October 2008

Western Cardiology's Susan Stark has been re-elected as WA President of the Australian Association of Practice Managers.

Kym Gibson and Shane Combe have been appointed as Chair and Deputy Chair respectively of the WA Clinical Senate following Dr Scott Blackwell's departure.

Cobie Rudd, former CEO of the failed GPDWA…

Western Cardiology's Susan Stark has been re-elected as WA President of the Australian Association of Practice Managers.

Kym Gibson and Shane Combe have been appointed as Chair and Deputy Chair respectively of the WA Clinical Senate following Dr Scott Blackwell's departure.

Cobie Rudd, current head of ECU's school of Nursing, Midwifery, and Postrgaduate Medicine and former CEO of the failed GPDWA, has been appointed to the board of directors for the non-profit organisation International Association for Research on Service-Learning and Community Engagement.

Ophthalmologist Prof David Mackay has commenced two new roles – managing director of the Lions Eye Institute and director of the Centre for Ophthalmology and Visual Science at UWA.

Leanne Preston has been appointed as the president of The Asthma Foundation of WA following Fremantle Dockers chief Cameron Schwab's resignation.

Neil Leggett has resigned as a director of medical software company Medtech Global.

Chris Moyses has been appointed non-executive director of biopharmaceutical R&D company NeuroDiscovery.

WA's Solbec Pharamaceuticals has acquired Kuala Lumpar-based eye surgery clinic chain Vista.