Experts

Healthed work with a team of general practitioners and medical professionals to ensure the highest quality education​

Dr Ridia Lim is a Cataract and Glaucoma Specialist. She graduated from the University of NSW in 1992 and completed ophthalmology training at the Sydney Eye Hospital to attain the fellowship to the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists (RANZCO) in 2001.
Dr Kulkarni is a Urogynaecologist who completed her training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Monash Health, Melbourne. She has further completed subspecialty training in Urogynaecology and has trained and worked across various locations including Victoria, Tasmania, and Queensland.

Continuing her dedication to women’s health, Mugdha practices at the Pelvic Floor Unit at Monash Health and is also the only subspecialist offering Urogynaecology services in Tasmania.
Prof Richard O’Brien is Clinical Dean of Medicine at the University of Melbourne, Austin Clinical School and Director of Graduate Programs, Melbourne Medical School. He is also a Senior Endocrinologist and Director of the Lipid Service, Austin Health.

After completing undergraduate training at the Austin Hospital in Melbourne, Richard O’Brien undertook further studies in diabetic renal disease with Prof George Jerums, completing a PhD entitled Diabetic Nephropathy: Early Pathophysiology and Therapeutic Intervention. He continued his research at the Austin Hospital until 1991 when he moved to Monash Medical Centre. Prof O’Brien spent 15 years as Head of Diabetes at Monash Medical Centre and moved back to the Austin Hospital in 2007 to take up his current position.
Francois is an infectious disease epidemiologist and microbial geneticist, and works at University College London as a Professor of Computational Genetics and as the Director of the UCL Genetics Institute, UCL’s big genetic data hub.
Ruth gained her medical degree from Monash University in 2009, graduating with honours. After internship and residency at the Alfred Hospital, she went on to specialise in Obstetrics and Gynaecology with formal training completed primarily at the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne. Ruth also spent time working in regional and rural Victoria including rotations through Geelong and Warrnambool.

Pelvic floor medicine became an area of interest for Ruth during her final years of specialty training at the Royal Women’s and Sunshine Hospital. In 2018, she was accepted into further sub-specialty training in Urogynaecology at the Royal Women’s Hospital. She is now the current Urogynaecology Fellow at the Mercy Hospital for Women. Ruth is actively involved in clinical and non-clinical research and has a keen interest in teaching medical students and junior doctors.

Ruth enjoys caring for women over many life stages. She provides care for women with pelvic floor conditions such as prolapse and urinary incontinence, overactive bladder and bladder pain syndrome. Ruth offers comprehensive assessment and treatment services including urodynamics testing, pessary fitting and pelvic floor reconstructive surgery.
Professor Andrew Chan is a Consultant Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Physician. He is a Senior Staff Specialist in the Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Royal North Shore Hospital, and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Sleep Health and Research, Royal North Shore Hospital. He is a Clinical Professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney. Professor Chan is the President-elect of the New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory Branch of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand. He is a Leader of the Sleep Health Clinical Academic Group at Sydney Health Partners. He is an Associate Editor for SLEEP Advances, an official medical journal of the Sleep Research Society and the Australasian Sleep Association, published by Oxford University Press. Professor Chan is a member of the Australasian Sleep Association, the American Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, the Australasian Institute of Digital Health, the American College of Chest Physicians and the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology. He is an Associate Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators, a Certified Health Informatician Australasia and a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.