Medical Editor:
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Dr Michael Johnston MBBS General Practitioner North Sydney NSW Medical Editor: Broadcast GP |
Broadcast GP Panelists:
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Dr Peter Piazza MBBS General Practitioner Five Dock NSW Special Interests: Diabetes, Cardiovascular Prevention |
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Dr Joann Goodier MBBS
General Practitioner
Potts Point NSW Special Interests: Women’s Health and Sexuality, Mental Health |
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Dr Cindy Pan MBBS, FRACGP
General Practitioner
Sydney NSW
Special Interests: Women’s Health, Sexual Health, Relationships
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Dr Sharron Phillipson B.Med. FRACGP. DCH. Dip. Paeds. Dip. Practical Dermatology General Practitioner North Sydney Special Interests: Cosmetic Medicine |
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Dr Simon Cowap MBBS (Hons) FRACGP General Practitioner Glebe NSW Special Interests: Mental Health, General Medicine |
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Dr Simon Young MBBS General Practitioner Blacktown, NSW Adjunct Senior Lecturer, General Practice University of Sydney Special Interests: Paediatrics and Child Health |
Recent Contributing Key Opinion Leaders:
Cardiology
Prof Murray Elser - Cardiologist & Blood Pressure Expert, Baker Institute
A/Prof John Amerena - Cardiologist, Geelong Hospital
Prof Andrew Tonkin - Cardiologist, Austin Health, Cardiovascular Researcher, Monash University
Dr Clyne Fernandes - Interventional Cardiologist, Nepean Hospital
Dr Eugene Kotlyar - Cardiologist, St Vincents Hospital in Sydney
Prof Andrew Sindone - Director, Heart Failure Unit & Dept of Cardiac Rehabilitation, Concord Hospital, Sydney
Dr Greg Conner - Cardiologist and Vascular Physician, Liverpool
Dr William Parsonage - Cardiologist - Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Dr Ben Fitzgerald - Cardiologist, Brisbane
Dr George Proimos - Interventional Cardiologist with an interest in Dyslipidaemia and ACS, Melbourne
A/Prof Paul Langton - Cardiologist, University of Notre Dame, Western Australia
Dr Julian Castro - Cardiologist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
Prof Alberto Zambon – Professor in Cardiology, University of Padua, Italy
Prof Karam Kostner - Cardiologist, Mater Hospital Brisbane & A/Professor of Medicine, University of Queensland
Dr Harry Gibbs - Cardiologist & Vascular Physician, Lismore NSW
Dermatology
Dr Diana Rubel - Dermatologist – Canberra
Dr John Sullivan - Dermatologist, Sydney - Chair of the ‘All about Acne’ Multidisciplinary Collaborative
Dietetics
Dr Helen O’Connor - Practicing Dietitian & Senior Lecturer at the UNiversity of Sydney
Endocrinology
A/Prof Merlin Thomas - Assoc. Professor, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne
Prof Greg Fulcher - Endocrinologist, Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney
Dr Roger Chen - Endocrinologist – Sydney
Prof Steven Boyages - Senior Endocrinologist, Westmead Hospital
A/Prof Richard O’Brien - Endocrinologist & Clinical Dean of Medicine, Austin Hospital Melbourne
Prof Mark Cooper - Head of the Diabetes Division, Baker IDI Melbourne & Consultant Endocrinologist, Alfred Hospital
Prof John Eisman - Director of Osteoporosis & Bone Biology Research, Garvan Institute & Staff Endocrinologist at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney
Dr Nathalie Van Harve - Staff Specialist and Director of the Diabetes Clinic - Ipswich Hospital
Dr Edwin Villhauer - Senior Research Fellow, Chemical Development Unit, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, USA
Gastroenterology
Prof Ian Roberts - Thomson - Director of Gastroenterology at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide
Dr Bradley Kendall - Senior Staff Gastroenterologist, Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane
Prof John Dent - Gastroenterologist, Royal Adelaide Hospital
Prof Peter Gibson - Gastroenterologist, Box Hill Hospital, Melbourne
Prof Tim Florin - Director of Gastroenterology, Mater Health Services Adult Hospital, Brisbane
General Medicine
Prof Carol Pollock - Research Chairman of the Northern Sydney and Central Coast Area Health Service
Prof Dimity Pond - Professor of General Practice, University of Newcastle
Prof Andrew Biankin - Pancreatic Surgeon & Head of Pancreatic Cancer Research, Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Dr Paul Healey - Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney & a Glaucoma Specialist, Macquarie Street, Sydney
Prof Jim Toouli - Professor of Surgery, Flinders University, Adelaide
Dr Jim Barlow - GP with a Special Interest in Diabetes in General Practice, Bankstown, NSW
Geriatrics
A/Prof Gustavo Duque - Associate Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Nepean Clinical School University of Sydney
Dr Chris Fong - Rheumatologist & Geriatrician, Melbourne
Dr Jeffrey Rowland - Geriatrician, Brisbane
A/Prof Michael Woodward - Director of Aged & Residential Care & Head, Medical & Cognitive Research Unit, Austin Health
Gynaecology
Prof David Allen - Gynaecological Oncologist, Mercy Hospital for Women, Melbourne
Prof Margaret Davy - Gynaecological Oncologist, Women’s health Centre, Royal Adelaide Hospital
Dr Stuart Salfinger - Gynaecological Oncologist, Perth
Dr Gabrielle Casper - Gynaecologist, Sydney
Dr Louise Farrell - Obstetrician/Gynaecologist
Immunology/Infectious Disease/Allergy
Prof Robert Booy - Infectious Diseases Specialist, University of Sydney
Prof Ian Frazer - Director of the Diamantina Institute for Cancer, Immunology and Metabolic Medicine at the University of Queensland
A/Prof Richard Loh - Clinical Immunologist, Western Australia
Prof Peter Leggat - Head of School of Public Health, Tropical Medicine & Rehabilitation, James Cook University
Prof Tony Cunningham - Director of the Centre of Virus Research at the Westmead Millennium Institute
Dr Kelvin Kong - Paediatric and Adult Otolaryngologist, Head and Neck surgeon, from the John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle
A/Prof Peter Smith - Allergist in Southport and Associate Professor in Clinical Medicine from Griffith University
Dr Alan Hampson - Chair of the Influenza Specialist Group
Prof Nick Zwar - School of Public Health & Community Medicine, University of NSW
Dr Deb Mills - Travel Doctor, Travel Medicine Alliance, Sydney
Dr Peter Eisenberg - GP & Member of the Influenza Specialist Group
Neurology
Prof Than Phan - Director, Stroke Unit, Monash Medical, Melbourne
Dr Denis Crimmins - Neurologist, NSW Central Coast
A/Prof Paul Spira - A/Prof University of New South Wales & Neurologist in Private Practice, Bondi Junction
Prof Peter Silburn - Consultant Neurologist, University of Queensland
A/Prof Jonathan Sturm - Neurologist, Gosford Hospital
Dr Michael Barnett - Neurologist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney
Orthopaedics
Dr Michael Dixon - Orthopaedic Surgeon, Sydney
Paediatrics
Dr Mark Selikowitz - Developmental Paediatrician, Sydney
Dr Rachel Skinner - Discipline of Paediatrics & Child Health, Children’s Hospital Westmead, Sydney
Pain Medicine
Prof Sinnathamby Sundaraj - Associate Professor of Pain Medicine - University of Sydney
Dr Chris Hayes - Pain Medicine Specialist, Newcastle
Prof Michael Cousins - Director of the University of Sydney Pain Management Research Institute
Dr Stephen de Graaff - Director of Pain Services, Epworth Healthcare, Victoria
Dr Stephen Leow - General Practitioner, Adelaide
Psychiatry
Prof Nicholas Keks - Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
Prof Pat McGorry - Professor of Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne & Executive Director of Orygen Youth Health & 2010 Australian of the Year
Prof Ian Hickie - Director Brain & Mind Institute of Sydney
A/Prof Malcolm Hopwood - Dept of Psychiatry, Austin Health, Melbourne
Dr Curt Gray - Consultant Psychiatrist, Queensland
Prof David Castle - Professor of Psychiatry, St Vincent’s Hospital & University of Melbourne
Rheumatology
Prof Philip Sambrook - Professor of Rheumatology - University of Sydney
Dr John Van Der Kallen - Rheumatologist & Staff Specialist, Royal Newcastle Centre
A/Prof Charles Inderjeeth - Geriatrician & Rheumatologist, Perth
A/Prof Lionel Schachna - Consultant Rheumatologist, Austin Spondylitis Clinic, Austin Health, Victoria
Sexual Health
A/Prof Peter Liu - Dept of Andrology, Concord Hospital & University of Sydney
Dr Stella Heley - Sexual Health Physician, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
Dr Michael Lowy - Sexual Health Physician, Sydney Men’s Health
Dr Michael Gillman - GP with an interest in Men’s Health, Brisbane
Dr Terri Foran - Sexual Health Physician, Sydney
Dr Elizabeth Farrell - President of the Australian Menopause Society & Head of the Menopause Clinic at Monash Medical Centre
Dr Catriona Ooi - Director of Sexual Health, Hunter New England Area Health Service, Newcastle
Dr Christine Read - Independent Consultant in Reproductive & Sexual Health
Sleep Disorders
Dr David Cunnington - Sleep Physician & Director of the Melbourne Sleep Disorder Centre
Urology
Dr Kayvan Haghighi - Urologist, Sydney
A/Prof Henry Woo - Western Clinical School, University of Sydney & Urological Surgeon, Westmead & Sydney Adventist Hospitals
A/Prof Declan Murphy - Urologist, Peter McCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne
A/Prof Mark Frydenberg - Chairman, Department of Urology, Monash Medical Centre














