Board of Directors
Honiara 2014. Dr Mark Norrie teaching
Current office bearers are:
- Professor Finlay Macrae, Chair (Melbourne)
- Dr. Tony Clarke, Deputy Chair (Canberra)
- Mr. Frank Eastaughffe, Secretary (Melbourne)
- Mr. Alan Studley, Treasurer (Melbourne)
- Assoc. Professor Christopher Hair, Logistics (Geelong)
- Mr. Jonathan Long, Device Industry Liaison (Sydney)
- Ms. Dianne Jones, Nursing Director and Logistics (Brisbane)
- Assoc. Professor Peter Katelaris, Curriculum (Sydney)
Directors' Profiles
Professor Finlay Macrae, Chair T: +61 3 8559 7232 E:finlay.macrae@anzgita.org
Finlay Macrae AO, MBBS (Hons I Monash) MSD (Melbourne), FRACP, FRCP, AGAF, MWO, is a medical practitioner and gastroenterologist with over 25 years experience. He is Head, Colorectal Medicine and Genetics, The Royal Melbourne Hospital and Professor, Dept of Medicine, University of Melbourne (The Royal Melbourne Hospital) where he has an active clinical and clinical research portfolio in inflammatory bowel disease and familial bowel cancer. He is in private gastroenterological practice, including specialist colonoscopist services.
Finlay was appointed to the ANZGITA Board in September 2014 as the founding chair. In 2007, he initiated the World Gastroenterology Organization (WGO) Training Centre in Suva, in partnership with colleagues from the Fiji School of Medicine. He led the formation of the Gastroenterology Fiji Training Program (GeFiTT), a group of Australian and New Zealand medical professionals, which from 2008 has run a fully subscribed annual 4 week intensive training program at the centre. GeFiTT's activities have now been subsumed into the incorporated ANZGITA. The Fiji model was replicated in Myanmar in 2014, fostered by former Board member Prof Htut, with the opening of another WGO Training Centre. Prof Macrae is an active ANZGITA trainer.
Prof Macrae is, or has recently been, a director of the Victorian Clinical Genetics Service and the International Society for Gastrointestinal Hereditary Tumours. He works closely with state and federal authorities especially with respect to the roll out of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Project, and the PBS/MSAC.
Finlay Macrae AO, MBBS (Hons I Monash) MSD (Melbourne), FRACP, FRCP, AGAF, MWO, is a medical practitioner and gastroenterologist with over 25 years experience. He is Head, Colorectal Medicine and Genetics, The Royal Melbourne Hospital and Professor, Dept of Medicine, University of Melbourne (The Royal Melbourne Hospital) where he has an active clinical and clinical research portfolio in inflammatory bowel disease and familial bowel cancer. He is in private gastroenterological practice, including specialist colonoscopist services.
Finlay was appointed to the ANZGITA Board in September 2014 as the founding chair. In 2007, he initiated the World Gastroenterology Organization (WGO) Training Centre in Suva, in partnership with colleagues from the Fiji School of Medicine. He led the formation of the Gastroenterology Fiji Training Program (GeFiTT), a group of Australian and New Zealand medical professionals, which from 2008 has run a fully subscribed annual 4 week intensive training program at the centre. GeFiTT's activities have now been subsumed into the incorporated ANZGITA. The Fiji model was replicated in Myanmar in 2014, fostered by former Board member Prof Htut, with the opening of another WGO Training Centre. Prof Macrae is an active ANZGITA trainer.
Prof Macrae is, or has recently been, a director of the Victorian Clinical Genetics Service and the International Society for Gastrointestinal Hereditary Tumours. He works closely with state and federal authorities especially with respect to the roll out of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Project, and the PBS/MSAC.
Dr. Anthony Clarke, Deputy Chair
Anthony (Tony) Clarke Mb, ChB (Cape Town), MRCP, FRACP, FRCP, BBus, is a founding director and the deputy chair of ANZGITA. He was previously a medical practitioner for 40 years and a gastroenterologist having practised in South Africa, UK, New Zealand and Australia. He worked at the Canberra Hospital as a gastroenterologist from 1978 until he retired in 2011. His last positions were Director of the Gastroenterology Unit, Clinical Director, Medicine and a member of Canberra Hospital Executive. He was also a senior lecturer and clinical associate professor at the Australian National University Medical School.
Tony was appointed to the ANZGITA Board in September 2014 as Deputy Chair and Program Coordinator. He first conducted training at the WGO Training Centre in Suva in 2008. He was also a member of the team that established a similar program in Myanmar in 2014.
He has held positions on many professional bodies and played a leading role in the development of healthcare services in the ACT over the last 30 years including being a director of the ACT Board of Health. Previously he has also been a member of the Board of the Gastroenterology Society of Australia, acted as a clinical expert for the Commonwealth Dept. of Health and is currently Chair of the ACT Health Interagency Clinical Review Committee.
Anthony (Tony) Clarke Mb, ChB (Cape Town), MRCP, FRACP, FRCP, BBus, is a founding director and the deputy chair of ANZGITA. He was previously a medical practitioner for 40 years and a gastroenterologist having practised in South Africa, UK, New Zealand and Australia. He worked at the Canberra Hospital as a gastroenterologist from 1978 until he retired in 2011. His last positions were Director of the Gastroenterology Unit, Clinical Director, Medicine and a member of Canberra Hospital Executive. He was also a senior lecturer and clinical associate professor at the Australian National University Medical School.
Tony was appointed to the ANZGITA Board in September 2014 as Deputy Chair and Program Coordinator. He first conducted training at the WGO Training Centre in Suva in 2008. He was also a member of the team that established a similar program in Myanmar in 2014.
He has held positions on many professional bodies and played a leading role in the development of healthcare services in the ACT over the last 30 years including being a director of the ACT Board of Health. Previously he has also been a member of the Board of the Gastroenterology Society of Australia, acted as a clinical expert for the Commonwealth Dept. of Health and is currently Chair of the ACT Health Interagency Clinical Review Committee.
Mr. Alan Studley, Treasurer
Alan Studley MBA, MAICD, FCPA was appointed to the ANZGITA Board in September 2014 as the inaugural treasurer. He has worked extensively in the Health and Not for Profit sectors in executive roles. He has held both voluntary and paid Director positions on numerous Boards for over 20 years. Alan has qualifications in accounting and marketing and has a Masters of Business Administration.
Alan is also a director of Manningham Community Health Services. He was appointed in August 2013 and elected Deputy Chair in October 2013.
Alan Studley MBA, MAICD, FCPA was appointed to the ANZGITA Board in September 2014 as the inaugural treasurer. He has worked extensively in the Health and Not for Profit sectors in executive roles. He has held both voluntary and paid Director positions on numerous Boards for over 20 years. Alan has qualifications in accounting and marketing and has a Masters of Business Administration.
Alan is also a director of Manningham Community Health Services. He was appointed in August 2013 and elected Deputy Chair in October 2013.
Mr. Frank Eastaughffe, Secretary and Public Officer
Frank Eastaughffe was appointed to the ANZGITA Board in July 2015 as secretary and public officer. Frank is an NFP company director and NFP volunteer. Previously he worked in senior management and technical positions in the telecommunications and IT industries, based in Australia and Europe. His qualifications are in Engineering and Computer Science. Frank was previously a consultant to the NFP organisation Mission to Seafarers Victoria and later a director, where he had the roles of secretary and public officer.
Frank Eastaughffe was appointed to the ANZGITA Board in July 2015 as secretary and public officer. Frank is an NFP company director and NFP volunteer. Previously he worked in senior management and technical positions in the telecommunications and IT industries, based in Australia and Europe. His qualifications are in Engineering and Computer Science. Frank was previously a consultant to the NFP organisation Mission to Seafarers Victoria and later a director, where he had the roles of secretary and public officer.
Assoc Prof Chris Hair
Chris Hair MBBS (Adelaide), BSc, FRACP is a physician and gastroenterologist. He is a consultant gastroenterologist with Geelong Gastroenterology and Geelong Hospital; a clinical senior lecturer at Deakin University Medical School; and co-director of the Physician Training Programme in Geelong.
Chris has worked closely with Finlay Macrae in a voluntary capacity over a number of years supporting GeFiTT activities and the development of the ANZGITA initiative covering training model, curriculum development, fellowship support and donations management. He has participated in five annual training programs in Fiji. He has been a co-director of the WGO Training Centre for the last four years. He has worked closely with the Fiji Ministry for Health and the High Commission in Canberra co-ordinating equipment donations and their transportation to Fiji. Chris has also been a member of three programs in Solomon Islands. In Australia he supervised the training of Dr. Mai Ling Perman during her 2013 fellowship. He was appointed to the inaugural ANZGITA Board in September 2014 and has specific responsibilities for program logistics. Chris is also a director and the chair of the National Education and Training Initiative (NETI) in capsule endoscopy in Australia.
Chris Hair MBBS (Adelaide), BSc, FRACP is a physician and gastroenterologist. He is a consultant gastroenterologist with Geelong Gastroenterology and Geelong Hospital; a clinical senior lecturer at Deakin University Medical School; and co-director of the Physician Training Programme in Geelong.
Chris has worked closely with Finlay Macrae in a voluntary capacity over a number of years supporting GeFiTT activities and the development of the ANZGITA initiative covering training model, curriculum development, fellowship support and donations management. He has participated in five annual training programs in Fiji. He has been a co-director of the WGO Training Centre for the last four years. He has worked closely with the Fiji Ministry for Health and the High Commission in Canberra co-ordinating equipment donations and their transportation to Fiji. Chris has also been a member of three programs in Solomon Islands. In Australia he supervised the training of Dr. Mai Ling Perman during her 2013 fellowship. He was appointed to the inaugural ANZGITA Board in September 2014 and has specific responsibilities for program logistics. Chris is also a director and the chair of the National Education and Training Initiative (NETI) in capsule endoscopy in Australia.
Ms. Dianne Jones
Dianne Jones OAM, Dip App Sc, B App Sc, FACN, ACGEN is a registered nurse with over 40 years experience. Her current positions are Assistant Director of Nursing – Endoscopy at Metro South Hospital and Health Services District in Queensland; Nurse Unit Manager, Endoscopy Unit, Logan Hospital; Course Co-ordinator, Gastroenterology Continuing Education Course & Visiting Fellow, Queensland University of Technology.
Her engagement in voluntary work with ANZGITA and its GeFiTT predecessor is long standing and extensive. In 2009 Dianne, together with Cath Conway, established the first nursing component of the program, training both nurses and doctors. In 2014 she trained nurses and doctors at NRH Honiara in association with the Solomon Islands Living Memorial Project run by San Diego State University. In 2014 Dianne established the nursing component of the first Myanmar program at Yangon General Hospital and trained nurses and doctors. In 2015 she returned on the next ANZGITA program and further expanded the training program for nurses. Dianne was appointed to the inaugural ANZGITA Board in September 2014 and has responsibility for nursing liaison and logistics. Dianne has been a Board member of the Society of International Gastroenterology Nurses and Endoscopy Associates since 2008 and President since 2009. In 2012 she was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to nursing.
Dianne Jones OAM, Dip App Sc, B App Sc, FACN, ACGEN is a registered nurse with over 40 years experience. Her current positions are Assistant Director of Nursing – Endoscopy at Metro South Hospital and Health Services District in Queensland; Nurse Unit Manager, Endoscopy Unit, Logan Hospital; Course Co-ordinator, Gastroenterology Continuing Education Course & Visiting Fellow, Queensland University of Technology.
Her engagement in voluntary work with ANZGITA and its GeFiTT predecessor is long standing and extensive. In 2009 Dianne, together with Cath Conway, established the first nursing component of the program, training both nurses and doctors. In 2014 she trained nurses and doctors at NRH Honiara in association with the Solomon Islands Living Memorial Project run by San Diego State University. In 2014 Dianne established the nursing component of the first Myanmar program at Yangon General Hospital and trained nurses and doctors. In 2015 she returned on the next ANZGITA program and further expanded the training program for nurses. Dianne was appointed to the inaugural ANZGITA Board in September 2014 and has responsibility for nursing liaison and logistics. Dianne has been a Board member of the Society of International Gastroenterology Nurses and Endoscopy Associates since 2008 and President since 2009. In 2012 she was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to nursing.
Clinical Associate Professor Peter Katelaris
Peter Katelaris MBBS (Hons I Sydney), FRACP, FRCP (London), MD (London), AGAF has been a clinical academic physician with a consultant practice in gastroenterology for over 20 years along with undertaking research and teaching, collegiate activity and voluntary work over that time. His current positions are senior consultant gastroenterologist, Gastroenterology Department, Concord Hospital, Sydney; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, The University of Sydney; visiting gastroenterologist, Strathfield Private Hospital, Sydney.
Peter has been the medical lead on AusAID funded field work in India, Vietnam and Indonesia from 1990. In 2008, he was a teacher and trainer at the inaugural GeFiTT program at the WGO Training Centre in Suva. He continues to be actively involved in that program and its extension to Myanmar from 2014. He was appointed to the ANZGITA Board in September 2014 and has responsibility for training curriculum.
A/Professor Katelaris has wide ranging and active clinical research interests, particularly in acid-peptic disorders. He has published over 250 scientific papers, book chapters and abstracts and has over 20 years experience in clinical therapeutic trials. He is a co-author of Asia-Pacific and Australian clinical guidelines on specific acid-peptic disorders and has been a member of a Global Working Group.
Peter has been chair of the Scientific Program Committee for Australian Gastroenterology Week. He is currently an Australian representative to the Asia-Pacific Association of Gastroenterology. He has been on the GESA Research Committee overseeing grant funding, and was formerly Vice Chair of the Digestive Health Foundation, the educational arm of GESA.
Peter Katelaris MBBS (Hons I Sydney), FRACP, FRCP (London), MD (London), AGAF has been a clinical academic physician with a consultant practice in gastroenterology for over 20 years along with undertaking research and teaching, collegiate activity and voluntary work over that time. His current positions are senior consultant gastroenterologist, Gastroenterology Department, Concord Hospital, Sydney; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, The University of Sydney; visiting gastroenterologist, Strathfield Private Hospital, Sydney.
Peter has been the medical lead on AusAID funded field work in India, Vietnam and Indonesia from 1990. In 2008, he was a teacher and trainer at the inaugural GeFiTT program at the WGO Training Centre in Suva. He continues to be actively involved in that program and its extension to Myanmar from 2014. He was appointed to the ANZGITA Board in September 2014 and has responsibility for training curriculum.
A/Professor Katelaris has wide ranging and active clinical research interests, particularly in acid-peptic disorders. He has published over 250 scientific papers, book chapters and abstracts and has over 20 years experience in clinical therapeutic trials. He is a co-author of Asia-Pacific and Australian clinical guidelines on specific acid-peptic disorders and has been a member of a Global Working Group.
Peter has been chair of the Scientific Program Committee for Australian Gastroenterology Week. He is currently an Australian representative to the Asia-Pacific Association of Gastroenterology. He has been on the GESA Research Committee overseeing grant funding, and was formerly Vice Chair of the Digestive Health Foundation, the educational arm of GESA.
Mr. Jonathan Long
Jonathan (Jon) Long is a director of Crockett & Co. Pty Ltd and has worked in the medical devices industry for over 30 years. His career was initially in telecommunications and industrial electronics before moving to biomedical engineering and instrumentation. He worked in a variety of positions for many years with C.R. Kennedy, a major distributor of gastroenterological equipment in Australia.
Jon's voluntary work with GeFiTT and now ANZGITA has resulted in highly supportive arrangements with the device industry. He has taken the lead in sourcing and maintaining equipment. Jon has been involved with the Fiji training programs in 2013 and 2015 where he has been responsible for equipment availability, training and support. He was appointed to the inaugural ANZGITA Board in September 2014 with responsibility for device industry liaison.
Jon's voluntary work has also included cyclone relief in the Philippines with Rotary in 2012 and 2015 and the Ulpinyali Project in NT with Rotary.
Jonathan (Jon) Long is a director of Crockett & Co. Pty Ltd and has worked in the medical devices industry for over 30 years. His career was initially in telecommunications and industrial electronics before moving to biomedical engineering and instrumentation. He worked in a variety of positions for many years with C.R. Kennedy, a major distributor of gastroenterological equipment in Australia.
Jon's voluntary work with GeFiTT and now ANZGITA has resulted in highly supportive arrangements with the device industry. He has taken the lead in sourcing and maintaining equipment. Jon has been involved with the Fiji training programs in 2013 and 2015 where he has been responsible for equipment availability, training and support. He was appointed to the inaugural ANZGITA Board in September 2014 with responsibility for device industry liaison.
Jon's voluntary work has also included cyclone relief in the Philippines with Rotary in 2012 and 2015 and the Ulpinyali Project in NT with Rotary.