Medical Testing Accreditation Advisory Committee

Dr M W Harrison (Michael) (Chairman)
Dr P Hogan (Pat)
Dr R Lindeman (Rob)
Dr C MacLeod (Colin)
Prof  Y Khong (Yee)
Dr H Slater (Howard)
Dr P Vervaart (Peter)
Mr J Glasson (John)
Mr G Coombs (Geoff)

 

Dr M W Harrison (Chairman)
Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology

Qualifications:

BSc (Med), MBBS (1st class honours)
FRCPA (General Pathology)

Areas of Professional Expertise & Interest:

General pathology with major interests in microbiology and clinical chemistry.
Laboratory management (currently CEO of Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology).
Interaction with Government (Australian Association of Pathology Practices representative on Pathology Consultative Committee).
Quality in laboratory medicine and education in the use of Pathology Tests (Chairman of Quality Use of Pathology Committee, Request-Test-Report Cycle Sub-committee, Point of Care Testing Sub-committee)

Current Professional Memberships:

FRCPA
AMA
ASM
AACB

 

Dr P Hogan
Queensland Health Pathology Service (QHPS)

Qualifications:

BSc (Med)
MB BS
FRACP
FRCPA
PhD

Areas of Professional Expertise & Interest:

Immunology and Allergy
Drug Evaluation
ASCIA Council
ASEATTA

Current Professional Memberships:

Australian Society of Immunology
Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy
Australian and South East Asian Tissue Typing Association
Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand
Australian Society for HIV Medicine


Dr R Lindeman
South Eastern Area Laboratory Services (SEALS)

Qualifications:

BSc (Hons)
MB BS
FRACP
FRCPA
PhD

Areas of Professional Expertise & Interest:

Haemoglobinopathies
Molecular Diagnostics
Oversees the Bone Marrow Laboratory
Management of haematological malignancies
Research into tissue engineering and manipulation of haemopoietic progenitor cells

Current Professional Memberships:

Fellowship of the Australasian College of Physicians
Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
Human Genetics Society of Australia (HGSA)
Australasia Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group (ALLG)
Haematology Society of Australia and New Zealand (HSANZ)
Australasian Society of Blood Transfusion (ASBT)
Australasian Society of Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ASTH)
American Society of Haematology (ASH)
American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)


Dr C MacLeod
Central Sydney Laboratory Services

Qualifications:

FRACP
FRCPA

Areas of Professional Expertise & Interest:

Human Infectious Diseases
Clinical Microbiology

Current Professional Memberships:

Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Faculty of Public Health of the RACP
Australian Society for Microbiology
Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases


Prof Y Khong
SA Pathology
At Children, Youth and Women’s Health Services

Qualifications:

MBChB
MSc
MD
FRCPath
FRCPA

Areas of Professional Expertise:

Anatomical Pathology; Perinatal, Obstetric and Gynaecologial Pathology

Current Professional Memberships:

Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
Royal College of Pathologists (UK)
Perinatal Society of Australia and New Zealand
Stillbirth Alliance of Australia and New Zealand
International Academy of Pathology (Australasian Division)

Dr P Vervaart
Royal Hobart Hospital

Qualifications:

BAppSc
PhD
DipMgt
FAACB

Areas of Professional Expertise:

Clinical Biochemistry
Molecular Basis of Disease
Laboratory Management

Current Professional Memberships

Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists
Member AACB Scientific and Regulatory Affairs Committee
Member Tasmanian Scientific Research Assessment Committee

 

Mr J Glasson
Institute of Medical and Veterinary Science

Qualifications:

MAppSc
FAIMS
GradCertMgt

Areas of Professional Expertise & Interest:

Regional laboratory management
Core laboratory operations
Quality systems management

Current Professional Memberships:

Australasian Institute of Medical Scientists
Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists

 

Dr H Slater
Victorian Clinical Genetics Services

Qualifications:

BSc (Hons), PhD.
FHGSA (Cytogenetics), FRCPath (Cytogenetics)

Areas of Professional Expertise & Interest:
Development and introduction of molecular genetics technologies into Diagnostic Cytogenetics.
Laboratory management (currently Head of Cytogenetics, VCGS).
External Quality Assessment (currently Chairman of HGSA/ASoC QAP Programme)

Current Professional Memberships:
FRCPath(Lond.)
FHGSA
Australasian Society of Cytogeneticists
Health Professions Council Registered Clinical Scientist (UK)

 

Mr G Coombs
Royal Perth Hospital

Qualifications:

BAppSc (MedSc)
Post Graduate Diploma (Biomedical Science)

Areas of Professional Expertise & Interest:
Laboratory management (Principal Scientist)
Medical microbiology including bacteriology, mycology, and mycobacteria
Epidemiology of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin resistant enterococci including:
- investigating the molecular evolution of community MRSA.
- determining toxins and virulence determinants in community MRSA and their correlation with clinical disease 
- developing sequenced based methods for the characterization of MRSA.
- characterizing the vanB gene in epidemic and non epidemic VRE.
Antimicrobial resistance surveillance.
Under graduate and post graduate teaching in medical microbiology (Adjunct Research Fellow at Curtin University of Technology and Sessional Lecturer at Notre Dame University)

Current Professional Memberships:
Australian Society for Microbiology (Vice President of Corporate Affairs)
American Society for Microbiology (Member)
Australian Society for Antimicrobials (Treasurer)
Venerology Society of Western Australia (Member)
Member of the Clinical Microbiology Standing Committee (ASM)
Australian Group for Antimicrobial Resistance (Treasurer/Secretary)