The Program Committee

• Meets monthly and is responsible for planning Annual Program of Events
• Made up of Specialists and General Practitioners who act as meeting Convenors

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PROGRAM COMMITTEE (2018)

Chair  DR MILTON SALES

1. Dr Simon Abson, Orthopaedic Surgeon, MACSPINE, Gateshead
2. Dr Alvand Amiri, Dermatologist, Newcastle Dermatology, Georgetown
3. Ms Roslyn Barker, CNC, Aged Care Emergency, Patient Flow Unit, Rankin Park Centre, HNE Health
4. Dr Peter Berton, Orthopaedic Surgeon, Newcastle Knee Clinic, Kotara
5. Ms Melissa Boucher, Practice Support & Development Officer, HNECCPHN
6. Ms Kathryn Brannan, Practice Nurse, Blackbutt Doctors’ Surgery, New Lambton & Hunter Primary Care
7. Assoc Professor Shane Carney, Nephrologist, John Hunter Hospital, New Lambton Heights
8. Dr Wendy Carseldine, Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist, John Hunter Hospital
9. Dr Kevin Chin, Resident Medical Officer, HNE Health
10. Dr Peter Chong, Urologist, Lake Macquarie Urology, Charlestown
11. Dr Paul Craven, Neonatologist, NICU, John Hunter Children’s Hospital
12. Dr Charles Douglas, Breast and Melanoma Surgeon and Senior Lecturer in Clinical Ethics and Health Law, UoN
13. Dr Julia Gan, GP, Cessnock Community Health Care, Cessnock
14. Dr John Goswell, GP, Lochinvar Medical Centre, Lochinvar
15. Ms Louise Harrigan, Health Pathways Program Manager, HNECCPHN, Newcastle
16. Dr Peter Harrigan, Anaesthetist, Newcastle Anaesthesia & Perioperative Service, Lambton
17. Dr Doug Howarth, Nuclear Medicine Physician, PRP Imaging, Adamstown
18. Ms Heidi Hunter, Optometrist, Custom EyeCare Newcastle
19. Dr Niall Jefferson, Otolaryngologist Head & Neck Surgeon, Ears Nose Throat Newcastle, Jesmond
20. Assoc Professor Ross Kerridge, Anaesthetist, Newcastle Anaesthesia & Perioperative Service, John Hunter Hospital
21. Dr Dominic Kesby, GP Trainee, Providence Medical Thornton, Thornton 
22. Assoc Professor Jeannette Lechner-Scott, Neurologist, Senior Staff Specialist, John Hunter Hospital
23. Dr Brett Locker, Director of Gynaecology, JHH and Consultant Gynaecologist, Charlestown
24. Ms Denise Lyons, Nurse Practitioner, Kotara Family Practice, Kotara
25. Ms Marika MacKenzie, Health Pathways Program Manager, HNECCPHN, Newcastle
26. Dr Adeeb Majid, General Surgeon, Central Surgery, Gateshead
27. Dr Greg McGrath, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
28. Dr Jaimie Navalli, HealthPathways, HNECCPHN, Newcastle
29. Dr Olga Ostrowskyj, GP & Family Planning, Hunter Women’s Health & Menopause Centre, Broadmeadow
30. Dr Chandrasekhara Padmakumar, Staff Specialist Geriatrician, Rankin Park Centre, HNE Health
31. Dr Karla Raja, GP, Providence Medical Centre, Warners Bay
32. Dr Milton Sales, GP, Brunker Road General Practice, Adamstown
33. Dr Shirley Schulz-Robinson, Psychologist, Oasis Solutions, Newcastle West
34. Ms Alison Tattersall, Professional Development & Workforce Team Leader, HNECCPHN, Newcastle
35. Dr Dhan Thiruchelvam, Upper GI and Obesity Surgeon, Newcastle Weight Loss Surgery, Hamilton
36. Mr Dom Willson, Optometrist, Custom EyeCare Newcastle
37. Dr Andy Woods, Director of Obstetrics, John Hunter Hospital, New Lambton Heights