Our Dean

Professor Rod McClure

At Western Sydney University School of Medicine we are:

Developing graduates who are highly skilled, adaptable and conscious of the contributions they can make to the communities of Western Sydney, rural Australia and globally through their endeavours as doctors, clinicians or researchers.
Demonstrating our advocacy for, and contribution to research and medical health services that address the complex and unmet needs of the communities in which we are based.
Achieving a local, national and international profile built on our commitment to opportunity, responsibility and excellence through the endeavours of our staff, graduates and students.

Our People

Dean's Unit

Academic Staff

Professor Rod McClure
Dean
02 4620 3618
r.mcclure@westernsydney.edu.au

Professor John Morley
Deputy Dean
02 4620 3748
j.morley@westernsydney.edu.au

Professor Wendy Hu
Associate Dean, Academic, Learning & Innovation
0438 407 971
w.hu@westernsydney.edu.au

Professor Stephen Tobin
Associate Dean, Clinical Education
02 4620 3138
s.tobin@westernsydney.edu.au

Associate Professor Brahm Marjadi
Associate Dean, Community Engaged Learning
02 4620 3316
b.marjadi@westernsydney.edu.au

Professor Aunty Kerrie Doyle
Associate Dean, Indigenous Health
4620 3779
auntykerrie.doyle@westernsydney.edu.au

Associate Professor Tara Roberts
Associate Dean, Higher Degree Research
02 8738 9020
tara.roberts@westernsydney.edu.au

Professor Gerald Muench
Associate Dean, International
02 4620 3814
g.muench@westernsydney.edu.au

Associate Professor David Mahns
Associate Dean, Research
02 4620 3784
d.mahns@westernsydney.edu.au

Professional Staff

Leigh Bambury
School Manager
02 4620 3895
l.bambury@westernsydney.edu.au

Cynthia Bailey
Student Experience Administration Officer
02 4620 3601
cynthia.bailey@westernsydney.edu.au

Tracey Dengate
Business Administrative Assistant
02 4620 3435
t.dengate@westernsydney.edu.au

Monique Fasavalu
Student Administration Officer
02 4620 3439
m.fasavalu@westernsydney.edu.au

Jennifer Gaynor
Executive Assistant to the Dean
02 4620 3935
j.gaynor@westernsydney.edu.au

Jennifer Greer
Business Administrative Officer
02 4620 3899
j.greer@westernsydney.edu.au

Lisa Harrison
Governance and Compliance Officer
02 4620 3563
li.harrison@westernsydney.edu.au

Orchid Kruse
Research Project Support Officer
02 4620 3702
o.kruse@westernsydney.edu.au

Karen Martin
Student Experience Administration Officer
02 4620 3694
k.martin@westernsydney.edu.au

Tae McKnight
Joint Program Co-ordinator
02 4620 3526
t.mcknight@westernsydney.edu.au

Erin O'Reilly
Senior Student Experience Administration Officer
02 4620 3630
e.o'reilly@westernsydney.edu.au

Leanne Potts
Executive Project Officer
02 4620 3682
l.potts@westernsydney.edu.au

George Sotirios
Administration Officer
02 4620 3614
g.sotirios@westernsydney.edu.au

Jen Spannenberg
Engagement Officer
02 4620 3936
j.spannenberg@westernsydney.edu.au

Julie Uljanic
Business Analyst
02 4620 3786
j.uljanic@westernsydney.edu.au

Clinical Schools

Blacktown/Mt Druitt

Professor Sanjay Swaminathan
Clinical Dean
02 9851 6046
s.swaminathan@westernsydney.edu.au

Professor Golo Ahlenstiel
Chair of Medicine
02 9851 6073
g.ahlenstiel@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr James Nol
Unit Coordinator, Advanced Imaging (MRI)
j.nol@westernsydney.edu.au

Kathy Brown
Executive Officer
02 9881 8085
k.brown@westernsydney.edu.au

Anne-Renee Boulet
Administrative Officer
02 9851 6000
a.boulet@westernsydney.edu.au

Gemma David
Administrative Officer
02 9851 6048
g.david@westernsydney.edu.au

Vicki Kanhere
Clinical Education Program Officer
02 9851 6049
v.kanhere@westernsydney.edu.au

Amy Phelan
Senior Administration Officer
02 9851 6070
a.phelan@westernsydney.edu.au

Angela Wallace
Administrative Officer
02 9851 6047
a.wallace3@westernsydney.edu.au

Liverpool

Professor Les Bokey
Clinical Dean/Chair Surgery
02 9772 6872
l.bokey@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Scott MacKenzie
Senior Lecturer, Surgery
02 9772 6873
s.mackenzie@westernsydney.edu.au

Sandra Pereira
Administrative Officer
02 9772 6872
s.pereira@westernsydney.edu.au

Macarthur

Associate Professor Ian Turner
Clinical Dean
02 4634 3743
i.turner@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Priya Acharya
Clinical Sub Dean
02 4634 3743
p.acharya@westernsydney.edu.au

Suzie Horne
Executive Officer
02 4634 3741
s.horne@westernsydney.edu.au

Tina Banks
Clinical Education Program Officer
02 4634 4015
t.banks@westernsydney.edu.au

Debbie Condon
Curriculum Support Officer, Year 5
02 4634 4916
d.condon@westernsydney.edu.au

Verity McIntosh
Administrative Officer
02 4620 3173
v.mcintosh@westernsydney.edu.au

Christine Merry
Clinical Placement Officer & Disability Coordinator
02 4634 4027
c.merry@westernsydney.edu.au

John Sierra
Clinical Procedural Skills Educator
02 4634 3177
j.sierra@westernsydney.edu.au

Rachel Stoddart
Administrative Assistant
02 4634 3740
r.stoddart@westernsyney.edu.au

Rural Clinical Schools

Bathurst

Professor Timothy McCrossin
Clinical Dean
02 6330 5363
t.mccrossin@westernsydney.edu.au

Professor Ross Wilson
Director, Rural Health
02 9685 9986
ross.wilson@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Levi Osuagwu
Senior Lecturer and Academic Lead, Rural Health and Research
02 9685 9903
l.osuagwu@westernsydney.edu.au

Jane Thompson
Rural Program Coordinator
02 9685 9982
jane.thompson@westernsydney.edu.au

Bronwyn Bauer
Rural Placement Student Coordinator
02 9685 9979
b.bauer@westernsydney.edu.au

Ian Kennedy
Placement Support Officer
02 9683 8174
i.kennedy@westernsydney.edu.au

Fiona Reedy
Rural Student Support Officer
02 9685 9919
f.reedy@westernsydney.edu.au

Nathan Rollinson
Rural Schools Community Engagement Officer
0438 693 766
n.rollinson@westernsydney.edu.au

Natalie Dalton
Administrative Officer
02 9685 9975
n.dalton@westernsydney.edu.au

Lismore

Dr Amy Scott
Clinical Sub Dean/Medical Discipline Coordinator
0450 696 940
amy.scott@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Natalie Edmiston
Academic Lead, Clinical & Educational Research
n.edmiston@westernsydney.edu.au

Jane Thompson
Rural Program Coordinator
02 9685 9982
jane.thompson@westernsydney.edu.au

Elizabeth Kelly
Education Support Officer
02 6620 7276
e.kelly@sydney.edu.au

Nathan Rollinson
Rural Schools Community Engagement Officer
0438 693766
n.rollinson@westernsydney.edu.au

Directors Academic Program

Dr Iman Hegazi
Director Academic Program, Medical Education
02 4620 3862
i.hegazi@westernsydney.edu.au

Associate Professor Kate McBride
Director Academic Program, Postgraduate
02 4620 3436
k.mcbride@westernsydney.edu.au

Assessment

Dr Carl Parsons
Head of Assessment
02 4620 3749
c.parsons@westernsydney.edu.au

Allison Eder
Assessment Officer
02 4620 3720
a.eder@westernsydney.edu.au

Key Teaching and Research Areas

The Western Sydney University School of Medicine is comprised of a number of teams. Some are groups of academics involved in teaching and research activities (disciplines) and others focused on strategic and operational activities across the School. Each discipline group is different in that they may be focused on an area of medical practice, scientific inquiry, educational focus or population health.

Anatomy and Cell Biology

Professor John Morley
Foundation Chair of Anatomy and Cell Biology
02 4620 3748
j.morley@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Yossi Buskila
Senior Lecturer
02 4620 3853
y.buskila@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Morven Cameron
Senior Lecturer
02 4620 3739
m.cameron@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr James Dunn
Lecturer
02 4620 3707
james.dunn@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Sindy Kueh
Research Officer
02 4620 3938
s.kueh@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr. Carl Parsons
Lecturer
02 4620 3749
c.parsons@westernsydney.edu.au

Associate Professor Mourad Tayebi
Associate Professor, Biomedical Sciences
02 4620 3671
m.tayebi@westernsydney.edu.au

General Practice

Visit the General Practice website

Professor Penelope Abbott
Peter Brennan Chair of General Practice
02 4620 3891
p.abbott@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Christine Ahern
Senior Lecturer
02 6620 7276
christine.ahern@sydney.edu.au

Dr Miriam Brooks
Senior Lecturer
02 4620 3933
miriam.brooks@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Phyllis Lau Chan
Senior Research Fellow
02 4620 3894
phyllis.lau@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Christabel Hoe
Academic GP Registrar
c.hoe@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Natalie Lindsay
Conjoint Senior Lecturer (Lismore)
02 6620 7276
natalie.lindsay@sydney.edu.au

Dr Winston Lo
Senior Lecturer
02 4620 3561
w.lo@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Levi Osuagwu
Senior Lecturer and Academic Lead, Rural Health (Bathurst)
02 9685 9903
l.osuagwu@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Yasin Shahab
Senior Lecturer
02 4620 3942
y.shahab@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Kam Wong
Senior Lecturer (Bathurst)
02 9685 9979
k.wong@westernsydney.edu.au

Vicki Bradley
Administrative Officer
02 4620 3896
v.bradley@westernsydney.edu.au

Nicole King
Administrative Officer
02 4620 3896
n.king@westernsydney.edu.au

Sharon Lawrence
Administrative Officer
02 4620 3933
s.lawrence@westernsydney.edu.au

Indigenous Health

Professor Aunty Kerrie Doyle
Associate Dean, Indigenous Health
02 4620 3779
auntykerrie.doyle@westernsydney.edu.au

Alison Barnes
Senior Research Officer (Bathurst)
02 9685 9502
a.barnes@westernsydney.edu.au

Rob Doyle
Research Associate
rob.doyle@westernsydney.edu.au

Michelle Halliday
Research Associate
m.halliday@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Paul Saunders
Research Fellow
02 4620 3569
p.saunders@westernsydney.edu.au

MD Project

Visit the MD Project website

Associate Professor Lise Mogensen
Convenor
02 4620 3041
l.mogensen@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Elizabeth O'Connor
Deputy Convenor
02 4620 3939
e.oconnor@westernsydney.edu.au

Orchid Kruse
Research Project Support Officer
02 4620 3702
mdproject@westernsydney.edu.au

Medical Education

Visit the Medical Education website

Dr Iman Hegazi
Director of Medical Education
02 4620 3862
i.hegazi@westernsydney.edu.au

Prof Wendy Hu
Associate Dean Academic (Learning and Innovation)
Professor of Medical Education
02 4620 3702
w.hu@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Neeshaan Abrahams
Associate Lecturer
02 4620 3765
n.abrahams@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Bronwen Dalziel
Senior Lecturer
02 4620 4643
b.dalziel@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Jane Graves
Associate Lecturer
02 4620 3844
j.graves@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Caroline Joyce
Lecturer
02 4620 3641
caroline.joyce@westernsydney.edu.au

Andrew Kellett
Associate Lecturer
02 4620 3412
a.kellett@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Victoria Mansour
Lecturer
02 4620 3751
v.mansour@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Jenny McDonald
Senior Lecturer
02 4620 3802
jennifer.mcdonald@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Sowbhagya Micheal
Lecturer
02 4620 3259
s.micheal@westernsydney.edu.au

Associate Professor Lise Mogensen
Associate Professor
02 4620 3041
l.mogensen@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Elizabeth O'Connor
Lecturer
02 4620 3939
e.oconnor@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Kim Ramjan
Lecturer
02 4620 3566
k.ramjan@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Gabriela Visini
Associate Lecturer
g.visini@westernsydney.edu.au

Medicine

Distinguished Professor David Simmons
Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Macarthur Clinical School
02 4634 4899
da.simmons@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Liping Chung
Clinical Research Coordinator, Translational Gastroenterology
liping.chung@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Miriam Codarini
Senior Lecturer, Allergic Diseases
02 4620 3733
m.codarini@westernsydney.edu.au

Therese Fletcher
Lecturer in Diabetes
t.fletcher@westernsydney.edu.au

Associate Professor Vincent Ho
Associate Professor
02 6354 4511
v.ho@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Connie Katelaris
Course Coordinator Graduate Certificate in Allergic Diseases
02 4620 3681
c.katelaris@westernsydney.edu.au

Tobias Kongbrailatpam
Research Nurse, Clinical Trials
t.kongbrailatpam@westernsydney.edu.au

Karen Mathews
Clinical Trials Coordinator
k.mathews@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Aiden O'Loughlin
Senior Lecturer, Cardiology
02 4634 4589
a.o'loughlin@westernsydney.edu.au

Associate Professor Milan Piya
Associate Professor
02 6354 4590
m.piya@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Danielle Tu
Senior Lecturer
d.tu@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Jerry Zhou
Lecturer, Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Translational Gastroenterology
02 4620 3865
j.zhou@westernsydney.edu.au

Janie Leggett
Midwifery Educator, Blacktown/Mt Druitt
02 9881 7966
j.leggett@westernsydney.edu.au

Associate Professor Harry Merkur
Associate Professor
02 9622 8000
h.merkur@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Annette Robertson
Midwifery Educator, Macarthur
02 4634 4960
a.robertson@westernsydney.edu.au

Associate Professor Clara Shek
Associate Professor
02 8738 5300
c.shek@westernsydney.edu.au

Dusica Maric
Administrative Officer
02 8738 9021
d.maric@westernsydney.edu.au

Oncology

Professor Wei Chua
Professor of Oncology and Cancer Care
w.chua@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Adam Cooper
Senior Lecturer
adam.cooper@westernsydney.edu.au

Associate Professor Tara Roberts
Associate Professor
02 8738 9020
tara.roberts@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Aflah Roohullah
Senior Lecturer
aflah.roohullah@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Jess Smith
jess.smith@westernsydney.edu.au

Associate Professor Kevin Spring
Associate Professor
02 8738 9032
k.spring@westernsydney.edu.au

Paediatrics

Professor John Whitehall
Foundation Chair of Paediatrics
02 4634 4573
john.whitehall@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Poonam Mudgil
Research Officer
02 4620 3945
p.mudgil@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Diana Steinberg
Senior Lecturer, Blacktown/Mt Druitt
02 9881 1555
d.steinberg@westernsydney.edu.au

Associate Professor Stephen Teo
Associate Professor, Blacktown/Mt Druitt
02 9881 1555
s.teo@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Suganya Vignakaran
Senior Lecturer, Blacktown/Mt Druitt
02 9881 1555
s.vignakaran@westernsydney.edu.au

Shay Carter
Administrative Officer
02 4634 4578
shay.carter@westernsydney.edu.au

Pathology

Visit the Pathology website

Professor Soon Lee
Foundation Professor of Pathology
02 9772 6858
soon.lee@westernsydney.edu.au

Askar Abubakar
Scientific Officer
02 9772 6861
a.abubakar@westernsydney.edu.au

Professor Murray Killingsworth
Head, Electron Microscopy and Nanopathology Unit
02 9772 6860
m.killingsworth@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Tristan Rutland
Lecturer
02 9772 6859
t.rutland@westernsydney.edu.au

Di Gourlie
Executive Officer
02 9772 6860
d.gourlie@westernsydney.edu.au

Pharmacology

Professor Gerald Muench
Professor of Pharmacology
02 4620 3814
g.muench@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Erika Gyengesi
Senior Lecturer
02 4620 3723
e.gyengesi@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Ritesh Raju
Senior Lecturer
02 4620 3799
r.raju@westernsydney.edu.au

Physiology

Visit the Diabetes and Islet Biology website
Visit the Behavioural Neuroscience website

Professor Anand Hardikar
Professor of Physiology
0488 119 772
a.hardikar@westernsydney.edu.au

Professor Tim Karl
Professor of Behavioural Neuroscience
02 4620 3040
t.karl@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Rose Chesworth Vieyra
Postdoctoral Researcher
02 4620 3934
r.chesworth@westernsydney.edu.au

Associate Professor David Mahns
Associate Professor, Physiology
02 4620 3784
d.mahns@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Rossana Rosa Porto
Postdoctoral Researcher
02 4620 3680
r.rosaporto@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Georgia Watt
Postdoctoral Researcher
g.watt2@westernsydney.edu.au

Susan Smith
Senior Administrative Officer
02 4620 3782
susan.smith@westernsydney.edu.au

Surgery

Professor Les Bokey
Clinical Dean / Chair Surgery, Liverpool
02 9772 6872
l.bokey@westernsydney.edu.au

Professor Neil Merrett
Foundation Professor of Surgery, Campbelltown
02 4634 4585
n.merrett@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Scott MacKenzie
Senior Lecturer, Liverpool
02 9772 6873
s.mackenzie@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Frank Wang
Senior Lecturer, Campbelltown
4634 4582
frank.wang@westernsydney.edu.au

Ros Nolan
Administrative Officer (Campbelltown)
02 4634 4582
r.nolan@westernsydney.edu.au

Sandra Pereira
Administrative Officer (Liverpool)
02 9772 6872
s.pereira@westernsydney.edu.au

Regenerative Medicine

Associate Professor Michael O'Connor
Associate Professor
02 4620 3902
m.oconnor@westernsydney.edu.au

Dr Tim Kao
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
t.kao@westernsydney.edu.au