Our People

PATRON:

Professor Louis Landau

AWCH WA is honoured to have Emeritus Professor Louis Landau as our patron. Professor Landau was Professor of Paediatrics at Princess Margaret Hospital for Children in Perth. He is the medical advisor to the WA Department of Health. Professor Landau was awarded Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 1996 for his contribution to paediatrics and research in respiratory medicine. Professor Landau is the founding Chairman of the Institute for Child Health Research and has served on committees of the National Health and Medical Research Council, the Australia Drug Evaluation Committee, the Australian Medical Council and the National Asthma Campaign.

AMBASSADOR:

Professor Desiree Therese Silva – MBBS FRACP MPH

Professor of Paediatrics University of Western Australia and Joondalup Health Campus.

AMBASSADOR:

Grant Wheatley

Former Principal, Special Educational Needs, Medical and Mental Health, Hospital School Services

PRESIDENT:

Kate Castledine – Dip Nursing, BA Arts

VICE PRESIDENT:

Clare Broad – Dip Ed, M Ed

TREASURER

Geraldine Harris

Committee MemberS

Lis Mathiasen – BA (PSYCH); GRAD DIP ED; M ED

Wendy Wright – ASSDIPDENTHYG: ASSDIPDENTTHER

Helen Oakley – Dip Nursing

Dawn Butterworth – BA.B.ED(HONS); DIP.KTC; PHD; AO

Ann Taylor – President 27 years to 2022

Marilyn Simmons – Treasurer 11 years to 2022

Joanne Readman – BSc(Nursing), Dip Ed, Grad Dip Preop Nursing

Sherie Davies – Trained Nurse, Cert IV Ed Support