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conference speakersDr Bob AdlerIs a child and adolescentpsychiatrist with a particularinterest in forensicaspects of child and adolescentpsychiatry in mattersrelating to parentingarrangements and familylaw.Hon Austin AscheA.C. QCWas the first Judge appointedto the FamilyCourt of Australia priorto moving to the NorthernTerritory, and servedas Administrator of theNorthern Territory andChancellor of the NorthernTerritory University.He is married to DrValerie Asche AM andtogether they have beenregular attendees of ourConferencesProfessor John HN BettGraduated in Melbournein 1960. He worked as acardiologist in the MonashDepartment of Medicinebefore moving to Brisbanein 1973. He has been theDirector of Cardiology atthe Royal Brisbane Hospitaland at the PrinceCharles Hospital where heis now Clinical Professorand a Senior Cardiologist.Professor PeterBrooksIs Director of the AustralianHealth WorkforceInstitute. He has held previousposts as Professor ofMedicine at St. Vincent'sHospital (University ofNew South Wales) andProfessor of Rheumatologyat the Royal NorthShore Hospital in Sydney.He has published widelyin the area of treatmentoutcomes in arthritis andalso has an interest inpsychological aspects ofrheumatology.Mr Anthony JBuzzardIs a regular attendee atthe Greek/AustralianInternational Legal andMedical Conferences. Heis an Associate Professorof Anatomy and Surgeryat Monash University.. Hehas a large medico-legalpractice and has for manyyears been teaching lawyersabout medicine.Professor DonChalmerIis Professor of the LawSchool at the Universityof Tasmania. He is aFoundation Fellow of theAustralian Academy ofLaw. He is Adjunct Professorof Law at UniversitiKebangsaan Malaysia. Heholds office on NationalHealth and Medical ResearchCouncil (NHMRC)Committees.The Hon StephenCharles QCPractised as a barrister inMelbourne, taking silk in1975. A former Chairmanof the Victorian Bar, andPresident of the AustralianBar Association, hebecame a Judge of Appealof the Supreme Court ofVictoria in 1995, retiringin 2006. Since retiringfrom the bench, he hastaught at both Melbourneand Monash Universities.The Hon TerenceCole AO RFD QCWas a barrister and then,Queens Counsel beforeappointment as judgeof the NSW SupremeCourt. He also served inthe Navy achieving therank of Commodore andDeputy Judge AdvocateGeneral of the AustralianDefence Forces. Sinceretiring from the Court ofAppeal, he has conductedtwo Royal Commissionsand the investigation intothe wreck of HMAS Sydney. In 2005, he was appointedan Officer of theOrder of AustraliaProfessor SuzanneCroweIs a physician scientist.Amongst her achievementsshe is the Head ofthe Centre for Virology,Burnet Institute, NHMRCPrincipal Research Fellow,Specialist in InfectiousDiseases at the AlfredHospital and holds a personalchair as Professor ofMedicine and InfectiousDiseases at Monash University.Professor KingsleyFaulkner AMIs currently Director ofClinical teaching at theSchool of Medicine, Universityof Notre Dame,Australia. His numerousinvolvements have includedHead of Surgeryat Sir Charles GardnerHospital in WA, Chairmanof the AustralianCouncil on Smoking andHealth, and President ofthe Royal Australian Collegeof Surgeons. In 2006his service to medicinewere recognized with anOrder of Australia.Professor IanFrazerInitially trained as a renalphysician in Edinburgh.After, migrating to Australiahe worked at theWalter and Eliza HallInstitute in Melbourne,before moving to theUniversity of Queenslandand is Director of theDiamantina Institute ofCancer Immunology andMolecular Medicine andPresident of The CancerCouncil Australia. In 2006he was named Australianof the Year.Dr DanielleFreemanIs the Winner of the2011 Professor AnastasiosDontas Travelling Fellowship– Medical. Daniellecompleted her medicalqualification at The Universityof Melbourne, andhas completed her Fellowshipof the AustralasianCollege of Physicians, inPediatrics. She is currentlycompleting a GraduateDiploma in Health andMedical Law and practicingat The Mercy Hospitalfor Women.Mr GeorgeGolvan QCIs a barrister and QueensCounsel, with a practiceis primarily in the areasof Building and ConstructionLaw, CommercialArbitration, CommercialTenancy, Banking andInsurance, and GeneralCommercial and CorporateLaw and has beeninvolved in numerouscourt referred complexcommercial engineeringand construction disputes.Mr Piers GoodingIs the Winner of the 2011John Harber Phillips -Dontas Family TravellingFellowships – Legal. Heis currently employed asa Project Officer for theVictorian Mental HealthCarers Network, and heis working towards a Masterof Philosophy degreewithin the Faculty of Lawat Monash University, asa part of the ‘RethinkingMental Health Laws’project.Professor IanGust AOCurrently a ProfessorialFellow at the Universityof Melbourne, is an internationallyrenownedvirologist who has beeninvolved in the developmentand deployment ofseveral important vaccines.He has held seniorroles in the public andprivate sector includingthe Burnet Institute, andCSL Ltd. He has also beenan advisor to Government,Industry and InternationalOrganisationsMs Mary AnneHartley SCIs a member of the VictorianBar practicingprincipally in the areaof medical negligence.Before joining the Bar,Mary Anne was a partnerat Phillips Fox, whereshe acted initially formarine insurers and laterfor professional indemnityinsurers and health providers.She is a directorof Melbourne Water andChairman of Trustees ofthe Law Aid Trust.Dr Susan IeraciIs a specialist in emergencymedicine with extensiveexperience in the publichospital system. In additionto clinical work, shehas been active in policydevelopment at both Stateand Federal levels. As along-term member of theNSW Medical Board (nowa branch of the MedicalBoard of Australia), Sue isinterested in the interfacebetween medicine and thelaw.Dr M R (Taffy)Jones AMHas extensive experiencein Hospital Governanceand Administration havingserved as Director ofMedical Services at the AlfredHospital and the AustinHospital in Melbourne.He has been a surveyor forthe Australian Council onHealthcare Standards andhas done consultancy workthroughout Australia andin developing countries6
on improving standardsof healthcare.AssociateProfessor LibbyKalucyRetired in 2010 as Directorof the PrimaryHealth Care Researchand Information Service,a national organisationfunded by the AustralianGovernment Departmentof Health and Ageing andbased in the Departmentof General Practice atF linders University inSouth Australia. She hasbeen responsible for datacollection and analysisfrom Divisions of GeneralPractice.Professor RossKalucy AMIs Professor of Psychiatryat Flinders University. Hehas served as presidentof the Medical Board ofSouth Australia, chairmanof the National Healthand Medical ResearchCouncil Research EthicsCommittee, and Censorin Chief of the Royal Australiaand New ZealandCollege of Psychiatrists.ProfessorGerasimosKolaitisIs Assistant Professorof Child Psychiatry andDirector of the Departmentof Child Psychiatry,Athens UniversityMedical School, at the“Aghia Sophia” Children’sHospital, Athens,Greece. His main clinicaland research interests aredepression, PTSD, mentalhealth needs in intellectualdisabilities, and CAMHservices.Dr VickiKotsirilasIs a respected GeneralPractitioner, author of 'AGuide to Evidence-basedIntegrative and ComplementaryMedicine', Winnerof the AGPAL GeneralPractice ExcellenceAward 2007; Founder ofthe Australasian IntegrativeMedicine Association,Chair, Royal AustralianCollege of General Practitioners-AIMAworkingparty; and Advisor onComplementary Medicinesof the Departmentof Health and Ageing.Judge FrancesMillaneIs a a Judge of the CountyCourt of Victoria and iscurrently Chair of theCourt’s Media Committee.Her previous experiencesinclude practicing withPhillips Fox & Masel, priorto going to the VictorianBar. She served as Chairof the Victorian Bar’sEquality Before the LawCommittee and was alsoa founder and Convenorof the Victorian WomenBarristers’ Association.Professor JohnMillsIs a specialist physician,medical scientist and businessman,holding professorialappointments atUCSF, Monash Universityand RMIT. His researchinterests include infectiousdiseases, altitudesickness and cancer, andare reflected in his extensivepublications He is adirector of the ProstateCancer Foundation ofAustralia and a Memberof the Global ScientificAdvisory Committee ofthe Movember GlobalAction Plan for ProstateCancer.Mr John PaolacciIs a partner of PKF andheads the Enterprise Advisersdivision.. He hasfocused on providing businessand taxation advicewith specialist skills insalary packaging, superannuation,litigation support,business valuationsand loss of profits, businesssuccession planning,and exit strategies.Professor ErikRitmanIs professor of Physiologyand Medicine at theMayo Clinic.He qualifiedin Medicine at the Universityof Melbourne, andobtained his Ph.D. at theUniversity of Minnesota.Extensively published, hismain interest is the developmentand research applicationof quantitative,non invasive, imagingmethodsAssociate ProfessorJill Sewell AMIs a consultant paediatricianand Deputy Directorof the Centre for CommunityChild Health at theRoyal Children's HospitalMelbourne. Her interestsinclude developmental/behavioural/communitypaediatrics, medical education,health workforce,health policy and servicedelivery. Extensively involvedin health and childrelated committees andBoards she was made aMember of the Order ofAustralia for services tochild health in 2005.The HonourableJustice MichaelSifrisWas appointed to the SupremeCourt in 2010 andcurrently sits in the Commercialand Equity Division.Admitted to practicein Victoria, having previouslypractised in SouthAfrica, he signed the Barroll In 1989 and was appointedSenior Counsel in2002. Whilst at the Bar,his Honour specialised inbanking and finance lawand corporate insolvencylaw.Professor BruceSinghWas Head of the Departmentof Psychiatry, priorto taking up the appointmentDeputy Dean Facultyof Medicine, Dentistryand Health SciencesUniversity of Melbourne.His contribution to mentalhealth has been recognizedwith awards ofa Centenary Medal ofFederation, HonoraryFellow of the Royal Collegeof Psychiatrists andMembership of Order ofAustralia.Dr Daniel Stiel AMIs a consultant gastroenterologistand ClinicalDirector of the Divisionof Medicine and AgedCare at Royal North ShoreHospital and he currentlychairs NSW Health’s MinisterialPhysicians’ TaskForce. He has a longstandinginterest in sport,culminating in his role asChief Medical Officer forthe Sydney 2000 Olympicand Paralympics Games.Ms NatashaStojanovichCurrently practices lawwith DLA Phillips Fox,and is a member of thelitigation and dispute resolutionteam, which actsfor a variety of healthprofessionals and healthregulatory boards. She hasa strong interest in publicpolicy, and regulatory issuesand human rights,having active involvementwith various human rightsorganisations.AssociateProfessor JohnSvigos AMHas worked in both thepublic and private healthsectors as an Obstetrician& Gynaecologist in Adelaidefor over 30 years.He is of Greek descent,with strong “Dodocanese”influence on his life makeshis participation in Kos,the birthplace of Hippocrates,even more meaningful.Mr Kevin TavenerHis career has been primarilyin the criminaljustice field, as a Policeofficer, State Prosecutor,Barrister and most recentlya Magistrate in WA. Hehas appeared in all courtjurisdictions, and served asa UN Senior Trial Attorneyin Sierra Leone. Currentlyhe also lectures inIHL at the University ofWollongong and in Malaysiaand is undertaking adoctorate in internationallaw.The Hon JusticeAnthony WhealyIs a Judge of the SupremeCourt of New SouthWales. He has practicedwidely in both the Civiland Criminal jurisdictionsof the Supreme Court,presiding in a number ofsignificant trials, includingthe first major “terrorism”trials in New South Walesand currently a civil trialinvolving complex allegationsof fraud against aninsurance company.Professor NevilleYeomansWas Professor of Medicine,University of WesternSydney, having recentlyretired. Previouslyhe was the Professor ofMedicine (and Directorof Gastroenterology) atWestern Hospital andAssociate Dean in theFaculty of Medicine, Dentistry& Health Sciences atUniversity of Melbourne.Currently he is Director ofResearch at Melbourne’sAustin Hospital.AssociateProfessor DrYannis ZervasWas born and educatedin Greece, training in Psychiatryin New York andspecializing in consultation-liaisonpsychiatry,psychosomatic medicine,and psychotherapy. Returningto Greece to theDepartment of Psychiatryat the University ofAthens, and currently directsthe Women’s MentalHealth Clinic and the InterpersonalPsychotherapyUnit.conference speakers7
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