INTERVIEWS

Guest: Dr. Gary Moak
Presenter: Neal Howard
Guest Bio: Gary S. Moak, MD, is a past president of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry and 2011 recipient of its clinician-of-the-year award. He is a practicing geriatric psychiatrist with over thirty years experience treating older adults with a wide range of psychiatric and behavioral problems related to diseases of aging. Dr. Moak is assistant professor of psychiatry at the Geisel Medical School at Dartmouth, where he serves as Chief of Geriatric Psychiatry at the New Hampshire Hospital. In addition to his clinical work with older adults and their families, he teaches medical students and doctors in training about mental health and aging and the treatment of late-life mental health problems. Dr. Moak regularly speaks to audiences of older adults and members of their families about mental health and aging.

Segment overview: Dr. Gary Moak, MD, a geriatric psychiatrist, talks about his book, BEAT DEPRESSION TO STAY HEALTHIER AND LIVE LONGER: A Guide For Older Adults And Their Families.

Guests: Suzanne Anderton and Kylie Palmer
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Suzanne Anderton (in black) and Kylie Palmer (in blue) are both Endorsed Nurse Practitioners and co-founders of the Ocean Road Health Group with over 20 years combined experience in emergency nursing, cardiac nursing, education and forensics. They are passionate about the role of the nurse practitioner and the nursing profession in general. We aim to raise the profile of nurse practitioners among healthcare professionals and the community.

Segment overview: The Ocean Road Health Group was developed to raise the profile of the role, provide educational opportunities in regional areas and develop a sustainable future for the nurse practitioner role in Australia. Their particular interest is in the development of Nurse Practitioners’ areas of practice through education and collegiate support and, ultimately, the establishment of walk in Nurse Practitioner Lead Clinics. They will be having their first conference on the 19th and 20th of May titled ‘Making Waves 2016 – The Health Practitioner Movement’, to provide a practical and innovative forum for Nurse Practitioners, GP’s, Allied Health, Medical & Nursing students and acute and urgent care nurses.

Guest: Dr Abbas Din
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Dr Abbas Din is the medical osteopathic director of Doctors of Osteopathy Victoria. A friendly and knowledgeable osteopathic clinician, Dr Abbas is qualified in both Osteopathy and Myotherapy and in personal training. He graduated from RMIT University with a double degree in Applied Science (complimentary medicine) and a Masters in Osteopathy as well as completing an advanced diploma of Myotherapy. Abbas is experienced in treating both joint pain, spinal and back pain issues and combines his osteopathic and myotherapy expertise with his background in fitness and personal training to help his patient’s recover quickly from sporting and work place injuries. He has been involved with treating a wide range of patients from the dancers at the Australian Ballet Company to extreme athletes competing in ultra marathons, triathletes, cross-fitters and power-lifters.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, know more about the Doctors of Osteopathy Victoria from our guest medical osteopathic director Dr. Abbas Din. They use a combination of treatments such as deep tissue massage, gentle spinal adjustments, dry needling, TENS therapy, shockwave therapy and exercise rehabilitation to help speed up recovery and reduce pain so that you can return to your daily activities as quickly and as safely as possible. They use only sound, evidence-based, non-invasive manual therapy techniques to help you recover efficiently and safely. Their clinic is known for having supportive staff and well informed quality care to help ease your joint or back pain or just need a body tune up and posture check to help prevent any future injuries.

Guest: Nicole Azzopardi
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Nicole Azzopardi is a blogger at MummaCare.com and author of The Alchemy Cookbook.Her family business, Mumma Care, supports mothers with children who are food allergic, intolerant and/or have autism by teaching cooking classes and running retreats on Victoria’s Bellarine Peninsula, Australia.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, we are joined by Nicole Azzopardi here to talk about their family business Mumma Care. After searching for the most nutrient dense, healing food she could find to help heal her eldest daughter’s damaged digestive system, journalist, author and foundational food advocate Nicole, found the very best medicine came from rediscovering some of our oldest traditions.Simple, elegant and beautiful, the practice of culturing vegetables, making stocks and hearty soups and stews has provided the restorative qualities she had searched for.

Guest: Nicola Cimarosti
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Nicola Cimarosti is the National Product Specialist for PUSH & PSB Braces in Australia. Nicola has Fitness and Sales background and is currently building brand awareness amongst practitioners in Australia.

Segment overview: The PUSH & PSB Braces brands supply a comprehensive range of medical and sports braces to treat patients with joint pain which is associated with arthritis, tendonitis and injury in Australia. More information can be found at www.pushbraces.com.au and www.psbbraces.com.au

Guest: Dr. Dave Jenkins
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Dr Dave Jenkins is an integrative physician, an expert in the science of optimal health and longevity and a member of the American Association of Anti-Aging Medicine. He is passionate about helping people achieve optimal health now and into a long vital future. Dr. Dave’s findings have profound implications for the way we live. He challenges the current disease based medical model with scientifically based strategies synthesized into a simple and doable plan suitable for individuals, families and companies. Dr. Dave’s innovative and radically different mission has resulted in winning many awards including the prestigious Rainer Arnhold Fellowship for social entrepreneurs.

Segment overview: Dr. Dave Jenkins and Miki Okuno have created THE MORE MODEL to combine the most powerful and proven behaviors of the healthiest cultures with the latest in health science. Their mission is to utilize the latest health science to measurably improve the vitality, productivity and longevity of individuals, families and businesses. They want the world to benefit from these scientific breakthroughs and stop wasting time on ineffective supplements and techniques.

Guest: Belinda Reynolds
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Belinda Reynolds is the Education Manager at BioCeuticals. She graduated with an Honours Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics in 2003. She has been involved in the complementary medicine industry for nearly 15 years – 10 of these working for BioCeuticals as the Practitioner Sales Consultant, Team Leader, Presenter, Educator and Writer, with an involvement in Marketing and Product Development. Outside of this Belinda has spent time working in hospitals and lectured at the Australasian College of Natural Therapies. Belinda’s greatest passion is assisting practitioners in developing their knowledge by presenting new research in the area of integrative medicine. Now a mother of two, pre- and postnatal, infant and child health have evolved as subjects particularly close to her heart.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, we welcome returning guest BioCeuticals‘ Education Manager Belinda Reynolds as she talks about the recent launching of their range of nutritional liquid supplements using liposomal encapsulation technology to improve absorption and more accurately deliver active ingredients. According to Belinda, liposomal delivery technology (LDT) is a cutting edge nanotechnology method of making microscopic “bubbles” to encapsulate various substances. She also said liposomes and nano-emulsions are very efficient because they allow dose levels to be smaller while still delivering effective ingredients.

Guest: Dr. Tom Tutton
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Dr. Tom Tutton is the National Manager Aspect Practice and Clinical Lead Positive Behaviour Support. Dr. Tutton trained as a Clinical Psychologist in England, specialising in supporting individuals on the autism spectrum and Positive Behaviour Support (PBS). Dr Tutton joined Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) in 2006 and is the National Manager of Aspect Practice and Clinical Lead of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS). Tom also supports all Aspect staff to maintain good PBS practice as part of their service delivery, developing policy and practice, writing, training and constantly linking the research with Aspect’s evidence based practice. Tom has spoken about this work presenting workshops to parents and professionals across Australia and at numerous conferences including the Asia Pacific Autism Conference (APAC) in 2009 and 2011, Psychologists in Developmental Disability (PsychDD), Australasian Society for Intellectual Disability, NSW BIS forums and others.

Segment overview: In today’s Health Supplier Segment, we are joined by Autism Spectrum Australia‘s National Manager Aspect Practice and Clinical Lead Positive Behaviour Support Dr. Tom Tutton to share great insights about their organization’s goals and services. Their specialised, evidence informed schools program is the largest in the world, with additional services that include information and advice, diagnostic assessments, behaviour support, parent and family support, and adult programs. Their services provide people on the autism spectrum with the opportunity to realise their unique potential, as well as providing much needed support to their families, carers, friends and colleagues. Their vision is to provide the best possible opportunities for people on the spectrum.

Guest: Dr. John Menzies
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bio: Dr John Menzies is an experienced hospital and health service consultant who has over 30 years experience in the health field both in Australia and internationally. He graduated with first class honours in Medicine at the Univ. Qld. and obtained a Master of Health Planning from Univ. NSW. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of Medical Administrators and is a senior censor with the College. Dr. Menzies is currently the General Manager of the Health Roundtable Ltd. Prior to taking on this role in early 2015, he was for thirteen years the senior medical and hospital consultant for AbtJTA. Prior to joining AbtJTA, Dr Menzies was the CEO of the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital from 1996-2003 and Regional Director for Health for the Sunshine Coast Region (1990-1996). Dr. Menzies special interests include telemedicine and supporting clinical services and health workers in remote situations.

Segment overview: For our Innovation in Health Service and Hospital Management Segment, we are joined by General Manager of the Health Roundtable Limited Dr. John Menzies here to discuss the services they provide to members of their non-profit membership organisation across Australia and New Zealand. From their small beginning back in 1990, the Health Roundtable has grown substantially and now represents some 147 hospitals from around Australia and New Zealand in every state and territory and all of the district health boards in New Zealand. They undertake clinical benchmarking on a regular basis and looks to understand what is different between hospitals and to understand that difference and then to look and see if the innovation or the difference is of value to other hospitals and then shares that with its members.

Guests: Dr. Shane Kelly and Dr. Clare Morgan
Presenter: Wayne Bucklar
Guest Bios: Dr Kelly commenced in the role of Chief Executive Officer, Mater Health Services in July 2015. Mater Hospitals are nationally renowned for a strong positive organisational culture of compassionate care, and patient and staff safety. The Mater provides over 1,000 hospital beds and a diverse range of community-based services. The hospitals include Australia’s largest maternity facilities, the Mater Mothers’ Hospitals, in which over 10,000 deliveries are performed each year, the Mater Private Hospital Brisbane and Mater Adult Hospital. Dr Kelly’s directorships include Mater Medical Research Institute; Mater Foundation; Brisbane Diamantina Health Partners; and Mater Education Limited (MEL).
Dr Clare Morgan joined Mater Pathology as a Consultant Haematologist and Medical Director of Queensland Cord Blood Bank at Mater Health in 2007. Dr Morgan was appointed to the position of Chief Medical Officer in 2014, and in addition to
managing Mater’s clinical safety and quality unit, she has a broad mandate to participate in the development of an improved approach to clinical governance, clinical service delivery, and teaching and research across all Mater facilities and services.

Segment overview: For our Innovation in Health Service and Hospital Management Segment, we welcome Dr. Shane Kelly and Dr. Clare Morgan from Mater Health Services. They are here to share the organization’s background as well as insightful information about the wide range of services that they provide. They make sure that they are delivering the highest standard and quality of clinical care with low variability and high predictability and always evidence based. In order to achieve that, they are very much about bringing together the clinical services of the health arm of the organization with their education and research components so that the research is informing evidence based practice and the education arm is helping them to implement it through changes at the core phase. They are particularly focused in the education space on simulation, utilization simulation to bring about learning and development and change. They believe that other innovation comes from really from the ground up, rather than being pushed down and so even in their obstetric space, they have some fairly innovative people who have done things a bit differently to what you would normally expect and really for the benefit, for the purposes of trying to provide even better care in an efficient way and backed up by the evidence.