MEMBER NEWS
CONGRATULATIONS to the following doctors who are now elected members of AMA Queensland.
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
DOCTORS IN TRAINING
DOCTORS IN TRAINING
Dr Sean Dwyer Dr Shayne Jonsson Dr Matthew Oates Dr Mark Adsett Dr Paul O’Neill Dr Matthew Cockburn Dr Samduni Wijeyewickrema Dr Tristan Anderson Dr Shanmugam Balaji Dr SamuelAh Kit
Dr Matthew Pavicic Mr Nicholas Sowden Dr John Goddard Dr Jessica Phillips Dr David Hateley Dr Dean Adit Dr Debraj Mukherjee Dr James Walker Dr Emma Maguire Dr Adam Frankel Dr Arjuna Somasundaram Dr Zeshan Ali Dr Manoj Chore Dr Patrick Asgarimehr Dr Anna Brookes Dr Christine Smith
GENERAL PRACTITIONERS Dr Ajilesh Chacko Dr Shahriar Boorboor Dr Richard Jiang Dr Aju Philip Dr Rosemary C Caird Dr Mohammed Alam Dr Shahid Ali
PRIVATE SPECIALISTS Dr Andrew C Shield Dr Xinyi Zhou Dr Jason Restall
PART-TIME PRACTITIONERS Dr Kate Rodwell Dr Subhapiya Sreedharan Dr Stephen Elgey Dr Deepali Shirkhedkar
SALARIED PRACTITIONERS Dr Chamara Appuhamilage Dr David Douglas Dr Saul Shires Dr Jennifer Shires Dr Stefan Ziege Dr Anthony Padowitz Dr Paul Varghese Dr Shailender Mehta
GENERAL PRACTITIONERS Dr Guy Fielding Dr Michael Thorpe Dr Subrata Aditya Dr Chengyuan Zhao
MEMBERSHIP RENEWALS Your ongoing membership is vital in ensuring a robust, collective voice for the profession, regardless of your specialty, career stage or location. Soon you will receive your renewals pack for 2014, which highlights our key wins in member representation and advocacy over the last 12 months along with our comprehensive range of member benefits and new events.
There are 5 x $500 Coles Myer Vouchers up for grabs for members who renew online (in monthly instalments) by 31 December 2013. Our generous sponsors Lexus are offering a Spicers Gourmet Getaway Package, which comprises of one night’s luxury accommodation for one couple, a three course lunch or gourmet picnic hamper, seven course degustation dinner with wines to match and two course gourmet breakfast. You’ll also
PRIVATE SPECIALISTS Dr Matthew Broadhurst Dr John McAulay Dr Robert JS Purssey D Ashar Khan Dr David Deller Dr Mark Chiang
PART-TIME PRACTITIONERS Dr Juliet Clayton Dr Nathanael Sheehan Dr Colin J Campey Dr Jane Nikles
SALARIED PRACTITIONERS Dr Amira Mahboub Dr Trevor Watkins
SECOND AMA QUEENSLAND
SAVE THE DATE!
BREAKFAST WITH THE HEALTH MINISTER
RENEW NOW!
We are streamlining the renewals process this year with the option to renew online by Visa, MasterCard or American Express and pay by the month, quarterly or annually. Look out for your renewals pack and notice and to renew over the phone now call (07) 3872 2222. Q
WIN! get to drive to Spicers Peak Lodge in a Lexus SUV. This early-bird prize is also available for any members that renew by 1 December 2013. AMA Travel are also offering a Ski NZ holiday as an earlybird prize. It includes return economy flights from Brisbane to Queenstown, six nights at Crowne Plaza including breakfast and a three-day ski pass. Terms and conditions apply*. *Please see the terms and conditions included in your renewals pack
AMA QUEENSLAND’S ANNUAL EVENT SURVEY We recently surveyed members ahead of developing our 2014 events calendar. Following the results of our 2012 events survey, we delivered some fantastic new member events in 2013, including the inaugural Health Minister’s Breakfast, our free Health Vision forums in Brisbane and Townsville and our recent Medico-Legal Conference. We have also filmed our keynote events including the Minister’s Breakfast and the recent Bancroft Oration and have made these available free of charge in the Member’s Only section of the website.
This is what we are working on for next year: More free member events and costeffective conferences and seminars offering accreditation (including RACGP and RACS accreditation) Forums to discuss and debate timely health policy and health reform issues including medico-legal Programs updates and discussions on end of life care, capacity, ethics and leadership Seminars to help you get the competitive edge in your career including presentation skills and how to get involved in research Programs and webinars that are available out of hours. Q
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NOVEMBER 2013 DoctorQ
Thank you to all members who completed the survey. The lucky winner of our Event Survey draw is:
Dr Andrew Bryant of Spring Hill Dr Bryant won the iPad mini prize. Congratulations!