Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
St Edmund Hall Oxford | 1969-1972
BA natural science, converted to MA 1981
University College Hospital London | 1972-1976
MBBS (London)
Lloyd Bland prize for medical student with best all round qualities
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners | 1984
FRACGP
CURRENT INTERESTS AND EMPLOYMENT
St Andrews Hospital Adelaide
Acute chest pain clinic practitioner – one night per week
Royal Flying Doctor Service
Appointed Senior Medical Practitioner to the Central Operations of the RFDS July 2019, 0.5 FTE.
Remote Area General Practice
Working at Leigh Creek on FIFO basis
Emergency Medicine
Locum work at public hospital emergency departments
Disability Sector
Director of joint venture Jobedge Pty Ltd delivering employment services to people with disabilities
Training Sector
Director of Momenta delivering evidence-informed behavioural science to the insurance and workers compensation sectors to reduce worklessness and optimise return to work in the interests of all parties.
Medico-Legal Assessments
Permanent Impairment assessments, ISV assessments, Medical Negligence reports
Pilot Licence Certification
CASA designated Medical examiner
Insurance Sector
Review of injury, sickness and total disability claims
EXPERIENCE
Operator | Leigh Creek Medical Practice | 1987 – on going
Single doctor remote area rural practice managed on behalf of owner of township and mine. Rostered to work in the practice one week in four.
Partner | Fountain Corner Family Practice | 1987 – 2009
Multi-disciplinary private general practice of 7 FTEs
Owner | Roxby Downs Medical Practice | 1987 - 1998
Set up and managed practice in newly developed mining town in far north South Australia. Advisor to mining company on occupational health and workers’ compensation matters
Owner | Jobfit Medical Services | 1997 - 1999
Set up company to perform pre-employment medical examinations for industry, especially the mining industry.
Developed software to store data from pre-employment medicals and to facilitate these medicals to be performed in remote areas by nurses (where there were no doctors) and for the data to be reviewed on screen by occupational health doctors in Adelaide. Software now used by a number of companies nationally
Owner | Independent Medical Examination Centre | 1997 - 1999
Developed a centre where specialists used facilities provided by IMEC to write independent medical reports for various employers, solicitors, WorkCover Corporation etc
Practice Principal | Broken Hill Medical Practice | 1978 - 1986
Owner and operator of busy general practice in mining town.
Concurrently employed as Chief Medical Officer for the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia - NSW Branch (1982-3)
Aviation Medical Examiner | CASA | 1978 – on going
Certified DAME for all grades of pilots from private to airline.
Examiner | Royal Australian College of General Practitioners | 1989 – on going
Examine candidates for the Fellowship of the College
Examiner | Confederation of Australian Motor Sports | 1987 - present
Examine all grades of licences from local to international including rally, superkart and racing
SKILLS
Occupational medicine
All aspects of general practice - VR
Emergency medicine
Rural and remote medicine
Aviation medicine
Surgical assisting
Medico-legal reporting
Medical education
SKILLS UPDATING
RACGP Triennial requirements
Emergency medicine course RWAV, Melbourne, December 07
GP refresher course Queen Elizabeth Hospital Adelaide May 08
Emergency Skills Workshop – neurology and ENT July 09
Medico-legal report writing course February 2010
Emergency Ultrasound course May 2010
Australian and New Zealand College of Occupational Medicine seminar November 2010
Emergency Medicine & Resuscitation Update (inc CPR) RACGP, November 2010
MRI training, March 2011
RWAV course May 2011
Emergency Medicine Course September 2011
Emergency Medicine Course May 2012
SAPMEA Conference September 2012
Emergency Cardiology Course June 2013
CASA DAME meeting April 2014
ANZSOM Scientific Conference August 2014
Emergency Medicine Integrated Induction Course (Online) June 2015
RESP Course Port Augusta July 2015
Licence to Operate an Ionising Radiation Apparatus February 2016
CEMP Advanced Emergency Medicine course September 2016
GP17 conference October 2017
Advanced Paediatric Life Support 3 day course June 2018
ASAM conference August 2018
CPR & Anaphylaxis Management Course 21/5/2019
Motivational Interviewing Skills Workshop 1/6/2019
CART (Central Australia Retrieval Training) course February 2020
ALS2 (Advanced Life Support 2 day course) October 2020
BOARD MEMBERSHIPS
Jobedge Pty Ltd – disability employment sector
Momenta Global Pty Ltd – behavioural science in the employment and insurance industry
CREDENTIALING
Currently credentialed to work in SA regional hospitals
APPOINTMENTS
ReturnToWorkSA accredited permanent impairment assessor for spine, upper extremity and lower extremity
Independent Medical Advisor to the South Australian Employment Tribunal
Accredited Assessor for the Motor Accident Commission SA
Department Aviation Medical Examiner for the Civil Aviation Safety Authority
INTERESTS
Aviation
Computing
Medical Infomatics
Education
Medico-legal reporting
Golf