Our Health Professionals

Karen Inge, APD

Institute of Health and Fitness
Karen Inge is Director of the Institute of Health and Fitness in Melbourne, Australia. She is an Accredited Practising Dietitian well known as a media commentator and nutrition writer for the Australian Women's Weekly. Karen also provides specialist nutrition consultancy services to the sporting, food and industry bodies. Among her appointments, Karen is Senior Sport Nutrition Advisor at the Victorian Institute of Sport and a Board member of the Coeliac Research Fund.

George Santoro, AO, MBBS, FAMA

Dr. Santoro is a Director of Melbourne Division of General Practice, and Member of Council for the Order of Australia. He is a Past Member Faculty of Medicine University of Melbourne, Past President of both Australian Medical Association (Victoria), and the Medical Benevolent Association of Victoria.

Bill Mackey, MB ChB

Dr Mackey is a New Zealand and Australian registered medical practitioner who has specialised in family practice and sports medicine. Currently he is CEO of a New Zealand medical and diagnostic distribution company.

Steven N. Blair, PED

University of South Carolina
As professor at the Arnold School of Public Health, Dr. Blair's research focuses on the associations between lifestyle and health, with a specific emphasis on exercise, physical fitness, body composition,and chronic disease.

Tim Church, MD, MPH, PhD

Pennington Biomedical Research Centre

Dr. Church's area of research expertise includes prevertive medicine, obesity and exercise as it relates to weight and health issues such as the treatment of heart disease, diabetes, quality of life and healthy aging. Dr. Church is the director of the Laboratory of Preventive Medicine at Pennington in Baton Rough, Louisiana.

Frank Greenway, MD

Pennington Biomedical Research Centre

Dr. Greenway's area of research is in the treatment of obesity with an emphasis on pharmacological and nutriceutical interventions. He is Professor and Medical Director of the Pennington outpatient research clinic in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

G. Alan Marlatt, PhD

University of Washington
Dr. Marlatt's research and clinical focus includes the prevention and treatment of addictive behaviors. He is an internationally recognized psychologist and currently a Professor of Psychology and Director of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center at the University of Washington.

A busy GP herself, Dr Phelps became interested in medical politics several years ago and in 1999 was elected to the position of NSW AMA President.

In May 2000 Prof Phelps was elected Federal AMA President, becoming the first woman ever to head this organisation and serving a maximum term of three years. Kerryn Phelps has been a familiar face to many Australians over the last twenty years during which time she has appeared regularly on television, radio and the print media informing the Australian public on important health issues. She is also a keen advocate of Human rights.

Professor Phelps acts a consultant to various organisations and is currently very involved in educating the public on the integration of traditional and complementary medicine.

Professor Phelps has been the health writer for the Australian Women's Weekly for fifteen years and she also writes regular political commentary for Medical Observer Magazine. In 2007 she will be appearing regularly on Channel Nine's "The Catch Up" as their visiting doctor.

Aside from practising as a General Practitioner, Professor Phelps also lectures at the University, has been an Australia Day Ambassador for many years and in 2003 was awarded the Centenary Medal for services to Health and Medicine.