Network Leads

Acute Care Health Network
Dr John Van der Post
View Dr John Van der Post's full bio Dr Van der Post is an Emergency Physician (FACEM), currently practicing in both the tertiary and peripheral sectors.
Aged Care Health Network
Dr Hannah Seymour
View Dr Hannah Seymour's full bio Dr Seymour is a consultant geriatrician at Royal Perth Hospital and Clinical Advisor for Falls Prevention and Management with the Department of Health WA.
Cancer and Palliative Care Health Network
Prof Ian Hammond	Dr Anil Tandon
View Prof Ian Hammond's full bio Professor Hammond is a Clinical Professor in the School of Women's and Infants' Health and an Adjunct Professor in the School of Anatomay and Human Biology at the University of Western Australia. Since 1984 Professor Hammond has been working at the WA Gynaecologic Cancer Service based at King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEMH) and St John of God Hospital, Subiaco and has been Director of Gynaecology at KEMH since 2004.	Anil Tandon is a Palliative Care Physician practicing in tertiary (Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital) and remote (WA Country Health Service - Kimberley) sectors. He is also the WA Director of Advanced Training for Palliative Medicine.
Cardiovascular Health Network
Mr Stephen Bloomer
View Mr Stephen Bloomer's full bio Stephen Bloomer is Project Manager in the Safety, Quality and Performance Unit at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, reviewing major clinical incidents, clinical and death audits.
WA Child and Youth Health Network
Dr Gervase Chaney	Mrs Kate Gatti
View Dr Gervase Chaney's full bio Dr Chaney is a general paediatrician working full-time at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children. He is presently the Director of Clinical Planning and Reform, which includes the medical responsibility for the recently introduced Hospital in the Home Program. He is actively involved in the Royal Australasian College of Physicians Paediatric and Child Health Division at a state and national level.	View Mrs Kate Gatti full bio Kate is A/Area Director Population Health for the Western Australia Country Health Service (WACHS), providing strategic leadership and program management services, she is also responsible for the over sight of the Child and Community Health programs.  Prior to this Kate was the Director, of Population Health, providing management and leadership for the WACHS – Wheatbelt.
Diabetes and Endocrine Health Network
Dr David Hurley
Dr Hurley is an endocrinologist at Royal Perth Hospital (RPH) and in private practice. Prior to taking up the position of Network Lead for the Diabetes and Endocrine Health Network, he served for ten years as the Director of RPH’s Division of Medical Specialities.
Digestive Health Network
Professor John Olynyk
View Professor John Olynyk's full bio Professor John Olynyk is a Gastroenterologist and Hepatologist based in the University of WA School of Medicine and Pharmacology at Fremantle Hospital.
Falls Prevention Health Network
Nick Waldron
View Dr Nick Waldron''s full bio Dr Waldron is a consultant geriatrician at Armadale hospital. In his position as the NHMRC National Institute of Clinical Studies - WA Health Fellow, he has active research implementing falls prevention evidence into clinical practice.
Genetics Health Network
Prof Peter O’Leary
View Prof Peter O’Leary's full bio Prof Peter O’Leary is the Director of the Office of Population Health Genomics at the Department of Health, Western Australia. Prof O’Leary represents the Western Australian Government on the Australian Health Ministers’ Clinical, Technical and Ethical Principal Committee and the Advisory Group on Human Gene Patents and Genetic Testing. Prof O’Leary maintains an active role as Biochemist through PathWest with the antenatal screening program and the state newborn screening program.
Infections and Immunology Health Network
Dr James Flexman	Dr Lewis Marshall
Dr Flexman is a consultant clinical microbiologist at Royal Perth Hospital and PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, and is a clinical associate professor for the Department of Microbiology at the University of Western Australia.	Dr Marshall is a sexual health physician and public health physician with the Infectious Diseases Department at Fremantle Hospital.
Injury and Trauma Health Network
Prof. Jeff Hamdorf	Clinical Prof. Fiona Wood
View Prof. Jeff Hamdorf's full bio Prof. Hamdorf holds the position of Professor of Medical Education at the University of Western Australia (UWA). Prof. Hamdorf also has a clinical attachment for the private sector and is chair of the West Australian Trauma Education Committee.	View Clinical Prof. Fiona Wood's full bio Clinical Prof. Fiona Wood is currently Director of the Western Australian Burns Service and Chairman of the McComb Research Foundation. Clinical Prof. Wood is co-founder and a director of a skin tissue engineering company and Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board. In addition, she is a consultant Plastic Surgeon to Royal Perth and Princess Margaret Hospitals.
Mental Health Network
Dr Steve Patchett
View Dr Steve Patchett's full bio Dr Steve Patchett is the Executive Director for Western Australia (WA) Mental Health.
Musculoskeletal Health Network
Dr James Williamson	Assoc Prof Piers Yates
Dr Williamson is a specialist in general medicine at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and a consultant physician and rheumatologist at Joondalup Health Campus.	View Mr Piers Yates full bio Piers holds a number of positions including Associate Professor at the University of Western Australia and Consultant Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon at Fremantle University Hospital, Kaleeya and Osborne Park Hospitals.
Neuroscience and the Senses Health Network
Prof. Bryant Stokes
View Prof. Bryant Stokes's full bio Prof. Bryant Stokes is a Consultant Neurosurgeon and Clinical Prof. of Surgery at the University of Western Australia. He is also a past Chief Medical Officer of the Department of Health WA. Prof. Stokes is Chairman of the Western Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care.
Renal Health Network
Prof Paolo Ferrari	Dr Ashley Irish
View Prof Paolo Ferrari's full bio Prof Ferrari is Director of the Southern Metropolitan Renal Service and Clinical Director of the Medical Directorate at Fremantle Hospital. He is also a Clinical Professor with the School of Medicine and Pharmacology at the University of WA. He is a member of the Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee of Kidney Health Australia and of the Scientific Programme and Education Committee of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology.	View Dr Ashley Irish's full bio Dr Irish is a nephrologist and Director of Physician Training at Royal Perth Hospital. He is also the visiting nephrologist to the Pilbara Region.
Respiratory Health Network
Clin Assoc Prof Peter Kendall	Clinical Prof. Stephen Stick
View Clin Assoc Prof Peter Kendall's full bio Clin Assoc Prof Kendall is the Senior Staff Specialist and Head of Department, Respiratory Medicine and the Director of the Clinical Practice Unit at Fremantle Hospital. He also provides a regular visiting specialist service to WA Country Health Service in Bunbury and Narrogin. He has a small private practice in Fremantle. He is a Clinical Senior Lecturer, in Medicine at the University of Western Australia (UWA) and is also a clinical surveyor with the Australian Council on Health Care Standards.	View Clinical Prof. Stephen Stick's full bio Clinical Prof. Stephen Stick is head of the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) Respiratory Department and is also a Clinical Professor in the School of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Western Australia.
Women’s and Newborns’ Health Network
Dr Janet Hornbuckle	Prof Karen Simmer
View Dr Janet Hornbuckle's full bio Dr Hornbuckle is a Consultant in Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) and Honorary Senior Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (UWA) based at King Edward Memorial Hospital.	View Prof Karen Simmer's full bio Prof Simmer is Professor of Newborn Medicine and Deputy Chair of the Academic Board at the University of Western Australia. She is Medical Director of the Neonatology Clinical Care Unit at King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children. Karen is Medical Director of the Human Milk Bank in Western Australia and Chair of the Paediatric Nutrition Standing Committee of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.

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