A/Prof Michael Clements is an experienced Townsville based General Practitioner and practice owner with a background in health leadership and clinical and corporate governance. A/Prof Clements has accrued a wide variety of skills and special interests in his time with the Royal Australian Air Force and then with QLD Health as Director of Medical Services at Ingham Hospital before opening his private practices in Townsville while concurrently working for the QLD Rural Generalist Training Pathway as an advisor. Having worked in rural, remote and overseas clinical environments during and after his fellowship training Michael now gets his ‘rural fix’ by flying himself and other clinicians to remote towns in the Gulf of Carpentaria delivering GP clinics. Clinical interests include veterans’ health, mental health, chronic disease and palliative care. Michael is an Honorary Associate Professor with James Cook University.

Dr Karin Jodlowski-Tan grew up and trained in Australia. Following graduation, she worked for over 20 years in rural and remote general practice, particularly in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services, and has a longstanding involvement in GP education with colleges (ACRRM, RACGP, AMAC), and training organisations (RVTS, ACRRM Independent Pathway). She has been involved with rural GP recruitment and retention across her various roles with ACCHS’s, general practices, primary health network (PHN) and training organisations.
 
Currently she’s working as the National Deputy Director of Training - Rural Pathways at the RACGP, supporting the work in transitioning to college-led training, and recently led the remote clinical exam project.
 
Over the past 15 years she has been involved in various RACGP committees, including the Rural Education Committee, and the NSW faculty council.
 
Her special interests include innovations in remote education, nutritional medicine and acupuncture, and more recently the development of physician leadership, and corporate social responsibility projects.

Associate Professor Riitta Partanen has been serving the Queensland community of Maryborough as a GP since 1996. Riitta grew up in Tully and completed her medical degree at The University of Qld. She moved to Maryborough as a junior doctor, where she gained her Diploma of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and commenced her General Practice training. Riitta now works as a part-time GP enjoying the breadth of General Practice but has a particular interest in Women’s Health and Skin Cancer Surgery.  Riitta has been involved in Medical Education for over 20 years and is the Director of The University of Queensland Rural Clinical School. When not working Riitta enjoys spending time with her family and friends, playing golf, and travelling.  

Dr Kaylene Girgenti was a member of the first cohort of JCU Medical Graduates. She was born in Townsville, grew up in Ingham, and is now living in Townsville after spending time in Mackay, Moranbah, and Canada.  She continues travelling to rural areas to maintain her practise in rural medicine, which she loves.  As well as working in rural clinics on Magnetic Island and Karumba - she also works at the Townsville Hospital in the Antenatal clinics, in the Mater Emergency Department, and in General Practise in Bushland Beach.  She loves rural medicine - but as a mother of small children - she recognise the difficulties faced by doctors working in these areas - particularly women. 

Dr Dinara Markhabullina was born in Uzbekistan and moved to Russia. She completed her medical training at Kazan State Medical University in 2006 and has more than 15 years of experience in the Medical Field. Dr Dinara moved to Australia with her family in 2021.

Dr Markhabullina loves the rural life in NSW and, when not at work, enjoys going for walks, reading and playing tennis. Currently, Dr Dinara is looking forward to enrolling and completing the Fellowship program to stay practising in rural communities.

Dr Dinara chose to be a General Practitioner to provide people with comprehensive and coordinated health care. Dr Dinara is keen on women's health, starting with birth and ending with menopausal disorders. Dr Dinara Markhabullina represents international medical graduates.

Dr Jaclyn Brown is a rural GP in Jindabyne and Bega with postgraduate qualifications in obstetrics, paediatrics, and diabetes management. She works across general practice, urgent care, and medical education within the AGPT program. Dr Brown is currently completing a Master’s in Medical Leadership and Public Health, strengthening her commitment to high‑quality rural care and clinician development.

Dr Eileen Peter trained in the UK as a GP before relocating to Australia - last century! She has experience in both city and rural general practice, with a particular affinity for rural communities and the strong connections they foster. Outside of work, she enjoys spending time with family and friends.

Dr Deborah Carrington is a Rural Generalist GP and International Board Certified Lactation Consultant working in Portland, Victoria. Dr Carrington's special interests are breastfeeding medicine and perinatal care, and she provides a rural home visit services for families who struggle to access postnatal support. Dr Carrington's other passion is medical education and supervision. She is an RACGP Senior Medical Educator, the Victoria Portfolio lead for Core Education and a local champion of the Rural Generalist Program.

Katherine is an experienced rural generalist, living and working in Central Western Queensland. Katherine loves the variety her job offers, and that no two days are the same. Katherine is passionate about the importance of ensuring women in rural medicine are supported to thrive and succeed, as well as encouraging the next generation of doctors to consider the outback for their next adventure. When not at work, Katherine is just as busy as a mum to three incredible boys.

Deidre Stark is a rural generalist with emergency skills who has had the privilege of working in some of Australia’s most remote and disadvantaged areas.

She studied at University of Queensland before completing her FRACGP fellowship and then further emergency training at Logan Hospital which equipped her for her next adventure, a rural generalist fellowship based out of Mount Isa. Working for Royal Flying Doctor Service she conducted fly-out clinics to Urandangi, Gregory Downs, Djarra, Burketown, Camooweal and Boulia, and was the Medical Lead for Primary Health Care. She is currently Senior Medical Officer at Gatton Hospital, not too far from her family’s Clifton grain and dairy farming roots.
Deidre loves training the next generation of rural doctors. She is accredited with ACRRM and RACGP, has been an examiner for RACGP, recruited doctors to the RFDS and on the University of Queensland’s selection panels for medical students.

She has worked in teams from Weipa in FNQ, Aurukun on the Cape, to Port Lincoln in South Australia as well as remote Aboriginal communities and hospitals like Mornington Island (Qld), Gunbalanya (NT), Coober Pedy, Oodnadatta, Andamooka, Marla and Innamincka (SA).

Working for RFDS SA/NT, she has responded to emergency calls from Aboriginal communities, boats, trains, mines and remote stations, as well as doing retrievals and conducting fly-in clinics.

In 2023 she took a 9-month leave of absence to work full time in Voluntary Assisted Dying helping patients throughout Queensland.

Jazz O'Neill is a GP Obstetrician working in Katherine, NT and providing remote outreach services to communities of the Big Rivers Region of the Northern Territory. She loves the capacity to work in collaboration with women and their families in remote communities, providing care that meets the remote context. She has a strong passion for social justice, rural, remote and Indigenous health - and is an advocate for health for all as a basic human right on a national and global level. 
 
She studied at the University of Notre Dame Fremantle, and completed Rural Clinical School in Broome, WA before completing her Obstetrics training at King Edwards Memorial Hospital in Perth and then General Practice training in Albany, WA. She worked as a locum DMO in Broome, Kununurra and Halls Creek prior to moving to Katherine. 
 
Jazz loves the mix of providing in-hospital care and spending her day driving or flying to remote communities to provide GP services and women's health outreach. Training the next generation of doctors. Working as an examiner for the RACGP. Sitting on selection panels and volunteering as a mentor for her prior Universities. 

Maree Puxty is a rural GP and accidental GP academic. Maree grew up in the Hunter Valley and studied  at the University of Newcastle and fellowed in 1994. Maree has worked as a rural GP, previous practice owner and educator in the New England Northwest region of NSW with post graduate qualifications in mental health and adult health education. Maree has previously worked as a medical educator for GP Synergy, is conjoint senior lecturer with University of Newcastle  and is Associate Professor of General Practice for University of Newcastle England School of Rural Medicine and academic coordinator of the Joint Medical Program Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship. Maree is married to a fellow rural GP and has three adult children.