ST VINCENT'S CLINIC - Key Persons
Brett Courtenay is an Orthopaedic Surgeon whose practice is on St Vincent's Campus. A/Prof Courtenay has been a VMO at St Vincent's since 1984. His early residency was at St Vincent's commencing in 1975 and finished the orthopaedic training scheme at St Vincent's in 1982. He is involved with many committees at St Vincent's and NSW Health. After leaving the Clinical staff at the Public hospital at the end of 2016, he is a HMO and now the Chair of the Medical and Dental Advisory Committee.
He is active in the Australian Army Medical Corps having been deployed to the Solomon Islands, Timor, Banda Aceh and Afghanistan. He currently holds the rank of Colonel and is the Senior Medical Officer and Chair of Clinical Governance for the 2 nd Division of the Army. He is a former director of MBF Australia Group and was part of the corporate governance leading to its sale to BUPA.
Qualifications
OAM MB BS FRACS (Ortho) FAOrthA
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Trustees
- Surgeon
Dr Meagher is a colorectal surgeon currently practicing at St Vincent's Clinic, St Vincent's Private Hospital Sydney and St Vincent's Public Hospital Sydney. His particular areas of specialty include colonoscopy quality standards and anal cancer.
Dr Alan Meagher is a colorectal surgeon currently practicing at St Vincent's Clinic, St Vincent's Private Hospital Sydney and St Vincent's Public Hospital Sydney. His particular areas of speciality include colonoscopy quality standards and anal cancer.
Dr Meagher graduated from the University of New South Wales (M.B. B.S. (Hons)) in 1984, became a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons (General Surgery) in 1990, completed the Australian Colo-Rectal Training Program in 1991-1992 and was a Mayo Academic Fellow in Colon and Rectal Surgery in 1993 (Mayo Clinic, Rochester USA). Since joining St Vincent's as an intern in 1984, Dr Meagher's has spent most of his working life on the St Vincent's Darlinghurst campus.
He has been the Supervisor Surgical Training at St Vincent's Hospital, Secretary Division of Surgery, Chairman of the St Vincent's Private Hospital Medical Board, Chairman of the Sydney Colorectal Society and a member of the Colorectal Surgical Society of Australasia Foundation and is currently the Chairman of the Diagnostic Endoscopy Unit of St Vincent's Clinic Medical Advisory Committee. He has authored, co-authored over 90 academic articles.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Dr Jennifer Dew graduated from the university of New South Wales undertaking her internship and residency at Gosford and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney. Dr Dew's obstetrics and gynaecology training was undertaken in the United Kingdom and the Royal hospital for Women, Paddington NSW, obtaining her Fellowship in 1995. She then did a postgraduate doctorate, MD, through UNSW and undertook post-graduate training in advanced Laparoscopic Surgery in Toronto, Canada. Dr Dew works at St Vincent's Clinic and Private Hospital as a Gynaecologist having being appointed in 1998. She has interests in advanced laparoscopic surgery, vaginal surgery, endometriosis, abnormal uterine bleeding, colposcopy and menopause.
Dr Dew has been involved in St Vincent's Clinic and St Vincent's Private Hospital being on the Patient Care and Review Committee since 2011. She has been Chairman and Head of the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics at the Clinic and Private Hospital since 2011.
Qualifications
MBBS MD FRANZCOG
Dr Linda Borella is a Consultant Radiologist who has been accredited at St Vincent's Clinic and St Vincent's Private Hospital since 2010. She is the Managing Partner and Head of Department of St Vincent's Clinic Medical Imaging. Dr Borella works as a general radiologist with a particular interest in Breast Imaging, having completed dual Fellowship training in Breast Imaging and Paediatric Imaging. Dr Borella has been a member of the St Vincent's Private Hospital Medical Advisory Council since 2021 and a member of the Medical Imaging Services Management Committee since 2017. She holds an accredited VMO position with BreastScreen NSW at Royal North Shore Hospital and is an Honorary Scientist at the Garvan Institute through her contributions to Breast Cancer research at St Vincent's. She is a current Conjoint Lecturer at the University of New South Wales and Conjoint at the University of Notre Dame.
Qualifications
MBBS FRANZCR
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
Dr Michael King is an anaesthetist whose main practice is on the St Vincent's Campus. His particular areas of interest include anaesthesia for Neurosurgery, Plastic surgery, Cardiothoracic and Transplant surgery. He has been accredited at St Vincent's since 1994 and also practices at the Mater, Castlecrag and North Shore Private Hospitals. He has held positions as Federal Secretary and Assistant Federal Secretary of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists. He participates in overseas aid delegations; cardiothoracic surgery in Indonesia and with Interplast in Fiji. He is currently a member of St Vincent's Clinic Medical Council, is a member of the public hospital's Theatre management Committee and is a conjoint lecturer at NSW University.
Qualifications
MBBS FANZCA Dip Echo
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Trustees
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Dr Winnie Tong is a consultant immunologist, allergist and immunopathologist with a specialist interest in allergy and autoimmunity. She has appointments as a Staff Specialist at St Vincent's Hospital, and consults at St Vincent's Private Hospital and St Vincent's Clinic. Dr Tong has a PhD in T-cell responses to human papillomavirus (HPV) in men with anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions. Since 2017, she established and chairs an allergy focused clinical research network known as the Sydney Paediatric and Adult Allergy Network (SPAAN). She has been a Conjoint Senior Lecturer of the Faculty since 2017. Her research has been supported by grants from the Sydney Partnership for Health, Education, Research and Enterprise (SPHERE), St Vincent's Clinic and Curran Foundations. Winnie is dedicated to leading clinically relevant research that improves patient care, and educating students and patients about the implications of basic and clinical immunology on human health.
Qualifications
MBBS PhD FRACP FRCPA
Job Titles:
- Member of the St Vincents Clinic Board of Directors
Job Titles:
- Member of the Board of Directors
- Member of the St Vincents Clinic Board of Directors
Geoff has extensive experience at Board and Executive level in the health, social services, government and international development sectors. Previously a Managing Director with KPMG working with major non-profit organisations and corporate foundations in Australia and the United States, Geoff also brings international experience as a former Board member of an innovative U.S. public charity, the International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie), including as Chair of its Audit and Finance Committee.
Geoff's current role is Group Planning and Development at St Vincent's Health Australia and he is a Member of Mission Australia's Board Committee for Service Impact. Geoff believes that evaluating the impact of services and policies makes social development programs more effective and improves people's lives.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of New South Wales; Member, Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD)
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Board of Directors
- Chairman of the St Vincents Clinic Board of Directors
Gail has over 25 years' experience as a senior media executive. From 1992 to 2019 she was Group General Counsel and Company Secretary of Fairfax Media Limited, with responsibility for all legal services, government and corporate relations, ASX compliance, internal audit and risk. She was also deeply involved in the growth and development Fairfax Digital businesses including Domain, Stan Entertainment and its other digital businesses.
Job Titles:
- CEO of St Vincent 's Clinic
Ms Viviers is the CEO of St Vincent's Clinic. Through a number of senior roles across a range of organisations in the health, charity, financial and IT sectors, Katie brings extensive skills and experience in operational and strategic planning, business development, financial management and stakeholder engagement. She is committed to leading the strategic and operational management of St Vincent's Clinic, St Vincent's Clinic Foundation and Open Support.
Ms Viviers holds Bachelor and Masters degrees in science from Sydney University and an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management. She is passionate about delivering excellence in clinical care, research and the mission of the Clinic.
We bring God's love to those in need through the healing ministry of Jesus.
Ms Haysom has extensive experience in brand and marketing, building brands both locally and internationally. She is currently the Executive General Manager of Brand & Marketing at Suncorp Group, an ASX top 20 listed company with both bank and insurance brands.
Prior to Suncorp, she has held leadership roles in some of Australia's largest advertising agencies, including M&C Saatchi and TBWA, with clients including Commbank, ANZ, Optus, and Woolworths. In 2019 she achieved GAICD status and is currently an active speaker, mentor, and member of the Advisory Board for Wheelchair Rugby Australia, and the Australian Data Driven Marketing Association.