JMVH Editorial Board

Dr Russell Schedlich (Editor in Chief) - Australian Military Medicine Association

Russ Schedlich graduated from the University of New South Wales in 1979 and started working in the Royal Australian Navy the following year. After time at sea and in major shore Establishments, he specialised in underwater medicine, and in 1986-88 undertook a posting to the Institute of Naval Medicine in the United Kingdom. Returning to Australia, he served as Fleet Medical Officer from 1989-90 and then completed a Master of Public Health the following year. In 1992, he was appointed Medical Officer-in-Charge of Balmoral Naval Hospital, and the following year joined Maritime Headquarters to develop the concept, design and operational capability of the Primary Casualty Reception Facilities (40-bed acute surgical/critical care hospitals) in the Navy's ex-USN amphibious transport ships, HMA Ships Kanimbla and Manoora.

In 1996 Russ was for the second time appointed Fleet Medical Officer, being promoted to Captain shortly afterwards. In September 1998, he was given the additional position of Head Naval Health Branch. In December 1999, Russ transferred to the RAN Reserves after nearly 23 years of service, and was employed in a civilian capacity at Fleet Base East Medical Centre, HMAS Kuttabul.

At the end of 2000, Russ accepted the position as Area Director Medical Services of the then Far West Area Health Service, based in Broken Hill. After three-and-a-half years in the outback, he moved back to Sydney, working on medical workforce issues in the NSW Health Department.

Russ’s three children having all grown up and scattering to the four corners of the world, lifestyle has called, and in February 2006 he was appointed Executive Director Medical Services, Rockhampton Health Service District, and is now living in a beachfront Unit and contemplating future things maritime.

Dr Graeme Cannell - Centre for Military and Veterans Health

Graeme Cannell holds an adjunct appointment at the Centre of Military and Veterans’ Health and is an active reservist posted as SO1 Research in Defence Health Capability and Development in Campbell Park. The Defence commitment covers development and review of policy related to research, review of health related research proposals and development of electronic protocol submissions including review of ethics requirements to NHMRC standards. Within CMVH his role has varied from business analysis to advice related to research projects.  His civilian career has focussed on research in pharmacology, toxicology, mathematical modelling, drug metabolism and drug bioequivalence whereas external interests include company directorships and sport.

 

Mark Gardener - New Zealand Defence Health Services

I was born in Dunedin, New Zealand and studied at the University of Otago obtaining a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Microbiology in 1989, and then a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 1993. I began my medical life as a Surgical Registrar before transferring to Emergency Medicine and then moving to Auckland, New Zealand. I gained my Fellowship with the Australasian College for Emergency Medicine in 2004 and continue to work in the Auckland City Hospital Emergency Department as an Emergency Medicine Specialist. My interests are Major Incidents and Disaster Medicine.

I joined the New Zealand Army Reserves in 1990 while at Medical School, was Commissioned in 1995 and now hold the rank of Major. I have worked in the various medical elements of the Army holding Officer Commanding positions of the former Field Ambulance and  then the renamed 1 Health Support Team. I have commanded the Otago University Medical Company and Logistics Company of the Auckland and Northland Regiment. In the last year I left my command positions to take on a greater role in development and recently headed a committee to rewrite the NZ Defence Force Trauma Protocols. I am now actively involved in their instigation and teaching via the Joint services Health School.

Dr Keith Horsley - Department of Veterans’ Affairs

Dr Keith Horsley is a medical practitioner currently working at the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.  He has research the health problems of Vietnam veterans, Korean War veteran, Gulf war veterans, participants in the British nuclear tests and various occupational exposures in defence personnel.  Recently, he has worked in pandemic influenza and other aspects of disaster medicine.

 

 

Assoc. Prof. Scott Kitchener - Australian Military Medicine Association

Scott Kitchener joined the ADF in 1985, deployed on ten occasions with Navy and Army and is currently a Reserve medical officer who parades at the Army Aviation Centre, Oakey and is attached as a Reader, University of Queensland Centre for Military and Veterans Health.  As a civilian he is a Public Health Physician acting as the Director of Medical Services on the District Health Executive for the Darling Downs, based in Toowoomba, Queensland.  He has been a member of AMMA since inception, currently serving on the Editorial Board of the JMVH.

 

Dr Peter Leggat - Australian Defence Health Services

Peter joined the Australian Regular Army in 1987. He was posted to various units, including the historic 2 Field Ambulance in Townsville. Lieutenant Colonel Leggat is currently serving with the Defence Health Service, Army Reserve, Queensland, and is the nominee of the Head, Defence Health Service, on the Board of Australian Military Medicine. He also is also a regular reviewer for Military Medicine and ADF Health. His day jobs are Professor and Deputy Director of the Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine, James Cook University and Visiting Medical Officer for the Department of Defence in Townsville, most recently at 5 Aviation Regiment. He is also President of The Australasian College of Tropical Medicine and Associate Dean for Advancement in the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Molecular Sciences, James Cook University. He has published more than 300 papers in professional journals and presented more than 200 papers at national and international meetings.

 

Prof Malcolm Sim - Monash University

Malcolm is an occupational physician, who is Director of the Monash Centre for Occupational and Environmental Health (MonCOEH) in the Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine at Monash University, Australia.  His research program comprises studies of the role of workplace and environmental chemical and other hazards in chronic diseases, such as cancer and respiratory disease.  He is the Chief Investigator for several epidemiological studies, including the post-deployment studies of Australian Gulf War and Korean War veterans.  Malcolm is an Associate Editor for the journals Occupational and Environmental Medicine and the Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health and is an elected member of the Management Group of the Scientific Committee for Occupational Epidemiology of the International Commission of Occupational Health.  He is a member of several research committees, including the Research Committee of the Sir Edward Dunlop foundation , as well as the Advisory Committee of the Australian Office of Chemical Safety and the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

 

Dr Darryl Tong

Darryl is a Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon for the Otago District Health Board and Senior Lecturer at the University of Otago, Dunedin.

He is qualified in dentistry and medicine from the University of Otago and completed his speciality training in oral and maxillofacial surgery in Seattle, Washington. He holds Fellowships from the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Ireland and from the American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

His surgical interests include general trauma management, maxillofacial trauma surgery and reconstruction with a particular interest in ballistic injuries to the face and jaws.

Darryl is a Major in the NZ Army Reserve and is the maxillofacial surgeon for the NZ Defence Force. He is currently undertaking research in contemporary war injuries of the face and jaws blending military and civilian interests towards a PhD.

Darryl is happily married with four children who are still young enough to enjoy his company.