Five AMA Queensland members elected to Federal Council
The AMA membership has elected a new Federal Council to begin its term from August 2024.
The Council is composed of five practice group representatives, 12 specialty group representatives, seven state nominees, three ordinary members, one independent representative, and one representative each for the Australian Medical Students’ Association and the Australian Indigenous Doctors’ Association.
We are pleased to announce that five AMA Queensland members have been elected.
Congratulations to the following members on their election:
- Dr Sarah Coll - Practice Group of Private Specialist Practice Representative
- A/Prof Gregory Duncombe – Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Speciality Group Representative
- Dr Xavier Yu – Radiologists Speciality Group Representative
- Dr Jasmine Davis – Ordinary Member
- Dr Ekta Paw – Ordinary Member
The new Federal Council was elected in line with the constitution through an open process which began in April with AMA members nominating for, contesting and voting on 13 of the 20 Federal Council positions.
Dr Sarah Coll
With 10 years of experience with the AMA at both state and federal levels, Dr Sarah Coll has been elected as the Practice Group of Private Specialist Practice Representative.
Dr Coll is currently the President of the Australian Federation of Medical Women, member of the AMA Federal Fees List Committee and the AMA Queensland Committee of Consultant Specialists, a Councillor on the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and a director on our Board.
A natural leader, she is working to support the well-being of specialists and advocate for effective renumeration of doctors in their private practice and engagement with insurance companies
A/Prof Gregory Duncombe
Long time AMA Queensland member A/Prof Gregory Duncombe has been elected as the Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Speciality Group Representative.
Dr Duncombe has spent much of his career, in all levels of private, public, academic and community practice, working in and advocating for the best health outcomes for women and families of all backgrounds.
His work extends nationally through his professional involvement in health care, research, education and training, and institutional assessment in all states, territories and many offshore facilities.
Dr Xavier Yu
Chair of the RANZCR Victorian Branch and President of the Australian Doctors Orchestra Dr Xavier Yu has been re-elected for the third year as the Radiologists Speciality Group Representative.
Clinically, he works across public and private practice, as well as teleradiology across Australia and New Zealand, where he has helped shape the development of the inaugural AMA Position Statement for Artificial Intelligence in Health Care 2023.
He hopes to continue his enthusiastic advocacy for radiologists, including for the safe and ethical use of digital health systems and emerging technologies, on Council.
Dr Jasmine Davis
After serving as Federal Councillor in 2022 as part of her role as President of the Australian Medical Students’ Association, rural generalist intern Dr Jasmine Davis has been elected as an ordinary member of Council.
During her time on Federal Council, she worked closely with the Committee of Doctors in Training (CDT) to prioritise important issues such as training bottlenecks, increasing interest in GP careers, and support for rural placements. She also worked to progress AMA’s stance on social justice issues, health equity and climate change while improving opportunities for women in leadership.
Dr Davis seeks to use her passion and expertise to continue advocating for doctors in training.
Dr Ekta Paw
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Registrar and Deputy Chair of the AMA Queensland CDT Dr Ekta Paw has also been elected as an ordinary member of Council.
Dr Paw has previously served as a member on the Council of Rural Doctors, Chair of AMA South Australia CDT and Chair of the Council of Doctors in Training Policy Advisory Committee, where she dedicated extensive effort to reviewing policies with a progressive lens.
Her passion lies in improving access to medical and surgical care via health systems and policy and hopes to use her experience to do so as a Council member.
The election of the next AMA President and Vice President will be held at AMA24 on 4 August, with nominations closing on Friday 19 July. The new President and Vice President will become members of the new Federal Council.
Appointments of three additional members to Federal Council by the Councils of General Practice, Rural Doctors and Doctors in Training will be finalised on 1 August.
The Federal AMA has a gender target of 40 per cent women, 40 per cent men, and 20 per cent flexible for all AMA councils, committees and boards. A target of women holding 50 per cent of AMA elected positions has been set.
