About Michael

Michael graduated in Medicine, as well as Science with honours (Pharmacology) from the University of Manchester, UK. He obtained the Diploma of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, London, the Graduate Diploma of Occupational and Environmental Health from Monash University, Melbourne, and is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian Faculty of Occupational & Environmental Medicine (FAFOEM, RACP).

On arrival in Australia in 1979 he initially worked as a Principal in rural General Practice, and Visiting Medical Officer to the Mudgee District Hospital, NSW. He has been working in Occupational Medicine since moving to Melbourne in 1985, working with a very broad range of industries and organisations, and has gained extensive experience in the fields of injury management, rehabilitation, risk communication, health surveillance and health promotion, as well as medico-legal work. He is an Independent Medical Examiner and Impairment Assessor for the Victorian WorkCover Authority and ComCare, and is also eligible to be nominated to a Medical Panel.

He enjoys maintaining a high level of physical and mental wellbeing, and participates in running, cycling, walking, golf and hatha yoga, and loves to spend time with his family. Other interests include travel, theatre, fine wine and food, and reading.

He considers some of his achievements outside of medicine to be: