Dr Jonathan Purday has been appointed medical director of Bunbury Hospital’s new Intensive Care Unit. He has moved to Bunbury from Exeter in Britain where he had more than 30 years’ experience in intensive care medicine and anaesthesia. He leads a medical team that includes two intensive care consultants, Dr Anupam Chauhan and Dr Ravi Krishnamurthy.
Rural Health West Chairman Mr Ian Taylor has resigned his position after completing his maximum number of years’ service in the role. Former Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, Mr Grant Woodhams, is the new chairman.
WAGPET received 218 applicants (88 for its rural pathway and 130 for its general pathway) to start GP training in 2014. Not all applicants met the WAGPET benchmark, so exact numbers to be offered a place in each pathway is still being negotiated.
Director of Nursing at St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals, Mr Jeffrey Williams, has been appointed Adjunct Associate Professor for the School of Nursing and Midwifery at The University of Notre Dame Australia.
Dr Randy Beck has been appointed CEO of Primary Care WA.
Curtin University dietitian and researcher Professor Jane Scott has been made a Fellow of the Dietitians Association of Australia.
Dr Michael Levitt has retired from his post as Director of Medical Services at St John of God Subiaco after seven years. He continues to practise privately at the hospital.
General surgeons Dr Robert Goldman and Dr Ravi Rao have joined the Mercy Medical Centre.
Perth-based technology group Titan ICT Consultants have been signed by WAIMR to design and built the IT systems for two new medical research facilities at the QEII Medical Centre and Fiona Stanley Hospital. The new facilities will house 800 researchers once fully operational.