Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Dean: Winthrop Professor Ian Puddey

The Chancellor, Pro-Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Deputy Vice-Chancellors, Chair of the Academic Board, Registrar and any other officers of the University which the Academic Board declares, are ex officio members of all faculties but are not counted for the purpose of determining whether a quorum is present at a meeting

Persons holding full-time or 50 per cent or greater fractional appointments as professors, lecturers, researchers and general staff in the Schools of Dentistry; Medicine and Pharmacology; Paediatrics and Child Health; Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; Population Health; Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care; Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences; Surgery; Women's and Infants' Health and such other schools as may from time to time be established within the Faculty

Heads of the Schools of Anatomy and Human Biology and Physics within the Faculty of Life and Physical Sciences: Winthrop Professor Linc Schmitt and Professor Ian McArthur

A representative of each of the disciplines of Biochemistry, Chemistry, Microbiology and Physiology within the Faculty of Life and Physical Sciences, nominated by the Head of the School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences: Winthrop Professor Sue Berners-Price, Professor Jim Whelan, Emeritus Professor Trevor Redgrave, Winthrop Professor Geoffrey Stewart

Head of the School of Animal Biology within the Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences or nominee: Winthrop Professor Graeme Martin

Ten members of clinical teaching staff (excluding academic members of the University staff) as follows, each elected by the clinical teaching staff of the teaching hospital/academic unit concerned, to serve a period of three years or for the duration of their appointment as clinical teaching staff, whichever is the shorter:

(i) one from Princess Margaret Hospital for Children

(ii) one from King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women

(iii) two from Royal Perth Hospital 

(iv) two from Fremantle Hospital

(v) two from Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

(vi) two nominated by the Head of the School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care

Three members elected for a period of two years by and from the part-time teaching staff of the School of Dentistry of whom at least one is a member of the clinical staff of the Oral Health Centre of Western Australia: Dr Dee-Anna Luong, Dr Albert Tan 

Nominee of the WA Committee of the Royal Australian College of Dental Surgeons: Dr Philip Cockerill

One member of the dental profession nominated by the School of Dentistry: Dr Terry Pitsakis

Director General of Health: Adjunct Professor Peter Flett

Chief Medical Officer: Dr Simon Towler

Executive Director of Public Health

Director of Dental Services of Western Australia: David Neesham

A member of the Medical Board of Western Australia nominated by the Board

A member of the Dental Board of Western Australia nominated by the Board

Three nominees of the WA Medical Students' Society of whom two are members of the society, enrolled as undergraduates in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, and one person who has completed the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery of this University within the preceding three years: Vinith Menezes, Austen Shenn

Two nominees of the University Dental Students' Society of whom one is a member of the society, enrolled as an undergraduate in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, and one person who has completed the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Dental Science of this University within the preceding five years: Ee May Tan

One student elected annually by the Health Science Students' Society: Victoria Gray

Two postgraduate students enrolled in the Faculty: Felix Yao

Medical and Dental Librarian: Carol Newton-Smith

Such other persons not exceeding ten in number, as may be co-opted by the foregoing members from time to time, provided that each is co-opted for a period not exceeding two years and may be co-opted again at the end of a period of office

Faculty Board of the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences

Dean: Winthrop Professor Ian Puddey

Deputy Dean: Winthrop Professor John Newnham

Associate Deans: Associate Professor Roland Kaiser, Associate Professor Naomi Trengove, Professor George Yeoh

Sub-Dean (Health Science) of the Faculty: Associate Professor Rachael Moorin

Heads of Schools within the Faculty:

Dentistry: Winthrop Professor Paul V. Abbott

Medicine and Pharmacology: Winthrop Professor Fiona Lake

Paediatrics and Child Health: Winthrop Professor Peter Le Souef

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine: Winthrop Professor Paul Waring

Population Health: Winthrop Professor Matthew Knuiman

Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care: Winthrop Professor Jon Emery

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences: Winthrop Professor Aleksandar Janca

Surgery: Winthrop Professor Paul Norman

Women's and Infants' Health: Winthrop Professor John Newnham

One representative from each of the teaching disciplines of Medicine, Pharmacology, Surgery and Pathology provided that the discipline is not represented on the Board by a member acting in another capacity: Winthrop Professor Jennet Harvey, Professor Peter Henry

Nominee from the Faculty of Life and Physical Sciences teaching in the MB BS or BDSc course: Winthrop Professor Geoffrey Stewart

One student enrolled in the MB BS course elected by the students enrolled in the MB BS course in the Faculty: Austen Shenn

One student enrolled in the BDSc course elected by the students enrolled in the BDSc course in the Faculty: Ee May Tan

One student enrolled in the Bachelor of Health Science course elected by the students enrolled in the Bachelor of Health Science course in the Faculty: Victoria Gray

One postgraduate student elected by the postgraduate students enrolled in the Faculty: Felix Yao

One representative of the career research staff elected by the career research staff in the Faculty: Dr Anne Barden

One representative of the general staff elected by the general staff in the Faculty:

Head of Rural Clinical School or nominee: Winthrop Professor Geoffrey Riley 

Co-opted member: Winthrop Professor Jeff Hamdorf

Faculty Manager: Susan Henshall

Manager (Student Affairs): Dr Jan Dunphy