GPET Board
The GPET Board is appointed by the Minister for Health and Ageing
As at 5 February 2010
Professor Simon Willcock (Chair) MBBS (Hons), PhD, FRACGP
Professor Simon Willcock is a general practitioner who has worked in both rural and urban NSW. He is Discipline Head of General Practice at the University of Sydney, and Associate Dean for Postgraduate Medical Education and Training in the Sydney Medical Program. His educational and research interests include musculoskeletal medicine, generational change in the medical workforce and the health of doctors. Professor Willcock is Director of the NSW Institute of Medical Education and Training (IMET). He is also a member director of the medical indemnity insurance provider AVANT.
Dr Philip Hegarty MBBS, FRACGP, B Comm
Dr Philip Hegarty is a practising GP and Associate Professor of Health Strategies at Deakin University. He has held several relevant board memberships and is actively involved in community health in Victoria.
Mr Greg San Miguel
Mr San Miguel is the Chief Executive Officer of Law of the Jungle, a provider of online sevices for corporate enterprises. He is prominent in legal, compliance, technology and management circles, and brings a great breadth of business and corporate governance expertise to the board.
Associate Professor Elizabeth Chalmers FACRRM, FAFPHM, FChAM
Associate Professor Elizabeth Chalmers was nominated by the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine. She currently heads the Katherine Unit of the Centre for Remote Health, a joint centre of Flinders University and Charles Darwin University. Elizabeth has made a solid contribution to rural GP training and Indigenous health matters.
Professor David Wilkinson BSc (Hons), MBChB, MSc, MD, PhD, DSc, MRCP, FRACGP, FACRRM, FAFPHM
Professor David Wilkinson was nominated by the Medical Deans of Australia and New Zealand. He is presently Deputy Head and Professor of Primary Care at the School of Medicine, University of Queensland. David was a member of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee for the period 2001‑2006. He has an extensive background in academic medical research and medical education.
Dr Michael Taylor MBBS, DCCH, FRACGP
Dr Michael Taylor was nominated by Australian General Practice Network. Dr Taylor is a practising GP and is Medical Director at the Adelaide Hills Division of General Practice. Michael is an experienced board member, having held positions on the boards of the South Australian Division of General Practice Inc. (SADI) and the Australian General Practice Network.
Ms Gloria Khan
Ms Gloria Khan is a Nyoongar woman from the south west of Western Australia and has been Chairperson of the Aboriginal Health Council of WA since its conception in July 2005. Gloria has been Chair and Deputy Chair of the South West Aboriginal Medical Service and Executive Director of the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation based in Canberra. Gloria’s background is in nursing and she holds a degree in Aboriginal Community Health and Mental Health Counselling.
Dr Siew-Lee Thoo MBBS, BMedSci, FRACGP
Dr Siew-Lee Thoo is a GP anaesthetist currently employed at Kununurra District Hospital. Her work involves GP clinics, remote indigenous clinics, inpatient care, emergency and anaesthetics. Siew-Lee completed her GP registrar training in 2006 based in Perth and rural WA with WAGPET. During her training time, she was a GP registrar liaison officer for WAGPET, a General Practice Registrars Australia (GPRA) board director and GPRA Vice President.
Professor Jeanette Ward MBBS, MHPEd, PhD, FAFHM
Professor Jeanette Ward's background is in population health, focussing on evidence-based policy and practice in diverse contexts. When working in general practice, Jeanette contributed to the original design of the RACGP Continuing Medical Education and Quality Assurance program based on adult learning principles. Her subsequent career path includes academia, service, research and policy advice at national and state levels to promote the scientific basis of health systems. She is currently Director, Health Strategies Division, for the Cancer Council NSW.
Dr Elizabeth Marles B.Med (Hons), B.Sc (Hons), FRACGP, Dip.Ed, GAICD
Dr Elizabeth (Liz) Marles is currently the Chair of the NSW and ACT Faculty of the RACGP and a member of the RACGP Council. She is the Deputy Director of the Hornsby-Brooklyn GP Unit which specialises in prevocational GP training. In addition Liz is a GP at the Aboriginal Medical Service in Redfern where she has worked for the past 13 years. Prior to these current appointments, Liz was a foundation Director of GPET from 2000 - 2004, and has been a Lecturer in the Department of General Practice at the University of Sydney.
Dr Eve Tsironis MBBS (Hons Syd), FACRRM, FRACGP
Dr Eve Tsironis grew up in Sydney in a Greek immigrant family and moved to Coonabarabran in 1997, where she has been a principal of a private practice and VMO at the local district hospital. Dr Tsironis trained at the University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Eve has served on the Council of AMA (NSW), the management committee of RDA (NSW), the strategic development sub-committee of the NH&MRC and the Medical Services Committee of NSW. She holds the FACRRM and FRACGP and is a registrar supervisor and examiner for both colleges.
Eve is an adjunct senior lecturer at both University of Sydney and University of Notre Dame, and values medical education. Her interests include emergency medicine, woman and child health and chronic disease management.
Dr Rachel Lee MBBS, BA, MPH
Dr Rachel Lee is a GP registrar with a strong commitment to general practice work with marginalised populations, medical education and primary care research. She is a part-time academic GP registrar in the Australian General Practice Training program at the University of Melbourne, Department of General Practice. Her research interests include health workforce issues and generalism, the health of marginalised populations and health economics. Rachel works also works at a community health centre in Fitzroy, Victoria.