Dr Rachel David is the CEO of Private Healthcare Australia, the private health insurance industry’s peak representative body that currently has 22 registered health funds throughout Australia and collectively represents 98% of people covered by private health insurance. Dr David was a medical adviser to the Federal Minister for Health between 1996 and 2000, and subsequently held senior positions with CSL Ltd and McKinsey & Company before taking up her current post in 2015. ... ...

Dr Mark Horowitz is a training psychiatrist, split between UK and Australia, working in London as a Clinical Research Fellow in the NHS and an Honorary Clinical Research Fellow at University College London. He has completed a PhD in the neurobiology of depression and the pharmacology of antidepressants at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London and for this received two prizes from the British Association of Psychopharmacology. He is also the lead...

Dr Emma Tippett MBBS FRACP, PhD completed her medical degree in 2012 and underwent specialist Infectious Disease Physician training in Melbourne and completed her PhD at the Burnet Institute.  Since the beginning of the pandemic she has been immersed in all facets of COVID-19 and established one of the first long COVID telehealth clinics in Victoria in 2020 called Clinic Nineteen.  In addition, she currently holds appointments at two Melbourne Hospitals. Interview starts at ~5:30 mins Rural...

Tracey Johnson is the CEO of Inala Primary Care, a charitable general practice in Queensland’s most disadvantaged suburban location and co-founder of Cubiko, a practice dashboard software solution.   The IPC model was named as one of four which should be adopted nationally under the 10 Year Health Reform Process and embraces multi-disciplinary care, social prescribing, shared medical appointments, beacon clinics with hospital partners and a raft of research with universities exploring how...

Dr Ahmed Kazmi is a UK trained Dermatologist and GP currently based in Melbourne, Australia. He loves all dermatology but has a special interest in hair and scalp disorders, transgender medicine and skin of colour dermatology. He is a keen medical educationalist and enjoys empowering his GP colleagues with dermatology knowledge and skills. He is a clinical senior lecturer at the University of UWA. He is passionate about doctor wellbeing and also often speaks on this topic. When he isn't...

Emma Stirling is an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian, Director of Scoop Nutrition consultancy and award-winning nutrition communicator.  She is also a Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics and the Academic Lead for the Graduate Certificate in Culinary Nutrition at the Australian Catholic University (ACU). Upskill in culinary nutrition through Australian Catholic University courses: Graduate Certificate in Culinary Nutrition Science ...

Professor Judy Lowthian leads a multidisciplinary research team as Head of Research and Principal Research Fellow at Bolton Clarke, a national not-for-profit aged and community care provider. She is an Adjunct Professor with University of Queensland’s Faculty of Health and Associate Professor with Monash University’s School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine. Her early professional career was as a speech pathologist in rehabilitation following acquired brain injury, and in management...

Dr Alana Gall is a proud Truwulway woman, a Pakana (Tasmanian Aboriginal) from the north-east coast of Lutruwita (Tasmania). Alana is passionate about Indigenous peoples' holistic health and wellbeing globally. She has a background with degrees in nutritional medicine, Master of Research and a PhD. Alana is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine at Southern Cross University, and an Honorary Research Fellow at both the University of Queensland and...

Dr David Cunnington is a specialist sleep physician with qualifications from two Australian Universities and a Fellowship at Harvard Medical School. He is also a Diplomat of Behavioral Sleep Medicine from the US Board of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, serves on the Advanced Training Committee of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and is the Chair of the Clinical Committee on the Board of the Australasian Sleep Association. To support this mission he is a co-founder of the...

Dr Anju Joham is an Endocrinologist, Senior Research Fellow and Doctoral Coordinator at the Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation at Monash University. Dr Jillian Tay is also an Endocrinologist and Research Fellow at the Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation at Monash University. They are both lead authors of the International evidence-based guideline for the assessment and management of polycystic ovary syndrome 2023, available here. AskPCOS is a resource...

Professor Julia Rucklidge is a Professor of Clinical Psychology in the School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing at the University of Canterbury and the Director of Te Puna Toiora, the Mental Health and Nutrition Research Lab.  Professor Rucklidge has been researching the interface of nutrition and mental health for 20 years and has published over 150 empirical papers.  Julia is also the recipient of numerous local and international awards and her TEDx talk, ’The surprisingly dramatic role of...

Dr Louise Tulloh, sports physician, has been practicing sport and exercise medicine for over 20 years and is currently working at North Sydney Sports Medicine.  Louise is the immediate Past-President of the Australasian College of Sport & Exercise Physicians (ACSEP), and has worked with multiple national sports teams and sporting events. ... Interested in studying clinical and academic lifestyle medicine, health coaching and new models of care in health and wellbeing?  Check out the...

Dr Judy Lovas has a PhD from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney and a background in psychology, tertiary education, massage therapy, research and clinical practice.  Judy’s interest in health science and her passion for high quality education brought her to create Art & Science of Relaxation in 2010.    University of Sydney Psychoneuroimmunology-based Relaxation Therapy online course Monday, 09 October 2023 to Wednesday, 01 November 2023   Details about our JCU...

Professor Mark Bellgrove is the Director of Research at the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, and a Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience in the School of Psychological Sciences at Monash University.  Professor Bellgrove leads a multidisciplinary team studying the biological basis of attention and cognitive control.   In 2016 Professor Bellgrove founded the Australian ADHD Professionals Association (AADPA), an interdisciplinary group devoted to advancing evidence-based diagnosis and...

Dr Santosh Sanagapalli is a Consultant Gastroenterologist at the St. Vincent's Hospital campus.  Santosh trained in NSW and did subspecialty training in oesophageal disorders during a clinical research fellowship at the University College London Hospital, UK.  He performs a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures and has subspecialty expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the oesophagus such as reflux, hiatus hernia and conditions affecting the...

Dr Kailas Roberts is a consultant psychiatrist, psycho-geriatrician specialist and expert in cognitive assessment, evaluation and management of dementia. He is the Director of the Your Brain in Mind clinic in Brisbane, the author of Mind Your Brain: The Essential Australian Guide to Dementia (UQP, 2020) and creator of BrainScan, a phone app that allows users to know and address their risk factors for poor brain health and dementia. Today we discuss prevention and treatment of cognitive...

Professor Maria Fiatarone Singh is a geriatrician whose research, clinical, and teaching career has focused on the integration of medicine, exercise physiology and nutrition as a means to improve health status and quality of life across the lifespan. She has held the inaugural John Sutton Chair of Exercise and Sport Science in the Faculty of Health Sciences, and continues to hold her Professorship at the Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney. Today we are discussing optimising...

Dr Hung The Nguyen was the 2021 RACGP GP of the year.  He is a General Practitioner in the Aboriginal Community Controlled Bunurong Health Service.   Hung was the inaugural Censor for the RACGP National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Faculty and sits on multiple boards including as Chair of the VACCHO GP Expert Advisory Group, a Councillor on the AMA Victoria Council, Therapeutic Guidelines, Health Education Australia Limited, and is the President of the Australasian Society of...

Dr Garth McLeod is a General and Bariatric Surgeon based on the Sunshine Coast, with subspecialty training in obesity and metabolic surgery. He provides his patients with access to integrated and interdisciplinary health care to optimise the outcomes of surgery and maintain weight loss. Find out more about the specific procedures, including the intragastric balloon here: https://www.drgarthmcleod.com.au/intragastric-balloon/ Interested in studying lifestyle medicine, health coaching and new...

Dr. Michelle May MD is the Founder of Am I Hungry? Mindful Eating Programs and Training, and author of the award-winning book series, Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat, that teaches mindful eating for yo-yo dieting, diabetes, binge eating disorder, bariatric surgery, and students.  Michelle is an Associate Professor at Arizona State University where she teaches mindful eating. You can find more information at: www.AmIHungry.com (scroll down to access the first chapter of her book for...

Dr Nick Fuller is a leading obesity researcher in Australia and has been running the clinical research program at the Boden Institute, Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney for the past decade. Nick holds a Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) in obesity treatment, a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Movement and a Master’s Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics.  Nick is the founder of the Interval Weight Loss Method, the author of “Interval Weight Loss”, “Interval Weight Loss for Life” and...

Dr Joe Kosterich is a GP, educator, speaker, author, media presenter and health industry consultant including to HealthCert Education. He is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Western Australia and lectures at Curtin Medical School. Joe is the Chairman of the Australian Tobacco Harm Reduction Association, Clinical Editor of the Medical Forum Magazine and  writes for numerous medical and mainstream publications and is also a regular presenter on radio and television. This podcast on...

Dr Scott Blair-West has been a consultant psychiatrist since 1993 specialising in anxiety disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). He currently works in private practice and is also the co-founder and Medical Director of the inpatient OCD program at The Melbourne Clinic, the only inpatient OCD program in Australia. He is also a Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne. Some resources: Treating OCD: A Clinician's Guide to Getting Unstuck Paperback by Dr Celin Gelgec Getting...

Dr Campbell Thorpe is a psychiatrist working in child and youth mental health with the Alfred Hospital and in private practice, for the last 20 years. He is the Consultant Psychiatrist with the Victorian Centre of Excellence in Eating Disorders, and is currently the Head of Clinical Services, Headspace Early Psychosis Program, South Eastern Melbourne.   And he is clinician and trainer in the open dialogue practice, more information at...