Neale Cohen is currently the Director of Clinical Diabetes at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne. He is an endocrinologist in clinical practice for over 20 years at the International Diabetes Institute and now the Baker. In his current position he is responsible for the management of one of the largest diabetes outpatient service in Australia, including two Melbourne based services, an outreach service in Central Australia and a Telehealth service in regional Victoria. His clinical research interests include indigenous diabetes, Type 2 diabetes therapeutics, and technology in Type 1 diabetes. He has currently appointments as Associate Professor at University of Queensland and Monash University
He graduated from Monash University in 1984 doing post graduate training at the Alfred Hospital, the International Diabetes Institute and the Austin Hospital and attained his specialty status in endocrinology in 1992

Eli is a consultant psychiatrist, holds an academic position at Monash University through the Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre, and is the medical director of Malvern Private Hospital, the first addiction hospital in Australia. He is a member of the Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs (APSAD). Clinically, Eli is interested in the deep connections between trauma and addiction and works within a neuro-psychoanalytic framework. Eli has overseen the development of a clinical program for addictions focused on trauma, particularly developmental trauma. This has led to an interest in medication-assisted trauma therapy. Eli worked for many years researching neurodegenerative diseases and was the principal investigator on numerous trials for novel therapeutics. He is now involved in addiction research involving the retraining of neural pathways underlying incentive salience in methamphetamine addiction. Through involvement with Monash University, Eli oversees the addiction rotation for medical students.

Clinical Associate Professor Rob Will BSc(Hons) MBBS FRACP EMBA trained in Rheumatology, Osteoporosis and Epidemiology in Perth and Bath, UK. He then returned to Perth in 1991 and established Rheumatology and Osteoporosis clinics at Royal Perth Hospital. He retired from RPH in 2016 and runs a busy private practice in Perth, with a keen interest in DEXA and Osteoporosis Management. This is facilitated by providing telehealth services throughout Australia with a particular focus on Osteoporosis Management. His Osteoporosis Company (Osteoporosis Solutions Australia), provides DEXA scanning services to over 20,000 patients a year in WA and NSW. He runs a private research group with interests in osteoarthritis, as well as clinical studies in RA, psoriatic arthritis, spondyloarthritis, osteoarthritis and osteoporosis. He collaborates with researchers at Curtin University in Perth on studies in osteoarthritis of the knee. He is a supervisor of PhD students, summer school students at UWA and Medical Students at Notre Dame University in Perth undertaking research studies. He established Perihelion Health Ltd a public unlisted company to develop Private Multi-specialisation hospitals with public partnerships, with the first hospital planned in Perth’s northern suburbs in 2020.

Dr Darren Katz is a urological surgeon who serves as Medical Director of Men’s Health Melbourne and Clinical Advisor for Healthy Male. He is also the Chairman elect of the Andrology Special Advisory Group to the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand.

A/Prof Bette Liu is a medically trained epidemiologist. She completed her medical degree and a Masters of Public Health at the University of Sydney and her doctorate in epidemiology at the University of Oxford. Her interests are in infections and reproductive health, as well as large scale prospective cohorts and data linkage studies. She has research projects suitable for PhD or Masters programs as well as ILP students.

Tony is a clinical psychologist who has specialised in Autism Spectrum Disorders since he qualified as a clinical psychologist in England in 1975. He currently works in his own private practice, and is also adjunct professor at Griffith University, Queensland and senior consultant at the Minds and Hearts clinic in Brisbane. His book Asperger’s Syndrome A Guide for Parents and Professionals has sold over 500,000 copies and has been translated into 27 languages. His subsequent book, The Complete Guide to Asperger’s Syndrome, published in October 2006 has sold over 300,000 copies and has been translated into 18 languages, and is one of the primary textbooks on Asperger’s syndrome, otherwise known as Autism Spectrum Disorder Level 1. He has several subsequent books published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Future Horizons Inc. and Guilford Press on emotion management, relationships and sexuality, and general advice for autistic children and adults.

Tony has been invited to be a keynote speaker at many Australasian and International Conferences. He presents workshops and runs training courses for parents, professionals and individuals with Asperger’s syndrome all over the world and is a prolific author of scientific papers and books on the subject. He has presented several live webinars with his colleague, Dr Michelle Garnett, which have been recorded and can be accessed via their website at www.attwoodandgarnettevents.com.

He has worked with many thousands of individuals of all ages with many expressions of autism.

Matthew practices as a musculoskeletal, rehabilitation and pain specialist.

His dominant area of interest is musculoskeletal medicine with expertise in the area of interventional treatments for spinal and other persistent pain conditions. Rhizolysis, dorsal column stimulation and peripheral nerve field stimulation, epidural injections and nerve root blocks are procedures that he commonly performs.

Matthew consults with general practitioner/physician referred patients, and third party compensable patients (Return To Work SA & Motor Vehicle Accident).

Graduated in Bachelor of Pharmacy and MBBS in 2001 and 2006 respectively at University of Queensland. Completed basic physician training in various Queensland Hospitals before moving to Melbourne to start advance training in Neurology at Austin Hospital (2011), Alfred Hospital (2012) in Melbourne. He then moved to London to complete his neurology training at the Royal Free Hospital in London, then spent a post-fellowship year at the Neuro-otology department at the National Hospital of Neurology and Neurosurgery in London. This training culminated in the confirmation of FRACP qualification in 2014. He has since returned to Queensland, having spent some time as Staff Neurologist at The Prince Charles Hospital before moving to his current post as staff neurologist at The Sunshine Coast University Hospital. His subspecialty interest areas include vertigo, dizziness and headache disorders
Dr Tsang has a public SMO neurology post at SCUH and works within a private practice called Beach Brain seeing chronic vertigo and headache disorders several sessions per week.

Dr Lauren Kite is a practicing Obstetrician and Gynaecologist and Specialist Pain Medicine Physician.

Lauren provides Obstetric care with delivery services out of Prince of Wales Private Hospital and The Royal Hospital for women.

Lauren was awarded a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) from the University of Sydney in 2008. She undertook her Obstetrics and Gynaecology training in Sydney and Newcastle. Her final years of O&G were completed at The Royal Hospital for Women in Sydney where she had gained extensive experience in the management of pelvic pain. She had the opportunity to develop advanced skills in laparoscopic and hysteroscopic surgery as well as in other procedures related to the management of pelvic pain.

Lauren’s Pain Medicine fellowship was completed at Royal North Shore and Prince of Wales Hospitals ending with a placement based out of the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. There Lauren gained experience in managing pelvic pain in the Paediatric, Adolescent and gender diverse populations.

Lauren also has a keen interest and active involvement in research. She has a Masters of Clinical Trials Research from the University of Sydney and has been published in peer reviewed journals and on clinical practice sites.

At WHRIA Lauren also sees patients with conditions relating to pelvic pain including;
* Chronic pelvic pain
* Endometriosis, adenomyosis and other pathologies of the pelvis
* Pain and other disruptive symptoms relating to the menstrual cycle
* Vulval and perineal pain
* Pain and disorders of sexual function
* Pain occurring during or following pregnancy
* Pelvic pain occurring in adolescence

Jen Walsh is a Lecturer at the Centre for Sleep Science in the School of Human Sciences at UWA and also holds a position as a Research Fellow at the West Australian Sleep Disorders Research Institute at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Her early training included exercise physiology, vascular endothelial function, and cardiac rehabilitation. For the past 15 years however, she has focused her career on the physiology of sleep, investigating the causes of, and treatments for, sleep disorders including obstructive sleep apnoea and insomnia.
Since 2009 Jen has also been heavily involved in the development and teaching of post-graduate courses in sleep science and dental sleep medicine.

Professor Tran was previously the Head of Laboratory Haematology at Monash Medical Centre. He was recently appointed as Head of Haemostasis & Thrombosis Unit and Director of the Haemophilia Centre, at The Alfred Hospital, and elected as President of the ASTH. He has an interest in medical education and currently oversees the Written Examination, Haematology Section for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.