Born and raised in Perth, Dieter studied at the University of Western Australia completing a Bachelor of Dental Science (5 years), a Bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Surgery (4 years). Dieter has also completed the Fellowship examinations (OMS) through the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons.

Dieter has recently completed his Masters of Clinical Research and practices a full spectrum of oral and maxillofacial surgical procedures, such as dentoalveolar surgery, dental implant surgery, orthognathic surgery and pathology.

Dieter’s sub-specialty interest is in facial trauma, reconstruction of the face following injury and placement of dental implants to rehabilitate lost dentition.

Dieter’s keen interest in facial trauma took him to the Illinois medical district in Chicago (the largest medical district in the world, hosting Cook County Hospital, The University of Illinois Chicago Hospital, The Veteran’s Affairs Hospital and The Rush Presbyterian Hospital) during his stay he took part in general practice residency and was later invited to return to his second year as a chief resident of the program.

Again, seeking to develop and refine his skills in the treatment of facial trauma, Dieter took a six month exchange position at Johannesburg General Hospital in 2006 which provided him with experience in a range of facial trauma, particularly gunshot ballistics trauma.

Dieter currently holds a post at Royal Perth Hospital as Head of Department and consultant facial trauma surgeon providing an on-call service and weekly supervision to the registrars at this facility. Dieter also operates at The Park Private Hospital (formerly known as Mount Lawley Private Hospital) and is a member of their Medical Advisory Committee.

Dieter’s enrolment in the Master of Clinical Research degree at the University of Western Australia enabled him to continue his research into facial trauma, the link between skeletal facial structure and airway performance as well as the prevention of facial trauma in elite athletes.

I completed my medical degree (University of Melbourne) in 2001. In 2007 I completed by MPH in International Health and epidemiology. I received my PhD from the University of Melbourne in 2011, and completed specialist haematology training in 2011
I am a Division head at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research where my basic and public health research focuses on iron metabolism, red blood cells, and also public health control of anaemia and undernutrition. I am also a consultant haematologist at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, where I diagnose and treat a range of non-malignant blood disorders.
My broader interest encompass in the full breadth of global health, spanning from molecular aspects of inflammation/ iron interactions, through to the broader determinants of health including food security, wealth, dietary practices and culture, and ultimately, the fundamental determinants of health.

A/Prof Susan Evans is a Gynaecologist and Pain Medicine Physician from Adelaide, with a PhD in the immune mechanisms underlying pelvic pain in women. She is Chair and Founder of the Pelvic Pain Foundation of Australia, Author of the book ‘Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain’, Co-Author of the Period, Pain and Endometriosis (PPEPTalk) schools program for teens, and CEO of Alyra Biotech researching a novel intrauterine device to reduce pelvic pain in women.

Jerome Sarris is Professor of Integrative Mental Health and leads the Healthy Minds Research Theme at NICM Health Research Institute. He holds an NHMRC Clinical Research Fellowship. Moving from clinical practice to academic work, he completed a doctorate at The University of Queensland in the field of psychiatry. Professor Sarris undertook his postdoctoral training at The University of Melbourne, Department of Psychiatry; The Centre for Human Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology; and The Depression Clinical and Research Program at Harvard Medical School. He has a particular interest in anxiety and mood disorder research pertaining to nutraceutical psychopharmacology in complementary and integrative medicine; lifestyle medicine; and psychotropic plant medicine research including psychedelic medicines, medicinal cannabis and kava.
Professor Sarris has 200 publications being cited over 8500 times, and has published in many eminent psychiatry journals including The American Journal of Psychiatry, Lancet Psychiatry, JAMA Psychiatry, and World Psychiatry. He has recently led as CIA three recent multicentre NHMRC Project Grants. Professor Sarris is a founding Vice Chair of The International Network of Integrative Mental Health; an Executive Committee Member of the International Society of Nutritional Psychiatric Research; and currently co-chairs the Taskforce on Integrative and Complementary Medicine for the World Federation of Societies for Biological Psychiatry.

Dr Ryan De Cruz is a Specialist Dermatologist and heads the Bone Marrow Transplant Dermatology Clinic at The Royal Melbourne Hospital the ONLY multi-disciplinary clinic of its type in Australia. Dr De Cruz is passionate about providing personalised and holistic Dermatological care. His interests include eczema, acne and rosacea, psoriasis, skin cancer management, laser treatment and hair loss disorders.

Dr Daniel Cehic is a cardiologist and the Chief Medical Officer Cardiology at GenesisCare. He also has expertise in health management and regulation and completed a Master of Business Administration at the Isenberg School of Management at the University of Massachusetts, USA. He currently holds several board and advisory appointments relating to healthcare in both the private and public sectors.

Dr Anita Sharma is the Practice Principal at Platinum Medical Centre and has been practicing as a GP for over 25 years here in Australia. During her time overseas before moving to Australia she has worked in South Pacific countries and the Middle East where she managed emergency departments, developed emergency medicine protocols and supervised junior doctors. She is an accredited supervisor for first- and second-year registrars (GPTQ)and medical students from University of Queensland and Griffith University. She is a member of National Faculty of Specific Interests (NFSI) RACGP for Diabetes and Obesity, co- author of the RACGP General Practice Management of type 2 Diabetes handbook, member of the Education Committee of the RACGP, Advisory Board member for REED education and member, State Advisory Committee (SAC) Queensland for Medical Defence Australia (MDA National).

Dr Wadsworth is a medical registrar at Royal North Shore, completing her specialty training in Gastroenterology. Harriet graduated from Sydney University in 2017 after completing her undergraduate degree in Medical sciences with first class honours and postgraduate medical training in the MD program. She has previously worked at Gosford Hospital, where she was involved in published research, largely in hepatology and cirrhosis.

Dr Marita Long is a Victorian based GP working across clinical practice, medical education and research. Marita has recently been appointed as a Lecturer in the Department of Primary Care at the University of Melbourne. She has a strong interest in women’s health and has completed her Certificate in Sexual and Reproductive health. She is a current committee member for the Australian Society of Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynaecology, a member of the WIGP RACGP committee and is the current Vic/Tas representative on the board of the Australasian Menopause Society. Marita has developed and delivered many educational workshops both face to face and online and is passionate about upskilling GP’s to deliver the best evidence-based care to patients, especially women, who so often feel their voices aren’t heard. Marita is actively engaged in various projects related to dementia, is one of the cohosts of the podcast “Dementia in Practice” and has been appointed a Honorary Medical Advisor for Dementia Australia.

Prof Neal is a UK-trained physician who has 25 years’ experience in clinical, epidemiological, and public health research with a focus on heart disease, stroke and diabetes. Bruce has a longstanding interest in high blood pressure and diabetes and the potential for both clinical interventions and changes in the food supply to deliver health gains. His work has been characterised by its focus on collaboration, quantitation, translation and impact. He holds professorial appointments at UNSW Sydney, Imperial College London, and an honorary appointment at the University of Sydney. He has published some 450 scientific papers, and since 2016 has been identified by Thomson Reuters as one of ‘The World’s Most Influential Scientific Minds’, an acknowledgement provided to just a few thousand researchers across all disciplines, worldwide. He has particular expertise in the conduct of large-scale clinical trials addressing cardiovascular disease but has also done a significant body of work addressing food policy issues related to sugars, fats, portion size and food labelling.

Dr Talat Uppal is an Obstetrician & Gynaecologist who currently works both at the Northern Beaches and Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Hospitals as a Visiting Medical Officer. She has a DDU sonographic qualification obtained in 2010 which gives her an advantage of being formally trained in ultrasound.

She is the Director of Women’s Health Road, and has set up an innovative, digitally integrated, multidisciplinary obstetric and gynaecology service with in-house ultrasound facilities.

Dr Talat Uppal is also a Clinical Senior lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Northern Medical School, University of Sydney. Her past, decade long role was based at Many and Mona Vale Hospitals, as Senior Obstetrics Staff Specialist and Clinical Director of Women’s, Children & Family health. She is the past Chair of both the NSW State Reference Committee and NSW RANZCOG Education Subcommittee.

Dr Talat Uppal is a Fellow of the Australian Association for Quality in Health Care as well as a Fellow of the Australasian College of Health Service Management. She is the joint coordinator of Diploma (DRANZCOG) OSCE examination as her special interest is supporting the role of General Practitioners in the Women’s health context. She is enrolled in a University of Sydney PhD looking at collaborative models of maternity care.

She is a RANZCOG media spokesperson and an active member of the RANZCOG Gender Equity and Diversity Working Committee. Dr Talat Uppal is fluent in 3 languages and has much overseas exposure with volunteer teaching work

Prof Richard Prince is a consultant endocrinologist and an academic teacher and researcher who has been practising for over 30 years in his special area of expertise. He is currently based at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Hollywood Hospital.

His qualifications include a undergraduate degrees in medicine and physiology ( MB. ChB., B.Sc) from Birmingham Univ, an MD from Melbourne Univ. on the subject of vitamin D metabolism and membership of both the UK and Australian College of Physicians (FRACP, MRCP(UK)).

His areas of expertise include general endocrinology with an emphasis on bone and mineral (calcium and phosphorus) disorders, thyroid disease and diabetes.

As a teacher and researcher he has supervised over 15 Ph D students, and many medical and science students. Dr Richard Prince has published over 200 research papers in top Journals including the New England Journal of Medicine and Nature Genetics.
As a clinician he aims to integrate his knowledge of disease processes into a management plan for the patient and their GP and advise on how this can be achieved successfully