Macquarie University Postgraduate Health Info Evenings

Meet the speakers

Professor Patrick McNeil

Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Medicine and Health | Managing Director, MQ Health | Executive Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences

Professor Patrick McNeil's current roles provide leadership to both clinical and academic components of MQ Health. He is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians with specialty training in rheumatology. He graduated in medicine from the University of Tasmania, completed a PhD in immunology at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and undertook a postdoctoral fellowship at the Harvard Medical School.

Professor McNeil’s previous leadership roles include Associate Dean, Education, at UNSW Medicine; Executive Clinical Director at Liverpool Hospital; and Chair of Arthritis Australia.

Dr Janani Mahadeva

General Practitioner | Stage 1 Lead of Macquarie MD program

Dr Janani Mahadeva graduated from the University of Sydney and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. Before joining MQ Health in 2017, Dr Mahadeva was a basic physician trainee at the Royal North Shore Hospital. As part of her role as Stage 1 Lead of the Macquarie MD program, she convenes the Clinical Practice unit for first-year students and supervises medical students who rotate through her practice.

Dr Mahadeva is also involved in research on learning health systems, and sexual and reproductive healthcare for Mandarin-speaking university students. She enjoys all aspects of general practice with special interests in chronic disease management, paediatrics, and mental health.

Hayley Harris

Head of Educational Services, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences

Hayley Harris provides strategic leadership in the design, development and execution of educational and professional training offerings within the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences.

Hayley is also responsible for the professional support of the Faculty’s education mission, including project management, governance, curriculum support, educational design, quality and innovation, work-integrated learning, professional accreditation and student support. Hayley is passionate about the impact she makes to students’ lives and to realising the strategic objectives of the Faculty.

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Professor Vincent Lam

Professor Vincent Lam, Course Director of Macquarie MD and Professor of Surgery at Macquarie University, graduated in medicine from the University of Sydney. His general surgical training was undertaken in Sydney, followed by two years of post-fellowship training in hepatobiliary, pancreatic and transplant surgery at Westmead Hospital, Sydney, and Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong. As the first graduate of the Doctorate of Clinical Surgery at the University of Sydney, his thesis was titled ‘Extending the frontiers of surgical resection of colorectal liver metastases’. He is a consultant hepatobiliary and pancreatic surgeon at Macquarie University Hospital and Westmead Hospital, and treasurer at the Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand Hepatic, Pancreatic and Biliary Association. His previous leadership roles include Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Sydney; president of the Australian Chinese Medical Association; and vice-chair of the Medical Staff Council, Westmead Hospital.

Dr Janani Mahadeva

Dr Janani Mahadeva, a graduate of the University of Sydney and a fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, joined MQ Health in 2017 after completing basic physician trainee at the Royal North Shore Hospital. Actively involved in the Macquarie MD, she serves as the Stage 1 Lead, where she convenes the Clinical Practice unit for first-year students and supervises medical students rotating through her practice. Dr Mahadeva is involved in research on learning health systems and various aspects of primary care. She enjoys all aspects of general practice, and her special interests are chronic disease management, paediatrics and mental health. She also leads the Quality Improvement initiative within MQ Health General Practice to improve patient outcomes.

Associate Professor Verity Pacey

Associate Professor Verity Pacey is the Associate Dean of Curriculum and Learning (Graduate Health Education) in the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences at Macquarie University. In this role, she provides leadership across the faculty’s breadth of graduate health courses, including the Macquarie MD. Her previous leadership roles at Macquarie University include Course Director of the Doctor of Physiotherapy and Head of the Department of Health Sciences. Associate Professor Pacey is a senior fellow of Advance HE (Higher Education Academy) and the 2021 recipient of an Australian Award for University Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning (Team Award). She is an experienced clinical and academic physiotherapist. Her teaching and research focus on the diagnosis and management of rare and complex conditions in paediatrics. Her educational scholarship explores pain science education of health professional students and practitioners, curriculum innovation and the work-readiness of graduates.

Meet the speakers

Professor Patrick McNeil

Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Medicine and Health | Managing Director, MQ Health | Executive Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences

Professor Patrick McNeil's current roles provide leadership to both clinical and academic components of MQ Health. He is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians with specialty training in rheumatology. He graduated in medicine from the University of Tasmania, completed a PhD in immunology at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and undertook a postdoctoral fellowship at the Harvard Medical School.

Professor McNeil’s previous leadership roles include Associate Dean, Education, at UNSW Medicine; Executive Clinical Director at Liverpool Hospital; and Chair of Arthritis Australia.

Dr Christine Chiu

Senior Lecturer, Macquarie Medical School | Year 1 Lead

Dr Christine Chiu is the academic lead for Year 1 and convenor for the Applied Medical Sciences units in the Macquarie MD. Before joining the Macquarie Medical School she was a researcher at the University of Sydney and Western Sydney University where her projects focused on understanding the molecular biology and genetic aspects of inherited cardiovascular disease.

In 2020 Dr Chiu was a recipient of a Macquarie University teaching quality improvement team award.

Dr John Turchini

Histopathologist | Clinical Senior Lecturer, Macquarie Medical School | Year 2 Lead

Dr John Turchini is a practicing histopathologist and also heads the discipline of pathology at MQ Health, is Discipline Lead of Pathology and Anatomy, and holds a number of other leadership positions including for Macquarie’s MD course. He graduated in medicine from the University of Sydney and is a fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA). He specialises in neuropathology, endocrine pathology, thoracic pathology and gastrointestinal pathology.

Passionate about medical education, Dr Turchini has created educational modules for the RCPA and is a winner of the Australian Awards for University Teaching for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning.

Hayley Harris

Head of Educational Services, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences

Hayley Harris provides strategic leadership in the design, development and execution of educational and professional training offerings within the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences.

Hayley is also responsible for the professional support of the faculty’s education mission, including project management, governance, curriculum support, educational design, quality and innovation, work-integrated learning, professional accreditation and student support. Hayley is passionate about the impact she makes to students’ lives and to realising the strategic objectives of the faculty.

Postgrad Psychology Info Evening Webinar

Tuesday 10 September 2024
6pm – 7.15pm

Hosted by Professor Joanne Earl

Postgrad Speech Pathology and Audiology Info Evening Webinar

Thursday 12 September 2024
6pm – 7.15pm

Hosted by Associate Professor Scott Barnes and Dr John Newall

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Professor Patrick McNeil is Macquarie University’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Medicine and Health) and the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences – roles that provide leadership of both clinical and academic components of MQ Health. Professor McNeil is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians with specialty training in rheumatology. He graduated in medicine from the University of Tasmania, completed a PhD in immunology at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and undertook a postdoctoral fellowship at the Harvard Medical School. His previous leadership roles include Associate Dean, Education, at UNSW Medicine; Executive Clinical Director at Liverpool Hospital; and Chair of Arthritis Australia.

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Professor Patrick McNeil is Macquarie University’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Medicine and Health) and the Executive Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences – roles that provide leadership of both clinical and academic components of MQ Health. Professor McNeil is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians with specialty training in rheumatology. He graduated in medicine from the University of Tasmania, completed a PhD in immunology at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) and undertook a postdoctoral fellowship at the Harvard Medical School. His previous leadership roles include Associate Dean, Education, at UNSW Medicine; Executive Clinical Director at Liverpool Hospital; and Chair of Arthritis Australia.

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Tuesday 10 September &Thursday 12 September 2024 6pm – 7.15pm

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About the Macquarie MD

Meet the speakers

Professor Patrick McNeil

Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Medicine and Health | Managing Director, MQ Health | Executive Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences

Dr Janani Mahadeva

General Practitioner | Stage 1 Lead of Macquarie MD program

Hayley Harris

Head of Educational Services, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences

Meet the speakers

Professor Vincent Lam

Dr Janani Mahadeva

Associate Professor Verity Pacey

Meet the speakers

Professor Patrick McNeil

Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Medicine and Health | Managing Director, MQ Health | Executive Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences

Dr Christine Chiu

Senior Lecturer, Macquarie Medical School | Year 1 Lead

Dr John Turchini

Histopathologist | Clinical Senior Lecturer, Macquarie Medical School | Year 2 Lead

Hayley Harris

Head of Educational Services, Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences

Postgrad Psychology Info Evening Webinar

Postgrad Speech Pathology and Audiology Info Evening Webinar

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Professor Patrick McNeil

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Tuesday 10 September &
Thursday 12 September 2024
6pm – 7.15pm