Experts

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

Dr Leilani Corbett is a medical educator with True and a medical officer at the Toowoomba True Clinic. She completed her MBBS at the University of Queensland in 2010, attainted RACGP fellowship in 2017 and has a particular interest in sexual and reproductive health. In addition to her roles with True, she is employed as a Senior Medical Officer in Sexual Health/Public Medicine at Toowoomba Hospital. She is an HIV S100 Prescriber, participates in the Forensic Medical Examination roster for Darling Downs Health and is a GP Clinical Editor with Darling Downs HealthPathways.
MBChB, FCFP(SA) Leon Geffen is a family physician in general practice in Cape Town. He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in the Division of Geriatric Medicine at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and conducts sessions in the Groote Schuur Hospital/UCT Memory Clinic. He actively teaches and examines Registrars in Family Medicine at the university. He is a member of the the South African Geriatrics Society (SAGS), the South African Academy of Family Physicians (SAAFP), the South African Medical Association, the Allergy Society of South Africa and the Southern African HIV Clinicians Society (SAHCS). Geffen is the president and honorary medical superintendent of Highlands House, a Jewish Aged Home in Cape Town. Geffen has published on stroke, the management of infective endocarditis, ageing and sexuality, ageing and immunology, the management of patients in a memory clinic and research in general practice. His current research interests include improved quality of long-term care and the use of quality indicators and assessment instruments in community-dwelling older persons. He is currently engaged in a public-private partnership programme with the Western Cape Department of Health to provide medical services at a primary care level. He is the Medical Director of Agewell, an international multi-centre project being implemented at two sites in Cape Town to develop and evaluate support services for older persons in the community. Geffen recently completed an evaluation of oral health in older persons in Cape Town as part of an international collaborative study. He was appointed a Fellow of interRAI.
A/Prof Stephan Foy is a graduate of University of Otago and completed his coronary interventional fellowship at Royal Perth Hospital, WA.
His first consultant engagement was at Launceston General Hospital, Tasmania, where Stephan set up Tasmania’s first Cardiac Cath Lab outside of Hobart. This resulted in implementing a diagnostic cardiac catheterisation and pacemaker implant service.
Stephan moved to Geelong in late 1997, where he established Heart Centre St John of God, a private cardiology practice in which he remains a practice principal.
He was instrumental in instituting the cardiac services at St John of God Geelong Hospital. Stephan was the key advisor for development of the hospital’s Cardiac Catheter Labs and Cardiac Care Unit. His association with Geelong-based cardiac surgeons was vital to SJGGH developing its cardiac surgery programme, with the first cardiac operation in a Victoria state regional centre performed in 2017.
Dr David Horgan (now retired) was recently a Clinical Associate Professor in the University of Melbourne, with high ratings for his lectures to medical students, to other psychiatrists, and to HealthEd audiences. He was known as a “last resort” psychiatrist treating depression and high suicide risk. He remains heavily involved in a charity which he founded, the Australian Suicide Prevention Foundation. He initiated the award-winning App “Prevent A Suicide: What to Say” to empower family, friends and colleagues when a person mentions wishing to be dead. He is keen to teach highly practical clinical tips in suicide prevention. and he is no longer registered as a practising psychiatrist.

A/Prof Ralph Audehm is a GP of 35 years experience. An Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, University of Melbourne, Department of General practice. He has a broad interest in chronic disease management, diabetes, heart disease and transitional research. He has owned his own practice, worked for NGOs as well as in the community health sector. He believes that primary care and general practice is the key to providing better health outcomes for all Australians.

Karen Tuesley is an early career researcher at the School of Public Health, University of Queensland. Karen’s research focuses on women’s health and cancer epidemiology using large longitudinal datasets. Her PhD research used large-scale data to explore the associations between the use of chronic disease medications and the risk of ovarian cancer. She also researches long-term health outcomes for women after gynaecological surgery. Karen works with large observational studies with longitudinal data and is experienced with different analytic techniques and methods including emulated trials and Mendelian randomisation.
Dr Jordan is a medically trained cancer epidemiologist who is currently Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health. Before starting her PhD, she worked in rural and urban general practice for over 10 years and brings that clinical experience to her research. She currently leads projects on ovarian and thyroid cancers, examining aetiology, patterns of care and survival. Her research employs a broad range of methods including individual patient and clinician surveys, molecular epidemiology and pooling of consortia data, but she has particular expertise in large-scale data linkage.
Kate is a fertility specialist, gynaecologist and reproductive endocrinologist. She completed university in Melbourne and trained in obstetrics and gynaecology at The Women’s Hospital and The Mercy Hospital, with further work and experience in this field during two years in the UK. Kate then spent three years specialising in infertility and reproductive endocrinology and is CREI qualified. She has led and participated in many research studies, both at Melbourne IVF and with other researchers. Kate has authored and co-authored over 45 research papers published in scientific journals. She is Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Melbourne, Royal Women’s Hospital, and the Head of the Endocrine and Metabolic Service and Acting Head of Reproductive Services both at the Royal Women’s Hospital Melbourne. She is also the Clinical Director and Head of Clinical Research at Melbourne IVF. Kate’s special interest is in medical fertility preservation and she established and coordinates the Fertility Preservation Services at the Royal Women’s Hospital and Melbourne IVF. She currently co-chairs the COSA Medical Fertility Preservation Guidance development group and is also a member of the international Pancare working group for development of the European Fertility Preservation Guidelines. Kate’s patients appreciate her accessibility and strong commitment to research guiding best practice. She is dedicated to ensuring every patient is given the best chance of having a family.
I am an Emergency Physician working in the Emergency Department of the Royal Hobart Hospital. Originally from the UK, I left in 2005 for a year long working holiday, only to find myself pursing a career in emergency medicine in New Zealand and then Australia. I became a Consultant in 2012 and over the last decade have developed a range of additional medical interests, including Diving & Hyperbaric Medicine, Complex Wound Management and Hospital in the Home. I am passionate about vulnerable patients receiving timely care and over the last few years have been bringing acute hospital level care to patients in the community. I am proud to have been an EM Masterclass Mentor since 2015 and have had the joy of mentoring many Dutch EPs since.
Dr Janet Green is a highly qualified academic with over 25 years of recent clinical experience at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Sydney, and a nursing academic for 30 years. She is a Senior Lecturer at University of Notre Dame (Sydney based) and Adjunct Senior Lecturer at The University of Tasmania (Sydney based)
Dr Stephanie Daly is a specialist GP in Dementia. She is a fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners and has completed post-graduate training in Dementia Studies at the University of Bradford in the UK. More recently since moving to Australia she has become an advocate for patients living with Dementia and has facilitated the practice she works at becoming one of the first dementia-friendly (Dementia Australia approved) GP surgery’s in Australia.

Dr Rebecca Moore graduated from the University of Adelaide and completed her RACGP fellowship whist working as an Aviation Medical Officer in the RAAF. She has worked in General Practice and urgent care in the UK and Australia and now fosters a special interest in geriatric medicine. She completed a Masters degree in dementia in 2024.

Kyla is a Social Worker with over 15 years’ experience and has worked in New Zealand, Australia, England, and South-East Asia. Her experience lies within Child Protection, Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence in both government and non-government positions. She has recently completed her Advanced Masters in Sexual and Reproductive Health and is now working within public health as a health promotions officer. Her key interests are on the gendered impacts of HIV/STI/BBV transmission, and the wider societal responses to reproductive rights and justice.
Charlotte is a PhD candidate working on the affects of microplastics on gut and brain health