clinical research in type I diabetes and an author of over 70 peer reviewed publications.

Professor Roderick Clifton-Bligh FRACP | Deputy Chair

Roderick Clifton-Bligh is Head of the Department of Endocrinology at Royal North Shore Hospital, and conjoint professor in Medicine at the University of Sydney. He trained in medicine at the University of Sydney before completing a PhD in the genetics of thyroid disorders at the University of Cambridge in 1998. He returned to Sydney to complete his FRACP in 2004 and was then appointed as Staff Specialist in Endocrinology at Royal North Shore Hospital. He heads the Cancer Genetics Laboratory at the Kolling Institute and direct twin research programs in Endocrine Neoplasia (Phaeochromocytoma/ paraganglioma syndromes, Thyroid Cancer, Adrenal Cancer, Pituitary Tumours) and Metabolic Bone Disease (calcium-sensing receptor function in health and disease, and FGF-23 regulation of vitamin D metabolism).

He was admitted to Fellowship of Faculty of Science (The Royal College of Pathologists of Australia) in 2011. He has co-authored 225 publications in peer-reviewed journals with >6,000 citations. He has supervised 14 completed PhDs, including both basic science and clinical focused work. His work has been recognized by awards from NSW Cancer Institute (2013), Asia-Oceania Thyroid Association (2014) and the Endocrine Society of Australia Outstanding Clinical Practitioner Award (2021). He was a member of the Specialist Advisory Committee in Endocrinology in RACP from 2004-2012 (as chair, 2010-2012) and the College Research Committee 2013-2022.

Dr Lachlan Angus FRACP

Dr Lachlan Angus is an endocrinologist in private practice and with public appointments at Austin Health and Northern Health, Victoria. He has subspecialist clinical interests of reproductive endocrinology and transgender health and is a PhD Candidate at the University of Melbourne.

Associate Professor Damon Bell FRACP

Damon Bell is a dual trained Endocrinologist and Chemical Pathologist with subspecialty expertise in the diagnosis and management of inherited and acquired cardiometabolic disorders and hypertension. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Otago and Fellowships of both the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia and Royal Australasian College of Physicians while working in New Zealand. Damon was awarded a PhD from the University of Western Australia in 2016 for his these “Optimising strategies for the detection of familial hypercholesterolaemia”. His research expertise encompasses the clinical, pathologic and genetic aspects of cardiometabolic medicine, particularly lipid disorders and endocrine hypertension with national and international collaborations. He remains actively involved with teaching and is currently supervising PhD and Master candidates in the cardiometabolic field. Damon has a sessional appointment with PathWest Laboratory Medicine where he works in both chemical and cardiovascular genetic pathology diagnosing inherited lipid and hypertensive conditions. He also works in the Cardiometabolic service at Royal Perth Hospital as a Physician/Clinical Academic with the University of Western Australia. Damon coordinates the statewide adrenal vein sampling service for primary hyperaldosteronism for Western Australia based at Royal Perth Hospital. Additionally, Damon works as a Chemical Pathologist for Clinipath (Sonic) Pathology and has a private clinical practice at the WA Specialist Clinic. His clinical practice focuses on with inherited and acquired cardiometabolic disorders with a particular interest in familial hypercholesterolaemia and Primary Aldosteronism.

Dr Joanna Gong

Joanna is an endocrinology registrar trained at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Western Health, and a PhD candidate at the Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute. She has an active role in basic physician trainee education, and has mentored and given lectures and tutorials for Monash and Melbourne University medical students. Joanna has previously held multiple leadership roles for 5 years in the VESPA (Vertical Learning) Committee for the Monash University medical school and was a member of the Eastern Health Eczema School Committee. She has delivered workshops for St John’s Ambulance and Melbourne Health, been a guest speaker on the medical education podcast Reviva, contributed to the writing and updating of multiple clinical health service guidelines and been a peer-reviewer for two medical journals.

Dr Annabelle Hobbs

Annabelle is an advanced trainee in Paediatric Endocrinology and Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, in her final year of training. She is currently an Endocrinology Fellow at Queensland Children's Hospital and previously worked in South Australia and New South Wales. Annabelle is also a trainee representative on the Australia and New Zealand Society of Paediatric Endocrinology Training subcommittee. She joins the curriculum review group to promote paediatric endocrinology trainee interests.

Dr Diane Jensen FRACP

Diane attained her Fellowship of the RACP in Paediatric Endocrinology in 2011 and her PhD from the University of Queensland in 2016. Currently, she is a Senior Staff Specialist at the Queensland Children's Hospital and the Gold Coast University Hospital. Diane has multiple interests including bone health in children and adolescents, growth and pubertal disorders including pituitary disorders and disorders of sex development. She is also passionate about the use of diabetes technologies in optimising the management of diabetes in childhood.

Additionally, Diane is an active member of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (ANZSPED) and had the opportunity to coordinate the ANZSPED Fellow's School from 2019-2022 and represented ANZSPED on the faculty for the Global Fellows School in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 2023. Diane also serves as a paediatric representative on the RACP ATC in Endocrinology and co-chair of the ANZSPED Training subcommittee.

Professor Katherine Samaras FRACP

Katherine is a Senior Staff Specialist in Endocrinology at St. Vincent's Sydney, and she serves as the Laboratory Head for Obesity, Clinical Nutrition, and Adipose Biology at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. Katherine also led the NHMRC funded MetMemory Study—investigating the potential benefits of metformin in individuals with mild cognitive impairment, in the absence of diabetes.

Katherine currently is a consultant Endocrinologist at St. Vincent's Clinic and Private Hospital and chaired the SAC Endocrinology at RACP, establishing the first training curriculum for endocrinology. Furthermore, Katherine is actively engaged in grant assessment committees for NHMRC and is a Franklin Women mentor. She is also a supervisor for advanced trainees, PhD students, and medical students. Additionally, her portfolio includes her role as Chief Editor for Frontiers in Obesity, Director and Founder of the Australian Centre for Metabolic Health, and co-investigator in the Sydney Memory and Ageing Study. 

Associate Professor Vasant Shenoy FRACP

Vasant is a senior staff specialist in Endocrinology and Joint-Director of Physician Education (DPE) at the Townsville University Hospital.  He completed his undergraduate and post-graduate training in Internal Medicine from Mumbai, India. He has trained across various hospitals in Sydney, regional NSW, Darwin and Brisbane as part of Fellowship training (FRACP) before joining Townsville in 2012. He holds certification in Obstetric Medicine with SOMANZ and Medical Education from Dundee (UK) and has clinical experience across public and private spheres in general endocrinology with special interests in reproductive endocrinology, pre-conception & obstetric medicine, and diabetes technology.

Vasant led the formation of the Physician Training Unit in Townsville since 2015. He played a key role in adopting the competency-based curriculum for basic physician training in Townsville and been involved in education initiatives to improve the standards of physician training in the North QLD network. He served on various committees, co-ordinated bedside clinical skills and reasoning for Y4 MBBS with James Cook University and is on the National Examiner Panel (NEP) for the RACP. He is currently based in Adelaide, working as an endocrinologist in private practice and reproductive endocrinology with Flinders Fertility. He loves spending time with his family and travelling, cooking, and reading fiction novels in his spare time.

Dr Shubha Srinivasan FRACP

Shubha is a senior staff specialist in paediatric endocrinology and a co-director of The Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead and Clinical Associate Professor in the Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health in the Faculty of Medicine at The University of Sydney. Her interests encompass paediatric endocrinology including differences of sex development, lipids, pituitary disorders, and type 1 diabetes. Shubha trained in paediatrics in the UK and paediatric endocrinology in Sydney.

Her PhD awarded in 2007 was on “Insulin resistance and features of the metabolic syndrome in children and adolescents”. She has been a member of writing groups including recent guidelines for the care of children with familial hypercholesterolaemia. Shubha is on the Australia and New Zealand Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes (ANZSPED) council and is the co-chair of the ANZSPED training subcommittee. Shubha has supervised trainees in paediatric endocrinology for over 15 years and is passionate about training and curriculum. She has represented ANZSPED on the RACP ATC endocrinology since October 2019 and has successfully advocated for site accreditation for paediatric endocrinology which will commence in 2024.

Dr Tom Wilkinson FRACP

Tom is a recently qualified Fellow, having completed training in Adult Endocrinology earlier this year. He is based in Ōtautahi/Christchurch, where he is working full time on a PhD investigating fully-automated closed loop systems in type 1 and type 2 diabetes. He is currently completing a term as co-chair of the Aotearoa/New Zealand Trainees Committee and deputy chair of the College Trainees Committee. Outside of clinical medicine, Tom plays trumpet in multiple community orchestras and helps organise the New Zealand Doctors' Orchestra. He also enjoys exploring the outdoors through landscape photography, tramping, and skiing.

Dr Kristen Lindsay FRACP | Specialist contractor

Dr Kristen Lindsay is a Consultant Paediatrician working for the WA Country Health Service in the Kimberley. She is also a mother of two young children and enjoys the balance of complex clinical medicine and great lifestyle, living in Broome. She works across a broad scope of clinical practice from acute paediatrics and neonates (including retrievals) to general paediatric and developmental outpatient clinics including travel to Remote Aboriginal Communities. She is the current Co-Deputy Chair of the General Paediatrics Advanced Training Committee and a Clinical Lecturer for the University of Western Australia Medical School. She is currently completing a Master of Health Professions Education and has a strong background in Medical Education, including previous membership on the College Trainees Committee. Kristen is passionate about improving child health, especially for vulnerable patients, and improving training and medical culture in general.

Associate Professor Daryl Cheng FRACP | Chair

Associate Professor Daryl Cheng is a consultant paediatrician and clinical informatician at The Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne (RCH) and Head of Paediatrics, Cabrini Health – with additional clinical research and educational posts at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) and Honorary Principal Fellow at the Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne. A/Prof Cheng holds various committee and council roles at the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) including membership of the College Education Committee (CEC) and chair of the Advanced Training Committee (ATC) for General Paediatrics (Australia). He is also a non-executive board director of Adventist Healthcare Limited (AHCL) and Tweddle Child and Family Health Service.

Dr Jane Standish FRACP | Deputy Chair

Jane is a General Paediatrician from Victoria who divides her time between Melbourne and Geelong and enjoys a broad spectrum of work from large paediatric referral centre, to mixed regional hospital, to community health settings. Jane is involved in clinical education, supervision and recruitment at all levels of training.

Associate Professor Raymond Chin FRACP 

Associate Professor Raymond Chin is the Director of Paediatrics Campbelltown Hospital Sydney. He is an Associate Professor in Paediatric Western Sydney University Medical School and the Area Director of Paediatric and Neonatology SWSLHD. He has been a Regional Examiner in the Paediatric Clinical Examination since 2015. Raymond has a special interest in paediatric critical care, Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome follow up and transitional care, as well as in the development of adult services. He has served 9 years on General Paediatric Advanced Training Committee.

Dr Gavin Cleland FRACP 

Gavin is a paediatrician with experience in remote paediatrics and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander child health and development. Having previously worked as a high school teacher in country NSW, Gavin studied medicine at the University of NSW and went on train in general paediatrics. After completing his training in Broome, he worked in the Kimberley for eight years before moving to the Sunshine Coast where he lives with his young family. Gavin works for Torres and Cape Paediatrics and is a Medical Director for the Queensland Paediatric Training Networks.

Associate Professor Simon Denny FRACP 

Associate Professor Simon Denny is an Adolescent and Young Adult Physician who is the Director of the Mater Young Adult Health Centre. He trained as a Paediatrician in New Zealand and has worked for over 18 years with adolescents and young adults at the Centre for Youth Health in South Auckland. He was the Principal Investigator of Youth’07 which was New Zealand’s second National Youth Health and Wellbeing survey. He has published extensively on youth health issues in New Zealand and was past chairs of the Adolescent Health Research Group and Society of Youth Health Professionals Aotearoa New Zealand. He is the current chair of the RACP Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine Committee. He brings a clinical and epidemiological focus on youth health issues, especially around risk taking behaviours, wellbeing and youth appropriate health services.

Dr Alyce Horstman

Dr Alyce Horstman is an Advanced Trainee in General Paediatrics and Community Child Health nearing the completion of her training. Alyce has an interest in forensic paediatrics and currently works as a Fellow with the Victorian Forensic Paediatric Medical Service. Alyce is a PhD candidate at Monash University exploring the roles of paediatricians testifying in court in cases of child maltreatment and the impacts this experience has. She has a Master of Public Health and is currently working toward a Master of Forensic Medicine. Alyce’s long-term goal is to continue working in the field of forensic and community paediatrics and to help shape policies and practices that promote the health and well-being of children.

Dr Wendy Hunter FRACP

Dr Wendy Hunter is a General Paediatrician from the regional centre of Nelson, New Zealand. She has been a fellow for nearly 20 years and on the Aotearoa/NZ Advanced Training committee for 3 years.

Dr Kristen Lindsay FRACP

Dr Kristen Lindsay is a Consultant Paediatrician working for the WA Country Health Service in the Kimberley. She works across a broad scope of clinical practice from acute paediatrics and neonates (including retrievals) to general paediatric and developmental outpatient clinics including travel to Remote Aboriginal Communities. She is the current Co-Deputy Chair of the General Paediatrics Advanced Training Committee and a Clinical Lecturer for the University of Western Australia Medical School. She is currently completing a Master of Health Professions Education and has a strong background in Medical Education, including previous membership on the College Trainees Committee. Kristen is passionate about improving child health, especially for vulnerable patients, and improving training and medical culture in general. Kristen is a mother of two young children and enjoys the balance of complex clinical medicine and a great lifestyle, living in Broome.

Associate Professor Sunday Pam FRACP

Associate Professor Sunday Pam MMEd (Dundee), FRACP is a Staff Paediatrician at Rockhampton Hospital. He served in RACP QLD State committee from December 2014-June 2020 and as member of RACP Policy and Advocacy Committee from January 2019-June 2020. He is a serving SPDP facilitator. A/Prof Pam is currently Director of Clinical Training at Central Queensland Hospital Health Service supporting the development of interns and junior doctors. As head of the Rockhampton Regional Clinical Unit of The University of Queensland, he oversees the UQ MD programme at Rockhampton.

Dr Amy Raos

Dr Amy Raos is an advanced trainee in General Paediatrics and Neonatology, and has navigated the training scheme while balancing life with young children. She is an advocate for flexible training in order to achieve gender equity in medicine.

Dr Pallavi Thite

Dr Pallavi Thite is a third year general paediatric advanced trainee who has trained in Queensland and the Northern Territory. She's passionate about ensuring our curriculum is relevant and targeted to the changing patients and pathology we are encountering in our general paediatric services. Pallavi is also keen to ensure new trainees are adequately prepared to treat all of their patients including different approaches that may be necessary for NESB and Indigenous families.

Dr Gemma Wilkinson

Gemma is an Advanced Trainee in paediatrics. Originally from Yorkshire in the UK, she graduated from Leeds Medical School in 2009. In her final year of medical school, she was privileged enough to spend 3 months at The National Referral Hospital in Honiara, working alongside the paediatric orthopaedic team. Following graduation, she rotated through paediatrics where, unbeknown to her at the time, she would meet her mentor and the person who would inspire her to pursue a career in paediatrics. She commenced her paediatric training in the UK, prior to moving to Newcastle, NSW in 2015, where she met her partner, and with whom she now has 2 young children.

Dr Joanne Lundy FRACP | Specialist contractor, Adult Internal Medicine

Jo is a consultant medical oncologist at Peninsula Health and Adjunct Lecturer at Monash University. She completed a PhD in 2021 focused on improving precision oncology in pancreatic cancer and remains actively involved in clinical and translational research. Jo is also a current trainee supervisor and is committed to working to develop and improve medical education.

Dr Leanne Super FRACP | | Specialist contractor, Paediatrics & Child Health

Leanne is an experienced Paediatric Oncologist. She completed medical school at Monash University and trained in general paediatrics and oncology at Royal Children's Hospital and Monash Health, becoming a consultant across both sites in 2007. She has done further training at University College Hospital and Great Ormond Street in London. She is an affiliate lecture at Monash University involved with undergraduate medical training, and supervises basic and advanced trainees with the RACP. She is involved in clinical trials as PI for national and local studies in various types of oncology. She is a member of many medical groups locally and internationally.

Dr James Lynam FRACP, FRCP, AFRACMA | Chair

Dr James Lynam is an Adult Medical Oncologist specialising in Neuro, Genitourinary and Gastrointestinal malignancies. He is the current Director of the Medical Oncology Department at the Calvary Mater Newcastle. He is actively involved in training and mentorship, having recently completed 6 years on the Advanced Training Committee in Medical Oncology.

Dr Aileen Ludlow FRACP | Deputy Chair

Kia Ora Koutou. I am a medical oncologist in Tamaki Makaurau Auckland. I specialise in the treatment of GI and Thoracic malignancies. I am passionate about post graduate medical education and have been the director of training for medical oncology in Auckland for the past 3 years.

Dr Julie Cayrol FRACP 

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Dr Jessica Cook FRACP

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Dr Mayank Dhamija FRACP 

I'm a Paediatric Medical Oncologist and clinical haematologist, trained in New Delhi, India; Sickkids, Canada; and Perth Australia. I'm currently working as a consultant malignant haematologist and cellular therapy physician at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK. I have completed 5 years of prospectively approved training in the fields of medical oncology and clinical haematology and have over 6 years of experience as a consultant paediatric medical oncologist from India, Australia and the UK. I am a compassionate, self-reflective, and enthusiastic clinician, a leader, a keen learner, a team person, curious researcher, and well-liked teacher and mentor. I'm an advocate of quality, patient safety and good documentation.

Dr Caleb Lucas

Kia Ora, I'm Caleb, an advanced trainee in medical oncology, based in New Zealand. I am passionate about educating, communicating and supporting patients through their cancer treatment, as well as developing the future doctors of tomorrow.

Dr Amanda Lyver FRACP 

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Dr Rhiannon Mellor

I am a current medical oncology trainee in Australia, and I know the importance of excellent training. For this reason I joined the RACP Medical Oncology Advanced Training Committee as their trainee representative in 2021. In this role I have facilitated communication between trainees and the college, and I have gained insight into the Medical Oncology training program, both from the perspective of the ATC and of the trainee. I have experience representing trainees in this context, and know the importance of trainees having a voice. I organised the teaching program for my own training network in 2021, using the curriculum as a framework for topics to be covered. However, given the speed at which medical oncology is changing, I agree that the curriculum needs to be reviewed and I would like to be part of that process.

Dr Sharon Nahm FRACP 

Dr Sharon Nahm (BMed MD FRACP) is a medical oncologist and PhD candidate based in Sydney, Australia. She graduated from the University of New South Wales and completed her medical oncology training at Concord Repatriation General Hospital and Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, before undertaking a clinical research fellowship in melanoma at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester, UK in 2020. Her current PhD research is aimed at improving discussions of prognosis in advanced cancer.

Dr Jessica Smith FRACP 

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Dr Alvin Tan FRACP 

Dr Alvin Tan is a consultant medical oncologist at Waikato Hospital, and also practices in private at SalutisCare. He completed his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery at the University of Otago, Dunedin. He achieved Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) in 2014, having trained in medical oncology at Auckland City Hospital where he developed particular interest in genitourinary cancers and participation in oncology clinical trials. He is the primary site investigator for a number of clinical trials being conducted at Waikato Hospital. He is a past participant of the 2016 Australia & Asia Pacific Clinical Oncology Research Development (ACORD) Workshop. He is a graduate of the 2019 ESMO Leaders Generation Programme Asia and currently serves as a member on the ESMO Practising Oncologist Working Group Committee. He is the current Head of Department for Medical Oncology at Waikato Hospital and the current Chair of the Aotearoa New Zealand Advanced Training Subcommittee for Medical Oncology for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

Dr Hui-Ling Yeoh

Dr Hui-Ling Yeoh is a Victorian medical oncology advanced trainee who is passionate about health equity, research, and medical education. She graduated from Monash University in 2016 and completed her Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours) at the Burnet Institute in 2015, where she published on frailty in the HIV-positive population. Hui-Ling completed basic physician training and a medical oncology clinical trials fellowship at the Alfred Hospital, and has undertaken medical oncology advanced training at Frankston and Ballarat hospitals. She also serves as a board director for Possible Dreams International, a non-profit organisation based in Eswatini.

Clinical Associate Professor Elizabeth Clingan FRACP, FAANMS, AFRACMA | Specialist contractor

Elizabeth is a Nuclear Medicine and Level A CTCA Specialist working at the Wollongong Hospital and in a private practice group servicing Wollongong, Shellharbour, Dubbo, Port Macquarie & Taree. She is the Deputy Chair and Advanced Training Coordinator for the CJCT in Nuclear Medicine and the Nuclear Medicine Representative on the RACP College Council. She is the NSW Representative on the RACP Adult Medicine Clinical Examination Committee and is a current National Examination Panel Member for the RACP Adult Medicine Clinical Examination. She is a current ASMOF NSW State Councillor.

Elizabeth was a Director of Physician Training and Network Director of Physician training from 2015 to 2022. She has a post-graduate diploma in Clinical Education and commenced as the Clinical Associate Dean for the University of Wollongong Graduate School of Medicine in 2022. She has been an RACP Advanced Training Supervisor and has a long-term and abiding interest in teaching, curriculum and trainee well-being.

Dr William Macdonald FRACP | Chair

William is a graduate of the University of Western Australia and trained initially in paediatrics before completing nuclear medicine training in 2000. He has since practised largely in the public sector and is currently a staff physician in a cross-campus service at Fiona Stanley Hospital and Royal Perth Hospital. This service provides a range of diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine services, including general nuclear medicine, PET, bone densitometry and radionuclide therapy of benign and malignant thyroid disease, prostate cancer, neuroendocrine tumours and lymphoma. While in paediatrics, Dr Macdonald was Director of Physician Training at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children and was a clinical examiner for the RACP. Since moving to nuclear medicine, he has held positions on the Board of the Australasian Association of Nuclear Medicine Specialists (AANMS) and was President of the AANMS from 2014-16. He has also served as Chair of the Nuclear Medicine Working Group on the MBS Review Taskforce and continues a role in the PET Modality Working Group of the Commonwealth Department of Health. Most recently, he has been Co-Chair of the RANZCR Theranostics Working Group. He has an active interest in clinical research and innovation, and a continuing interest in registrar training and physician competencies.

Dr Sally Ayesa

Sally is a clinical radiologist and nuclear medicine physician, working across Gosford, Wyong & Royal North Shore Hospitals. She is a lecturer within the Sydney Medical School and Unit Coordinator within the Master of Medicine & Surgery Programs. Sally is a member of the Radiopaedia editorial board and sits on the Curriculum Assessment Committee and Diversity & Inclusion Taskforce for the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists. She is a co-director of radiology training on the Central Coast, where she is also the clinical lead for ultrasound imaging. Her research interests include thoracic oncology, diversity & inclusion, and medical education – which is the topic of her PhD research. Sally also is the co-convenor of the RANZCR Centralised Learning Program and upcoming Radiopaedia 2024 Conference.

Dr Leisl Celliers

Leisl graduated from the University of Melbourne with honours in 2004 with a MBBS and B.Med.Sci. She moved to WA to complete her internship and stayed on to join the WA Radiology Training program, completing her Part 2 examinations in 2011. Liesl did a year of Advanced Training in Thoracic Imaging followed by Nuclear Medicine Training in Victoria (Geelong) and WA (FSH). She became the inaugural Associate in Translational Imaging at the Harry Perkins Institute of medical Research in 2016. Currently Liesl works as a dual-trained Radiologist and Nuclear Medicine Specialist at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital/WA PET Service and Perth Radiological Clinic.

Dr Bruce Goodwin  FRACP 

Bruce is a dual trained Paediatrician and Paediatric Nuclear Physician working at the Queensland Children's Hospital.

Dr Kerry Jewell FRACP 

Kerry is the current Radionuclide Therapy and Molecular Imaging Fellow at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne (2023). She completed her core Advanced Training in Nuclear Medicine at PMCC and Austin Health. Kerry is the current inaugural chair of the AANMS Trainees' Interest Group (TIG). She is a former Victorian Junior Doctor of the Year recipient (2016) and previous Chair of the Postgraduate Medical Council of Victoria’s Junior Medical Officer (JMO) Forum. She has a special interest in medical education, trainee welfare, and rural medicine.

Professor Sze Ting Lee MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FAANMS, FANMB 

Sze Ting Lee is a Nuclear Medicine Physician at Melbourne's Austin Health, where she serves as Deputy Medical Director and Director of Training within the Department of Molecular Imaging & Therapy. Her academic affiliations include positions as Adjunct Professor at RMIT University School of Health and Biomedical Sciences, Associate Professor at the University of Melbourne's Department of Medicine and Department of Surgery, as well as Senior Clinical Research Fellow at the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute. Additionally, she holds the title of Associate Professor at La Trobe University's School of Cancer Medicine. Her professional focus encompasses pioneering work in Molecular Imaging and Therapy for oncological diseases, ranging from groundbreaking phase 1 antibody trials to active involvement in multicenter phase 3 clinical trials. She is also thePET lead for Lymphoma and Theranostics trials at Austin Health. Dr Lee also serves as a Board Member for the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO), President of the Australasian Association of Nuclear Medicine Specialists (AANMS), and Council Member in the Adult Medicine Division of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Her expertise is further recognized through her membership in the Scientific Advisory Panel of the Australia and New Zealand Society of Nuclear Medicine (ANZSNM). She actively contributes to the advancement of medical education as a Committee Member and OTP Assessor for the Committee for Joint College Training (CJCT) and as a Committee Member of the Training Site Accreditation Committee (TSAC).

Dr Bonnia Liu FRACP 

Bonnia is a final-year Nuclear Medicine trainee and a fellowed Rheumatologist. In 2023, she helped establish the AANMS Trainee Interest Group, dedicated to representing Nuclear Medicine trainees' interests. This group has successfully advocated for trainees' needs. Bonnia's passion lies in utilizing molecular imaging and technology to assess infectious and inflammatory conditions, focusing on imaging in inflammation. She aims to advance the field's utility in this area.

Dr Dinesh Anthony Sivaratnam  FRACP 

Dinesh is a medical professional, holding dual specialties as a Cardiologist and Nuclear Medicine Physician. He currently serves as the Head of Nuclear Medicine at both The Royal Melbourne Hospital and Cabrini Health in Melbourne. His perspective on Nuclear Medicine is deeply linked to the field's recent advancements, which have launched it to an important role within various medical specialties leading to a unique set of challenges, particularly in shaping training programs for specialists to stay at the forefront of these developments. Dinesh eagerly anticipates collaborative endeavours within this healthcare landscape, where he can contribute to shaping the future of medical practice.

Dr Rachelle Steyn MBChB, FCNP, MMed (Nuc Med), PGDip, MSc, FRACP 

Rachelle is a Nuclear Medicine Specialist who obtained her Fellowship in Nuclear Medicine in South Africa in 2009. She worked as a consultant in the Department of Nuclear Medicine affiliated with the University of Cape Town from 2010 – 2021 prior to immigrating to New Zealand in 2021. She is currently employed by Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand Te Toka Tumai (Auckland), Te Matau-a-Māui (Hawkes Bay) and Te Pae Hauora o Ruahine o Tararua (Midcentral). Throughout her career in South Africa, Rachelle has played an active role in teaching, training, and developing Nuclear Medicine services. She is committed to fulfil a similar role for Nuclear Medicine in New Zealand. Her vision is to be part of the ongoing growth and expansion of Nuclear Medicine through promoting education and its diagnostic and therapeutic utility so that all New Zealanders have access to high quality Nuclear Medicine Services.

Dr Kalesh Seevnarain FAFOEM | Specialist contractor

Dr Kalesh Seevnarain is an occupational and environmental medicine specialist in private practise based in Brisbane. Whilst overseas trained and experienced, Kalesh has added to the AFOEM education sector by filling roles like the Queensland Training Program Director and chairing the Faculty's Training Committee. His current professional interests include pneumoconisoses and mental health within the workplace.

Associate Professor Anthony Brown FAFPHM, FAFOEM | Chair

Tony is an occupational and environmental health physician and public health physician. He has lived in Central Western NSW for a long time and worked for both the health service and the School of Rural Health of the University of Sydney. He is currently the Chair of the Greater Western Human Research Ethics Committee. Tony’s research interests are wide and have included cancer clusters in the workplace, respiratory disease in poultry farmers, cancer and mortality in coalminers, the health effects of aircraft maintenance work and infectious diseases such as pertussis, Q fever and vibriosis.

He has been interested in the training of occupational physician for a long time. He has been an examiner and was a member and Chair of the Faculty Assessment Committee for many years. He is currently the Chair of the Faculty Education Committee.

Professor Timothy Driscoll FAFPHM, FAFOEM | Deputy Chair

Timothy is currently working in an academic position in the Sydney School of Public Health at the University of Sydney, where he has an active teaching and research program and was, until the end of last year, the Director of the Master of Public Health. During his time as Director he introduced a new, expanded curriculum as the degree changed from a 48-credit point to a 72-credit point degree. He was Chair of the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Faculty Education Committee at the time the current curriculum was developed (led by David Goddard) and was closely involved in the design and content of that curriculum.

Dr Russell Fayers

Russell is a stage C Occupational and Environmental Physician Registrar awaiting Fellowship. Having the recent experience with this training program he would like to see some changes in aspects on how trainees are assessed and what needs more attention. The Occupational and Environmental Medicine training program is unique in the RACP with training entirely external to the traditional hospital-based models, in a private setting working with all industries. Providing clear goals to trainees is what is required for them to become consultant physicians in this discipline. He also has experience as a FRACGP having completed a training program which is also external to traditional RACP training. He looks forward to being part of the curriculum review.

Dr Hardeep Hundall

Hardeep completed medicine from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. He is currently training to be an Occupational Medicine Specialist. He works as a Medical officer for Aviation & Occupational Health at Air New Zealand for over 8 years and locum occupational doctor with Auckland Occupational Medicine with Dr Anthony Burgess and also a locum concussion doctor with Proactive HEALTH in NZ.

Over the years, he has acquired extensive knowledge of many common places such as the aviation and the oil and gas industry. He studied chemical engineering before studying medicine and worked in the oil and gas industry. He is married with two kids and enjoys a bit out outdoors and indoors activities. He makes and collects model aeroplane models.

Dr Peter Honeyman FAFOEM

Peter is a Consultant Occupational Physician with medical registrations in Israel, Australia and the UK. His expertise is in Multinational Corporate OH practice, International OHS systems & legislations, international ergonomic standards, Industry in China, and environment. He has worked in the Semiconductor industries, Oil and Gas Exploration, Manufacturing, Health, Waterfront & Maritime and construction industries. He is currently a self-employed consultant, with additional roles in the Occupational and Environmental Health Unit, School of PH, Hebrew University, Jerusalem.

Dr Catherine Kelaher FAFOEM

Catherine is a fellow of the Australian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine and also the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Catherine worked with Health throughout the COVID-19 pandemic to help organizations to optimally manage risk related to SARS-CoV-2. She is now at Defence as a Senior Occupational and Environmental Physician working to optimize the health and wellbeing of Australia’s Defence Force.

Dr Rob McDonald FAFOEM

Rob is an Occupational and Environmental Physician, and is an experienced, senior health and safety executive, Board Director and graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and member of the Strategic Advisory Council to the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health. He is passionate about the creation of environments that enable all to Thrive, with a particular focus on equity and inclusion. Workplaces that support Good Work are a critical element in support of Thrive and Rob is very pleased to be a member of the AFOEM Curriculum Review Group to support the development and training of new occupational and environmental physicians who play such a key role in support of good work.

Dr David Ruttenberg FAFOEM

David gained his primary medical qualifications in South Africa in 1986. He moved to Auckland in 1993 and obtained his Fellowship in Occupational and Environmental Medicine in 2004. He practices in Occupational Medicine both in New Zealand and Australia, consulting to a wide variety of industries, insurers and other stakeholders.

He has previously served as a New Zealand council member for AFOEM and over more recent years been involved in both the written and practical examinations for AFOEM.

Dr John Schneider FAFOEM

John practiced as a family physician in regional Queensland for 10 years and obtained a Graduate Diploma in Occupational Health and Safety. He then worked as a consultant in Occupational Medicine in tropical Australia (20+ years). He is a Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (RACP: Qld and NT committee as well as Assessment committee) and Irish Faculty of Occupational Medicine (member of their examinations committee ~15 years).

He worked in the Middle East as an Associate Professor in the College of Medicine and Health Science (UAE University, 2006-2013). He returned to Australia and was employed part-time as an Associate Professor, College Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, and resumed part time consulting work in Occupational and Workplace Rehabilitation and Industry education in OH&S the Middle East, Asia, South America, and recently online. Areas of interest are Occupational Health in rural and remote worksites, Ergonomics (work in hot environments), and Occupational Medical education.

Dr June Sim FAFOEM

June is an occupational and environmental physician in private practice based in Perth. She gained her fellowship with the Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine in 2008. She has had a long-standing involvement with AFOEM as a supervisor, committee member and was previously the WA Regional Training Program Director.

She is the current chair of the Faculty Assessment committee. She has a keen interest in developing and mentoring the next generation of occupational and environmental physicians.

Dr Alum Sheila Uyirwoth

Sheila is an AFOEM Advanced Trainee and General Physician with interests in aviation medicine, travel health and environmental medicine. She also has interest in improving the capacity for women to have agency in their working lives and achieving the balance that works best for them.

Dr Peter Yu FAFOEM

Peter gained Master's degrees in Occupational and Environmental Health from Monash University and in Aviation Medicine from Otago University, after studying medicine at the University of NSW. He gained a Fellowship in Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, and then with the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. His expertise has focussed on the systematic protection of the health or workers and others in heavy construction, oil and gas, heavy transport, the security industry and healthcare.

He is the Director of Training (Physician Education) for Occupational and Environmental Medicine in NSW/ACT for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the Occupational and Environmental Physician (OEM) of an Australian Government Department, and a Medical Decision-Maker for NSW's Personal Injury Commission. He has special interests in the governance of OEM, the clinical application of human factors, frameworks for enterprise health risk, medical standards, workplace health regulation, and health monitoring for safety-critical workers.

Dr Amy Waters FRACP, FAChPM | Specialist contractor, Adult Internal Medicine

Amy is a palliative care physician at St George Hospital in Sydney, NSW. She completed a Master of Medical Education in 2012 and is heavily involved in teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She is a past chair of the Training Committee in Palliative Medicine and a conjoint senior lecturer at the University of New South Wales. As well as contributing to curricular renewal, she is actively involved in communication skills training across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.

Dr Naomi Katz FRACP, FAChPM | Specialist contractor, Paediatrics and Child Health

Naomi is a paediatric and adult palliative care physician with appointments at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Alfred Health, and Melbourne Health/Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne. She has honorary academic appointments at Monash University and the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and is undertaking a PhD in paediatric palliative care through the University of Melbourne. In 2019, Naomi developed a registrar education program for the Victorian Paediatric Palliative Care Program which continues to be implemented by the wider team.

Professor Brian Le FRACP, FAChPM, MPH | Chair

Brian is a Palliative Care Physician, based in Melbourne. Brian completed Palliative Medicine advanced training with the RACP in 2007 and was a member of the RACP Training Committee for Palliative Medicine from 2011 to 2017, serving as chair in the last of those 3 years.

Associate Professor Carol Douglas FRACGP, FAChPM | Deputy Chair

Carol is a Chapter Foundation Fellow. As Medical Director Queensland Palliative Medicine Training Program, she has led development of the integrated program from 2009, incorporated into the Queensland Health (QH) RMO Campaign in 2013 and now is recurrently funded supporting a Program Manager and Education Officer. From 2005-2022, she was Clinical Director Palliative and Supportive Care Service, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. During this tenure, along with Metro North (MN) Renal Services, she led the development of the MN Kidney Supportive Care Service. Prior to RBWH, she was a Staff Specialist at The Prince Charles Hospital and latterly Director 2004- 2005.

Current research involves ICU and Palliative Care engagement. She has been a member of the National End of Life Law for Clinicians (ELLC) Steering Group since 2016 and led the MNHHS Advance Care Planning ‘roll-out’ in 2016. Her background to Australian career was working in Kota Kinabalu in the late ‘90’s in the first Palliative Care Unit for Malaysia at QE11 Hospital. She continued to support the KK services from 2007-2017 through annual visits and maintains a strong interest in SE Asian Palliative Care contributing especially to Indian Palliative Care Association meetings.

Dr Astrid Adams FRACP 

Astrid is from the United Kingdom. She trained as a doctor in London qualifying from UCL in 1998. She completed her MRCP in 2002 before taking time out of work to travel. She undertook a 4 year Palliative Medicine Registrar rotation centred in Oxford, during which time she completed an MSc in Palliative Medicine and Diploma in Undergraduate Education. She worked for the next 5 years as a Consultant in Palliative Medicine at Sir Michael Sobell House in Oxford. This post involved rotating between IPU, Community and Hospital Palliative Medicine. She was Course Director for the Oxford Medical Student Palliative Medicine Course, Training Programme Director for the Oxford Registrars (jointly with another Consultant) and led the Service Development of a new model of care within the Day Services at the Hospice. Astrid has worked in New Zealand as the Medical Director for Mary Potter Hospice in Wellington. She has twin boys aged 13 and as a family are enjoying living in New Zealand.

Associate Professor Kirsten Auret  FRACP, FAChPM 

Kirsten lives and works on the south coast of Western Australia and has been in rural practice for 17 years. Her daily work includes an academic role at the Rural Clinical School of WA, work in the regional palliative care service and local community hospice, and leadership of the statewide rural palliative care service. She says "I have a passion for rural medicine and skilling future specialists for rural work. This is a bit of a circle for me as I was involved with writing the first RACP Palliative Medicine curriculum a long time ago."

Dr Sadie Dunn FRACP, FAChPM 

Sadie is a Palliative Medicine Physician at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and Royal Melbourne Hospitals. In addition, she is the Education coordinator for the Victorian Palliative Medicine Training Program. As the current Chair of the Training Committee in Palliative Medicine for the college, she is motivated to develop an up-to-date training program that allows us to train the next generation of Palliative Medicine physicians and specialists.

Dr Bharathy Gunasekaran  FRACP, FAChPM 

Bharathy completed her Basic Physician Training and subsequently her Palliative Medicine training across various health networks in metropolitan and regional Victoria. After obtaining her Fellowship, Bharathy accepted a research fellow position at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne. She currently works as a palliative medicine specialist at Grampians Health and Northern Health. In addition to direct clinical care and research, Bharathy is passionate about medical education. She has completed her Graduate Certificate in Clinical Education and is currently undertaking her Graduate Diploma in Clinical Education with the University of Melbourne. Bharathy is also an Affiliate Senior Lecturer at Deakin University and a Professional Practice Tutor at Melbourne University. Her areas of interest include interprofessional education and the delivery of safe and appropriate care to priority population groups.

Associate Professor Marianne Phillips FRACP, FAChPM 

Marianne is a dual trained paediatric and adolescent oncologist and palliative care physician originally from the UK having moved to Australia in 1998. She has worked across paediatric and palliative care for over 36 years. Her particular area of expertise is the embedding of palliative care within oncological diagnoses from the time of initial presentation throughout the disease trajectory to ensure age-appropriate holistic support for patients undergoing cancer treatment and their families.

Marianne has been instrumental in the development of paediatric palliative care services for children and adolescents with cancer and subsequently, having recognised the lack of equitable support, paediatric palliative care services for those with non-malignant diagnoses. As a humanitarian palliative care practitioner, Marianne provides teaching and leadership through culturally and resource appropriate face2face and online forums across various settings in SE Asia, Africa and areas of significant global crises, conflict and natural disasters.

Dr Shampa Sinha

Shampa is a final-year Advanced Trainee in Palliative Medicine currently based at Sacred Heart Hospice at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney. She has a keen interest in teaching and curriculum development and is an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Notre Dame. Prior to medicine she worked as a diplomat for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and as a public health and evaluation specialist at the World Bank.

Dr Patrick Steele FAChPM, FACRRM 

Patrick is a Palliative Care Consultant and Fellow of the Australian College of Remote and Rural Medicine. He works as a palliative care specialist at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne and with Palliative Care South East - a community based palliative care service. He is passionate about providing supervision, education and mentorship to trainees.

Dr Nyoli Valentine FRACGP, MPH 

Nyoli is a Palliative Medicine Advanced Trainee and a PhD candidate in medical education at Flinders University. Nyoli has worked in medical education and research for over 15 years, including in programmatic assessment and entrustable professional activities. She has also co-led the development of the new RACGP training syllabus and 2022 RACGP Curriculum review. Her PhD research is examining fairness in assessment.

Dr Molly Williams FRACP, FAChPM 

Molly is a dual trained paediatric solid tumour/neuro-oncologist and palliative care physician. She has worked in complimentary roles in the RCH Children's Cancer Centre and Victorian Paediatric Palliative Care Program since 2017. Her particular areas of expertise and interest are in the intersection of palliative medicine and oncology, in particular the impact of emerging cancer therapies on the palliative care experience and the holistic supportive care of patients undergoing cancer treatment.

Dr Williams is keenly involved in statewide education through the PICS regional oncology program and the QuOCCA Consortium and is the paediatric representative on the RACP Palliative Medicine Training Committee. She is a member of the RCH Clinical Ethics Response Group, participating in education, podcasts and writing regarding ethical decision-making in oncology and palliative medicine. In her spare time, Dr Williams spoils her two rescue dogs and dabbles in home-brewing and cheesemaking.

Dr Archit Chawla FRACP | Specialist contractor, Adult Medicine

Dr Archit Chawla is a consultant Respiratory and Sleep Physician at Nepean Hospital and Senior Clinical Lecturer with the University of Sydney. He has a clinical interest in lung cancer, interventional pulmonology and pleural disease, as well as respiratory failure. He is a strong advocate for trainee education and wellbeing and has been an active member of the TSANZ Education and Training Committee. He is a Supervisor and lead Respiratory Training Program educator for Basic and Advanced Trainees at Nepean Hospital. He also convenes a Respiratory Failure and NIV workshop to support trainee education. Archit is passionate about promoting evidence-based best practice in training and education standards and is committed to achieving this through his leadership in Respiratory curriculum re-development.

Dr André Schultz FRACP | Specialist contractor, Paediatrics & Child Health

André is a paediatric respiratory physician based at Perth Children’s Hospital, Program Head of Respiratory Health at Telethon Kids Institute, and Honorary Clinical Professor at the University of Western Australia. He is a MRFF Investigator and previous NHMRC TRIP Fellow. He is President of the Australian Council on Smoking and Health and Deputy Chair of the Australian Cystic Fibrosis Data Registry Steering Committee. He's committed to child health and improving lifelong health trajectories from early childhood, particularly for vulnerable populations. He recognises that investment in the next generation of specialists is vital to the future health of Australian children.

Dr Fiona Horwood FRACP | Chair

Fiona is a respiratory and general physician currently working in Whangarei, a regional centre in Te Tai Tokerau, New Zealand. She trained to consultant level in Respiratory and General Medicine in Nottingham, England and emigrated to New Zealand with her family in 2008. She initially worked at Middlemore Hospital in Auckland before moving north to Whangarei. Fiona maintains a broad general respiratory practice with her interests being chronic respiratory disease, lung cancer and pleural disease. Fiona has worked for years on enhancing the respiratory MDT. This has included successfully pushing out pulmonary rehabilitation from hospital into multiple community settings and creating a community COPD MDT. She has an interest in exploring ways of reducing the inequalities seen in health outcomes in respiratory disease in the Maori population in New Zealand. Fiona is also a keen educator and has been involved with many RACP committees since her arrival in New Zealand. She recently completed her term as chair of Aotearoa New Zealand Adult Medicine Division Education Committee during which time she was also a member of several other education committees in both Australia and New Zealand. Fiona’s main passion is to encourage and educate the physicians of the future by supervising and teaching trainees and students at all stages of their career.

Dr Andrew Tai FRACP | Deputy Chair

Andrew is a Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Physician, Head of Department at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital Adelaide and Senior Lecturer at the University of Adelaide. He completed his advanced training at the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne and PhD in 2011 following the famous Melbourne childhood asthma cohort to the age of 50 years. Andrew is also the Cystic Fibrosis Centre Director and held a directorial position with the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ) overseeing the role of conference coordinator. Furthermore, Andrew was a member of the Written Exams Committee for RACP and a site accreditor for advanced training. He was part of the curriculum committee that formalised the current Paediatric training curriculum and served in multiple organisations including the Australasian Sleep Association, Lung Foundation Australia, and consumer organisations such as Asthma SA and Cystic Fibrosis SA. His research interests are in Paediatric asthma, origins of lung disease in children and translation of novel technology into clinical care.

Dr Arash Badiei FRACP 

Arash is a staff specialist and head of advanced training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. He has a background in biomedical engineering and completed his PhD prior to pivoting to medicine. He completed advanced training in respiratory medicine in 2019 and a fellowship at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth. His specialty areas are interventional pulmonology and pleural medicine. Arash is interested in modernising advanced training, ensuring our training stays relevant to current practice, and that it encompasses trainees’ mental health and wellbeing. He is also co-convenor of the interventional pulmonology special interest group of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand. Outside of medicine Arash spends his time focused on family and friends, trying to keep fit, and embracing the chaos of raising two boys!

Dr Sandra Chuang FRACP 

Sandra is a Paediatric Respiratory Physician at Sydney Children's Hospital Randwick, and a Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales. She trained at the Children's Hospital Westmead and Sydney Children's Hospital Randwick before completing her PhD on Non-invasive measures of neural respiratory drive in children. Her interests include rare lung diseases such as respiratory complications of neuromuscular disease, congenital lung malformation, congenital diaphragmatic hernia, cystic fibrosis and asthma. She is also an academician, involved in the teaching of medical students and trainees in paediatrics and respiratory medicine. Sandra also undertakes committee work for the Thoracic Society Australia and New Zealand including the Education and Training Subcommittee, and the Paediatric Special Interest Group.

Dr Julia Fattore

Julia is a current final year Respiratory and Sleep medicine trainee at Liverpool Hospital. She aims to provide current and relevant advice for the update, as well as contribute strongly to the group discussions. Julia’s goal is to return to regional New South Wales in a respiratory, sleep and interventional role. She is very keen to assist in updating the curriculum with a focus on interventional training and requirements and ensure the training program is equitable between regional and urban sites.

Dr Nathan Harb

Nathan is a Respiratory Advanced Trainee at Liverpool Hospital with a particular interest in Interventional Pulmonology and Tuberculosis. He is also passionate about teaching and is a Conjoint Associate Lecturer with the University of New South Wales.

Associate Professor Belinda Miller FRACP 

Belinda is a respiratory and sleep medicine physician, at the Alfred Hospital and Epworth Sleep Centre, Melbourne. Her clinical interests include ventilatory failure, oxygen therapy and many aspects of general respiratory medicine. She is a member of the RACP national examination panel for the fellowship examinations, and current chair of the Respiratory and Sleep Advanced Training Subcommittee.

Dr Siobhan Mulrennan FRACP 

Siobhan is a respiratory consultant at Perth's Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital since 2008. She is also the Director of the Adult Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Service since 2016. Her consultancy spans various areas, encompassing cystic fibrosis, general respiratory medicine, bronchoscopy, and EBUS. In addition, she holds the position of Clinical Professor at the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Western Australia, where she is affiliated with both the Institute of Respiratory Health and the Busselton Population Medical Research Institute. Siobhan is also involved in CF clinical research and population-based respiratory health research. At the Institute of Respiratory Health, she serves as the Principal Investigator for CF and bronchiectasis clinical trials. Additionally, she also recently held the role as Co-convenor of the CF Special Interest Group (SIG) at the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand. Furthermore, she has co-chaired the Australian CF Centre Directors Group from 2020 to 2023. Siobhan is also a member of the Australian CF Data Registry Committee and the Australian CF Standards of Care Committee.

Dr Chintaka Samaranayake FRACP 

Chinthaka is a Thoracic and Sleep physician and specialist in pulmonary vascular diseases, exercise physiology and thoracic malignancy. After obtaining FRACP in 2019, he pursued post-graduate research fellowship for 2 years at Royal Brompton Hospital, London UK, working in the field of pulmonary vascular disease (2020-2022) whilst completing a PhD in experimental and translational medicine and interventions. Chintaka has a research track record in cardiopulmonary medicine, and his PhD research received a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Postgraduate Scholarship. He has received numerous clinical and research awards for his work including the European Respiratory Society and APSR Young Investigator Award in 2022. Chintaka is passionate about medical education and respiratory training, and brings direct experience gained working in several Respiratory Training Networks across Australia, New Zealand, and United Kingdom.

Dr Kevin Wen

Kevin is a third year Respiratory and Sleep Medicine advanced trainee currently at Liverpool Hospital. He has previously trained at Wollongong Hospital and Westmead Hospital.

Associate Professor Jonathan Williamson FRACP 

Jonathan is a Respiratory and Sleep Physician who trained in Australia and Germany. He is a Consultant Respiratory and Sleep Physician at Liverpool Hospital and a Visiting Medical Officer at Macquarie University Hospital. His practice provides care to patients with a range of respiratory and sleep pathologies including asthma, COPD, pulmonary infections, interstitial lung disease, sleep disorders and lung cancer with a sub-specialised interest in airway interventions including rigid bronchoscopy, cryotherapy, endoscopic therapies for advanced COPD, airway stents and managing central airway obstruction. After completing training in NSW, Jonathan undertook PhD studies at the University of Western Australia investigating anatomical optical coherence tomography to assist with airway dimension measurement for clinical and research applications. He also directs the interventional bronchoscopy unit at Liverpool Hospital and performs interventional pulmonology procedures at Macquarie University Hospital, working with other interventional bronchoscopists. His research interests include minimally invasive techniques for lung biopsies in interstitial lung disease, endoscopic therapies for advanced emphysema, endobronchial ultrasound samples for genetic analysis and Rapid Access pathways for lung cancer diagnosis and management. Jonathan chairs the Lung Cancer Multidisciplinary Meeting at Macquarie University Hospital and is an active member of the Liverpool Hospital Lung Cancer Multidisciplinary Meeting. He has been involved in COVID-19 management at Liverpool Hospital where he chairs the COVID-19 Clinical Taskforce, he convened the Interventional Pulmonology Special Interest Group of the TSANZ between 2015-2019 and chairs a sub-committee developing and implementing national guidelines for competence in respiratory procedures.

Dr Sarah Yeo FRACP 

Sarah is a respiratory physician currently completing post-fellowship year in sleep medicine. She completed her MBBS at the University of Adelaide, where she is now a Senior Clinical Lecturer, has completed a Cystic Fibrosis Fellowship at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, and obtained FRACP after training at the Central Adelaide Local Health Network. She is the current SA/NT Branch President of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and is a member of the TSANZ working party for developing guidelines for recognition of competency in respiratory medicine in interventional pulmonology and pleural procedures.  Sarah has a keen interest in diagnosis and management of lung cancer, mechanisms of resistance of lung cancer to immunotherapy, interventional pulmonology, and pleural procedures, as well as curriculum design and continuing education through every phase of training encompassing post-fellowship competency-based assessment.

Professor Brendon Yee FRACP | Specialist contractor

Professor Brendon Yee is a Senior Staff Specialist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He is a respiratory and sleep physician and a Clinical Professor at the University of Sydney. He is also the Head of the Discipline of Sleep Medicine at Sydney University. He is a senior researcher/clinician at the Sleep Research Group, at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research. Brendon has a strong interest in clinical research and medical education.

Dr Lauren Booker | Curriculum advisor

Dr Lauren Booker is a Postdoctoral Fellow at La Trobe University and the Institute for Breathing and Sleep. She has over 12 years of experience managing and implementing sleep and circadian rhythm misalignment sleep disorder research, with a special interest in infant circadian rhythm development. She is focused on improving the knowledge and treatment of sleep disorders by helping provide scientific evidence to guide and shape policy and practice. The RACP is very grateful for her expertise in reviewing the paediatric sleep medicine knowledge guides.

Associate Professor Alan Young FRACP | Chair

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Dr David Cunnington FRACP  | Deputy Chair

David is a specialist sleep physician at Sunshine Coast Respiratory and Sleep, and co-founder of the online sleep resource, SleepHub.com.au. David trained in sleep medicine both in Australia and at Harvard Medical School. In addition to training in sleep medicine, David has also completed training and achieved qualifications as an International Sleep Specialist, Fellow of American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Diplomat of Behavioural Sleep Medicine and Registered Polysomnographic Technologist. Having credentials in a range of specialities in sleep as well as his experience in practicing sleep medicine for 20 years gives David broad perspective on training in sleep medicine.

Dr Sonia Cherian FRACP

Sonia is a graduate of the University of Adelaide Medical School. She completed her internship and basic physician training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and moved to Auckland where she completed her advanced respiratory training. She undertook her sleep fellowship at Wellington City Hospital. Following this, she completed a pleural and lung cancer fellowship at Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, UK. She held a consultant post at University College London Hospital (UCLH) before returning to Auckland City Hospital as a full-time Respiratory and Sleep Physician.

Dr Claire Ellender BSc, MBBS, FRACP, PhD

Claire is a Respiratory and Sleep specialist at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane. Her areas of research include evaluating health literacy and sleep education materials and complex sleep disorder management. Claire works closely as a conjoint appointed academic within the Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland at the PA Southside Clinical unit.

Dr Stephen Kinder FRACP

Stephen is the Sleep Fellow at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane for 2023. He has completed prior training in Respiratory and General Medicine, working across Queensland regional and metropolitan centres. He also holds a strong interest in medical education, maintaining a Senior Lecturer role within Griffith University.

Dr Benjamin Nguyen FRACP

Benjamin is a Staff Specialist at St Vincent’s Hospital and a Visiting Medical Officer at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney. He also works as a Respiratory and Sleep Physician at the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research and is a Clinical Lecturer for the University of Sydney.

Dr Lauren Nisbet

Lauren is an advanced trainee in Paediatric Sleep Medicine and General Paediatrics and is the current Sleep Fellow at Monash Children’s Hospital. She has a passion for the field of sleep medicine and wishes to further improve learning opportunities and experiences of trainees. Lauren has a strong interest in clinical research and completed her PhD investigating the cardiovascular impacts of sleep disordered breathing in preschool-age children. She has been part of working groups developing unit protocols at the Royal Children’s Hospital, writing interview scenarios and responses for undergraduate medicine entry at Monash University, and has also authored articles for the Raising Children’s Network.

Dr Antonia O'Connor FRACP

Antonia recently obtained her FRACP in paediatric respiratory medicine with paediatric training undertaken in Adelaide. She is currently doing advanced training in paediatric sleep medicine in Sydney. Antonia also recently obtained her PhD in researching the use of augmented reality for asthma education in children and adolescents. She has previously worked in a clinical fellow role which solidified her interest in medical education and supporting junior doctor welfare.

Dr Shyamala Pradeepan FRACP

Shyamala is an Adult Respiratory and Sleep Physician working with NSW health, with over 10 years of experience. She has been trained across states in Australia and overseas and is very passionate about ongoing medical education and training to the needs of the day and future. Shyamala believes this is only way to reach the larger audience, the patients.

Associate Professor Sadasivam Suresh FRACP

Sadasivam is a Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Physician and Fellow of the college who has a long association with education related activities of the college. He has a graduate certificate in clinical education and has been involved in student and vocational education of basic/advanced trainees. He has experience in accreditation in sleep services through ASA and through RACP with BPT accreditation which gave him a deeper understanding of how educational training standards are key to sustained excellence in delivery of education. Sadasivam is also the current chair of the PDEC and with his association with examination processes as an NEP, he has good insight at the coalface and understand the importance of the curriculum renewal project. According to him, curriculum renewal is a key aspect of continuing educational delivery for the college and with his wide-ranging experience in the education space, he would like to bring that to good effect by contributing to the process.

Associate Professor Arthur Teng FRACP

Arthur is a senior staff specialist paediatrician, sleep physician and Head of the Department of Sleep Medicine at the Sydney Children’s Hospital, Randwick. Currently he is Conjoint Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and Clinical Senior Lecturer at the University of Tasmania. He was Respiratory Fellow and Chief Resident at the then Prince of Wales Children’s Hospital before training with Professor Colin Sullivan at the David Read Laboratories, University of Sydney, about ten years following the invention of CPAP. His clinical and research interests include the neuropsychological impact of sleep disorders in children, parasomnias, infantile obstructive sleep apnoea and childhood narcolepsy. He has published across the broad spectrum of paediatric sleep disorders in peer-reviewed journals including Sleep, J Applied Physiology, AJRCCM, ERJ, Sleep Medicine, J of Sleep Research, Respirology etc., and several textbook chapters. He supervised multiple Honours, Masters and PhD Projects through the Universities of Sydney and NSW. Arthur has also trained over 20 scientists and physicians, from Australia and around the world.

Dr Sarah Yeo FRACP

Sarah is a respiratory physician currently completing post-fellowship year in sleep medicine. She completed MBBS at the University of Adelaide, where she is now a Senior Clinical Lecturer, has completed a Cystic Fibrosis Fellowship at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, and obtained FRACP after training at the Central Adelaide Local Health Network. She is current SA/NT Branch President of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand and is a member of the TSANZ working party for developing guidelines for recognition of competency in respiratory medicine in interventional pulmonology and pleural procedures.  Sarah has a keen interest in diagnosis and management of lung cancer, mechanisms of resistance of lung cancer to immunotherapy, interventional pulmonology and pleural procedures, as well as curriculum design and continuing education through every phase of training encompassing post-fellowship competency-based assessment.