LATEST ARTICLES
April 2008
Dr Michelle Ammerer, Director of Coronary Care at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Western Cardiology specialist, has won WA Business News' 40 Under 40 First Amongst Equals Award. Greg Hutchinson, CEO of Prime Health, and Sonya Smart, Chief Manager Residential Care, Southern Cross Care WA, were also named as 40 Under 40 award winners.
Diane McKinnon has retired as CEO of Attadale Private Hospital. Jane Case is filling in as interim CEO until a permanent replacement is found.
Bethesda Hospital personnel have changed in recent months...
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March 2008
Spending to save Public servants spending money to save money? Where have we heard this before? The...
March 2008
Dr Neale Fong has resigned as Director General of WA Health following the recommendation of corruption charges to be laid against him by the WA Corruption and Crime Commission. Dr Peter Flett is acting Director General until a permanent replacement can be found.
Dr Daniel Heredia has replaced Dr Peter Laundy (after a long break) as WA Medical Adviser to Medicare Australia in the National Compliance Operations division. Daniel was previously a psychiatry registrar at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.
Prof Jon Emery has been appointed as...
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Have You Heard. February 2008
Cash for [clinical] comment UWA Vice-Chancellor Prof Alan Robson has been pretty forthcoming with the cheque book...
Beneath the Drapes. February 2008
Dr Tarun Weeramanthri has been appointed to the new position of Executive Director of Public Health by WA Health. Since 2004, Tarun has been the Principal Medical Adviser and Chief Health Officer of the Northern Territory Department of Health and Community Services.
Still with WA Health, Dr Peter Silbert has been appointed as the state's first Director of Neurology. Peter is currently the Head of Neurology at Royal Perth Hospital and a visiting neurologist at King Edward Memorial, Sir Charles Gairdner, and St John of God Hospitals.
Dr Heather Lyttle has been appointed as the new Public Health Physician for the WA Country Health Service (WACHS) - Pilbara...
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Beneath the Drapes. December 2007
Mr Kevin Taylor has been appointed Group Director Corporate Services of St John of God Health Care. He was previously CEO of SJOG Pathology. Also at St John's, Mr Bryan Pyne has been named Group Director Finance after three years with the group.
Prof Moyez Jiwa and the team at the WA Cancer and Palliative Care Centre have won the Curtin University Vice-Chancellor's 2007 Award for Excellence.
Mr Martin Blake has been appointed as non-executive director of Resonance Health following Mr Guy Aird's resignation...
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