Dr Jemma Anderson

Staff Specialist and Medical Unit Head, Adolescent Ward, Women's and Children's Hospital

Dr Jemma Anderson is a staff specialist and medical unit head of the adolescent ward at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital and the first Adolescent Physician in South Australia. She also holds a specialist qualification in Paediatric Endocrinology and is a senior lecturer with the University of Adelaide. She is the current editor for adolescent medicine with the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. Jemma has a longstanding passion for supporting healthy adolescent development and is committed to community and youth engagement in developing models of care and research for young people. She is the clinical lead for Paediatric Eating Disorders and Gender Medicine at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital and has a special interest in supporting and empowering young people in their transition across health services.

Professor
Christopher Barnett

Clinical Geneticist

Prof Christopher Barnett has dual fellowships in neonatal/perinatal medicine, clinical genetics and is the head of the Paediatric and Reproductive Genetics Unit at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Adelaide. He is the clinical lead of the NHMRC funded Genomic Autopsy Project and on the expert advisory committee of the Genomics Health Futures Mission. Christopher’s trained at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Adelaide and at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He has research interests in prenatal genetics, fetal pathology and rare childhood diseases.

Associate Professor
Anne Burke

Clinical and Health Psychologist

With 20 years of experience working in the area of chronic pain, Anne has a proven track record of service innovation and clinically focussed research. She is the current President of the Australian Pain Society, Co-Director, Psychology and Allied Health Lead — Specialty Medicine 1 in Central Adelaide Local Health Network, and Clinical Associate Professor with The University of Adelaide. Anne’s PhD explored factors related to treatment access for individuals with chronic pain and she regularly collaborates across the national and international pain sector.

Dr Caroline Phegan

GP Consultant, Noarlunga Hospital Emergency Department

Dr Caroline Phegan is a GP Consultant in Noarlunga Hospital Emergency Department and the Deputy Chair of the SA MET accreditation committee. She holds an MBA (Health) which has given her a unique perspective of the health sector. Her career has spanned many facets of medicine including hospital-based medicine, general practice in urban and rural areas and medical advisor roles in public and private sectors including for the Department of Human Services in the Practice Review Program for Medicare Australia.

Dr
Phil Worley

Consultant General Surgeon

Phil Worley originally trained and worked as a rural GP before undertaking Specialist training and spending the last 20 years as a Consultant General Surgeon in both the public and private systems.

He hopes to improve cross network collaboration within the state’s health system, and the surgical journey of all South Australians from diagnosis to discharge. Phil recognises this requires the input and cooperation of a broad cross section of stakeholders and is looking forward to leading an enthusiastic and committed team to achieve this goal.