In a time when lettuce costs are skyrocketing and healthcare access is slipping out of reach for many, how can GPs continue to deliver excellent care with dwindling resources? In this compelling conversation, Dr. Rob Park speaks with Dr. Edmund Poliness — medical director of Wathaurong Aboriginal Medical Service and GP at The Living Room in Melbourne — about how to do more with less. Ed takes us inside the world of homeless healthcare, where the clinical gold standard often meets real-world cons...
Jul 14, 2025•27 min
How do you explain a blood test, a referral, or even shared decision-making when the entire healthcare system is foreign to your patient? In this deeply thoughtful and practical episode, Dr. Linny Phuong, paediatric infectious diseases physician and founder of the award-winning Water Well Project, joins Dr. Rob Park to explore how we as clinicians can better connect with patients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Drawing on personal stories, community experience, and years ...
Jul 03, 2025•28 min
Host Dr Sam Manger is joined by Dr Johanna Lynch, an Australian General Practitioner who has spent the last 15 years working as a psychotherapist with adult survivors of childhood trauma and neglect. She founded a transdisciplinary trauma-informed clinic in Brisbane named Integrate Place which operated from 2009-2013 offering psychology, social work, trauma-informed yoga, art therapy and mental health nurse support. In 2019 she completed a PhD, in whole person approaches to distress, championing...
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr 11 min
Host Dr. Rob Park joins forces with the ever-curious Dr. Geoffrey Spurling to unpack the most important updates from the recent Therapeutic Guideline on Antibiotics. Think doxycycline for kids (yes, really), a new first-line antibiotic for UTIs (if they’re even needed?!), and why you might need to start counting impetigo sores. Therapeutic Guidelines is that trusty clinical bible you scroll through when faced with an unusually infected body part, a suspicious rash, or a patient seemingly allergi...
Jun 11, 2025•37 min
In his inaugural episode, host Dr Rob Park is joined by Dr Michael Bonning, GP, past NSW AMA President, media spokesperson and advocate to explore how we can answer difficult questions in the media with clarity, confidence, and care. From TikTok trends to political hot potatoes, today’s patients are more curious—and sometimes more confused by the volume of information—than ever. With warmth and wisdom, Dr. Bonning shares practical strategies for staying on message, building trust, and turning co...
May 30, 2025•35 min
Dr Tim Senior has worked as a GP at Tharawal Aboriginal Corporation, the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service in Campbelltown, South-West Sydney for the last 18 years. Prior to this he has worked in Central Australia, the Torres Strait and the UK, each time in low-income communities. Tim combines his clinical work with work as the Medical Advisor for the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and has been heavily involv...
Apr 22, 2025•1 hr 1 min
Dr Flavia Fayet-Moore is a Brazilian-born, Canadian-raised, Australian-made keynote speaker, scientist, space nutritionist and entrepreneur. An alumna of the University of Toronto, she earned an Honours Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Sciences, followed by a Master of Nutrition and Dietetics and a PhD from the University of Sydney. She is also a Fellow of the Australasian Society of Lifestyle Medicine. Dr Flavia completed the Space Studies Program at the International Space University, bringi...
Feb 18, 2025•1 hr 18 min
Dr Zac Seidler is a clinical psychologist, researcher and leading men’s mental health expert. He currently holds dual roles as Global Director of Men’s Health Research at Movember and Senior Research Fellow with Orygen at the University of Melbourne. Through his research and PhD, Zac has advocated for a change in the way we think about treating men’s distress. As part of his research, he has uniquely focused on creating mental health services that account for masculinity. This has evolved into a...
Feb 05, 2025•56 min
Professor Shantha Rajaratnam is Professor of Sleep and Circadian Medicine and Head of the School of Psychological Sciences at Monash University. He is Chair of the Sleep Health Foundation and Chair of the Monash Sleep Network. He is also a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. Sleep Health Foundation resources ... YouTube: Using lifestyle as medicine: A new era in chronic disease remission Interested in addressing the lifestyle and social determinants of illness and we...
Jan 12, 2025•55 min
Professor Michael Berk is a NHMRC Senior Principal Research Fellow and is Alfred Deakin Chair of Psychiatry at Deakin University and Barwon Health. He is Past President of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders and heads major research initiatives including the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence for the Development of Innovative Therapies for Psychiatric Disorders (CREDIT) and the Mental Health Adult General Trial Network (MAGNET), Australia’s first mental health clinical trials networ...
Dec 22, 2024•54 min
Professor Susan Davis is Director of the Monash University Women’s Health Research Program, NHMRC Leadership 3 Investigator and Head of the Women’s Endocrine Clinic at Alfred Hospital, Melbourne. Susan is an internationally recognised expert on sex hormones and ageing, including menopause and its health sequelae. Susan is a past President of the International Menopause Society and the Australasian Menopause Society and has received numerous prestigious research awards including the Elizabeth Bla...
Dec 03, 2024•1 hr 13 min
Dr Rachel David is the CEO of Private Healthcare Australia, the private health insurance industry’s peak representative body that currently has 22 registered health funds throughout Australia and collectively represents 98% of people covered by private health insurance. Dr David was a medical adviser to the Federal Minister for Health between 1996 and 2000, and subsequently held senior positions with CSL Ltd and McKinsey & Company before taking up her current post in 2015. ... Interested in ...
Jul 25, 2024•53 min
Dr Mark Horowitz is a training psychiatrist, split between UK and Australia, working in London as a Clinical Research Fellow in the NHS and an Honorary Clinical Research Fellow at University College London. He has completed a PhD in the neurobiology of depression and the pharmacology of antidepressants at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King’s College London and for this received two prizes from the British Association of Psychopharmacology. He is also the lead author...
Jun 20, 2024•1 hr 17 min
Dr Emma Tippett MBBS FRACP, PhD completed her medical degree in 2012 and underwent specialist Infectious Disease Physician training in Melbourne and completed her PhD at the Burnet Institute. Since the beginning of the pandemic she has been immersed in all facets of COVID-19 and established one of the first long COVID telehealth clinics in Victoria in 2020 called Clinic Nineteen . In addition, she currently holds appointments at two Melbourne Hospitals. Interview starts at ~5:30 mins Rural Docto...
Jun 08, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Tracey Johnson is the CEO of Inala Primary Care, a charitable general practice in Queensland’s most disadvantaged suburban location and co-founder of Cubiko, a practice dashboard software solution. The IPC model was named as one of four which should be adopted nationally under the 10 Year Health Reform Process and embraces multi-disciplinary care, social prescribing, shared medical appointments, beacon clinics with hospital partners and a raft of research with universities exploring how practice...
Feb 22, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Dr Ahmed Kazmi is a UK trained Dermatologist and GP currently based in Melbourne, Australia. He loves all dermatology but has a special interest in hair and scalp disorders, transgender medicine and skin of colour dermatology. He is a keen medical educationalist and enjoys empowering his GP colleagues with dermatology knowledge and skills. He is a clinical senior lecturer at the University of UWA. He is passionate about doctor wellbeing and also often speaks on this topic. When he isn't consulti...
Jan 11, 2024•1 hr 39 min
Emma Stirling is an Advanced Accredited Practising Dietitian, Director of Scoop Nutrition consultancy and award-winning nutrition communicator. She is also a Senior Lecturer in Nutrition and Dietetics and the Academic Lead for the Graduate Certificate in Culinary Nutrition at the Australian Catholic University (ACU). Upskill in culinary nutrition through Australian Catholic University courses: Graduate Certificate in Culinary Nutrition Science https://www.acu.edu.au/course/graduate-certificate-i...
Jan 08, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Professor Judy Lowthian leads a multidisciplinary research team as Head of Research and Principal Research Fellow at Bolton Clarke, a national not-for-profit aged and community care provider. She is an Adjunct Professor with University of Queensland’s Faculty of Health and Associate Professor with Monash University’s School of Public Health & Preventive Medicine. Her early professional career was as a speech pathologist in rehabilitation following acquired brain injury, and in management of ...
Dec 11, 2023•54 min
Dr Alana Gall is a proud Truwulway woman, a Pakana (Tasmanian Aboriginal) from the north-east coast of Lutruwita (Tasmania). Alana is passionate about Indigenous peoples' holistic health and wellbeing globally. She has a background with degrees in nutritional medicine, Master of Research and a PhD. Alana is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the National Centre for Naturopathic Medicine at Southern Cross University, and an Honorary Research Fellow at both the University of Queensland and Menzies ...
Dec 11, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Dr David Cunnington is a specialist sleep physician with qualifications from two Australian Universities and a Fellowship at Harvard Medical School. He is also a Diplomat of Behavioral Sleep Medicine from the US Board of Behavioral Sleep Medicine, serves on the Advanced Training Committee of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and is the Chair of the Clinical Committee on the Board of the Australasian Sleep Association. To support this mission he is a co-founder of the website SleepHub ...
Nov 27, 2023•1 hr 9 min
Dr Anju Joham is an Endocrinologist, Senior Research Fellow and Doctoral Coordinator at the Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation at Monash University. Dr Jillian Tay is also an Endocrinologist and Research Fellow at the Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation at Monash University. They are both lead authors of the International evidence-based guideline for the assessment and management of polycystic ovary syndrome 2023, available here . AskPCOS is a resource and app ...
Nov 13, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Professor Julia Rucklidge is a Professor of Clinical Psychology in the School of Psychology, Speech and Hearing at the University of Canterbury and the Director of Te Puna Toiora, the Mental Health and Nutrition Research Lab. Professor Rucklidge has been researching the interface of nutrition and mental health for 20 years and has published over 150 empirical papers. Julia is also the recipient of numerous local and international awards and her TEDx talk, ’The surprisingly dramatic role of nutri...
Sep 08, 2023•1 hr 21 min
Dr Louise Tulloh, sports physician, has been practicing sport and exercise medicine for over 20 years and is currently working at North Sydney Sports Medicine. Louise is the immediate Past-President of the Australasian College of Sport & Exercise Physicians (ACSEP), and has worked with multiple national sports teams and sporting events. ... Interested in studying clinical and academic lifestyle medicine, health coaching and new models of care in health and wellbeing? Check out the JCU postgr...
Aug 24, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Dr Judy Lovas has a PhD from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney and a background in psychology, tertiary education, massage therapy, research and clinical practice. Judy’s interest in health science and her passion for high quality education brought her to create Art & Science of Relaxation in 2010. University of Sydney Psychoneuroimmunology-based Relaxation Therapy online course Monday, 09 October 2023 to Wednesday, 01 November 2023 Details about our JCU lifestyle medicine ...
Jul 23, 2023•1 hr 17 min
Professor Mark Bellgrove is the Director of Research at the Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, and a Professor in Cognitive Neuroscience in the School of Psychological Sciences at Monash University. Professor Bellgrove leads a multidisciplinary team studying the biological basis of attention and cognitive control. In 2016 Professor Bellgrove founded the Australian ADHD Professionals Association (AADPA), an interdisciplinary group devoted to advancing evidence-based diagnosis and treat...
Jul 06, 2023•1 hr 25 min
Dr Santosh Sanagapalli is a Consultant Gastroenterologist at the St. Vincent's Hospital campus. Santosh trained in NSW and did subspecialty training in oesophageal disorders during a clinical research fellowship at the University College London Hospital, UK. He performs a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures and has subspecialty expertise in the diagnosis and treatment of disorders of the oesophagus such as reflux, hiatus hernia and conditions affecting the swallowing: ach...
Jun 13, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Dr Kailas Roberts is a consultant psychiatrist, psycho-geriatrician specialist and expert in cognitive assessment, evaluation and management of dementia. He is the Director of the Your Brain in Mind clinic in Brisbane, the author of Mind Your Brain: The Essential Australian Guide to Dementia (UQP, 2020) and creator of BrainScan, a phone app that allows users to know and address their risk factors for poor brain health and dementia. Today we discuss prevention and treatment of cognitive impairmen...
Apr 05, 2023•1 hr 14 min
Professor Maria Fiatarone Singh is a geriatrician whose research, clinical, and teaching career has focused on the integration of medicine, exercise physiology and nutrition as a means to improve health status and quality of life across the lifespan. She has held the inaugural John Sutton Chair of Exercise and Sport Science in the Faculty of Health Sciences, and continues to hold her Professorship at the Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney. Today we are discussing optimising movement in ...
Mar 14, 2023•54 min
Dr Hung The Nguyen was the 2021 RACGP GP of the year. He is a General Practitioner in the Aboriginal Community Controlled Bunurong Health Service. Hung was the inaugural Censor for the RACGP National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Faculty and sits on multiple boards including as Chair of the VACCHO GP Expert Advisory Group, a Councillor on the AMA Victoria Council, Therapeutic Guidelines, Health Education Australia Limited, and is the President of the Australasian Society of Lifest...
Feb 15, 2023•56 min
Dr Garth McLeod is a General and Bariatric Surgeon based on the Sunshine Coast, with subspecialty training in obesity and metabolic surgery. He provides his patients with access to integrated and interdisciplinary health care to optimise the outcomes of surgery and maintain weight loss. Find out more about the specific procedures, including the intragastric balloon here: https://www.drgarthmcleod.com.au/intragastric-balloon/ Interested in studying lifestyle medicine, health coaching and new mode...
Jan 20, 2023•1 hr 9 min
