Annual Report 2011 - Sturt Fleurieu

The Sturt Fleurieu BoardDr Richard JohnsChairManagement CommitteeFinance & Risk Managementsub-committeePlanning & Nominations subcommitteeDivision Affiliation: GeneralPractice Network SouthDr Richard Johns wasappointed as a board membersince Sturt Fleurieu’s inceptionin 2001. He was selected asChair in late October 2004 andhas held the position for overseven years.Dr Johns gained Fellowship ofthe Royal Australian Collegeof General Practitioners(RACGP) in 2009 and haspracticed as an urban GP atKingston Family Clinic, wherehe currently consults and hasworked since 1983.His medical interests extendto whole of life generalistcare, skin cancer surgeryand rehabilitation medicine.Dr Johns has worked asan RACGP examiner andhas spent many years asa Continuing DevelopmentAdvisor at General PracticeNetwork South (GPNS). Heis a member of the ClinicalLeadership Group GP andalso works as a Sturt FleurieuMedical Student Supervisor.Dr Johns is married withfour adult children and twingrandchildren. Outside of theconsulting room, Dr Johnsinterests include fishing,cycling, walking and music.Dr David AdamsVice ChairManagement CommitteePlanning & Nominations subcommittee– ChairDivision Affiliation: BarossaDivision of General PracticeDr David Adams is a rural GPat Angaston Medical Centrewhere he has been consultingsince 1991.Dr Adams graduated in 1979,and has been working as arural GP in South Australia for31 years. He is a proceduralGP with specific medicalinterests in anaesthetics,chronic diseases andgeriatrics.Dr Adams is vice chair ofthe Sturt Fleurieu Board,and chairs the Planning andNominations subcommittee.He also works as aSupervisor for trainee generalpractitioners.As well as full time generalpractice, Dr Adams also worksin an advisory capacity to theSA Rural Locum Service.Outside of the medicalenvironment, he is marriedwith three adult children.Recreational interests includegardening, sailing, andenjoying wine.Dr David RosenthalManagement CommitteeFinance & Risk Managementsub-committee – ChairDivision Affiliation: RiverlandDivision of General PracticeDr David Rosenthal is aninaugural Sturt Fleurieu Boardmember, appointed in 2001.He gained Fellowship from theAustralian College of Rural andRemote Medicine (ACRRM)in 1999, and is a proceduralrural general practitionerat Renmark Medical Clinicwhere he has practised for 38years. Dr Rosenthal is alsoa Management Committeemember of the RiverlandDivision of General Practice.Dr Rosenthal’s medicalinterests lie in medicaleducation together withsafety and quality in healthcare. He is a Clinical Adviserto Country Health SA in thatarea. Dr Rosenthal has asenior academic appointmentwith Flinders University RuralClinical School and is Chairof the Rural Health EducationFoundation’s Board.Dr Richard WilsonManagement CommitteeFinance & Risk Managementsub-committeeDivision Affiliation: Adelaide HillsDivision of General PracticeDr Richard Wilson has workedas a GP in practices throughoutStrathalbyn, Stirling andBridgewater over the past38 years and was appointedas a Sturt Fleurieu Boardmember in January 2006. Hegraduated from the Universityof Adelaide in 1967 andobtained the Diploma of theRoyal College of Obstetriciansand Gynaecologists in the UKin 1970.He became a Fellow of theRoyal Australian Collegeof General Practitioners(FRACGP) in 1982 and a Fellowof the Australian College ofRural and Remote Medicine(FACRRM) in 2000.Dr Wilson was Chairman ofthe Board of the Adelaide HillsDivision of General Practicefrom 2005 to 2011. He has hada significant involvement inthe medico-legal field over thepast 27 years and now worksas a Senior Medical Advisorwith Avant. He continues towork in general practice inStirling and also providessurgical assistance in the areasof general, orthopaedic andplastic surgery. Dr Wilson hasan interest in health promotionand supporting health researchand is on the Board of theProstate Cancer Foundation ofAustralia (SA Branch) and is aRegional Director on the Boardof Australian Rotary Health.6 Annual Report 2011