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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
Associate Professor Brahm Marjadi
Associate Dean for Engagement
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
Monique Fasavalu
Student Administration Officer
02 4620 3439
m.fasavalu@westernsydney.edu.au
Jennifer Gaynor
Executive Assistant
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
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
Dr Timothy Tan
Clinical Dean
t.tan@westernsydney.edu.au
Dr Katrina Chau
Clinical Sub Dean
Katrina.chau@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
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
Rachel Stoddart
Executive Officer
02 4634 3740
r.stoddart@westernsyney.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
Rural Clinical Schools
Bathurst
Professor Tim 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
Jane Corbett-Jones
Critical Care Coordinator and Education
02 9685 9985
j.corbett-jones@westernsydney.edu.au
Associate Professor Bruce McGarity
Associate Professor - Medicine
02 6332 2166
bruce@bhmcgarity.com.au
Associate Professor Robert Zielinski
Associate Professor - Medical Oncologist
02 6369 3380
rob.zielinksi@health.nsw.gov.au
Dr Peter Denyer-Simmons
Associate Professor - Rural Health and Research
p.denyer-simmons@westernsydney.edu.au
Dr Levi Osuagwu
Senior Lecturer - Rural Health and Research
02 9685 9903
l.osuagwu@westernsydney.edu.au
Dr Peter Fox
Senior Lecturer - Medical Oncologist
02 6369 3380
peter.fox@health.nsw.gov.au
Dr Ian Elbourne
Senior Lecturer - Surgical
02 6332 9700
ian@elbourne.com.au
Dr Kam Wong
Senior Lecturer - General Practice
02 9685 9975
k.wong@westernsydney.edu.au
Tracy Macfarlane
Supervisor and Senior Lecturer - Mental Health
t.macfarlane@westernsydney.edu.au
Dr Danielle Klingberg
Year 4 Supervisor - Oncology
danielle.klingberg1@health.nsw.gov.au
Dr Annie Thomas
Supervisor - Obstetrics and Gynaecology
02 6330 5210
annie.ninan@health.nsw.gov.au
Dr Enoka Fernando
Senior Lecturer - Obstetrics and Gynaecology
02 6330 5210
enoka.fernando@health.nsw.gov.au
Jane Thompson
Rural Program Coordinator
02 9685 9982
jane.thompson@westernsydney.edu.au
Nathan Rollinson
Rural Schools Community Engagement Officer
0438 693 766
n.rollinson@westernsydney.edu.au
Abbey Hardie
Administrative Officer
02 9685 9975
n.dalton@westernsydney.edu.au
Sally Lowe
Rural Student Placement Coordinator
02 9685 9979
sally.lowe@westernsydney.edu.au
Fiona Reedy
Rural Student Support Officer
02 9685 9919
f.reedy@westernsydney.edu.au
Ian Kennedy
Indigenous Placements Support Officer
02 9683 8174
i.kennedy@westernsydney.edu.au
Dr John Eme
Research Officer
02 9685 9910
eme.john@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 Katrina Chau
Director Academic Program, Medical Education
katrina.chau@westernsydney.edu.au
Professor Slade Jensen / Dr Paul Stoodley
Director Academic Program, Postgraduate
02 8738 9016 / 02 9851 6052
s.jensen@westernsydney.edu.au / p.stoodley@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
Associate Professor Yossi Buskila
Associate Professor
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
Associate Professor Phyllis Lau Chan
Associate Professor
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 9975
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
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
MD Project
Visit the MD Project website
Professor Anand Hardikar
Convenor
0488 119 772
a.hardikar@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
Professor 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
Mental Health
Visit the Mental Health website
Professor Phillipa Hay
Foundation Chair of Mental Health
02 4634 4575
p.hay@westernsydney.edu.au
Dr Nasim Foroughi
Research Officer
02 4634 4580
n.foroughi@westernsydney.edu.au
Tracy Macfarlane
Senior Lecturer (Bathurst)
t.macfarlane@westernsydney.edu.au
Dr Natalie Morrison
Senior Lecturer
02 9851 6064
n.morrison@westernsydney.edu.au
Associate Professor Shameran Slewa-Younan
Associate Professor
02 4634 4586
s.slewa-younan@westernsydney.edu.au
Kate Dillon
Administrative Officer
02 4634 4577
k.dillon@westernsydney.edu.au
Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Professor Slade Jensen
Professor
02 8738 9016
s.jensen@westernsydney.edu.au
Professor Iain Gosbell
Professor
i.gosbell@westernsydney.edu.au
Dr Theerthankar Das Ashish Kumar
Research Fellow
d.ashishkumar@westernsydney.edu.au
Dr Charles McCafferty
Conjoint Associate Lecturer
c.mccafferty@westernsydney.edu.au
Dr Michael Radzieta
Research Fellow
02 8739 9025
m.radzieta@westernsydney.edu.au
Dusica Maric
Administrative Officer
02 8738 9021
d.maric@westernsydney.edu.au
Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Professor Jon Hyett
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
j.hyett@westernsydney.edu.au
Associate Professor Warren Chan
Associate Professor
w.chan@westernsydney.edu.au
Associate Professor Raiyomand Dalal
Associate Professor
02 4634 4080
r.dalal@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
Associate Professor Kieran Scott
Associate Professor
kieran.scott@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
Dr Robert Yoon
r.yoon3@westernsydney.edu.au
Paediatrics
Professor John Whitehall
Foundation Chair of Paediatrics
02 4634 4573
john.whitehall@westernsydney.edu.au
Professor Michael Kohn
Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health
m.kohn@westernsydney.edu.au
Dr Diana Steinberg
Senior Lecturer, Blacktown/Mt Druitt
02 9881 1555
d.steinberg@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
Associate Professor Erika Gyengesi Bilaver
Associate Professor
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
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
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