Advisory groups
Clinical Advisory Council
The Clinical Advisory Council is our peak body for advice, insight and support.
Our Council members have an amazing breadth and depth of experience, from clinical and nonclinical backgrounds, with perspectives from within and outside health.
Read the Clinical Advisory Council Terms of Reference (151 KB, PDF)
Clinical Advisory Council members
Prof Brenda Wilson (Chair), Lieutenant Governor of South Australia
Dr Helena Williams, Medical Director — Royal District Nursing Service
Dr Melanie Turner, Child and adolescent psychiatrist
Dr Daniel Cehic, Chief Medical Officer, Cardiologist — Genesis Care
Dr Alice Gilbert, Pharmacist
Prof Maria Crotty, Rehabilitation and geriatrics clinical academic and rehabilitation physician
Stephanie Newell, Consumer engagement and representation
Fiona Telford-Sharp, Director for Consumer Engagement — Aged Care and Housing Group
Prof Martin Westwell, Chief Executive — SACE
Nola Whyman, Manager, Aboriginal Health Services — Southern Adelaide Local Health Network
Dr Simon Lockwood, General Practitioner
Maree Geraghty, Chief Executive — Northern Adelaide Local Health Network
Prof Marion Eckert, Professor of Cancer Nursing — UniSA
Prof Gerry O’Callaghan, Executive Director Medical Services — Central Adelaide Local Health Network
Stephen Yarwood, Previous Lord Mayor of Adelaide
Brita Pekarsky, Health Economist — SA Ambulance Service
Lyn Dean, Chief Executive — Wellbeing SA
Bret Morris, Chief Digital Health Officer — SA Health
Adam Phillips, Pharmacist and Chair, Clinical Informatics Advisory Committee
Catherine Turnbull, Chief Allied and Scientific Officer — SA Health and Chair, Clinical Network Executive
Juli Ferguson, Consumer Consultant
Clinical Informatics Advisory Group
The Clinical Informatics Advisory Group is a resource for our Clinical Informatics team to share ideas and identify opportunities, barriers and gaps from a data and analytics led approach.
This group ensures that our informatics priorities are always aligned with our vision and keeps us focused on improving data driven efficiencies for clinicians and users of clinical data.
Read the Clinical Informatics Advisory Group Terms of Reference (270 KB, PDF)
Clinical Informatics Advisory Group members
Adam Phillips (Chair), Clinical Informatics Specialist
Niranjin Bidargaddi, Associate Professor — Flinders University
Mark Brommeyer, Senior Lecturer — University of Adelaide
Mario Corena, Consumer rep
Peter Del Fante, General Practitioner
Kate Ebrill, Business Development Manager — CSIRO
Gary Goland, Consumer rep
Gwyn Jolley, Consumer rep
Sanjeev Khurana, Senior Lecturer — University of Adelaide
Andrew McAlindon, Chief Data and Analytics Officer — CALHN
Alastair McDonald, Director, Strategy and Architecture
Michele McKinnon, Executive Director, Provider Commissioning and Performance — SA Health
Leanne Naaraat, Nursing Program Director
Lyle Palmer, Professor of Genetic Epidemiology — University of Adelaide
Rhys Parker, Chief Clinical Information Officer
Nicole Pratt, Associate Professor / Deputy Director of the Quality Use of Medicines and Pharmacy Research Centre — UniSA
Chris Radbone, Associate Director — SA/NT DataLink
Felipe Rego, Advanced Analytics and Data Science Partner
Bernadette Richards, Associate Dean (Research) Director, Research Unit for the Study of Society — Ethics & the Law (RUSSEL)
John Slater, Director, Health Economics and Analytics
Johan Verjans, Cardiologist, Royal Adelaide Hospital / South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute / Senior Lecturer — Adelaide Medical School
Peter Worthington-Eyre, Chief Data Officer / Executive Director, Office for Data Analytics.
Clinical Improvement & Innovation Advisory Group
For us to achieve our big ambitions we need to surround ourselves with the best people.
We’ve pulled together experts in:
- Public health
- Clinical information systems
- Design thinking
- Healthcare quality
- Continuous improvement operating systems
- Capability development
- Consumer engagement.
This diverse team of improvement and innovation and improvement experts will guide our strategy and priorities. The Advisory Group will also bring in targeted expertise and consumer representation to help establish a strong network of clinical innovation across South Australia.
Clinical Improvement & Innovation Advisory Group members
Toby Gilbert (Chair), Consultant Physician — Royal Adelaide Hospital
Sam Gluck, Consultant Anaesthetist — Royal Adelaide Hospital
Suhit Anantula, CEO — GP Partners Australia
Marc Belej, Chief Innovation Officer — Allscripts
Adam Montagu, Assoc. Professor — Uni. Adelaide
Andrew Richards, Founder — Adelaide Design Network
Christine Dennis, Assoc. Professor — Flinders Uni
Pia Wells, Lean and process improvement expert — BHP
Ross Verschoor, Flinders Foundation
2 consumer reps, TBD at next meeting by clinical representatives
Clinical Network Executive
We build capability in the health system by creating connections.
The Clinical Network Executive brings together the Leads from the Statewide Clinical Networks with South Australia’s professional leads and key executives from SA Health. This connection fosters collaboration and forms relationships across agencies to deliver better health care with minimal bureaucracy.
The group is led by the group appointed chair, SA Health’s Chief Allied Health and Scientific Officer, Catherine Turnbull. Catherine focuses the group on responding to the clinician’s requests for advice and finding opportunities to share knowledge and learn from each other.
Read the Clinical Network Executive Terms of Reference (220 KB, Word).