The Board

The Board is the governing body of HPMI and is responsible for all policy-making decisions
Meets four times during one-year term of office on a Thursday evening for 1.5 hours
New Board elected at AGM to be held prior to 31st March each year
HPMI provides specialist group funding for return economy class airfares for specialist groups' Visiting Speakers via College Representatives. Please contact the Secretariat for contact details of any Board member.
If you are interested in having a voice in the promotion and development of your postgraduate body by standing as a Candidate for the Board, please signify on your Membership form.

Chairperson	Dr Chandrasekhara Padmakumar
Honorary Secretary	Conjoint Prof Jeannette Lechner-Scott
Honorary Treasurer	Dr Milton Sales, OAM

Election of Three Members practising predominantly inside the cities of Newcastle and Lake Macquarie:
Conjoint Prof Jeannette Lechner-Scott
Dr Chandrasekhara Padmakumar
Dr Dhan Thiruchelvam
Election of Members practising predominantly outside the cities of Newcastle and Lake Macquarie:
Dr John Goswell
Dr Greg McGrath

Election of One Member practising in the Central Coast Region:
Dr Philip Godden
Election of One Member representing the Registrars, Career Medical Officers, Residents and Interns in the hospitals of the Hunter Region:
Dr Kathryn Kerr
The three Members of the Community:
Dr Shirley Schulz-Robinson
Mr Graeme Thomas

Nominations have been received from the following, to be their representatives on the Board of the Institute:
TBA	Australasian College of Dermatologists
Dr John Goswell	Australian College of Remote and Rural Medicine
Dr Pragya Ajitsaria	Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
Dr Kate Thomson Bowe	Division of Paediatrics, RACP
Dr Carolyn Hullick	Australasian College for Emergency Medicine
Dr Milton Sales, OAM and Prof Dimity Pond	Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Dr Harsimrat Sandhu	Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
Dr Catherine Dunlop	Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists
TBA	Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Dr Darrell Duncan	Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators
Dr Greg McGrath	Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
Dr Peter Lau	Royal Australasian College of Radiologists
Dr Adeeb Majid	Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Associate Professor Huy Tran	Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
Professor Dimity Pond and Professor Marjorie Walker	Faculty of Health & Medicine, The University Newcastle
None Nominated	Member of the Council of The University of Newcastle
Co-opted Members
Professor Dimity Pond and Professor Marjorie Walker	Vice-Chancellor of The University of Newcastle, Professor Caroline McMillen And/or nominee
Ms Jane Gray	Representative of Hunter New England Health Chief Executive, Mr Michael diRienzo

CO-OPTED TO THE BOARD

Dr Alvand Amiri

Dr Rohan Bhagwandeen

Associate Professor Shane Carney

Dr Peter Chong

Dr Paul Craven

Dr Doug Howarth