Members are appointed by the Australian Government Minister for Health and are drawn from a range of clinical specialties and backgrounds to ensure the CAC represents a wide range of clinical expertise. Table 2: Membership and meetings of the CAC in 2015–16 MEETING MEETINGS NAME POSITION SPECIALTY ELIGIBLE ATTENDED Endocrinology/ Prof. Ian Gough Chair 2 2 Surgery Deputy Dr Alasdair MacDonald 4 4 Internal Medicine Chair Prof. Gerard Carroll Member 4 3 Cardiology/Rural Prof. Peter Macdonald Member 4 0 Transplantation Geriatrics/ A/Prof. Paul Varghese Member 4 3 Rehabilitation Ear Nose and Dr Bernard Whitfield Member 4 3 Throat Surgery/ Injuries/Trauma Prof. John Turnidge Member 4 0 Infectious Disease Dr Philip Hoyle Member 4 2 Administration Respiratory/ A/Prof. Louis Irving Member 4 1 Indigenous Health Anaesthesia A/Prof. Daryl Williams Member 4 2 and Pain Management Footnotes: MEETING MEETINGS NAME POSITON SPECIALITY ELIGIBLE ATTENDED Prof. Leon Flicker Member 4 3 Geriatrics/
Members are appointed by the Australian Government Minister for Health and are drawn from a range of clinical specialties and backgrounds to ensure the CAC represents a wide range of clinical expertise. Table 2: Membership and meetings of the CAC in 2015–16 NAME POSITION SPECIALTY MEETING ELIGIBLE MEETINGS ATTENDED Prof. Ian Gough Chair Endocrinology/ Surgery 2 2 Dr Alasdair MacDonald Deputy Chair Internal Medicine 4 4 Prof. Gerard Carroll Member Cardiology/Rural 4 3 Prof. Peter Macdonald Member Transplantation 4 0 A/Prof. Paul Varghese Member Geriatrics/ Rehabilitation 4 3 Dr Bernard Whitfield Member Ear Nose and Throat Surgery/ Injuries/Trauma 4 3 Prof. John Turnidge Member Infectious Disease 4 0 Dr Philip Hoyle Member Administration 4 2 A/Prof. Louis Irving Member Respiratory/ Indigenous Health 4 1 A/Prof. Daryl Williams Member Anaesthesia and Pain Management 4 2 Footnotes: NAME POSITON SPECIALITY MEETING ELIGIBLE MEETINGS ATTENDED Prof. Leon Flicker Member Geriatrics/ 4 3
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