Macquarie University

MBBS, PhD, FRACGP, GAICD

Simon is a general practitioner and the Clinical Director of Primary Care and Wellbeing services at MQ Health. His education and research interests include the health of doctors, generational change in the medical workforce, men’s health, musculoskeletal medicine, and communication in medical practice.

Simon trained as a rural procedural GP, and practiced in Inverell, NSW. Since 1990 he has worked in academic and clinical practice in Sydney and has had a number of educational leadership roles including Head of Discipline of General practice at the Sydney Medical Program and Chairman of GPET (General Practice Education and training). He has supervised GP registrars since 1986 and has supervised several PhD candidates to completion.

In addition to his Macquarie University role Simon is Deputy Chair of the Sydney North Health Network, the immediate past Chair of the Avant Mutual Group, and a member of the NSW AMA Council of General Practice.

Simon has a research background in medical student and doctors’ health and wellbeing, musculoskeletal medicine: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Simon-Willcock

MBBS (Hons), MPH, PhD, FRACGP

Sanjyot is a GP and Deputy Director of Primacy Care and Wellbeing at MQ Health. She is an academic with the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Human Sciences at Macquarie University, and is convener of the Primary Care and Cancer block in Year 2 of the MD program. She has been involved in teaching and research in general practice for over two decades, having started as an academic registrar in 1994. Previously, she worked at USyd and UNSW, has supervised GP registrars in practice since 2003, and is an examiner for the RACGP Fellowship exams. Sanjyot’s research interests include cardiovascular risk assessment, prevention and management of chronic disease, patient experiences of healthcare, and models of clinical care in general practice. She was involved with supervising academic GP registrars during her time working at UNSW.

Sanjyot has a research background in prevention and management of chronic disease (CVD and respiratory): https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/sanjyot-vagholkar

BSc (Adv Hons I) MBBS FRACGP DCH

Janani is an academic GP and Senior Lecturer at Macquarie University and is involved in the Macquarie MD Program teaching Stage 1 Clinical Practice. She is a practicing GP at MQ Health General Practice and her clinical areas of interest include mental health, chronic disease management and paediatrics. She is actively involved in primary care research and has a keen interest in medical education, including Clinical Teaching Visits for GP Registrars through GP Synergy.

Tim obtained his medical degree from the University of New South Wales and is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP).  His postgraduate qualifications include completing the Sydney Child Health Program and Masters of Medicine (Clinical Epidemiology) from the University of Sydney.  He has worked around Sydney and Wagga Wagga as a GP.  Tim completed an Academic Registrar Post at the University of Sydney and his research interests include data linkage, shared decision making and quality improvement in primary care.  He is currently involved in the delivery of the Stage 2 Primary and Community Care Term of the Macquarie University MD Program.