Phil is an orthopaedic surgeon specialising in conditions of the hip and knee with a sub specialty in osseointegration.

He completed his fellowship at the Mater hospital in Sydney, Mayo clinic in Rochester, HSS in New York and UZ Leuven in Belgium.

Dr Neela Janakiramanan is a reconstructive plastic surgeon, author, commentator and health advocate. She is the Acting Clinical Director of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Eastern Health, was a clinical lead in the Kids off Nauru and ‘Medevac’ campaigns to improve access to healthcare for refugees and asylum seekers in offshore migration detention and was also an organiser and clinical lead in operationalising the Australian ‘Medevac’ legislation in 2019.

She frequently speaks on issues related to diversity and inclusion in healthcare, and is a health commentator, writing for publications including Women’s Agenda, The Age and Sydney Morning Herald and The Saturday Paper, and regularly appears on ABC Weekend Breakfast and ABCs The Drum. Her bestselling debut novel, The Registrar, was released in 2022.

I attended Newcastle university, graduating in 1988. I completed my Orthopaedic training on the Newcastle scheme in 1998. I did my fellowship year in Adelaide at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital.

I returned to the Hunter area in 1999 and have been in practice in Maitland since then. I worked at The Maitland Hospital as a VMO for 15 years  providing a mixed adult and paediatric service. I currently operate at Maitland private hospital.

I have been the NSW OWL rep for the last 3.5 years.

Dr Tim Stewart is the CEO and Medical Director of Heal Specialist Urgent Care. Heal’s first clinic opened in February 2023 and the second clinic is scheduled to open in Maitland in late 2023.

Dr Stewart completed his emergency training at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney in 2014, one of Australia’s busiest emergency departments. He has extensive experience in trauma, having worked in pre-hospital and retrieval medicine as an Emergency Physician for the Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (Sydney), Careflight Critical Care Aeromedical Retrieval Service (Brisbane), and the Hunter Retrieval Service (Newcastle).

Since 2017 Dr Stewart has been employed as an Emergency Physician at Maitland Hospital which sees over 50,000 presentations per year through the ED. Dr Tim is passionate about teaching with a special interest in simulation training, and has completed the world-renowned Simulation Instructor Training Course at the Centre for Medical Simulation, Boston USA.

Dr Stewart held the position of Clinical Lead for Emergency Simulation in his most recent public position at Maitland Hospital and actively participates in Health Network teaching and training, as well as holding the position of conjoint lecturer with the University of Newcastle.

Dr Stewart has taken part in two medical documentary series, Kings Cross ER (Channel 9), filmed at St Vincent’s Hospital Emergency Department, and Helicopter Heroes Down Under (BBC) a documentary series following British flying doctors in Australia.

In his free time, Dr Stewart enjoys surfing, biking, cooking, and spending time with his young family.

Yohannes Toban graduated his medical degree with honours from Hasanuddin University of Makassar, the largest city in the region of Eastern Indonesia.

He grew interest in international collaboration and networking, and eventually became the Regional Chairperson of Indonesia for Asian Medical Students Association. After completing further training in orthopedic surgery and obtaining master degree in health from the same institution, he worked at Timika, West Papua for 2 years during the Covid pandemic. He then pursued a fellowship in sport surgeries, an area of his interest.

He has great passion in reading books and learning foreign languages. After having two sons, he found new interest in parenting and early child education.

Gus Worland

TED SPEAKER. MENTAL FITNESS CAMPAIGNER. MEDIA IDENTITY.

Much loved Australian television and radio host, and passionate advocate for building the mental fitness of Australians. GUS WANTS ALL AUSTRALIANS TO HAVE THEIR GOTCHA4LIFE MATE.

Gus founded Gotcha4Life in 2017, following the success of the ABC series Man Up and losing a very close friend and life mentor to suicide, as he realised he had the ability and networks to make a real difference.

Fast forward to April 2023, Gus was selected to speak at TED2023 in Vancouver and received a standing ovation and over a thousand hugs from the live audience. In a live and raw TED talk, which will makes it’s way around the globe, Gus spoke on helping people develop the emotional muscle and social connections needed to prevent suicide and build mental fitness. Gus simply does not accept the alarming statistics surrounding suicide in Australia and that nine beautiful people take their life every day.

Gotcha4Life believes in the power of prevention through connection and champions the idea of proactively building mental fitness and the emotional resilience required to navigate the challenges that life throws at us. We trust in the concept of starting meaningful conversations by developing better social and emotional connections with mates, families, colleagues and community.

Gotcha4Life’s mission is to inspire and enable people to take action to build their mental fitness, so no one worries alone. Driving change through projects and programs in schools, sports clubs and communities.

Ian Hargreaves, hand surgeon (Sydney)

Chris Smithers, upper limb surgeon (Sydney)