MEMBER NEWS
CONGRATULATIONS to the following doctors who are now elected members of AMA Queensland.
APRIL 2014
MAY 2014
DOCTORS IN TRAINING
DOCTORS IN TRAINING
Dr Beini Chen Dr Felicity O’Malley Dr Kaitlyn Mullane Dr Nicholas Lintell Dr Susanna Rossotti Dr Aarti Malhotra Dr Sabin Smith Dr Gulchekhra Sidari Dr Anson Chan Dr Catherine Barnett Dr Liam Flynn Dr Sachin Khullar Dr Anna-Marie LochWilkinson Dr Carmel Newitt Dr Deborah Maher Dr Gary Chang Dr Laura Condon Dr Paul Gales Dr Petrina Duncan
Dr Baillie Ferris Dr Cariad Wratten Dr Deborah Khoo Dr Emily Walpole Dr Vivian Kwok Dr Dominic Eu
GENERAL PRACTITIONERS Dr Behzad Rafiee Dr Kishan Sharma Dr Sean Pham Dr John Endacott Dr Laurence McEntee Dr Mark Paine
PART-TIME PRACTITIONERS Dr Alok Jhamb Dr Anthony Ringuet Dr Philip Robinson Dr Simon Broadley Dr Stephen Bruce Dr Miriam Susnja Dr Monique Dade Dr Neisha D’Silva Dr Tisha Searles Dr Chik Tan Dr Graeme MacDonald Dr Petra Millar Dr Robyn Brady Dr Antonio Tsahtsarlis Dr Sheri Newman
GENERAL PRACTITIONERS Dr Irshad Rasheed Dr Karen Love Dr Kaylene Girgenti Dr Prasanna Pathmaperuma
PART-TIME PRACTITIONERS Dr Shamile Hussain Dr Simone Ramsay Dr Lalith Jesuthasan Dr Rachael Gray Dr Helen Weston
SALARIED PRACTITIONERS Dr Alistair Frame Dr Kah Chan Dr Marc Blackstone Dr Samuel Jones Dr Vikram Goel Dr Hoe Lo Dr Bach Truong Dr Ranjeev Pulle
MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR MEMBERSHIP At AMA Queensland, we want to hear from you. We invite members to get involved, as with your direct input and participation, we can shape a valuable, innovative member service offering that engages, inspires and supports members. Here are a few ways to get involved... Do you have a burning issue in your local HHS or community that you would like to take forward? Contact the policy team to help you get traction on the issue with the support and advice you need. Want to join a Committee to have a hands-on role shaping our approach to member advocacy? We have a number of Committees including the Council of Doctors in Training, Council of General Practice, Ethics and Medico-Legal Committee, and Salaried Medical Officers Committee, who undertake crucial representation on behalf of members lobbying government and key stakeholders Are you a budding writer? You can write an article for our Health Vision blog or
our magazine, Doctor Q, like member and regular columnist Dr Matt Young does Got a great event idea? Let us know. Members of our Council of Doctors in Training recently proposed the idea for the inaugural Junior Doctor Conference, which has now sold out and will be an annual, low-cost professional development fixture. Members have also directly developed the content for our second Annual Medico-Legal Conference Would you like to start a special interest group for interested member colleagues? We can provide the facilities, catering and support on site here at AMA Queensland, and we will also consider requests for support of regional member networking activities. To have a chat about how you can get involved, contact Holly Bretherton, Member Relations and Communications General Manager on (07) 3872 2248, or for policy and advocacy related issues, contact Senior Policy Officer Emily Cotterill on (07) 3872 2258. Q
SALARIED PRACTITIONERS Dr Mark Downing Dr Christopher Gillespie Dr Daniel Bitmead Dr Fraser Taylor Dr Geoffrey Rofe Dr Helen Healy Dr Ian Scott Dr Kiran Shekar Dr Lokugam Seneviratna Dr Monika Ruhnke Dr Richard Skoien Dr Sibi Kurian Dr Stefan Blum Dr Thomas Ulahannan Dr Heinrich Cornelissen
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JULY 2014 DoctorQ
Council of Doctors in Training members Doctors Bav Manoharan, Lisa Byrom and Tom Arthur, are part of the team who put forward the inaugural Junior Doctor Conference.