Our Staff

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Staff Service
The following staff were recognised during the year for service to the Institute, which in some cases, extended to previous service with the Attorney General's Department.

   
Ceril Pereira (2001)      30 years
Russell Evans   15 years
Jane Beard 10 years
Matthew Brett 10 years
Dr Michael Burke 10 years
Prof. John Clement (2001)  10 years

DIRECTOR AND PROFESSOR
Stephen Cordner MA Lond MBBS BMedSc Melb FRCPath FRCPA DMJ (Path) DipCrim Melb

Legal Research and Programme Development Manager
Helen McKelvie LLB Melb BA Melb                                                                                          

Personal Assistant to Director & General Manager
Melinda Franks; Alison Elliott (from Feb 03)                                                                               

CORPORATE SERVICES
General Manager and Head of Division

Silvio Tiziani BAppSc Swin MBA Monash AIMM AHRI

Business Support Services

   
Manager Russell Evans BA (SocSc)
Administrative Officer David Freeman
Budget Officer Robert Kraina BAppSci(AppGeol)
Accounts Payable David Moore
Purchasing Officer Alan Workman AFAIPMM
Receptionist Jeanette Buckley
Engineer Mansur Khan DipElecEng MIEA CertPS
Staff Health Michael Sargeant MBBS (sessional)

Human Resources

   
Manager Branwen Williams BSC GradDipHRM &IR
Administrative Officers Lisa Gauci
Angela Piacente

Organisational Development

   
Manager Marie Syrjanen BSC Cert IV QMA
Senior Quality Scientist Soumela Horomidis BSc (part-time) (from Sept 02)
Quality Scientists Helen Batziris BSc (Hons) Melb (from Dec 02)
Soumela Horomidis BSc (part-time) (to Sept 02)
Kerrie Lawrence BAppSc RMIT (part-time) )to Sept 02)
Sarah McKay BSc (Hons) (to Oct 02)
Carli Tsavdaridis BSc (from Oct 02)

INFORMATION DIVISION
Deputy Director and Head of Division:
David Ranson BMedSci MBBS Nottm. LLB West of Eng FRCPath FRCPA FACLM DMJ (Path) Clinical Liaison Services

   
Executive Officer Leonie Baker BBus Swin GDClinEpi Monash RN (part-time)
Forensic Physicians Joseph Ibrahim MBBS Monash GCHE Monash PhD Monash MRACMA FAFPHM FRACP
Adam O'Brien MBBS Melb GCClinResMeth Monash DRANZCOG FACEM
Clinical Research Nurse Amanda Charles BAppSc (AdvNursing)RMIT MHSc(VUT) RN A&E Cert CorCareCert (part-time)

Research Officer Stacey Emmett BSc(Hons) Monash
Administrative Officer Tatiana Vrskoska Cert Admin


Consultative Committee on Road Traffic Fatalities

   
Co-Chairs Hon Associate Professor FT MCDermott
Professor SM Cordner
Project Manager Ann Tremayne
Research Assistants Sarah Bullen MN, RN, CEN (to Apr 03)
Lisa Edmonds (part-time) (to Dec 02)
Libby Newman, BN, Dip Health Science (Prehospital Care) (from Apr 03)
Tara Tremayne (from Sept 02)

Forensic Imaging Services

   
Manager Caroline Rosenberg BSc Melb Cert IV (ForensicSc) Swin


Informatics

   
Manager Vicky Winship BSc(Maths/Physics)Durham DipOR Brunel (part-time)
System Administrator Trainee Murray Hall
Analyst/Programmers  Aldo Morales BTech (Comp) Monash
Jarrod Boxall CertInfoTech Holmesglen
Senior Analyst/Programmer Gavin Reichel BComp (InfoSys)
Desktop/NT Support  Ron Rose BSc (AppSci)
Technical Project Officer Jennifer Neame BA DipEd GradDip AppSci (CompSci) GDip Tesol
Web Development Damon Muller BBSc (Hons) LaTrobe PGradDipArts (Crim) Melb (part-time)


Library

   
Library Manager   Kerry Johannes ADipLib AALIA 
Librarian Mellita Hunter BSc Monash GradDip IM (Lib) Melb (part-time)

THE MONASH UNIVERSITY NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CORONIAL INFORMATION (MUNCCI)

Coroners Information System MUNCCI Board of Management

   
Chair Prof. John McNeil Head of the Monash University Department of Epidemiology & Preventive Medicine
Board

 

 

 

 

Mr. Graeme Johnstone State Coroner of Victoria (representing the Australian Coroners' Society) 
Prof. Stephen Cordner Director of VIFM and MUNCCI 
 A/Prof. David Ranson Deputy Director of VIFM
A/Prof. Olaf Drummer Head of Scientific Services at VIFM
 Prof. Joan Ozanne-Smith Chair of Injury Prevention at the Monash University Accident Research Centre
Dr James Harrison Director of the Research Centre for Injury Studies at Flinders University

                                          
MUNCCI

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Project Manager Rebecca Smith LLB BA Melb (to Apr 03)
Karen Peasley AssocDipMRA Cumb (to June 03)
Senior Project Officer Jessica Pearse BIM Monash
Quality Assurance Officer Sue Wood BHIM LaTrobe
Project Officer Kerryn Parnham BA (Hons) Melb
Applications Officer Marde Hoy BA LaTrobe (part-time)
Administration Officer Edward Mulvenna (from June 02)
YES employment scheme Celia Smith (to June 03)

                   
FORENSIC PATHOLOGY

   
Head of Division Matthew Lynch MBBS Melb LLB (Hons) Monash FRCPA DipForensPath DMJ (Path) FACLM GradDip Legal Practice
Forensic Pathologists  Michael Burke MBBS BSc Monash FRCPA DipForensPath
 Malcolm Dodd MBBS Melb FRCPA DMJ(Path) ADipMLT MACLM AAIMLT FACBS
David Ranson BMedSci MBBS Nottm . LLB West of Eng FRCPath FRCPA FACLM DMJ (Path) 
Shelley Robertson MBBS Melb LLB Melb FRCPA DMJ (Path) FACLM DAvMed Otago AMusA
Douglas Trethewie MBBS Melb FRCPA
Anatomical Pathologist John Maynard MBBS Melb FRCPA MASM AFAIM (part-time)
Paediatric Pathologist Peter Campbell MD Melb FRCPA MACLM (part-time)
Forensic Anthropologist Christopher Briggs DipEd BSc MS PhD
Radiologist  Robert Fabini MBBS Melb FRACR Chris O'Donnell MBBS FRANZCR M.Med
Registrars Rohan Lourie MBBS Melb (to Feb 03) 
Judith McCreath MBBS BSc (Med) UNSW (from Feb 03)
Visiting Fellows in Forensic Pathology   Ahmed Makata Dip(ClinMed) Tanzania MD Volgagrad Cert(Path) Nagasaki PhD Nagasaki 
Muruguipillai Sivasubramaniam MBBS Sri Lanka DLM MD Colombo (to Feb 03) 
Keerthi Gunathilake MBBS Sri Lanka DLM MD Colombo (to Feb 03)
 Buddhika Weerasundera MBBS Sri Lanka DLM MD Colombo(to Feb 03) 
Maximus Fernando MBBS DLM MD Colombo
Forensic Entomologist Melanie Archer BSc (Hons) Melb PhD Melb
Research Officer    Leonie Baker BBus CCare Cert SRN (part-time)
Institute Liaison Officer Patricia O'Brien GradDipCrim Melb MBA BA RN RM
Word Processing Officers Jill Lloyd 
Mary Reddan

                                                                                    
Technical Services

   
Manager Jodie Leditschke PhD Monash
Quality and Administrative Support Rebecca Ellen ADipMedLabSc RMIT 
Senior Forensic Technician Barry Murphy CertAnatHyg 
Forensic Technicians Keith Bretherton 
Matthew Brett BSc(Hons) (part-time)
Sarsha Collett BSc(Hons) Monash (from May 03) 
Caroline de Koning BSc 
Kevin Doering 
Alex Evangelista
Brian Lloyd 
Kellie Anne Thomas 
William Trainer
Belinda Wade-Bazzara (from June 03)


CLINCAL FORENSIC MEDICINE

   
Head of Division:  David Wells MA Melb MBBS Monash DMJ (Clin) Dip RACOG FRACGP
Forensic Physicians

 

 

 

 

Fouad Dawood MBBS FRACGP ACCAM (parttime) (from Feb 03)
Glenn Howlett MBBS (part-time) 
Michael Hurley MBBS Melb BmedSci FRACGP (part-time) (from Apr 03) 
Morris Odell BE MBBS Melb FRACGP DMJ (Clin) 
Helen Parker MBBS Melb FACEM DMJ (Clin) (part-time) 
Alexandra Welborn MBBS WA FRACGP DMJ (Clin) (part-time) (Jan 03)                                               
Angela Williams MBBS WA GradDip (ForMed)(part-time)(from Jan 03)
Honorary Forensic Physicians David Eddey MBBS DipRaCOG FACEM 
Adam O'Brien MBBS DipRACOG FACEM 
Simon Young MBBS Monash DipCrim FACEM
Forensic Registrars Amanda Lishman MBBSTas (to Jul 02) 
Micki Marginaen MD (from Feb 03) 
Pip Wills BHB MBChB LMDipObst DipPaeds (to Feb 03)

Forensic Medical Officers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chanaka Amarasinghe BSc MD Ch DipObst NZ contracted                                 
Adrashpham Balgobind BA LLB LM LRCS LRCP                  FRACGP Dip RACOG 
Doug Barkley MBBS MRCP FRACGP 
Susan Barnett MBBS
 Robyn Barrett MBBS
Tali Barret MBBS BmedSci MRCGP UK 
Natalie Barton MBBS 
Stewart Booth MBBS DipRACOG (Obs) FRACGP
Adrian Castro MD BSc 
Sean Clark MBBS
Regina Clarke MBBS DipRACOG
Linda Danvers MBBS FRACGP DipRACOG 
Nicholas Demediuk MBBS DipRACOG FRACGP
Helen Dewhurst MBBS
Catherine Gibney DipRACOG FRACGP
John Guymer MBBS BMedSci DipRACOG FRACGP
Deborah Henty MBBS
Helen Hewitt MBBS Monash 
Robyn Hides MBBS DipRACOG 
Christopher Hogan MBBS DRCOG DRACOG FRACGP
Mary Holland MBBS DipRACOG
Louisa Hope MBBS DRACOG FRACGP
Natalie Hood MBBS DMJ
Igor Jakubowicz MBBS LMus 
Stephen Jelbart MBBS BSc
Meinir Jones MB ChB
Christian Kenfield MBBS
Anna Lee MBBS (Hons) BA 
Annie Leong MBBS
Robert Long MBBS FRACGP DipObst RCOG
Joanne Love MBBS FRACGP
David Lyall MBChB Dobst
Craig Macaulay MBBS
Ian Mackay MBBS DA DipRACOG (to Dec 02)
Ian G McCallum MBBS DObst RCOG FRACGP
Michael MartinMBBS   
Tony McCarthy MBBS DA DRACOG FRACGP  
Jeanne McGivern MBBS BSc FRCS 
Kirsty McNab MBBS 
John Meaney MBBS DObstRCOG DipRACOG 
Paddy Moore FRANZCOG MbChB 
John Moran MBBS FRACGP 
Veronica Moule MBBS DRACOG FRACGP 
Gerald Murphy MBBS Lond DipRACOG DipDerm 
Sam Norden MBBS (Hons)
Amanda O'Brien MBBS DipRACOG DipGUM (to Jan 03) 
John O'Donoghue MBBS DipRACOG 
Britt Olsen MBBS GradDip WmHealth Mmed Wm Health FRACGP (to Jan 03)
Michael O'Sullivan MBBS DAUK DRACOG FRACGP GradDipRM 
Rodney Payne MB ChB MSc MFM MFOM MRCGP FACRRM DA
Tracey Pickersgill MBBS 
Ian Price MBBS FRACGP DipRACOG 
Cameron Profitt MBBS 
Jill Ramsey MBBS DipObst RACOG 
Natasha Rabbidge MBBS BMedSci 
Emma Rattray MBBS 
Nicole Reid MBBS 
Judith Risely MBBS MACNEM 
Ursula Russell MBBS 
Matthew Ryan MBBS Grad Dip (For Med) FACEM 
Belinda Schoeffel MBBS 
Dianne Sherrif MBBS DRACOG FRACGP 
Andrew Slutzkin MBBS DObstRCOG 
Andrew Soloczynskyj MBBS Melb Dip RACOG
Richard Teague MBBS FRACGP ACCAM 
Coral Thompson MBBS 
Neil Tran MB AMEC
Peter Wearne MBBS MPH DMJ FRACP 
Amanda Wilkin MBBS Melb 
Greg Wilks MBBS DipRACOG 
Katherine Willis-Sullivan MBBS
Pip Wills 
David Wilson MBChB DObstRCOG MRCGP
Office Manager Carole Bickle 

Secretaries

Administrative Assistant

 

Noelle Large 
Joanne Peake

Emily Hally

 

Scientific Services

   
Head of Division:   Olaf H. Drummer PhD Melb BAppSc (chem) RMIT MRACI ARCPA
Secretary to Head (Scientific Services) Ceril Pereira
Word Processing Officer Luba Pylnik
Road Safety and Research Philip Swann Ph.D. Chem Eng Melb BSc (Hons) Metallurgy Melb BSc Chem Melb PSM


Histopathology

   
Manager   David Cauchi BSc Melb
Senior Scientists  Katrina Caine BAppSc RMIT 
Scientists  Joanne Hanna BAppSc RMIT 
Suzanne Cuell BAppSc Monash
Virginia Scarff BAppSc RMIT (part time)

                           
Molecular Biology

   
Manager   Bentley A Atchison BAgSc(Hons) PhD Adel 
Senior Scientist   April Smith BSc (Hons) Monash 
Scientists Linda Benton BSc LaTrobe
Joy Knopp BA BSc (Hons) Monash

                            
Toxicology

   
Manager           Jim Gerostamoulos PhD Monash BSc (Hons)
Senior Scientists  

 

 Kerryn Crump DipAppSc (NuclMed) BAppSc MSc 
 Alex Kotsos MSc BSc Monash 
Maria Pricone BSc (Hons) Monash 
Voula Staikos BAppSc RMIT

Scientists

 

 

 

Kent Agg BSc (Hons) Deakin (to Feb 03)
Helen Batziris BSc (Hons) Monash (to Feb 03)
Mary Boratto BSc (Hons) Monash 
Mark Chu PhD Monash BSc (Hons) (from Feb 03) 
Peter McCaffrey BSc Deakin 
Shanta Perera BSc (Hons) Surrey 
Jennifer Wallington BAppSc RMIT 
 Sophie Widdop
Technical Assistant Karen Lee
                             
Donor Tissue Bank of Victoria

   
Head of Division:   Lynette Ireland MSc MBus BAppSc GradDip MGT MASM
Senior Transplant Co-ordinator   Jane Beard RN Cert ICU BNurs GradDip Ed (Clinical Instruction)
Transplant Co-ordinators  Susan Dickie RN BNurs
Julie Francis RN Oncology Cert BBSc La Trobe
 Natalie Morgan RN GradDip (CritCare) 
Wendy Norton RN GradDip (Periop Nurs)
Senior Scientist          Kellie Hamilton BSc (Hons) Monash
|Scientists    Eve Glage BSc (Med.Sc) (from Feb 03) 
Radek Kindl (to Dec 02) 
Helen Makrakis DipHealth (MedLabSci) BAppSc (MedLabSci) RMIT 
Ben Stewart BSc Monash 
Megan Thomson BSc (Hons) Melb BA Curtin (toDec 02)
Microbiologist Kirsty Peltz BSc USQ
Technical Assistant Matthew Erickson Cert Lab Tech III (to Aug 02)
Lisa Edmonds (to May 03)
 Administrative Assistant                 Claire Ferres (to Feb 03) 
Laura Murphy (from Mar 03)

                                       
Forensic Odontology

   
Consultant in Charge John Clement BDS Lond PhD Lond LDS RCS Eng DipFOd LHMC FICD
Odontologists (Honorary)

 

 

 

 

 

 Peter Bertelsen Cand Odont Arhus
 Nils Broders BSc BDS Adel DipFOd Melb
 Adele Campain BDSc Melb MPub Hlth (Epidemiol & Biostats) Melb 
Pamela Craig BDSc MDSc DipFOd Melb 
Jeremy Graham BDSc LDS 
Nicole Heaphy BDSc Melb 
Tony Hill BDS Otago DipFOd Melb 
Elishka Marvan BDSc MDSc 
Michael Morgan BDS Otago MDSc GradDip 
Epidemiol PhD 
Linda Steinberg BDSc DipFOd Melb
Forensic Sculptor (Honorary) Ronn Taylor FAISDT
Forensic Archivist/Technician         Sherie Blackwell BSc Melb
Administrative Assistant                 Diana Spadoni (nee Zeppieri)

 

Honorary Consultant Staff

   
Immunology James Goding MBBS Melb BMedSc PhD Melb FRCPA
Virology Ian Gust MD BS Melb BSc DipBact Lond FRCPA FRACP MASM FTS
Neuropathology Colin Masters MD BS W Aust BMedSc
Obstetric & Neonatal Pathology Denys Fortune MB CHB FRCP Ed FRCPath FRCPA FIAC


Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University

   
Professor and Chairman   Stephen M Cordner MA Lond MBBS BMedSc Melb FRCPath FRCPA DMJ DipCrim Melb
Adjunct Professor Olaf H. Drummer PhD Melb BAppSc (chem) RMIT MRACI ARCPA
Honorary Associate Professors       John Clement BDS PhD Lond LDS RCS Eng DipFOd LHMC 
 Ian McVey FRCS Eng FRACS 
David Ranson BMedSci MBBS Nottm LLB West of Eng FRCPath FRCPA FACLM DMJ (Path) Syd
Ian Freckelton PhD LLB
Honorary Associates

 

 

 

 

Harold Attwood MD ( St.And & Melb ) FRCPA FRCPathFRACP 
Kerry Breen MBBS Melb MD Melb FRACP 
Christopher Briggs BSc Oregon MS Oregon PhD Oregon 
Peter Campbell MD Melb FRCPA MACLM 
Christopher D Cordner BA (Hons) Melb BPhil Oxon DPhil Oxon 
E Douglas Fullerton BA Syd BD New York STM New York PostGradDip (Medical Ethics & Law) Lond PhD Drew
Prof. Louis Waller OA LLB (Hons) Melb BCL Oxon FASSA
Bethia A Wilson BA Monash LLB Monash
Honorary Senior Lecturers             Bentley Atchison BAgSc (Hons) PhD Adel 
Michael Burke BSc Monash MBBS Monash FRCPA Dip Forens Path
Malcolm Dodd MBBS Melb DipMLT AAIMLT FACBS FRCPA MACLM
Lynette Ireland BAppSc RMIT MSc Monash Grad- Dip MGTMASM 
Bebe Loff MA Lond BA Monash LLB Monash
Matthew Lynch MBBS Melb FRCPA DipForens Path FACLM
Morris Odell BE MBBS Melb FRACGP DMJ (Clin) 
Alex Olumbe MB ChB MMed (Path/Micro) DMJ (Path) DipForensMed 
Shelley Robertson MBBS Melb LLB Melb FRCPA DMJ (Path) FACLM DAvMed Otago 
Alexandra Welborn MBBS WA FRACGP DMJ (Clin) 
David Wells MA (Crim) Melb MBBS Monash FRACGP Dip DRACOG DMJ (Clin) 
Simon Young MBBS Monash DipCrim FACEM
Honorary Lecturers                       Jodie Leditschke PhD Monash

                                
Post Graduate Students

   
Toxicology Mark Chu PhD Candidate BSc (Hons) Monash
Kabrena Goeringer PhD Candidate Monash 
Jessica Halstead BSc (Hons) Monash
Donor Tissue Bank of Victoria       Arthur Smardencas PhD Monash 
Clinical Forensic Medicine Josie Spataro PhD Monash 
Molecular Biology    Angela Tan PhD Monash
Forensic Odontology Suhail Al-Amad BDSc Jordan 
Richard Bassed BDSc Syd

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