Professionals

HAPS Executive
Locked Bag 1
Hunter Region Mail Centre
NSW 2310, Australia

Phone: (02) 4921 4000
Fax: (02) 4921 4400


International Enquiries
Phone: +61 2 4921 4000
Fax: +61 2 4921 4400

Staff Profiles

Staff Specialists in the following areas of expertise are available to be consulted for pathology interpretation and patient treatment.
Name Associate Professor Stephen Graves (Divisional Director)
Qualifications MB, BS, BSc (Hons), PhD, MD (Melb), MPH, FASM, FACTM, FRCPA.
Contact Details Phone: (02) 4921 4420 - Fax: (02) 4921 4440
Background Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Minnesota, USA, Director of Microbiology (Acting), Fairfield Infectious Diseases Hospital, Melbourne, Staff Specialist in Microbiology, Townsville General Hospital & Director of STD Clinic, Townsville. Director of Microbiology, Geelong Hospital, Geelong, Victoria, Director of Microbiology, PathCare Consulting Pathologists, Geelong, Victoria.
Special Interests Director, Australian Rickettsial Reference laboratory, Australian Rickettsial diseases, teaching, sexually transmitted disease and public health.
 
Name Dr John Ferguson
Qualifications Medical Degree, MBBS (Hons), FRACP, DTMH, FRCPA
Contact Details Phone: (02) 4921 4422 - Fax: (02) 4921 4440
Background Initial training was at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney with periods overseas in the United Kingdom and Kenya. Trained in Microbiology at Westmead Hospital, Sydney.
Special Interests Respiratory infection, staphylococcal infection, healthcare-associated infection, hospital infection control, molecular microbiology and antibiotic resistance.
 
Name Dr Rod Givney
Qualifications MBBS, BA, BSc (Med), FRCPA, MPH (Adelaide), PhD (Sydney).
Contact Details Phone: (02) 4921 4423 - Fax: (02) 4921 4440
Background Previously Director of Communicable Disease Control, South Australia. Previously Senior Lecturer in Public Health at the University of Adelaide. Former Lecturer in Infectious Diseases at the University of Sydney. Antarctic Expedition Doctor twice.
Special Interests Epidemiology of hospital acquired infections, public health microbiology.