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David B Sarwer

Dr Sarwer is the senior associate dean for research and strategic partnerships and the director of the Center for Obesity Research and Education at the College of Public Health. He is also a professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. His research is focused on the etiology and treatment of obesity. Much of his work has focused on the psychosocial and behavioral aspects of extreme obesity and bariatric surgery. Dr. Sarwer also has a wealth of experience in the treatment of obesity with lifestyle modification interventions and pharmacotherapy. His more recent work in this area has focused on the adaptation and delivery of weight loss treatments in specialized medical settings, the contribution of neighborhood level variables to obesity, and the underutilization of evidence-based treatments.

Dr Sarwer also maintains an active program of research on the psychological aspects of physical appearance. This includes a project funded by the Department of Defense investigating the psychosocial experiences of American military veterans who have suffered devastating injuries that could leave them as candidates for vascularized composite allotransplantation (VCA) procedures, otherwise known as face and hand transplants.

Dr Sarwer is the founding editor-in-chief of the journal Obesity Science and Practice. He also serves as an associate editor for Obesity Surgery; consulting editor for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery; and serves on the editorial boards of several other journals. In 2020, he was co-editor of a special issue of The American Psychologist dedicated to obesity.

Dr Sarwer has published over 350 papers and book chapters based on his research. He has served as editor of three books: Psychological Aspects of Reconstructive and Cosmetic Plastic Surgery (2006); Presurgical Psychological Screening (2014); and The ASMBS Textbook of Bariatric Surgery (2014). Dr. Sarwer’s research has been continuouly funded by the National Institutes of Health since 2002. His scholarly productivity leaves him ranked in the top 2% of scientists worldwide.

Dr Marita Long & Dr Talat Uppal

Dr Marita Long is a Victorian based GP working across clinical practice, medical education and research. She has a strong interest in women’s health and cognitive health. She is a current committee member for the Australian Society of Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynaecology, a member of the WIGP RACGP committee and is the current Vic/Tas representative on the board of the Australasian Menopause Society. Marita is actively engaged in various projects related to dementia, and is the first GP appointed as an Honorary Medical Advisor for Dementia Australia and a Clinical Assoc Professor for Wicking Dementia Education and Research Centre.

Dr M Talat Uppal is a Gynaecologist and Visiting Medical Officer at Macquarie University and Hornsby Hospital. She is the Director of Women’s Health Road, an RACGP-accredited, national hybrid, multidisciplinary practice offering private menopause management services. Her niche expertise lies in managing abnormal menstrual bleeding (AUB), having pioneered Australia’s first digitally enhanced AUB Management Hub. She also leads the charity based, Bleed Better initiative, and founded the International Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Day to raise awareness. With a passion for digital health, Dr. Uppal research how technology enhances patient journeys and healthcare practices and is a RANZCOG service medal award recipient for excellence in GP clinical education.

Dr Alison Wimms

Dr Alison Wimms has worked in Sleep Medicine for nearly 20 years, with a background spanning clinical practice, a Master’s, and a PhD in the field. Her particular interests include female and paediatric sleep apnoea, as well as diagnostics and novel approaches to identifying sleep apnoea in typical patients.

Ben J Smith

Ben has held diverse community health, research and teaching roles. In the early phase of his career he managed programs to address public health issues including healthy ageing, drug and alcohol misuse, mental health and child immunization, among others. He attained his Master of Public Health degree and PhD from the University of Sydney, where he commenced his first academic role in the early 2000s.

Expert panel – A/Prof Michael Woodward, A/Prof Steve Macfarlane, facilitated by Dr Stephanie Daly

Dr Stephanie Daly is a GP and Founder of Sensus Cognition in Adelaide. She works as a GP Educator for a national training body – Dementia Training Australia – who deliver Dementia focused education for nurses, allied health professionals and medical professionals across Australia.
She is also recording her first podcast series – Dementia in Practice – covering a wide range of topics within the sphere of Cognitive Impairment.

A/Prof Michael Woodward AM is a Geriatrician with a passion for health promotion in older people, including vaccine-preventable diseases. He is Director of Aged Care Research at Austin Health and has conducted several trials of vaccines.
He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Immunization Coalition and has written the Position Paper on Immunization of older people for the Australian and New Zealand Society of Geriatric Medicine. In 2016 he received Membership of the Order of Australia for his work in geriatric medicine and his communication to professionals.

A/Prof Steve Macfarlane became a psychiatrist in 2003, and was appointed Director of Aged Psychiatry at Peninsula Health in 2005 before moving to Alfred Health in 2008 as Associate Professor and Director of Aged Psychiatry. He became Head of Clinical Services for Dementia Support Australia in 2016.
Steve is a past Chair of the Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age for the RANZCP, and has been running Alzheimer’s disease clinical trials for over 25 years.
He has clinical interests in frontal lobe disorders and in senile squalor. His work with DSA has him overseeing a group of geriatricians and old-age psychiatrists around the country. He was intimately involved in developing the new Commonwealth Special Dementia Care Program and with the Aged Care Royal Commission, testifying before the Royal Commission in May 2019 and July 2020.

Dr Patrick Gough

Dr Patrick Gough has over 10 years of clinical experience as an MD and RACGP registrar and a background as a paramedic. He is the co-founder and medical director of Medibetter.

Dr Tracy Leong, A/Prof Ralph Audehm

Dr Tracy Leong is the Director of Interventional Pulmonology at Austin Health in Melbourne and Respiratory Clinical Lead in Lung Cancer. She is a senior clinical lecturer in the University of Melbourne and is a Clinician Scientist at the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute, and is a founder of the TRACKER lung cancer biobank. She is the Chair of the Lung Cancer Working Party for the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, and Chair of the Early NSCLC Group in the Thoracic Oncology Group of Australasia. Her key interests are in optimisation of bronchoscopic lung cancer samples for translational research, and in the discovery of novel biomarkers and therapeutic approaches to overcome immunotherapy resistance.

A/Prof Ralph Audehm is a GP of 35 years experience. An Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, University of Melbourne, Department of General practice. He has a broad interest in chronic disease management, diabetes, heart disease and transitional research. He has owned his own practice, worked for NGOs as well as in the community health sector. He believes that primary care and general practice is the key to providing better health outcomes for all Australians.

Dr Ronen Gurvitch

Dr. Gurvitch completed his medical training at the University of Melbourne followed by specialist cardiology and interventional training at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. After winning the inaugural CSANZ travelling fellowship award he spent two years training in Vancouver Canada with Professor John Webb, the pioneer of percutaneous heart valve technologies.He performs a high number of complex coronary interventions including the use of advanced imaging techniques and is regularly oncall for the acute infarct angioplasty service at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. He has specific expertise in structural heart disease intervention and is recognized internationally for his work in the field of transcatheter aortic valve intervention. He currently leads the transcatheter valve implantation program at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and is actively involved in proctoring and teaching other cardiologists setting up their own percutaneous valve replacement programs both nationally and overseas. He has published extensively with over 60 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals including as first author in JACC and Circulation as well as authoring several book chapters.Dr. Gurvitch has appointments at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne Private, John Fawkner and Cabrini private hospitals. He consults regularly at OneHeart Cardiology in Flemington/Niddrie as well as a number of regional centers including Woodend, Gisborne, and Seymour/Euroa.

Dr Linda Schachter, A/Prof Ralph Audehm

Dr Linda Schachter is a Sleep and Respiratory Physician with over 25 years experience in the diagnosis and management of all sleep disorders including sleep apnoea, disorders of excessive sleepiness, movement disorders and insomnia. She runs an Australia wide home diagnostic sleep service and is involved in Medical and community education. She is a member of the Australasian Sleep Association, and represents the ASA on several committees. She is also a board member of the Sleep Health foundation, and deputy chair of the AMA VIC women in medicine committee.

A/Prof Ralph Audehm is a GP of 35 years experience. An Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, University of Melbourne, Department of General practice. He has a broad interest in chronic disease management, diabetes, heart disease and transitional research. He has owned his own practice, worked for NGOs as well as in the community health sector. He believes that primary care and general practice is the key to providing better health outcomes for all Australians.

Dr Bassem Dawood

Dr. Bassem Dawood underwent training in respiratory and sleep medicine at Frankston Hospital, the Austin hospital and the Northern hospital to attain the Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP).Dr. Dawood is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP). He likes all facets of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine with special interests in early detection and surveillance of lung cancer. He sees patients with all kinds of respiratory disorders including asthma, COPD, Bronchiectasis, sarcoidosis, ILD, lung nodules etc.Currently, Dr. Dawood works at the Department of Respiratory Medicine at the Northern Hospital. He is part of the lung cancer service at Northern Health. He performs interventional bronchoscopic procedures including endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) biopsy suspicious lung lesions and nodules.He has admitting rights at John Fawkner Private and Northern private Hospitals. He also provides peri-operative care in these hospitals.He is a member of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ), the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the American Thoracic Society (ATS).

Jack McNamara

Since starting his career in 2005, Jack has delivered more than 25,000 hours of face-to-face coaching, worked on London’s world-famous Harley Street as a Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist, and has both taught and developed vocational, undergraduate and postgraduate courses for future leaders in Clinical Exercise Science.

His extensive expertise was recognised when he became the first person ever to hold both the prestigious titles of EREPs Master Trainer (Europe) and CIMSPA Chartered Practitioner (UK).

A/Prof Jane Kohlhoff

Jane Kohlhoff is an Associate Professor in the UNSW School of Psychiatry, and Karitane Director of Research. She currently holds a Paul Ramsay Foundation Fellowship. With research and clinical interest in perinatal, infant and early childhood mental health, her work focuses on the development, evaluation and implementation of early interventions for children and families, and investigation of the roles of attachment, early environmental and biological factors in the intergenerational transmission of parenting and psychological outcomes for children. A/Prof Kohlhoff has worked with international colleagues to develop and evaluate a new attachment-based parenting program for young children (12-24 months) presenting with disruptive behaviours called ‘Parent-Child Interaction Therapy-Toddler’ and she has led a number of real world trials to evaluate its effectiveness.

Jane Kohlhoff is an academic researcher and clinician who specialises in perinatal, infant and early childhood mental health. She has interests in early intervention and prevention, attachment theory and its clinical applications, and the roles of early environment and biological factors in the intergenerational transmission of mental health outcomes.

Jane leads the research program at the early parenting organisation, Karitane, and in this role enjoys partnering with families and practitioners to support evidence based practice. She is also a co-developer of ‘Parent-Child Interaction Therapy-Toddler’ and has led several research trials demonstrating its effectiveness as an early intervention and prevention model. She also contributes as a National Board Director for the Australian Association for Infant Mental Health and as President/Chair of Healthy Attachment Australia and New Zealand.

Jane is currently Director of Research at Karitane and an Associate Professor in the UNSW Discipline of Psychiatry and Mental Health.

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