The Board

The Board is the governing body of HPMI and is responsible for all policy-making decisions
Meets four times during one-year term of office on a Thursday evening for 1.5 hours
New Board elected at AGM to be held prior to 31st March each year
HPMI provides specialist group funding for return economy class airfares for specialist groups' Visiting Speakers via College Representatives. Please contact the Secretariat for contact details of any Board member.
If you are interested in having a voice in the promotion and development of your postgraduate body by standing as a Candidate for the Board, please signify on your Membership form.

Chairperson	Dr Chandrasekhara Padmakumar
Honorary Secretary	HPMI Executive Officer
Honorary Treasurer	Dr Milton Sales, OAM

Election of Three Members practising predominantly inside the cities of Newcastle and Lake Macquarie:
Conjoint Prof Jeannette Lechner-Scott
Dr Chandrasekhara Padmakumar
Dr Dhan Thiruchelvam
Election of Members practising predominantly outside the cities of Newcastle and Lake Macquarie:
Dr Greg McGrath
Prof Dimity Pond
Election of One Member practising in the Central Coast Region:
No nomination received
Election of One Member representing the Registrars, Career Medical Officers, Residents and Interns in the hospitals of the Hunter Region:
No nomination received
Up to three members of the Community:
Mr Graeme Thomas
Nominations have been received from the following, to be their representatives on the Board of the Institute:
Dr Rashi Malesu	Australasian College of Dermatologists
Dr David Leaf	Australian College of Remote and Rural Medicine
Dr Pragya Ajitsaria	Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
Dr Kate Thomson Bowe	Division of Paediatrics, RACP
TBA	Australasian College for Emergency Medicine
Dr Milton Sales, OAM and Dr Dimity Pond	Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
Dr Harsimrat Sandhu	Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
Dr Catherine Dunlop	Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists
Dr Steven Bollipo	Royal Australasian College of Physicians
TBA	Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators
Dr Greg McGrath	Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists
Dr Jatin Thakur	Royal Australasian College of Radiologists
Dr Adeeb Majid	Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Associate Professor Huy Tran	Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
Dr Nerida Paterson	College of Health, Medicine & Wellbeing, The University Newcastle
TBA	Member of the Council of The University of Newcastle Vice-Chancellor and/or nominee
Co-opted Members
Dr Paul Craven	Representative of Hunter New England Health Chief Executive, Mr Michael DiRienzo

CO-OPTED TO THE BOARD

Dr Alvand Amiri

Dr Rohan Bhagwandeen

Dr Peter Choi

Dr Peter Chong

Dr Doug Howarth

Dr Ehsan Mozafari

Dr Thida Myint