COVID Expert Panel

Consumer Panel
The Consumer Panel is co-convened with our community partner, the Consumer’s Health Forum of Australia
- Rebecca Randall (Co-Chair)
- Michelle King (Co-Chair)
- Chris Lassig
- Joanne Muller
- Sophie Noble
- Nicholas Wood
- Puspa Sherlock
- Irene Mewburn
- Kealey Griffiths
Previous serving members:
- Eleanor Horton (2020-March 2023)
- Mya Cubitt (June 2020-June 2022)
- Richard Brightwell (June 2020 – December 2020)
- Amrita Deshpande (June 2020 – December 2020)
- Adam Ehm (June 2020 – December 2020)
- Monica Ferrie (June 2020 – December 2020)
- Satrio Nindyo Istiko (June 2020 – August 2020)
- Lara Pullin (June 2020 – December 2020)
- Elizabeth Robinson (June 2020 – December 2020)
- Adele Witt (June 2020 – December 2020)
- Lynda Condon (June 2020 – October 2021)
- Elle Peters-Wisniak
Drug Treatment PANEL
- Bridget Barber (Co-Chair), Infectious Diseases Physician
- Josh Davis (Co-Chair), Infectious Diseases Physician
- Theresa Cole, Paediatric Immunologist
- Jane Davies, Infectious Diseases and General Medicine Physician
- Dan Ewald, General Practitioner
- Amanda Gwee, Paediatric Infectious Disease Specialist & Pharmacologist
- Karin Leder, Infectious Diseases Physician
- Gail Matthews, Infectious Diseases Physician
- James McCarthy, Infectious Diseases Physician
- James McMahon, Infectious Diseases Physician
- Trisha Peel, Academic Infectious Diseases Physician
- Jason Roberts, Consultant Clinical Pharmacist
- Sarah Sasson, Clinical Immunologist
- Ian Seppelt, Intensive Care Specialist
- Tom Snelling, Infectious Diseases Physician
- Brad Wibrow, Intensive Care Specialist
Previous serving members:
- Chris Raftery (June 2020 – December 2022)
- Megan Rees (June 2020 – September 2022)
- Katie Flanagan (June 2020 – July 2020)
- Elena Schneider-Futschik (June 2020 – July 2020)
- Michelle Giles (June 2020 – December 2020)
Primary and Chronic Care Panel
- Nicole Allard (Co-Chair), General Practitioner
- Mark Morgan (Co-Chair), General Practitioner
- Georgina Taylor (Deputy Chair), General Practitioner
- Jennifer Alison, Respiratory Physiotherapist
- Kathryn Bailey, Physiotherapist
- Penny Burns, General Practitioner
- Anne Holland, Physiotherapist and Respiratory Research
- Michelle Mason, Nursing
- Ben Chen, Rehabilitation Medicine
- Steve Kisely, Psychiatrist
- Sabina Knight, Remote Area Nurse
- Sarah Larkins, General Practitioner and Rural Medicine Specialist
- Alistair Miller, Respiratory and Sleep Physician
- Carmel Nelson, Rural and Remote Medicine Specialist (Indigenous Health)
- Bernard Shiu, General Practitioner
- Mieke van Driel, General Practitioner
- David Watters, Surgeon
- Dina Watterson, Occupational Therapist
Previous serving members:
- Lyn Byers, Remote Area Nursing (March 2020 – May 2022)
- Jason Agostino, General Practitioner and Epidemiologist (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health) (March 2020 – November 2020)
- Paul Burgess, Public Health Physician (March 2020 – November 2020)
- Kirsty Douglas, General Practitioner (March 2020 – November 2020)
- Ben Ewald, General Practitioner (March 2020 – November 2020)
- Dan Ewald, General Practitioner (March 2020 – November 2020)
- Dianna Fornasier, Remote Area Nurse (March 2020 – November 2020)
- Louis Peachey, General Practitioner (March 2020 – November 2020)
- David Peiris, General Practitioner (March 2020 – November 2020)
- Rhonda Stuart, Infectious Diseases Physician (March 2020 – June 2020)
- Lucie Walters, General Practitioner (March 2020 – November 2020)
- Ineke Weaver, General Practitioner (March 2020 – November 2020)
Acute and Critical Care Panel
- Lucy Burr (Co-Chair), Respiratory Physician
- Priya Nair (Co-Chair), Intensive Care Specialist
- Simon Hendel (Deputy Co-Chair), Anaesthetist & Trauma Consultant
- Carol Hodgson (Deputy Co-Chair), Physiotherapist (Intensive Care)
- Kiran Shekar (Deputy Co-Chair), Intensive Care Specialist
- Melissa Ankravs, Intensive Care Pharmacist
- Bronwyn Avard, Intensive Care Specialist
- Kelly Cairns, Senior Pharmacist
- Craig French, Intensive Care Specialist
- Allan Glanville, Respiratory Physician
- Nicky Gilroy, Infectious Diseases Physician
- Sumitha Gounden, Rehabilitation Specialist
- Kim Hansen, Emergency Physician
- Sue Huckson, Intensive Care Registry and Guidelines Specialist
- Jon Iredell, Infectious Diseases Physician
- Carrie Janerka, Emergency Nurse
- Rose Jaspers, Critical Care Nurse
- Ed Litton, Intensive Care Specialist
- Stephen Macdonald, Emergency Physician
- Steve McGloughlin, Intensive Care Specialist and Infectious Diseases Physician
- Robert O’Sullivan, Geriatrician
- Sandra Peake, Intensive Care Specialist
- Owen Robinson, Infectious Diseases Physician
- Chantel Sharland, Critical Care Nurse
- Ian Seppelt, Intensive Care Specialist
- Peter Wark, Respiratory Physician
Previous serving Hospital and Acute Care & Critical Care Panel members:
- Paul Myles, Anaesthetist (March 2020 – October 2022)
- Katherine Gibney (March 2020 – June 2020)
- Phan Nguyen (March 2020 – August 2020)
- Andrew Udy (March 2020 – August 2020)
- Matt O’Sullivan (March 2020 – July 2020)
- Huyen Tran (April 2020 – August 2020)
- Sally McCarthy (April 2020 – January 2021)
Pregnancy and Perinatal Care Panel
- Caroline Homer (Co-Chair), Midwife, Maternal and Perinatal Health Specialist
- Vijay Roach (Co-Chair), Obstetrics and Gynaecology Specialist
- Michelle Giles (Deputy Co-Chair), Infectious Diseases Specialist
- Clare Whitehead (Deputy Co-Chair), Obstetrics and Gynaecology Specialist
- Wendy Burton, General Practitioner
- Teena Downton, General Practitioner and Rural Medicine Specialist
- Glenda Gleeson, Midwife and Remote Medicine Specialist
- Adrienne Gordon, Neonatologist
- Karen Hose, Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
- Jenny Hunt, Public Health Physician (Aboriginal Health)
- Nolan McDonnell, Obstetric Anaesthetist
- Philippa Middleton, Perinatal Epidemiologist
- Antonia Shand, Obstetrician and Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist
Previous serving members:
- Kellie Wilton (May 2020 – December 2022)
- Jackie Kitschke (May 2020 – November 2021)
- Jeremy Oats (May 2020 – February 2022)
Paediatric and Adolescent Care Panel
- Asha Bowen (Co-Chair), Paediatric Infectious Disease Specialist
- Brendan McMullan (Co-Chair), Paediatric Infectious Disease Specialist
- David Tingay (Deputy Co-Chair), Neonatologist
- Nan Vasilunas (Deputy Co-Chair), Paediatric Infectious Disease Specialist
- Lorraine Anderson, Remote Area General Practitioner
- James Best, Rural General Practitioner
- Penny Burns, General Practitioner
- Simon Craig, Paediatric Emergency Physician
- Dianne Crellin, Paediatric Emergency Nurse
- Simon Erickson, Paediatric Intensivist
- Nick Fancourt, General Paediatrician
- Zoy Goff, Paediatric Pharmacist
- Vimbai Kapuya, Rural General Practitioner
- Mark Moore, Nurse Practitioner
- Danielle Wurzel, Paediatric Respiratory Physician
Previous serving members:
- Luregn Schlapbach (June 2020)
- Kathryn Roberts (June 2020 – August 2020)
- Lorelle Malyon (June 2020 – December 2020)
- Catherine Keyte (June 2020 – January 2021)
Care of Older People and Palliative Care Panel
- Meera Agar (Co-Chair), Palliative Medicine Physician
- Richard Lindley (Co-Chair), Geriatrician
- Natasha Smallwood (Deputy Chair), Respiratory Physician
- Mandy Callary, Geriatrician
- Michael Chapman, Palliative Medicine Physician
- Philip Good, Palliative Medicine Physician
- Peter Jenkin, Aged Care Nurse Practitioner
- Deidre Morgan, Occupational Therapist (Palliative Care)
- Vasi Naganathan, Geriatrician
- Velandai Srikanth, Geriatrician
- Penny Tuffin, Advanced Practice Palliative Care Pharmacist
- Elizabeth Whiting, Geriatrician
- Leeroy William, Palliative Medicine Physician
- Patsy Yates, Palliative Care Specialist (Nursing)
Previous serving members:
- Rhonda Stuart (June 2020 – July 2020)
Expert Advisory Group
- Ross Baker, Haematologist
- Deborah Bateson, Family Planning Specialist
- David Burgner, Paediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist
- Theresa Cole, Paediatric Immunologist
- Jennifer Curnow, Haematologist
- Briony Cutts, Obstetric Medicine Specialist and Haematologist
- Miles Davenport, Infection Analytics Specialist
- Nila Dharan, Infectious Diseases Specialist
- Anoop Enjeti, Haematologist
- Martha Hickey, Obstetrics and Gynaecology Specialist
- Prahlad Ho, Haematologist
- Adam Holyoak, Emergency Medicine and Retrieval Specialist
- Andrew Kelly, Paediatric Cardiologist
- Helen Liley, Neonatologist
- James McFadyen, Haematologist
- Catriona Melville, Sexual & Reproductive Health Specialist
- Eileen Merriman, Haematologist
- Helen Savoia, Obstetric Medicine Specialist and Haematologist
- Magdalena Simonis, Women’s Health Specialist and General Practitioner
- Gilda Tachedjian, Virologist
- Chee Wee Tan, Haematologist
- Huyen Tran, Haematologist
- Chris Ward, Haematologist
- Katrina Williams, Prognostics Expert
Pathways to Care Working Group
- Penny Burns, General Practitioner
- Kim Hansen, Emergency Physician
- Carrie Janerka, Emergency Nurse
- Brendan McMullan, Paediatric Infectious Disease Specialist
- Alistair Miller, Respiratory and Sleep Physician
- Mark Morgan, General Practitioner
- Marty Nichols, Paramedic Specialist
- Andrew Stewardson, Infectious Diseases Physician
Cardiac Arrest Working Group
- Jason Acworth, Paediatric Emergency Physician
- Neil Ballard, Public Health and Tropical Medicine Specialist
- Samantha Bendall, Pre-hospital and Retrieval Expert
- Neel Bhanderi, Pre-hospital and Retrieval Expert
- Lyn Byers, Remote Area Nursing
- Simon Craig, Paediatric Emergency Physician
- Dan Ellis, Retrieval and Critical Care Expert
- Dan Ewald, General Practitioner
- Craig Fairley, Rural Anaesthetics Specialist
- Brett Hoggard, Pre-hospital and Retrieval Expert
- Minh Le Cong, Telehealth Emergency and Aeromedical Retrieval Specialist
- Peter Morley, Intensive Care Specialist
- Priya Nair, Intensive Care Specialist
- Andrew Pearce, Pre-hospital and Retrieval Expert
In Vitro Working Group
- Miles Davenport
- Jodie McVernon
- Eva Stadler
- Kanta Subbarao
- Stuart Turville
- David Khoury
- Paul Young
COVID-19 Care Working Group
- Michael Chapman
- Michelle King
- Irene Mewburn
- Deidre Morgan
- Jo Muller
- Sophie Noble
- Rebecca Randall
- Ed Litton
- Rose Jaspers
- Carrie Janerka
Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Panel (Jan–June 2021)
- John Ferguson (Co-Chair, ICEG Nominee)
- Phillipa Hore (Co-Chair, Taskforce Nominee)
- Kathy Dempsey (Deputy Co-Chair, Expertise in IPC)
- Deborah Friedman (Deputy Co-Chair, Expertise in Infectious Diseases and IPC)
- Brett Mitchell (Deputy Co-Chair, Expertise in IPC)
- Penny Burns (Expertise in Primary Care)
- Kate Cole (Expertise in Occupational Hygiene)
- Melanie Dicks (Expertise in Care of Older People)
- Bridget Ferguson (Expertise in Women’s Health)
- Briony Hazelton (Expertise in Paediatric and Adolescent Health)
- Nicole King (Expertise in Operative/Perioperative Care)
- Sally McCarthy (Expertise in Emergency Care)
- Steve McGloughlin (Expertise in Critical Care)
- Cherylynn McGurgan (Experience in providing COVID-19 Nursing Care)
- Malcolm Sim (Expertise in Occupational and Environmental Medicine)
- Andrew Stewardson (Expertise in Infectious Diseases and IPC)
- Barry Tam (Expertise in Clinical Engineering)
Observational Data Working Group (April 2020–Dec 2021)
- David Henry (Co-Chair), Evidence-Based Practice Specialist
- Sallie Pearson (Co-Chair), Health Service Research Specialist
- Douglas Boyle, Rural Health Research and Informatics Specialist
- Kendal Chidwick, Epidemiology Specialist
- Wendy Chapman, Digital Health and Biomedical Informatics Specialist
- Craig French, Clinical Research Specialist
- Chris Pearce, Informatics Specialist
- Tom Snelling, Health and Clinical Analytics Specialist
Technology Advisory Group (April 2020–Dec 2021)
- Hugh Williams (Chair)
- Dan Draper
- Kelvin Hill
- Sarah Norris

COVID-19 EXPERT PANELS

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Consumer Panel

Drug Treatment PANEL

Primary and Chronic Care Panel

Acute and Critical Care Panel

Pregnancy and Perinatal Care Panel

Paediatric and Adolescent Care Panel

Care of Older People and Palliative Care Panel

Expert Advisory Group

Pathways to Care Working Group

Cardiac Arrest Working Group

In Vitro Working Group

COVID-19 Care Working Group

Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Panel (Jan–June 2021)

Observational Data Working Group (April 2020–Dec 2021)

Technology Advisory Group (April 2020–Dec 2021)