Phoon, Richard

Dr Richard Phoon

Nephrologist; Senior Medical Advisor, Westmead Hospital; Senior Staff Specialist, Nephrology, Westmead & Blacktown Hospital
Dr Phoon is Senior Medical Advisor at Westmead Hospital and Senior Staff Specialist in Nephrology at Westmead & Blacktown Hospital.He is a senior medical advisor, nephrologist, and experienced non executive director with over two decades of clinical leadership and substantial governance experience, including Treasurer of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology, Treasurer/Secretary of Ballet Without Borders, and Councillor of the Hospitals Contribution Fund of Australia (HCF).

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