Current Position

Occupational Physician

Registered as a practicing occupational physician in 1998

Career Experience

Current

Independent Medical Examiner
Victorian WorkCover Authority (VWA)
Melbourne Victoria

2000 – current

Senior Lecturer
Monash University
Melbourne Victoria

1992 – 1994

Conciliation Officer (sessional work)
Victorian WorkCover Authority
Melbourne Victoria

Memberships and Committees

Director McKinley Industrial Clinic (1994 – 1996)

Member VWA Advisory Committee (1993 – 1998)
(Addressed the return to work and best practice management of back injuries)

Member General Practices Education Committee
VWA Committee (1994 – 1996)
(Addressed the education of general practices regarding work-related medical conditions)

Director and Manager OccCorp (2001 – 2005)(Addressed the return to work management of approximately 7000 people)

Chair Resworks (2004 – current)
(The Foundation for Research into Injury and Illness in the Workplace)

Medico-legal Expertise

Assessments have been conducted for:
WorkCover (Vic, NSW, ACT)
Comprehensive Third Party (Motor Accident)
Life and Income (Total and Permanent Impairment)
Superannuation
Government Agencies