I am a consultant anaesthetist based at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. I also work in several private hospitals around Melbourne. At Peter Mac I am the supervisor of training for registrars specialising in anaesthetics and I really enjoy mentoring young doctors – particularly women – to show them that it is possible to have a demanding career and family.

I became a VAD practitioner in 2019 and have increasingly dedicated more time to this very worthy service. This work has taken me out of the operating theatre and onto the wards or into patients’ homes. 

Meeting people in their most vulnerable moments has been both humbling and inspiring. My VAD work has opened my eyes to another facet of medicine and, I believe, made me a better doctor.

While I will continue to see patients, I would like to be more involved in the administrative side of VAD – focusing on workforce sustainability and support for fellow practitioners.

My other important roles are wife and mother to three small children (including twins!). We enjoy spending our weekends on the Mornington Peninsula. My other hobbies are running and playing tennis.