Staff profiles

Staff Specialists

Professor Jerry Greenfield MBBS (Hons1), PhD, FRACP

Head of Department | Department of Endocrinology and Director Diabetes Service | St Vincent's Hospital Sydney
Principal Research Fellow and Co-laboratory Head | Clinical Diabetes, Appetite and Metabolism Laboratory | Diabetes and Metabolism Division | Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Clinical Associate Dean | St Vincent's Clinical School | Faculty of Medicine | UNSW Sydney

Associate Professor Alexander Viardot MBBS, PhD, FRACP

Deputy Director (joint), Diabetes Service | Department of Endocrinology | St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney
Group Leader | Prader-Willi Syndrome and Genetic Forms of Diabetes Research Group | Clinical Diabetes, Appetite and Metabolism Laboratory | Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Conjoint Associate Professor | St Vincent's Clinical School | Faculty of Medicine | UNSW Sydney

Professor Roger Chen MBBS (Hons), FRACP, PhD

Senior Staff Specialist | Department of Endocrinology | St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney
Visiting Scientist | Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Conjoint Associate Professor | St Vincent's Clinical School | Faculty of Medicine | University of New South Wales, Sydney
Clinical Associate Professor | Office of Medical Education | University of Sydney

Associate Professor Katherine Tonks BSc(Med), MBBS(Hons), MPH(Hons),PhD, FRACP

Deputy Director (joint), Diabetes Service | Department of Endocrinology | St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney
Clinical Researcher | Clinical Diabetes, Appetite and Metabolism Laboratory | Diabetes and Metabolism Division | Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Dr Joel Lasschuit BMedSc MBBS (Hons), FRACP

Staff Specialist | Department of Endocrinology | St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney
PhD Candidate | Diabetes & Metabolism Division | Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Conjoint Lecturer | Faculty of Medicine | University of New South Wales, Sydney

Dr Jennifer Snaith FRACP, MBBS (Hons), BMedSci

Staff Specialist | Department of Endocrinology | St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney
PhD Candidate | Diabetes & Metabolism | Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Research Fellow | UNSW Sydney | Clinical Associate Lecturer | University of Sydney

Medical Registrars

Dr Patrice Forner – Endocrine Advanced Trainee

Dr David Lewis – Endocrine Advanced Trainee

Nursing Manager 

Ms Gael Holters  

Nurse Manager | Credentialled Diabetes Educator | Diabetes Service | St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney

Dietitians

Ms Leanne Gregory BSc (Nut) (Hons), GradCert (DiabEd&Mgmt), APD, CDE

Senior Diabetes Dietitian | Credentialled Diabetes Educator | Diabetes Service | St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney

Ms Hayley Wigmore BNutrDiet(Hons), GradCert (DiabEd&Mgmt), APD, CDE

Senior Diabetes Dietitian | Credentialled Diabetes Educator | Diabetes Service | St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney

Ms Cheryl Lum BSc (Hons) Nutrition and Dietetics, GradCert (DiabEd&Mgmt), APD

Senior Diabetes Dietitian | Diabetes Service | St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney

Diabetes Educators

Mr Liam Collins MNursPrac, GradCert (DiabEd&Mgmt), RN, CDE

Nurse Practitioner | Credentialled Diabetes Educator | Diabetes Service | St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney

Ms Penny Morris GradDipPH, BA(Leisure Studies), RN, CDE

Clinical Nurse Consultant  | Credentialled Diabetes Educator | Diabetes Service | St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney

Ms Kate Worton GradCert (DiabEd&Mgmt), RN, CDE

Clinical Nurse Specialist | Credentialled Diabetes Educator | Diabetes Service | St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney

Ms Catherine Finneran GradCert (DiabEd&Mgmt), RN, CDE

Clinical Nurse Consultant | Credentialled Diabetes Educator | Diabetes Service | St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney

Ms Lucia Marhava GradCert (DiabEd&Mgmt), RN, CDE

Registered Nurse | Credentialled Diabetes Educator | Diabetes Service | St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney

Pharmacist

Ms Jane Ludington BPharm, DipHospPharm, MHPEd, AACPA, CDE

Senior Pharmacist | Credentialled Diabetes Educator | Diabetes Service | St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney

Social Worker 

Annabelle Alison

Exercise Physiologist

Mr Devlin Higgins BExPhys, MPhty, (AEP, AES, ESSAM, APAM)

Exercise Physiologist | Diabetes Service | St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney

Administration

Wayne Swaysland

Volunteer/Consumer Representative

Volunteer - Ms Fran Macpherson

Consumer Representative - Shaun Allingham