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The future of SA Pathology will be Ime as the one voluntary membership become clearer in coming months, and Your Local Partners organisation that represents the the AMA will continue to express the entire medical profession. I cherish importance of both public and private New Clinics at Gawler my membership of a group seen and providers in that future. respected by government, industry The quality of doctors’ education & Angaston and our patients, because we act and and training is essential to a high- speak for the people who matter most: performing health system. Last year our patients. we supported members of the Flinders Dr Jones & Partners now offers a comprehensive range of radiology I want to enhance the legacy of Medical Students’ Society amid major services with new state-of-the-art equipment for the Barossa my predecessor, Associate Professor changes to the Flinders University community. William Tam, by building an even medical course and proposed moves to stronger, more effective AMA in this end their much-treasured Qualifying This includes a range of specialised imaging for the easy access Dr Mitchell Raeside state. William has shown us what is Ceremony. I will continue to support Clinic Director, Angaston & Gawler possible and much of what I hope to our younger colleagues at FMSS on of referring clinicians and patients. Conveniently located in the achieve as president will be largely due these matters. P: 0422 415 840 Gawler Health Service and Angaston Hospital, from May 2019. to his efforts. As I write this, South Australia E: [email protected] It was exactly a week – almost to the remains in the grip of an unprecedented Special interests in body imaging, hour – after I accepted the President’s influenza epidemic. But the experience particularly Gastrointestinal, Medal from Will, when the result of the has been valuable in demonstrating Gawler - Low Dose Digital X-ray & Digital OPG Ultrasound Federal Election was announced on 18 to our members, to SA Health, to the Hepatobiliary and Pelvic imaging. including MSK and Elastography Low Dose CT - including May. The election and its ramifications Minister and everyone connected to this Interventional Digital Breast Tomosynthesis Fluoroscopy certainly gave my fellow Council epidemic that we must be partners.