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RVTS Board

Cathy Love  Dr Cathy Love (Chair) - Class C nominee
MB FRACGP FRACRRM DipRANZCOG(Advanced)

Dr Cathy Love is currently working as a GP Obstetrician in communities across South Australia. Cathy is a former RVTS registrar and now supervises two RVTS registrars in the Northern Territory. She has worked as a District Medical Officer in the Northern Territory for over a decade and continues in this role on a casual basis, servicing communities out of Alice Springs. Cathy has also worked with humanitarian agencies in numerous developing countries and has an ongoing interest and involvement in Uganda. She is in her second term as RVTS Chair and has also served on the Board of the Central Australian Division of Primary Healthcare.

Tom Doolan Dr Tom Doolan (Deputy Chair) - ACRRM nominee
MBBS FACRRM FRACGP

Dr Tom Doolan has worked continuously in rural practice for over 30 years in Kilcoy, Queensland where he also provides inpatient and emergency care at Kilcoy Hospital. Tom was a foundation member of the (P)RVTS Program Governance Group.  He chaired the RDAA Taskforce for the establishment of ACRRM, is a foundation and continuing Director of ACRRM and is ACRRM's honorary Director of Education. He was editor and co-author of the ACRRM primary curriculum. Tom was a foundation Director on the GPET Board from 2001 - 2007. His major interests outside of medicine are his family and his vineyard and winemaking.

Cameron Loy Dr Cameron Loy - RACGP nominee
MBBS FRACGP BMedSc(Hon) DCH DRANZCOG FARGP GDRGP

Cameron Loy is a General Practitioner at Lara, near Geelong in Victoria, and at the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre women's prison. He is also a custodial Medical Officer for Victoria Police, works for the Victorian Institiute of Forensic Medicine, and is a Supervisor at his practice. Cameron is an RACGP examiner and is currently the Assessment Panel Chair for the Victoria Faculty of the RACGP. He is also the Vice Chair of the National Rural Faculty of the RACGP. In addition, Cameron is a Trustee for philanthropic research trust, the Shepherd Foundation, which supports early career research in General Practice prevention and occupational medicine.

Rod Martin

Dr Rod Martin - Class C nominee 
BSc MBBS FACRRM

Dr Rod Martin is currently a rural doctor in Armidale NSW, practicing Anaesthetics and Obstetrics at the local hospital in additional to General Practice. He is currently a Senior Lecturer in Rural Medicine at the University of New England. A Board member since commencement of the company, Rod was also a member of the Program Governance Group in the preceding couple of years before incorporation of the RVTS. Rod is also a member of a number of ACRRM and GPET committees relating to recruitment, retention and education. He was an RVTS Registrar in Theodore Queensland and is now an RVTS Supervisor. 

Christian Rowan

Dr Christian Rowan - ACRRM nominee 
MBBS MDiplTrade FACRRM FARGP FRACGP FAChAM FRACMA 

Christian Rowan is the Deputy Executive Director of Rural and Remote Medical Services for Queensland Health's Policy, Planning and Resourcing Division. He is also a  Visiting Medical Practitioner at the Wesley Hospital in Brisbane and holds an academic appointment as an Associate Professor with Griffith University's School of Medicine. He was the 2006-2007 President of the Rural Doctors Association of Queensland (RDAQ). Christian is a graduate of the University of Queensland (MBBS) and is a former Queensland Health Rural Scholarship Holder and PRVTS registrar.

Kathryn Kirkpatrick

Dr Kathryn Kirkpatrick - RACGP nominee
MBBS, FRACGP, FACRRM, Grad Dip Health Studies (GP), AAICD 

Kathryn Kirkpatrick is a GP in Dalby, Queensland and is a graduate of Queensland University. Kathryn is Chair of the RACGP National Rural Faculty, a RACGP Councillor and is committed to rural training as a part-time Medical Educator and Rural Advisor for Central and Southern Queensland Training Consortium and a GP trainer. She is National Rural Faculty representative on the National Rural Health Alliance and is a member of the RACGP Queensland Faculty Board Executive.

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