In-brief: December 2020

HBF has appointed Dr Daniel Heredia to the newly created position of Executive General Manager Health Services. Dr Heredia was formerly Deputy CEO and Director of Medical Services at Hollywood Private Hospital.

Bethesda chair Dr Neale Fong is pictured here with Dr Singh (left) and Dr Dharjinder (right).
Bethesda chair Dr Neale Fong is pictured here with Dr Singh (left) and Dr Dharjinder (right).

Bethesda Health Care has appointed Dr Dharjinder Rooprai and Dr Taj Singh as medical directors of its Bethesda Clinic Cockburn, which is expected to open in 2022. Bethesda chair Dr Neale Fong is pictured here with Dr Singh (left) and Dr Dharjinder (right).

UWA Professor Helen Milroy and Professor Gordon Parker and joint winners of the 2020 Australian Mental Health Prize.

A/Prof Tarun Weeramanthri has been elected the new President of Public Health Association of Australia.

Adj/Assoc Prof Robyn Collins has been appointed chair of the South Metropolitan Health Service Board Chair. Ms Kim Gibson is deputy chair and Mr Colin Murphy has been appointed as new member.

Dr Lachlan Henderson, Group Chief Executive of Epworth HealthCare, has been elected as the new president, while Peter Mott, CEO of Ramsay Health Care’s Hollywood Private Hospital, is the new vice-president of the Australian Private Hospitals Association.

Katanning shire president Cr Liz Guidera and Pilbara physiotherapist David Rigby have joined the board to Rural Health West. Chair Terry Waldron paid tribute to outgoing board member Lynnette Baker.