Professor Simon Willcock
MBBS, PhD, FRACGP, GAICD
Simon is a general practitioner and Program Director for Primary Care and Wellbeing 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