The council is responsible for:
- determining questions and matters of policy for the association;
- making by-laws about ethical considerations (including handling complaints related to the profession); and
- making recommendations to the Board of Directors about representing the association on all matters of policy with government or other stakeholders.

Associate Professor Michael Cleary PSM MBBS FACEM MHA FRACMA AFACHSE Medical Administration and Emergency Medicine
Chair
Associate Professor Michael Cleary commenced working with Queensland Health over 30 years ago, and currently holds a clinical leadership role as the Executive Director of the Princess Alexandra Hospital. He has a number of qualifications including a medical degree from the University of Queensland, a Master of Health Administration; he is a Fellow of the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine and a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators.
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Dr Dilip Dhupelia LRCPS (Ire) Dip Obst ACOG FRACGP FARGP FAICD AFRACMA General Practice
President
Trained in Dublin, Ireland, Dr Dhupelia immigrated to Queensland as a Resident at Toowoomba Base Hospital and subsequently Medical Superintendent at Millmerran (1978-1982) and then practised in Toowoomba (1982-2005) as a Rural Generalist Obstetrician. He served as Toowoomba LMA President, GP Connections Chair (Toowoomba Division of General Practice) and Chair of CheckUP Australia.
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Associate Professor Chris Perry OAM RFD ED (MBBS (UQ) DTM&H (Liverpool) FRACS) Otoloaryngology
Vice President
Associate Professor Chris Perry has been a member of the AMA since 1977 when he graduated from the University of Queensland. Chris has had public appointments in Brisbane in paediatric and adult Otolaryngology Head and Neck surgery since 1987. He is Associate Professor at the University of Queensland. He is Chairman of the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Clinic at the Princess Alexandra Hospital and an immediate past President of the Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery.
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Dr Bill Boyd MBChB (Dundee) FRCOG FRANZCOG GAICD Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Immediate Past President
Born in Scotland and with a medical degree from Dundee University, Dr Boyd came to Australia in 1982, before working in general practice in Weipa. He completed obstetric training in Adelaide and moved to Mackay in 1986, initially to work at Mackay Base Hospital. In 1989, Dr Boyd entered private practice, based at the Mater Misericordiae hospital in Mackay and has provided outreach services to the Mackay hinterland for the past 30 years.
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Dr Hashim Abdeen B Biomedicine MBBS Medical Registrar
Doctors in Training Representative
Dr Hashim Abdeen is a medical registrar at the Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service (HHS). He was the 2017 Chair of the Australasian Junior Medical Officers Committee (AJMOC), and the Chair of the Queensland State Junior Medical Officer Forum (JMOFQ).
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Dr Fatima Ashrafi MBBS DGO FRCS FRCOG FRANZCOG Obstetrician Gynaecologist
Specialist Craft Group Representative
Dr Ashrafi is currently based at the Toowoomba Base Hospital as a part-time staff specialist; serves as Squadron leader (reservist) with the Australian Airforce; practices privately in Brisbane; is a Senior Lecturer at School of Medicine, University of Queensland; and is an examiner for University of Queensland Final Year objective structured clinical examinations, Australian Medical Council Clinical Examinations, RANZCOG Fellowship examinations.
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Dr Sanjeev Bandi MBBS, FRCSI, FRACS Urology
Capricornia Area Representative
Dr Bandi is a consultant urologist trained in India, Ireland and Australia. Dr Bandi was the Chair of the Special Advisory Group in Andrology of the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand for two terms from 2007 to 2014.
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Dr Kimberley Bondeson BSc (Hons) MBBS FRACGP DAME General Practice, Aviation Medicine, Coal Mine Medicals
Greater Brisbane Area Representative
Dr Bondeson graduated from the University of Queensland in 1996, and spent five years working in rural and remote Queensland. This included 12-month stints in Emerald, Warwick and Doomadgee. After completing the accident and emergency basic training, Dr Bondeson returned to Brisbane, where she worked as an after-hours doctor for three years, before attaining her FRACGP.
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Dr Maria Boulton MBBS FRACGP General Practice
Greater Brisbane Area
Dr Maria Boulton founded general practice clinic Family Doctors Plus with Dr Fiona Raciti in 2016 and they won the Telstra Queensland Business of the Year in 2017. Dr Boulton has worked in general practice for 16 years and enjoys family medicine and skin cancer screening, as well as performing work, pre-employment and coal board medicals and doing travel vaccinations.
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Zoe Byrne BSc Medical Student at University of Queensland
Medical Student Representative
Zoe Byrne is currently a medical student at the University of Queensland. With a passion for all things in medical school, Zoe will be convening the AMSA Global Health Conference in 2020 on the Gold Coast and function on the AMSA Board of Directors as an Executive member at the end of 2019.
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Dr Marianne Cannon MBBS MPH Grad Cert HPE FACEM Emergency medicine
Greater Brisbane Area
Dr Marian Cannon is an emergency physician with interests in public and global health, medical education and physician wellbeing. Dr Cannon trained in Melbourne and Fremantle and has worked in the private and public health sectors in UK, USA and interstate, based in Brisbane for the last 17 years. Dr Cannon is affiliated to the Department of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, where she is currently working as Sub Dean (Wesley Hospital). Dr Cannon has numerous publications within the specialty and is published in reputed national and international peer-reviewed journals.
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Dr Michael Clements MBBS B.Econ(Hons) MPH MHM DAvMed FRACGP FARGP FRACMA FACAsM GAICD MRAeS General Practice
North Area Representative
Dr Michael Clements served with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) for 13 years. After working in various locations around the country and the world, Dr Clements now owns and works in a private practice in Townsville as a GP and as a Designated Aviation Medical Examiner.
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Dr Sarah Coll MBBS FRACS FAOA Orthopaedic Surgery
Specialist Craft Group Representative
Dr Coll graduated from the University of Western Australia in 1994. She spent her intern year in Perth before moving permanently to Queensland. She trained in orthopaedic surgery in Cairns and throughout Brisbane until moving back to Cairns in 2005. She is a visiting medical officer at Cairns Private Hospital.
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Dr Hasthika Ellepola MBBS MD FSLCOG FRANZCOG Obstetrics and Gynaecology
International Medical Graduate Representative
Dr Hasthika Ellepola is a specialist Obstetrician and Gynaecologist trained in Sri Lanka and Australia. Currently he holds the position of Deputy Director Gynaecology, Senior Staff Specialist Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Logan Hospital Metro South HS and Senior Clinical Lecturer, Medical school, Griffith University. He also is a member of the RANZCOG board of examiners.
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Dr (Deborah) Erica Gannon B Pharmacy MBBS Emergency Physician
Part-Time Medical Practitioner Craft Group
Dr Gannon is a senior medical officer and staff specialist emergency physician at Caboolture Hospital. A former pharmacist, she began her medical studies in 2000 at the University of Sydney and completed her fellowship with The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine in 2012. Dr Gannon completed her early training at RBWH and most of her emergency training there as well.
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Dr John Hall MBBS BSc (Hons) FRACGP FACRRM DRANZCOG (Adv) GradDipRural Rural Procedural Medicine and General Practice
Downs and West Area Representative
Dr Hall graduated from the University of Queensland in 2000. As a Queensland Health Rural Scholar, he trained in regional Queensland and fulfilled his bonded service in Stanthorpe, working as a full-time rural generalist obstetrician. In 2007 Dr Hall was Acting Medical Superintendent of Stanthorpe Hospital.
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Associate Professor Geoffrey Hawson FRACP FAChPM Dip ClinHyp CFTe [ATAA] FRCPA Clinical Haematology, Medical Oncology, Palliative Care
Retired Doctors Representative
Associate Professor Geoffrey Hawson graduated from the University of Queensland in 1969. He trained initially in laboratory haematology (Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital) then as a physician in clinical haematology (Princess Alexandra Hospital) and was director of pathology and medical oncology at The Prince Charles Hospital from 1981 to 1995.
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Dr Wayne Herdy MBBS BA (Hons) LlB LlM FACLM General Practice
North Coast Area Representative
Dr Herdy graduated from University of Queensland in 1973. He is currently in family practice in Nambour on the Sunshine Coast, where about one-third of his practice is with residential aged care and about one-third with drug addiction practice. He has three GP registrars in his practice. Dr Herdy is a retired Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army Reserve.
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Dr Scott Horsburgh B Nurs MBBS FRACGP General Practice
General Practitioner Craft Group Representative
Dr Horsburgh trained at the University of Queensland (UQ) and graduated in 2002, before performing his internship and residency at Townsville Hospital. He then served in the Royal Australian Navy as a Medical Officer, where he served in Iraq and East Timor.
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Dr John de Laat BSc MBBS DCH FRACGP General Practitioner
Greater Brisbane Area Representative
Dr John de Laat graduated from the University of Queensland's Medical School in 2012. He did his intern and resident training at Redcliffe Hospital, where he was Chair of the Residents' Council. He enthusiastically completed general practice training in practices in Morayfield, Deception Bay and Nundah.
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Dr Bav Manoharan MBBS BSc GAICD Medical Administration Registrar
Greater Brisbane Area Representative
Dr Manoharan is a Medical Administration Registrar based in South-East Queensland with previous experience as a General Surgery and Radiology trainee. He joined the AMA Queensland Board as a Director in 2014 and has been a member of its Finance, Risk & Audit committee and Governance committees.
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Dr Kat McLean FRACGP FRNZCGP MRNZCGP MCChB PGDip Sports Medicine BMLSc General Practice
Gold Coast Area Representative
Dr McLean was born and raised in rural New Zealand and studied medicine at the University of Otago and graduated in 2003. She works as a part-time general practitioner on the Gold Coast and is an Assistant Professor at Bond University, Director of Gold Coast General Practice, Executive Member of the Gold Coast Medical Association and a Queensland Board Member for the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Dr McLean serves on the Gold Coast Primary Healthcare Network’s Aged Care and Palliative Care Leadership Committee, the Primary Healthcare Network’s Education Committee and RACGP’s Expert Committee on Post Fellowship Education.
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Dr Nikola Ognyenovits MD FRACGP FACRRM FAChAM (RACP) Addiction Medicine Specialist
Specialist Craft Group Representative
Dr Nikola Ognyenovits is an addiction medicine specialist. He has a strong interest in the clinical management and research in substance use disorders, and associated mental health conditions, including developmental trauma, PTSD, depression and anxiety disorders.
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Dr Rachael O'Rourke MBBS FRANZCR CTCA Radiology
Greater Brisbane Area Representative
Dr O’Rourke is a radiologist who has trained in Queensland since internship in 2004 to receiving her specialty in 2012. She has worked in both public and private practice in the past six years. In 2014, Dr O’Rourke was a strong advocate for doctors at The Prince Charles Hospital during the Campbell Newman contract negotiations. In 2015, she took on the position of Director of Medical Imaging in order to champion clinical leadership in her department and the hospital.
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Dr Fiona Raciti MBBS (Honours) FRACGP DCH General practice
General Practitioner Craft Group
Dr Fiona Raciti completed her training in Bundaberg and values the experience and special skills gained from working in a rural environment. Dr Raciti has a special interest in women and children’s health, travel medicine and occupational medicine. She is passionate about continuing her education to provide up-to-date evidence-based care for her patients. Dr Raciti is a founding member of the Australian Lifestyle Medicine Association.
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Dr Siva Senthuran MBBS BSC FRCA FANZCA FCICM Intensive Care
Full-time Salaried Medical Practitioner Craft Group Representative
Dr Senthuran is a Senior Staff Intensivist at Townsville Hospital where he is the lead for intensive care research. He was a founding member of the Townsville Medical Staff Society and is Deputy Queensland Chair of the Australia New Zealand Intensive Care Society and a member of the final fellowship exam committee for College of Intensive Care Medicine.
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Dr David Shepherd MBBS FRACS FAOrthA Orthopaedic surgery
Far North Area Representative
Dr David Shepherd was born and bred in Far North Queensland, growing up and going to school in Cairns. He travelled to Brisbane for university and specialist training in orthopaedics, returning to Cairns after obtaining his specialist qualifications.
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Dr Nicholas Yim BPharm MBBS FRACGP General Practice
General Practitioner Craft Group
Dr Yim achieved his MBBS from Griffith University, Gold Coast in 2011. He trained at the Gold Coast Hospital and further pursued a career in general practice in Hervey Bay. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and continues to work as a full-time general practitioner in Hervey Bay.
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