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AMA (WA) Council and Board welcome new leadership and representatives
Thursday July 10, 2025
With the recent Annual General Meeting, the new Council of the AMA (WA) has been formed. Congratulations to all office bearers, elected for two-year terms.
President
Dr Kyle Hoath
Vice Presidents
Dr Andrew P’Ng
Dr Natalie Ferrington
Immediate Past President
Dr Michael Page
Specialties
Anaesthetists – Dr David Kingsbury
Dermatologists – Dr Sarah Strathie-Page
Emergency Physicians – Dr Cassandra Host
General Practitioners – Dr Mary Wyatt
Obstetricians and Gynaecologists – Dr Paul McGurgan
Ophthalmologists – Dr Rob Paul
Paediatricians – Dr Stephen Oo
Pathologists – Dr Jonathan Chambers
Physicians – Dr Andrew McQuillan
Psychiatrists – Dr Wai Chen
Radiologists – Dr Brad Wood
Surgery – Dr Mark Duncan-Smith
Ordinary Members
Dr Thomas Drake-Brockman
Dr Marcus Dabner
Dr Simon Torvaldsen
Appointed Councillors: Practice Group Chairs and Federal AMA
Chair, Private Practice Group – Dr Brigid Corrigan
Chair, GP Practice Group – Dr Mary Wyatt
Chair, Rural Practice Group – Dr Paddy Glackin
Chair, Public Hospital Doctors Practice Group – Dr Tony Ryan
Co-Chair, Doctors in Training – Dr Natalie Ferrington
Co-Chair, Doctors in Training – Dr Owen Taylor-Williams
Federal AMA Board Representative – Dr Andrew J Miller
Appointed Councillors: WA Universities
University of Western Australia – Dr Helen Wilcox
University of Notre Dame – Dr Rebecca Anglin
Presidents of WA Medical Student Societies
WAMSS (UWA) – Andrew Chang
MSAND (Notre Dame) – Ollie Smith
CAMS (Curtin) – Shreya Salunkay
Co-opted Councillors
ASMOF (WA) – Dr David Mountain
RACGP – Dr Ramya Raman
IMGs – Dr Krishnapriya (Priya) Balaranayanan
MSCWA – Mr Sanjeev Singh
You can see the complete list of Council members on the Council page.
We also extend our deepest gratitude to the outgoing councillors for their dedication and contributions:
Dr Mary Theophilus
Professor John Olynyk
Dr Megge Beacroft
Dr Michael Nguyen
As a result of the elections, we also have a new AMA (WA) Board consisting of:
President
Dr Kyle Hoath
Immediate Past President
Dr Michael Page
Vice Presidents
Dr Andrew P’ng
Dr Natalie Ferrington
Board Member
Dr Mark Duncan-Smith
Independent Directors
Dr Lianne Cretney-Barnes
Justin James
You can see the new Board on the Board page.
