Education and Research Sub Committee
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Dr Amanda Vincent - Chair 2009-2011
Menopause Clinic
Monash Medical Centre
246 Clayton Road
Clayton Vic 3168 Tel - 61 3 9594 666
Dr Amanda Vincent BMed Sci, MBBS PhD, FRACP
Dr Amanda Vincent graduated from Monash University in 1986 receiving Honours for her MBBS and Bachelor of Medical Science degrees. Following postgraduate training in Endocrinology at Monash Medical Centre and St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Amanda completed a PhD thesis investigating the pathophysiology of abnormal uterine bleeding at Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, under the supervision of Professor Lois Salamonsen.
She is currently employed as an Endocrinologist with the Southern Health Menopause Unit and the Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism Unit. She has been appointed as a Senior Research Officer with the Jean Hailes Women's Health Group, based Monash University Institute of Health Sciences Research. Her work will involve both clinical research and education projects. Her particular clinical interests are premature menopause and Turner's syndrome. She endeavours to balance her medical work with her family life, raising two children aged 7 and 9 years.
Dr Elvira Bardon
431 Terrigal Drive
Erina, NSW, 2250
Tel - 02 4365 4999
Fax - 02 4365 4841
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Dr Elvira Bardon MBBS FRACGP MD
Dr Elvira Bardon is a General Practitioner in Erina, NSW. She has been the principal of a multidisciplinary private women's health clinic for the last 10 years. Elvira is a clinician at the Sydney Menopause Centre at the Royal Hospital for Women in Randwick, NSW. She also participates as a research medical officer at the Barbara Gross Research Unit at the Royal Hospital for Women. Elvira is a VMO (General Practice) and the Sexual Assault medical Officer, (Forensic examination and expert witness in Court) at the Gosford Public Hospital. Elvira is also a VMO at the North Gosford and Berkeley Vale Private Hospitals working as surgical assistant in gynaecology, urology and thyroid surgery. She is also involved in undergraduate and post graduate education at the University of Newcastle.
As an active member of the Central Coast Division of General Practice Elvira is involved on the Steering Committee for "Better Outcomes in Mental Health" and the Committee for Sexual Health Education where she is responsible for providing educational activities for both General Practitioners and community groups. Elvira is a Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners as is a senior examiner at the College Examinations.
Professor Martha Hickey
Obstetrics & Gynaecology
King Edward Memorial Hospital
374 Bagot Street
Subiaco WA 6008
Tel - 08 9340 1328
Fax - 08 9381 3031
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Professor Martha Hickey MBChB MD FRANZCOG
Professor Martha Hickey is a Clinical Psychologist and Obstetrician Gynaecologist who has recently been appointed to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Western Australia and is currently establishing her research laboratory.
Over the past five years she has gained international recognition for her work on the mechanisms of breakthrough bleeding in women using progestogens. She is part of an all-Australian group awarded a US$1.34m grant by NIH in 2002 to continue this work. Her pioneering work in HRT related bleeding attracted NHMRC funding in 2002 and lead to the "Young Investigator of the Year" award from the RCOG/RANZCOG. She has 35 peer reviewed publications, five chapters and one book.
In 2002 she was made an editor for the large Cochrane "menstrual disorders and subfertility" group. In 1994 she was the most junior clinician to be awarded the MRCOG and 1996 she was awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine from Bristol University for research into the mechanisms of endometrial bleeding at Sydney University, supported by a research scholarship from the RANZCOG. She came to Australia from Imperial College School of Medicine (ICSM), which has the second most successful research profile in the UK (after Oxford University). In 1999 Martha was awarded permanent residency status in Australia on the grounds of "exceptional overseas talent".
Prof Hickey is a Consultant and Expert Clinical Advisor to the WHO on uterine bleeding and sits on the biomedical review panel allocating WHO funding for reproductive health research. She regularly receives invitations to speak at international meetings, the most prestigious being FIGO 2000 (Washington USA), NIH/WHO symposia on Steroids and Endometrial Bleeding (1996, 1999), the WHO symposia on implantable contraceptives (2001), The European Society for Human Reproduction (1999) and the British and European Menopause Society Meetings in 2000. She acts as an expert clinical referee for a number of international journals. She has twice acted as external examiner for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy
Ms Sharon Scarcelli-De Jong
Menopause Service
King Edward Memorial Hospital
Bagot Road
Subiaco WA
Tel - 08 9340 1355
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Ms Sharon Scarcelli-De Jong
Sharon Scarcelli de Jong is the clinical nurse coordinator of the Menopause Service at King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women in Subiaco, Western Australia. She has worked in this role since 2001. Sharon commenced her initial nursing training in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and returned to the USA to complete her Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree at California State University, Sacramento in 1980. Her interest in women's health developed in her work as a Registered Nurse in the areas of high risk ante-partum, post-partum, labor and delivery and home visit nurse at Canyon General Hospital, Kaiser Permanente, Southern California. Her publications, "Pregnant Partners" and "Handbook for Fathers" were utilized by the Perinatal Services Department there.
Wanting to increase her knowledge and qualifications, she completed the graduate course at California State University, Los Angeles to become a Registered Nurse Practitioner in Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN RNP). After graduating, she worked for Kaiser Permanente, Southern California in this expanded nursing role providing primary health care to women. In 1985 she married and joined her husband in Australia, where they worked for 1½ years in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia. Sharon developed an in-service education training program for aboriginal health workers and nursing staff and helped to establish the first multi-disciplinary care team at Numbala Nunga, the aboriginal nursing home in Derby, WA. She was also appointed Accreditation Coordinator at Numbala Nunga in the earliest phase of the WA Health Department accreditation process.
She became a full-time mum to three active children and worked part-time as a lecturer in first aid training for St John Ambulance Association in Perth until her children were through primary school. Wanting to return to her interest in women's health nursing, Sharon completed the Family Planning Australia (FPWA) practitioner course for registered nurses in Sexual and Reproductive Health in 2000 and in 2001 was employed by KEMH in her current role. As a new member of AMS Educational Committee, she looks forward to working together, producing high quality education materials and in promoting and expanding the role of the nurse in menopause health care management.
Dr Elizabeth Gallagher
Suite 3-5
John James Medical Centre
175 Strickland Crescent
Deakin ACT 2600
Tel - 02 6282 2033
Fax - 02 6282 2306
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Dr Elizabeth Gallagher BMed. BMedSci(Hons), FRANZCOG
Dr Elizabeth Gallagher is an obstetrician and gynaecologist in Canberra. She graduated from the University of Newcastle and trained at the John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, St Mary's Hospital, Portsmouth UK and The Canberra Hospital. She completed her specialty training in 2001 and saw a need for a menopause clinic at The Canberra Hospital when specialty outpatient clinics were in their infancy. She now runs a menopause and pelvic floor clinic at TCH and is involved in the supervision and teaching of medical students, residents and registrars. She has been involved in GP education through Family Planning and RACGP training and general education sessions. She also has a busy private obstetric & gynaecology practice at the John James Medical Centre, again with a strong interest in menopause and prolapse.
Having been a member of AMS since 2000, she would now like the opportunity to actively contribute to the organisation that she has used so much in the past few years. The AMS conference is scheduled to be held in Canberra in 2009 and she sees herself actively contributing to this.
Dr Linda Spinks
Lilian Cooper Centre
33 North Street
Spring Hill Qld 4000
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Dr Linda Spinks MBBS (QLD)
Dr Linda Spinks graduated from Queensland University and practiced as a GP in rural Qld for 13 years where her interest in Women's Health and menopausal medicine developed. She was involved in developing preventive health screening clinics for women in smaller rural towns.
She currently works in Brisbane in general practice and at the Lilian Cooper Centre - a clinic specialising in Women's Health.
Linda has been a surveyor for Australian General Practice Accreditation (AGPL) since 1999 and regularly participates on the Accreditation Review Committee. She has a strong commitment to quality healthcare and evidence based practice.
Dr Lily Stojanovska
Biomedical Sciences
Victoria University of Technology
Melbourne, Vic, 3010
Tel - 03 9365 2737
Fax - 03 9365 2465
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Dr Lily Stojanovska DipMLT, BSc, MSc. PhD
Lily Stojanovska is an Associate Professor at Victoria University, Melbourne. For many years she has been involved in medical research, teaching and supervising undergraduate and post-graduate programs in the area of women's health and nutrition.
She has widely published in internationally peer-reviewed journals and has presented her research findings at national and international conferences and seminars often as an invited speaker.
Lily is a co-author of 3 books "Taking control of your life"; "Menopause for Dummies" and Food and Nutrition for Dummies". .
Lily's achievements have been listed in the Who's Who of Australian Women in 2006-2008 and Victorian Honour Roll of Women in 2004 as an international educator in women's health. She is a recipient of Barbara Gross Award by the Australasian Menopause Society in 2006 for the best overall paper and the Vice Chancellor Peak Award for community engagement in 2007.
Dr Di Palmer
Gynaecologist
Head, Menopause Clinic
Royal Women's Hospital
Melbourne Vic
Dr Meredith Frearson
General Practitioner
Adelaide Health Care
43 Carrington Street
Adelaide SA 5000
Tel: 08 8410 0774
Dr Meredith Frearson BMBS FRACGP DRCOG DFFP
Dr Meredith Frearson is a General Practitioner working in Adelaide who also provides regular Women’s Health Clinics via the RFDS Rural Women’s General Practitioner program to remote locations in South Australia and the Northern Territory.Meredith has had a long interest in Women’s Health, completing a Diploma of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the UK and obtaining her Certificate of Family Planning. Whilst working for Family Planning for over 10 years she was responsible for writing and editing many patient leaflets and in the late 90’s wrote the curriculum for the Postgraduate Course in Sexual and Reproductive Health provided via Family Planning Organisations Australia wide.
Meredith has provided regular education sessions for women and health practitioners in a variety of rural locations and currently acts as the continuing medical education coordinator for her local division of General Practice, GP Partners Adelaide.
Content Updated 19 December 2008
Dr Sheila O'Neill
Physician Women's Health
Sydney Menopause Centre
Royal Hospital for Women
Randwick
Dr Sheila O'Neill MB ChB BAO MICGP
Past President of the Australasian Menopause Society, General Secretary of the International Menopause Society (2002-2005), clinical director of the Betty Byrne Henderson Women’s Health Research Centre, RBWH (2000-2005) and co-founder and director of the Lilian Cooper Centre for Women’s Health (1987-1999). Her special interests include menopause, osteoporosis and heart disease in women, and she is a chief investigator for the LAW study (longitudinal study of ageing in women). Sheila is committed to the education of health professionals and the community on women’s health issues and has published widely in her areas of interest.
Last Updated (Friday, 18 March 2011 17:12)