Australasian College of Pharmacy

QLD Australia

Brett is the Chief Pharmacist at the Australasian College of Pharmacy, where he is responsible for the Continuing Professional Development and accreditation functions.

Brett graduated from the University of Queensland in 1993 and managed community pharmacies in metropolitan and regional Queensland for a number of years before completing a PhD in skin science at the UQ Medical School.

Brett is an experienced medical writer, public speaker, and podcaster. His primary clinical interests are in dermatology and gastrointestinal health.

Federal Street Pain Clinic

TAS Australia

Dr Chris Orlikowski is a specialist pain medicine physician. He is a fellow of the Faculty of Pain Medicine of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists. In the past, he was Director of the Acute Pain Service at the Royal Hobart Hospital for 5 years. He offers a wide range of procedures including spinal cord stimulators.

University of Tasmania

TAS Australia

Greg Peterson is a practising pharmacist and Distinguished Professor of Pharmacy at the University of Tasmania. He is also co-owner of a Hobart suburban community pharmacy, focused on innovative professional services. Greg’s research has spanned a breadth from laboratory-based research through to practice-based research. He has received competitive research funding of over $45million, and has published 600 peer-reviewed papers.

Greg has led many state and national projects directed at improving patient outcomes, particularly relating to quality and safety of medication use. He is a Board Director of
(i) Tasmania’s Primary Health Network
(ii) The Alcohol, Tobacco and other Drugs Council of Tasmania
(iii) Cancer Council Tasmania (President)
(iv) Cancer Councils Australia.

Calvary Public Hospital

ACT Australia

Andrew Watson, FANZCA, FRACGP, Dip Clin Hypnosis, MTMMPH, DRACOG, MBChB, BHB, is a senior staff specialist in both Anaesthesia and Pain Management and the state director for the APS from the ACT.  His special interests include teaching and communication and he has been running an inpatient complex/ transitional pain service bridging the gap between acute pain and accessing chronic pain services for the last three years.