Committees

26–29 October 2023 | #WONCASydney2023
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Committees

RACGP would like to acknowledge and thank the many volunteers from around the world involved in the planning of the WONCA 2023 through the following committees.

Host Organising Committee

Host Organising Committee chair
Adj. Prof Karen Price	Immediate Past President, RACGP
Committee members
Prof Amanda Barnard	Australian National University
Dr Sean Black-Tiong	Chair, RACGP GPs in Training Faculty
Dr Sarah Chalmers	Immediate Past President, ACRRM
Prof Karen Flegg	President-elect, WONCA (2023)
Dr Nicole Higgins	President, RACGP
A/Prof Frank Jones
Dr Emily Kirkpatrick	South Australia Health
Dr Garth Manning	Past CEO, WONCA
Dr Mark Miller	Chair, RACGP International
Prof Mark Morgan	Chair, Scientific Committee / Bond University
Prof Brad Murphy	Ashfield Country Practice / Bond University
Dr Samantha Murton	President, RNZCGP
A/Prof Ayman Shenouda
A/Prof Rowena Ivers	University of Wollongong
Prof Charlotte Hespe

Conference Scientific Committee

Conference Scientific Committee chair
Prof Mark Morgan (Chair)	Bond University
Deputy Conference Scientific Committee chair
Prof Felicity Goodyear-Smith (Deputy Chair)	University of Auckland
Committee members
A/Prof Jill Benson AM	GPEx / University of Adelaide
Prof Alan Bruce Chater	University of Queensland
A/Prof Lyn Clearihan AM	Monash University
Dr Aleeta Fejo
Prof Gerard Gill	Deakin University
Prof Charlotte Hespe	Chair, RACGP New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory
Dr Nicole Higgins	President, RACGP
Dr Katie Jeffress	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Faculty representative
Prof Siaw-Teng Liaw	University of New South Wales
Prof Parker Magin	University of Newcastle
A/Prof Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis	Chair, RACGP REC-Research / University of Melbourne
Prof Dimity Pond	University of Newcastle
Adj. Prof Karen Price	Immediate Past President, RACGP
Prof Grant Russell	Monash University
Dr Liz Sturgiss	Monash University
Dr Michael Tam	University of New South Wales
Prof Les Toop	University of Ortago
Prof Chris van Weel	Past WONCA President

International Advisory Committee

International Advisory Committee chair
Prof Karen Flegg (Chair)	Australia
Committee members
Dr Kate Anteyi	Nigeria
Prof Nobutaro ‘Nobu’ Ban	Japan
Dr Dora Bernal	Colombia
Prof Enrique Falceto de Barros	Brazil
Dr Nicole Higgins
Prof Mohammed ‘Husni’ Jamal	Malaysia
Dr Henry Lawson	Ghana
Adj A/Prof Tan Tze Lee	Singapore
A/Prof Roar Maagaard	Denmark
Prof Bob Mash	South Africa
Prof Thomas Meoño Martin	Costa Rica
Dr Steve Mowle	United Kingdom
A/Prof Nagwa Nashat Hegazy	Egypt
A/Prof Victor Ng	Canada
Prof Maria Pilar Astier-Peña	Spain
Dr Sankha Randenikumara	Sri Lanka
Prof Marvin Reid	Jamaica
A/Prof Saniya Sabzwari	Pakistan
Dr Joseph Scott-Jones	New Zealand
Dr Anna Stavdal	Norway
Dr Mohammed Tarawneh	Jordan
Prof Val Wass	United Kingdom
Dr Kim Yu	United States of America
Dr Shanzhu Zhu	China

Conference Planning Committee

Conference Planning Committee chair
Dr Harris Lygidakis (Chair)	WONCA CEO
Committee members
Adj. Prof Karen Price	Immediate Past President, RACGP
A/Prof Bohumil Seifert	2013 HOC Chair
Andrea Zard	WONCA Secretariat