The Australian Birth Forum: Speakers
Dr April Armstrong
General Practitioner
Founder - Business for Doctors
Panelist
Panel: The Economics of Birth
Dr Kathryn Austin
Obstetrician, Gynaecologist & Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist
President, AMA NSW
Session Chair
Plenary: Addressing Workforce
Dean Breckenridge
Chief Policy Officer
Ramsay Health Care
Panelist
Panel: The Economics of Birth
Dr Wendy Burton
General Practitioner
Past Chair Antenatal/Postnatal Specific Interest Group RACGP
Presenter
Plenary: Addressing Workforce (Inspiring Maternity Care in General Practice)
Dr Elizabeth Deveny
Chief Executive Officer
Consumers Health Forum
Panelist
Panel: Focusing on Patient Needs, Choices & Expectations
Dr Gillian Gibson
President
Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
Presenter
Plenary: Addressing Workforce (RANZCOG's Approach to a Workforce for the Future)
Professor The Honorable Greg Hunt
Former Federal Minister for Health
Keynote Speaker
Opening Plenary
Dr Elizabeth Jackson
Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
Vice President, NASOG
Forum Host / Panelist
Discussion: The Journey from Fertility to Birth
Panel: Driving the Maternity Care Roadmap
Dr Rod Martin
Rural Generalist
President, Australian College of Remote & Rural Medicine
Presenter
Plenary: Addressing Workforce (The Rural Challenge)
Dr Danielle McMullan
General Practitioner
President, Federal AMA
Presenter
Plenary: Addressing Workforce (A National Perspective on the Medical Workforce)
Emma Preece Boyd
Patient Representative
Panelist
Panel: Focusing on Patient Needs, Choices and Expectations
Natasha Robinson
Health Editor, The Australian
Facilitator
Panel: Focusing on Patient Needs, Choices and Expectations
Closing Panel: Driving the Maternity Care Roadmap
Professor Steve Robson
Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
Chief Medical Officer, Avant Mutual
Health Economist
Facilitator
Panel: The Economics of Birth
Dr Kellie Tathem
Obstetrician & Gynaecologist
NASOG Councillor
Facilitator
Panel: Focusing on Patient Needs, Choices and Expectations
Professor Helena Teede AM
Monash Centre for Health Research & Implementation
Panelist
Panel: The Economics of Birth
Joel Tuccia
Policy & Advocacy Manager
MIGA
Panelist
Panel: Focusing on Patient Needs, Choices and Expectations
Dr Vida Viliunas OAM
Anaesthetist
Vice President, Australian Society of Anaesthetists
Presenter
Plenary: Addressing Workforce (Keeping Anaesthetists in the Labour Ward)