General Practitioner since 1995 in Victoria, remote Northern Territory (Indigenous health) and Brisbane (Inala Indigenous Health Service, 2007-current). President of Australasian Medical Writers Association (AMWA), 2010-current.

WRITING: Freelance writer 1997-current: approx 800 published articles/columns in 20 newspapers and magazines, including The Age, SMH, Australian Doctor, Big Issue and Eureka Street. Weekly ‘GP Tips’ column in Medical Observer 1998-current. Columns in the Geelong Advertiser and Sunday Advertiser for three years.

ACADEMIC: PHCRED research fellow, University of Queensland Discipline of General Practice 2010. Published in BMJ 2010, Australian Family Physician and MJA (pending, 2011). Book chapter on communication skills for medical students 2010. Writer of Online Cultural Awareness program for RACGP, 2011

EDITING: Completed Professional Writing program (University of Queensland, 2009, Class I hons). Medical editor of more than a million words, including ‘Family Emergency handbook’ (Hinkler, 2003) and ‘Complete Family Medical Guide’ (Hinkler, 2004). Medical editor at Yamanda Translation Bureau (Tokyo, 2009-current).

• Winner, Australian GP Writer of the Year, 2007 (Australian Doctor)
• Winner, ‘Fatherhood’ essay competition (AGT 2002)
• Second prize Dogwood National Playwright Initiative 2004 (performed 2008)