Professor Roger Chen

Endocrinologist

Professor Roger Chen is a Senior Staff Specialist in Endocrinology at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney and Visiting Scientist at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. His clinical interests are in general endocrinology including diabetes and thyroid disease. His research interests are in diabetes co-morbidities such as mental illness and cognitive impairment.

He is active in post postgraduate and undergraduate medical education and coordinates the endocrinology unit of the Masters of Internal Medicine for the University of Sydney and for the Rebecca Cooper Research Foundation. He is Conjoint Professor, St Vincent’s Clinical School at the University of New South Wales.

Dr Matthew Hare

Endocrinologist

Dr Hare is an Endocrinologist at Royal Darwin Hospital, where he leads remote diabetes services. He is also a clinician-researcher based at Menzies School of Health Research, where his work focuses on addressing the impact of diabetes among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Dr Hare has extensive experience in diabetes epidemiology and clinical research, having previously worked with the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Monash School of Public Health and MRC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge. His research efforts have been recognised with awards and scholarships from the Australian Diabetes Society, National Health and Medical Research Council, International Diabetes Epidemiology Group, Australian Academy of Science, Diabetes Australia and US Centers for Disease Control.

Associate Professor Gary Kilov

General Practitioner

Associate Professor Gary Kilov is a founding member of The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) Diabetes specific interest group and a co-founder of the primary care diabetes society of Australia (PCDSA). He is a contributor to the current RACGP diabetes handbook (2016/20). He is a member of several NDSS (National Diabetes Supply Scheme) Expert Reference Groups. He is the past editor in chief of the PCDSA journal. He has established a multidisciplinary, diabetes-focused general practice in Launceston, Tasmania.

Associate Professor Kilov shares his time between Launceston treating the full spectrum of patients with diabetes and obesity related conditions and providing peer to peer and medical undergraduate education on diabetes and related conditions. He has presented papers and conducted many educational sessions at national and international seminars and conferences and he has been published in peer reviewed journals on topics covering diabetes, obesity and respiratory medicine.

Vongayi Majoni

Medcentral GP Clinic

RN, CDE, MPH, BN (Hons Critical Care), Diploma in diabetes education in Primary Care. I enjoy offering diabetes education. I have been a diabetes educator since 2005