The Musculoskeletal Health Network

The Musculoskeletal Health Network aims to provide advice and direction on where and how services should be delivered for people with musculoskeletal conditions – so people get the right care, at the right time, by the right team and in the right place.

The Executive Advisory Group provides strategic leadership of the Musculoskeletal Health Network and is led by Dr James Williamson and Professor Piers Yates.

The Network’s membership diversity is reflected in the make-up of its Executive Advisory Group, which includes consumers, health professionals and non-clinical health workers from a range of government, community and private organisations and services across Western Australia.

Priority areas for the Network, as identified by stakeholders, include:

• Inflammatory and Non-inflammatory Arthritis
• Spinal Pain
• Osteoporosis
• Joint replacement technology and services
• Soft tissue conditions 

Executive Advisory Group Members

Name	Area
Dr D James Williamson	Network Lead Senior Staff Specialist at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Prof Piers Yates	Network Lead Prof, University of WA, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Services; Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon at Fremantle Hospital and Health Service and Osborne Park Hospital
Dr Graeme Carroll	Assoc Prof and Musculoskeletal Discipline Leader, University of Notre Dame; Clinical Assoc Prof, Dept of Medicine, University of WA; Consultant Rheumatologist, Fremantle Hospital and Health Service
Kathryn Devereux	Strategic Development, Ambulatory Care, North Metropolitan Area Health Service
Ric Forlano	Executive Director, Arthritis WA
Prof Peter Hamer	Head of Physiotherapy, Associate Dean, School of Health Sciences, The University of Notre Dame Australia
Jill Kelly	Staff Development Co-ordinator (Orthopaedic Unit), St John of God Hospital, Subiaco
Scott Lisle	Executive Director Services Planning and Development, South Metropolitan Area Health Service; Executive Sponsor WA Health Clinical Services Redesign Program
Kerry Mace	Consumer Representative, Arthritis WA
Jean Mangharam	Principal Scientific Officer/ Inspector, WorkSafe WA
Robert Pulsford	Regional Director, WA Country Health Service (Great Southern)
Associate Professor Moira Sim	Liaison General Practitioner, North Metropolitan Area Health Service; Academic, Edith Cowan University
Dr J Keith Simpson	Senior Lecturer Murdoch University School of Chiropractic and Sports Science
Shirley Teshome	Australian Better Health Initiative Primary Care Integration Coordinator, WA General Practice Network
Robyn Timms	Head of Department, Physiotherapy, Fremantle Hospital and Health Service