After graduation in Medicine at the Free University in Amsterdam, I worked in a variety of clinical posts as a junior doctor, amongst others as a surgical Senior House Officer on the Isle of Skye in the North of Scotland. During this period I became interested in all aspects of managing patients spread over large geographical areas with limited resources. Further training in clinical medicine led to a consultants post in anaesthesia and pain relief and my special interests were the management of cancer patients and patients with long standing pain problems.

The move to Australia initiated my retirement from clinical practice enabling to enrol in the joint Masters in Public Health and Business Administration at JCU.

This will underpin my current work for the PHC RED program and give me more insight into the specific problems faced by rural and remote communities in Australia.

• Senior House Officer and Junior Registrar in surgical specialties and Intensive Care 1985-1992 England, Scotland and The Netherlands
• Training in Anaesthesia and Pain relief 1992-2000 England
• Consultant anaesthetist and Pain relief 2000-2006 England

• Fellow Royal College of Anaesthetists UK 1996

• Member of the International Association for the Study of pain, specifically of the British Chapter.
• I am a member of the Special Interest groups in Neuropathic pain and Acute pain.

Whilst working as a consultant anaesthetist I took an interest in teaching and coaching health professionals, both in hands on clinical practice as well as supervising audit projects.


I would like to develop my interest in the following areas:

• Delivery of Rural and Remote Healthcare, particularly the integration and accessibility of primary, secondary and tertiary services in rural and remote areas in the context of chronic disease
• Indigenous Health and Wellbeing
• Empowering workers in the field by assisting them to expand knowledge and develop tools to build evidence of good practice
• Prevention of illness and Health education in the community

Music, especially anything composed before 1800, take pictures with one of my digital camera's and painting.