WIT.0001.0038.0001 25 August 2020 The Honourable Jennifer Coate AO Board of Inquiry into the COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Program PO Box 24012 MELBOURNE VICTORIA 3001 Email:
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[email protected] Dear Justice Coate, Please find below my answers to the questions put to me as a part of the Board of Inquiry into the COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Program. 1. What is your relevant professional background and work history? I studied at the University of Melbourne Medical School and graduated M.B.B.S. in 1982. In 1989, I was awarded fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the Royal Australian College of Ophthalmologists. In 2007, I graduated from the Australian Institute of Company Directors and was awarded full fellowship of the Institute in 2008, given my extensive experience as a Director, especially via the Board of a regulated medical indemnity insurance company. Between 1989 and late 1991, I trained in the United States of America. I received sponsorship for my fellowship training from both the Royal Melbourne Hospital (for Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio), along with the University of Melbourne (for Washington University and Barnes Hospital, St Louis, Missouri) respectively. I was also supported to attend the 8th annual summer program in Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health during June and July of 1990 where I was trained in epidemiology and biostatistics. I have been involved in research and teaching at the University of Melbourne since 1991 and have held the position of Associate Professor, within the University Department of Surgery since 2005.