Dr Robert Hungerford is a GP Supervisor with a special interest in Heart Failure, ASCVD and Diabetes. In 2003 Dr Robert Hungerford commenced a Bachelor of Medical Science at the University of Sydney before moving to the Hunter and completing his Bachelor of Medicine at the University of Newcastle, receiving the Steele Douglas Prize in pathology. In 2011 he joined the RACGP training program and worked in a number of large teaching hospitals and practices across the Hunter New England Health network. Upon fellowship in 2014 he was awarded the Tony Buhagiar Medal for his performance in the RACGP examinations and has also completed the Certificate of Excellence in Lipidology through the European Atherosclerosis Society. He continues to work in a large urban practice in Newcastle, a rapid access GP clinic at the John Hunter hospital, is a conjoint lecturer at the University of Newcastle and is on the clinical council of the Australian Atherosclerosis Society. He has been a member of a number of national advisory boards, the European atherosclerosis society, the European society of cardiology, the American College of Cardiology and is a regular presenter/educator at a national level in the areas of Heart Failure and ASCVD.