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Where Are They Now We found on file people from the 2003 inaugural Clinical Senate set up by WA Health as part of the Reid Reforms – remember those times – and wondered where are they now? The Senate was set up to provide clinical advice to government on a range of health services. Only two have left WA – so much for the brain drain!
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Dr Da vid Ru sse ll-Weisz
Dr Scott Blackwell now President of Palliative Care Australia and an Aged Care GP. Dr Simon Towler now Medical Co-Director FSH and Staff Specialist Intensive Care RPH Ms Heather Gluyas now A/Prof. Nursing Education at Murdoch University. Mr Cameron Bracks now retired and on a farm at Burekup, WA Dr Mark Platell now a Senior Specialist, Clinical Governance RPH Dr David Russell-Weisz now Director General of Health, WA Prof Judith Finn now a Research Professor in the Prehospital, Resuscitation and Emergency Care Research Unit in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University. Dr David de la Hunty now a VMP at Rockingham General Hospital and is an elected member on the MAC there.
Dr Christ obel Saun ders
Dr Christobel Saunders now a Surgeon at FSH, Head of Breast Cancer Research SJOG Subiaco, and holds various positions at UWA, RPH and the WA Melanoma Advisory Service. Dr Mark Newman now Medical Co-Director, Surgical Division and Medical Director, Safety and Quality SCGH. Dr Rowan Davidson how Consultant Psychiatrist, Community Mental Health Service in the centre of Perth. Dr Graham Jacobs now Liberal MLA for Eyre in the WA Parliament. Dr David Mountain now a Specialist ED Physician, SCGH, and a UWA academic. Dr David Andrews now a Cardiothoracic Surgeon at PMH and SCGH. Dr Mandy Seel now Director, Public Health at HDWA. Dr John Collis now a rural GP, Margaret River.
Dr Vasantha Preetham now MD of Health Integra Pty Ltd, and Practice Principle of Centro Medical Centre, Morley and Belridge Medical Group.
Dr James Flexman now Head Dept. of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, RPH, PathWest Laboratory Medicine, and a Clinical Professor at UWA.
Dr Fraser Moss now Principal Medical Officer with DCS Health Services and provides clinical services for regional and metropolitan Aboriginal patients.
Dr Geoff Knight now an Intensive Care Physician and Paediatrician, SJOG Subiaco.
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Dr David McGechie now Director Infection Prevention and Management, and Consultant Microbiologist FSH.
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Prof Teik Oh is Director Medical Services Mercy Hospital, and Board Member at Clinical Training and Education Centre (CTEC). Dr David Henshaw now a Consultant Physician, General Internal Medicine at Noosa Hospital, Qld. Dr Neil Cock now a Consultant Psychiatrist, Great Southern Mental health Service, Albany WA. Dr Helen Wright now a General Paediatrician, PMH. Dr Judith Finn now a Clinical Epidemiologist and researcher with the Discipline of Emergency Medicine, UWA. Dr Andrew Robertson now Deputy Chief Health Officer and Director – Disaster Management, WA Health. Dr Aaron Groves now Chief Psychiatrist, South Australia Health. Dr Brad Power now an Intensive Care Physician SJOGH Subiaco Dr Peter Wynn Owen now Executive Director, Swan Kalamunda Health Service & NHMS Contract Management. Dr Ralph Chapman now an ED and Primary Care Doctor, Broome Hospital
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