Area Health Advisory Council Membership

	Professor Carol Pollock is the chair of the Area Health Advisory Council (AHAC).  Carol also chairs many committees within the old Northern Sydney Health, including intellectual property, area grants, research awards, research reference group, medical appointments and credentialing and the research committees. She is currently employed by NSCCH and the University of Sydney as a clinician and researcher and is Research Chair for the old Northern Sydney Health.  She is associate director of the Kolling Institute, founding director of BioMed North and is on the Board of Northern Medical Research Foundation, The Lincoln Foundation, the Pain Management Research Committee and the Andrew Olle Trust. Carol served on the Board of Northern Sydney Area Health Service from 2002 to 2004.
	Dr Magdalen Ann Campbell is a GP in Pennant Hills. She is a member and former chair of the Hornsby Ku-ring-gai – Ryde Division of General Practice. Magda resides in Epping and was nominated by all GP Divisions in the Area to provide GP input to the AHAC
	Dr Greg Fulcher is head of Endocrinology at Royal North Shore Hospital, chair of the Royal North Shore Hospital Medical Staff Council and a member of the Diabetes Area Network.
	Mr Paul Tonkin was chair of the Central Coast Area Health Care Quality Council and Medical Appointments Committee and a former deputy chair of the Central Coast Area Health Service Board. He is a partner in a law firm on the Central Coast.
	Mr Tom Limburg is a volunteer at Royal North Shore Hospital Emergency Department and Oncology Unit. He is a retired partner of accounting firm Ernst and Young. Tom is a qualified charted accountant.
	Professor Margaret McMillan is a registered nurse. She is deputy to the Pro Vice Chancellor at Newcastle University. Margaret is a former Board member of Central Coast Area Health Service. She is editor of the Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing and is a pas president of the NSW College of Nursing.
	Mr Paolo Totaro AM is a past chair of the Northern Sydney Area Health Service Community Consultative Committee. He was also a past member of NSW Multicultural Health.
	Mr Darren Bowd is a mental health nurse. He has Aboriginal health policy experience in South Australia and is an advocate for Aboriginal health care.
	Mrs Georgia Sidoropoulos is a member of the Central Coast Aboriginal Advisory Committee and was involved in the development of the Central Coast Health Aboriginal Health Strategic Plan from 1997 to 2001.  Georgia is a former Board Member of Central Coast Area Health Service.
	Dr Scott Whyte is the head of the Department of Neurology Central Coast Health Service and was previously a staff specialist, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Central Coast Area Health Service. He is a conjoint Senior Lecturer, University of Newcastle.
	Ms Dianne Spragg is Director of Allied Health at Central Coast Health Service. She has been a physiotherapist since 1989. Dianne has a Master of Public Health, University of Western Sydney.
	Dr Tony Carrozzi is a specialist anaesthetist and visiting medical officer at Hornsby Hospital.  He is chair, Senior Medical Staff Council, Hornsby and Kur-ing-gai Hospital.