A lifelong learner

My higher education journey began with the privilege of studying Pharmacy at the Victorian College of Pharmacy (now part of Monash University) as a recipient of the Australian Government Equity and Merit Scholarship Scheme. I was awarded the Pharmacy Gold Medal on completion of the degree following which I gained diverse experience across retail, hospital and corporate settings. I pursued a Master of Business Administration to broaden my professional perspective.

Recognizingthat helping others lay at the heart of my vocation, I studied Medicine throughthe University of Melbourne’s Graduate Medical Program and graduated withHonours about 20 years ago. I went on to specialise as a RehabilitationMedicine Physician in Western Australia, gaining my fellowship with theAustralasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine (RACP) in 2012. My work hasbeen mainly in the space of acquired brain injury rehabilitation and disabilitymanagement which I remain very passionate about.

My clinicalrole has required me to support people with broad range of health and social issues,which inspired me to learn more about trauma, psychiatry, addiction medicine,neurodiversity, the justice system, community and disability services, lifestylemedicine pillars, social determinants of health, health coaching, socialprescribing (including role of the Arts) and most recently – public healtheconomics. I remain curious, open and humble in this learning journey.

In 2023, Idecided to embark on formal studies in Lifestyle Medicine as this was alsoinstrumental in helping me with my own wellbeing in trying to navigate my own burnout.I received certification as an Australasian Society of Lifestyle MedicineDoctor in July 2025. In the same year, I commenced a Master in LifestyleMedicine at James Cook University to upskill myself in the areas of research,innovation, health coaching, lifestyle medicine assessment and prescription andsome public health elements.