The Council is responsible for:
- determining questions and matters of policy for the Association;
- making recommendations to the Board about representing the Association on all matters of policy with government or other bodies or persons;
- reviewing the Association's existing health policies to ensure they remain relevant; and
- assisting to ensure that the Association's health policies represent the views of members.

Dr Maria Boulton MBBS FRACGP GAICD General Practice
President
Dr Maria Boulton founded general practice clinic Family Doctors Plus and occupational medicine clinic Corporate Doctors Plus with Dr Fiona Raciti in 2016. Dr Boulton has worked in general practice for 20 years and enjoys all aspects family medicine, skin cancer screening, travel medicine and occupational medicine. Dr Boulton is passionate about preventive medicine, continuity of care and ongoing education.
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Dr Nicholas Yim BPharm MBBS FRACGP General Practice
Chair of Council
Dr Yim works full time as a General Practitioner in Hervey Bay. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 2017, after achieving his MBBS from Griffith University, Gold Coast in 2011.
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Dr Hashim Abdeen B Biomedicine MBBS Rheumatology Advanced Trainee
Doctors in Training Representative
Dr Hash Abdeen is a Rheumatology Advanced Trainee in Queensland and is the outgoing Chair of the Federal AMA Council of Doctors in Training (CDT). He was the Chair of the Australasian Junior Medical Officers’ Committee (AJMOC) in 2017 and currently is also the Co-Chair of the Queensland RACP Trainees’ Committee and Deputy Co-Chair of the Bi-national RACP College Trainees’ Committee, and further sits on the Board of Doctors Health Services (Drs4Drs).
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Dr Antony Attokaran MBBS FRACP FCICM Intensivist and General Physician
Specialist Representative
Dr Antony Attokaran is an Intensivist and General Physician and based at Rockhampton for the last five years. In addition to his clinical career, he has previously held several leadership positions at a hospital and health service level, state, and national levels.
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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 Andrew Cronin MBBS BEng(Hons) MMgtSt MPH&TM GCertAeromedRet GCertHltSci FRACGP FARGP AFRACMA MRAeS GAICD Retrieval Physician and Senior Medical Officer
Part-Time Medical Practitioner Representative
Dr Andrew Cronin served with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) for nine years as an aeronautical engineer. He then was accepted to the University of Queensland Medical School and graduated in 2007. For most of Dr Cronin's medical career, he has been training and working in regional, rural and remote medicine.
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Dr Emilia Dauway MD FACS FRACS Breast, General and Oncologic Surgeon
International Medical Graduate Representative
Dr Emilia Dauway is the former Chief of Breast Surgery and director of the Breast Cancer Program at Baylor, Scott and White Healthcare in Texas, USA. She is an American trained surgeon who has taken the opportunity to practice general, breast and oncologic surgery in Australia.
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Dr Stephanie Dawson-Smith MBBS DCH FRACGP General Practice
Greater Brisbane Area Representative
Dr Stephanie Dawson-Smith is a general practitioner currently working in private practice in Brisbane. She completed her FRACGP training on the Sunshine Coast and has worked as a GP and surgical assistant in Mackay.
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Dr Siyaguna Ekanayake (Dilum) MPH MBBS BSc (Biomed) Dip IT GAICD CHIA MAIDH MHL (pend) Doctor in Training
Greater Brisbane Area Representative
Dr Dilum Ekanayake is a generalist trainee based in Brisbane. Completing a majority of his formative years within the greater Brisbane area he has worked across primary through critical care while working towards a fellowship of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners.
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Dr Erica Gannon B Pharmacy MBBS Emergency Physician
Specialist Representative
Dr Gannon is a senior medical officer and staff specialist emergency physician. Professionally she has been in clinical practice for 16 years in Australia and overseas and currently practices at the Caboolture Hospital and St Andrews War Memorial 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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Associate Professor Geoffrey Hawson FRACP FAChPM FRCPA Clinical Haematology, Medical Oncology, Palliative Care
Senior 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 Lee Jones BSc (Biomed) MBBS FRACGP General Practitioner
General Practice Representative
Dr Lee Jones is a proud regional general practitioner. He is a University of Queensland graduate who has dedicated his career to general practice after his fantastic experience in the PGPPP program in 2012. He has worked in a number of GP roles since graduation and now works privately in general practice and as a General Practitioner with Special Interest (GPwSI) in dermatology. He currently works in Cairns.
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Assoc Prof Alka Kothari MBBS MD FRANZCOG DDU Grad Cert EBP (Monash), PhD Candidate Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
Greater Brisbane Area Representative
Associate Professor Alka Kothari is a Senior Staff Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and a Conjoint Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland.
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Dr Robert Nayer MBBS Emergency Medicine Registrar
Committee of Doctors in Training Chair
Dr Nayer is an emergency medicine advanced trainee currently working at the Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service, and has previously held CDT roles including Industrial Relations Portfolio Lead, Deputy Chair, and Co-Chair. He has a keen interest in medical administration and emergency medical management.
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Associate Professor Kees Nydam MBBS FACEM FAChAM (RACP) AFRACMA MMEd MHM Addiction Medicine and Emergency Medicine
North Coast Area Representative
Although Dr Nydam now mainly works with those with recreational and or therapeutic substance disorders/persistent pain syndromes, he still visits the emergency department in a liaison consultant role. Dr Nydam holds formal qualifications in medical management, medical education and health management and is very involved with advocacy and education at local, state national and Australasian levels.
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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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Professor Chris Perry OAM RFD ED (MBBS (UQ) DTM&H (Liverpool) FRACS) ENT Surgeon
Immediate Past President
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 a Doctor 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 Fiona Raciti MBBS (Honours) FRACGP DCH General practice, business owner, company director
General Practitioner Representative
As a Brisbane-based GP and co-founder of the award-winning Family Doctors Plus in Windsor, Dr Fiona Raciti is passionate about delivering patient-centred, holistic medical care and an avid advocate of owner-operated general practice as the best way to achieve it.
Helping the next generation of GPs to become independent, quality practitioners is particularly important to Dr Raciti, so she teaches GP registrars, engaging them fully in the day-to-day life of her practice and supporting them as they tackle the numerous issues and volatility currently facing the profession. read more
Dr Siva Senthuran MBBS BSC FRCA FANZCA FCICM Anaesthesia
Full-time Salaried Medical Practitioner 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 Ben Wakefield FRACGP FARGP MBBS BSc/BEd Rural Generalist
Downs and West Area Representative
Dr Benjamin Wakefield is a rural generalist with an advanced skill in mental health. He is currently working as a Senior Medical Officer at Dalby Hospital whilst also retraining as a psychiatry registrar at Toowoomba Base Hospital. He has worked in a number of roles throughout his five years in the Darling Downs both in private and public practice - most notably spending two and a half years as the Medical Superintendent of Oakey Hospital.
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