Atlas 2018 - Expert advisors

List of expert advisory groups for the Third Australian Atlas of Healthcare Variation, published in 2018.

Dr Tina (Christina) Bertilone
Senior Medical Advisor, Patient Safety and Clinical Quality Directorate, Western Australian Department of Health
Chair: Professor Katina D’Onise
Director, Prevention and Population Health Branch, South Australian Department for Health and Wellbeing
Dr Shannon Melody
Medical Advisor, Clinical Quality, Health Professional Policy and Advisory Services Group, Tasmanian Department of Health
Ms Di O’Kane
Director, Programs, Survey and Audit, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Service, Queensland Department of Health
Mr Jonathan Prescott
Assistant Director, Metropolitan Health Service Performance, Victorian Department of Health and Human Services
Associate Professor Girish Talaulikar
Acting Executive Director, Division of Medicine, ACT Health
Adjunct Professor Debra Thoms
Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Australian Government Department of Health
Dr Diane Watson
Chief Executive, Bureau of Health Information, New South Wales
Dr Sara Watson
Director, Clinical Quality and Patient Safety, Northern Territory Department of Health
Dr Adrian Webster
Senior Executive, Hospitals and Expenditure Group, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Dr Jason Agostino
General practitioner, Gurriny Yealamucka Health Service; lecturer in General Practice, Academic Unit of General Practice, Australian National University Medical School
Adjunct Professor Steve Hambleton
Specialist general practitioner; past president, Australian Medical Association
Dr Tony Hobbs
Past Deputy Chief Medical Officer, Australian Government Department of Health
Dr Liz Marles
General practitioner; past president, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners; Director, Hornsby‑Brooklyn GP Unit, Hornsby Hospital Dr
Damien Zilm
General practitioner; Chair, Western Australian General Practice Education and Training; Director, WA Primary Health Alliance (including Chair, Country Primary Health Network Council)

Professor Derek P Chew
Professor of Cardiology, Flinders University; Network Director of Cardiology, Southern Adelaide Local Health Network
Professor Thomas Marwick
Director and Chief Executive, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute; Cardiologist, Alfred Health and Western Health
Associate Professor David Prior
Deputy Director of Cardiology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne; Associate Professor, University of Melbourne

Associate Professor Penelope Bryant
Chair, Australia and New Zealand Paediatric Infectious Diseases group and Antimicrobial Stewardship group; Paediatric Infectious Diseases Physician and General Paediatrician, Royal Children’s Hospital
Dr Sarah Dalton
Paediatric Emergency Physician, Children’s Hospital at Westmead; past president, Paediatric and Child Health Division, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Professor Cheryl Jones
Stevenson Professor of Paediatrics and Head of Department, University of Melbourne; President, Australian Society for Infectious Diseases
Professor John Turnidge AM
Senior Medical Advisor, Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Australia project and Healthcare Associated Infection Surveillance System, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

Dr Fraser Brown
Nuclear Medicine Radiologist, Regional Imaging Ltd; representative, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Associate Professor Roderick Clifton-Bligh
Endocrinologist and Head of Department, Royal North Shore Hospital; Conjoint Associate Professor in Medicine, University of Sydney
Professor Jonathan Serpell
Head of Breast, Endocrine and General Surgery, The Alfred; Professor and Director, General Surgery, The Alfred
Associate Professor Ken Sikaris
Chemical Pathologist, Melbourne Pathology; Associate Professor in Pathology, Melbourne University
Associate Professor Peter Stewart
Pathologist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; past president, Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
Professor Duncan Topliss
Director, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Alfred; Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Monash University

Mr Brian Kirkby
Director of Surgery, Surgical Department, Caboolture Hospital
Dr Timothy Lyon
Rural Generalist Surgery and Endoscopy, Kingaroy Hospital, Queensland
Dr Suzanne Mahady
Gastroenterologist, Royal Melbourne Hospital and St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne; Epidemiologist, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
Associate Professor William Tam
Chair, Faculty of Endoscopy, Gastroenterological Society of Australia; Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Adelaide

Associate Professor Koert de Waal
Conjoint Associate Professor, School of Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Health and Medicine, University of Newcastle
Professor John Lynch
Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, School of Public Health, University of Adelaide
Professor Jonathan Morris AM
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Sydney; Director, Clinical and Population Perinatal Health Research, Kolling Institute of Medical Research
Professor Michael Permezel
Past president, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists; Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Melbourne
Dr Antonia Shand
Head of Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Royal Hospital for Women; Research Fellow, Perinatal and Population Health, Children’s Hospital at Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney

Dr Chris Hayes
Director, Hunter Integrated Pain Service, John Hunter Hospital; immediate past dean, Faculty of Pain Medicine, Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
Professor Harriet Hiscock
Group Leader, Health Services, Centre for Community Child Health, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute; Director, Health Services Research Unit, Royal Children’s Hospital
Associate Professor Malcolm Hogg
Head of Pain Services, Royal Melbourne Hospital; Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Melbourne
Professor Louisa Jorm
Director, Centre for Big Data Research in Health, UNSW Medicine, University of New South Wales
Dr Roderick McKay
Director, Psychiatry and Mental Health Programs, Health Education and Training Institute; Conjoint Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales
Professor Libby Roughead
Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre, School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia
Dr Jennifer Stevens
Anaesthetist and Pain Specialist, St Vincent’s Hospital and St Vincent’s Private Hospital, Sydney; Conjoint Senior Lecturer, University of New South Wales

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