A/Professor Owler is the Deputy Chair of the Division of Surgery at Westmead Hospital and is an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Sydney. In addition he is a VMO at Westmead Private, Norwest Private and the Sydney Adventist Hospitals. A/Professor Owler has a PhD from the University of Sydney and spent 18 months performing research at the Academic Neurosurgery Unit at the University of Cambridge. He is an active clinical and basic science researcher with a particular interest in hydrocephalus and cerebrospinal fluid circulation disorders. A/Professor Owler is also the surgeon representative on the AMA NSW Branch Council, Chair of the AMA NSW Hospital Practice Committee and a Federal AMA Councillor. A/Professor Owler was nominated for his extensive clinical expertise.