Home › About Us › Board & Committees Board & Committees Board Directors National Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee National Consumer & Community Advisory Committee Professor Peter Ebeling AO Chair Professor Peter Ebeling is an endocrinologist, researcher and Head of the Monash University Department of Medicine at Monash Health. He is the former long-standing Honorary Medical Director of Healthy Bones Australia (formerly Osteoporosis Australia), current board member of the International Osteoporosis Foundation, Past President of the Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society and Past President of the Endocrine Society of Australia. Peter is passionate about improving bone health in Australia. He has devoted decades of service to osteoporosis awareness and research. In 2015 Peter was made an Officer of the General Division of the Order of Australia for distinguished services to the field of bone health. Melinda Sukhla Vice Chair Melinda Sukhla is Head of the Premier’s Implementation Unit at the NSW Department of Premier & Cabinet. She is responsible for delivery of the NSW Premier’s Priorities, working in partnership with Government agencies and other stakeholders. Prior to joining the NSW Government, Melinda was an executive at Qantas and St Vincent’s Health Network, and worked for a decade with The Boston Consulting Group. Melinda joined the board of Healthy Bones Australia in 2019 and strongly supports the consumer focus of the organisation. She also sits on the board of the End Street Sleeping Collaboration. Martin McGrath Treasurer Martin McGrath has been a partner at KPMG for over 25 years and is an experienced financial services auditor. While working with KPMG Martin has been based in Sydney, Brisbane, London and Kuala Lumpur and has extensive experience working with national and international clients. He is a lead partner for KPMG on ASX Top 100 companies with a focus on the banking and wealth management sectors. For ten years Martin was the Partner in Charge of KPMG Australia’s Department of Professional Practice, placing him at the forefront of technical accounting, auditing, risk and regulatory developments. Martin is a former President and Council member of the University of Sydney’s Accounting Foundation. Associate Professor Peter Wong Medical Director A/Prof Wong is Head of Rheumatology, Western Sydney Local Health District, Clinical Associate Professor in the Sydney Medical School; MD Research Coordinator at the Westmead Clinical School and Conjoint Associate Professor in the UNSW Rural Clinical School. Peter is Medical Director and Chair, Healthy Bones Australia Medical & Scientific Advisory Committee. A/Prof Wong spent 11 years in clinical practice in the regional city of Coffs Harbour, NSW, where he helped establish the first Fracture Prevention Clinic and the first Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Service in regional Australia. Due to the shortage of rheumatologists in regional Australia, he continues to visit Coffs Harbour regularly. Peter completed a PhD at Melbourne University in 2006 looking at the molecular biology of inflammatory arthritis and bone disease and holds a Graduate Diploma in Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics from Newcastle University with particular expertise in assessment of osteoporosis refracture prevention models of care and bone health in men commencing androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer. He is passionate about bone health and improving osteoporosis management in Australia. Heather Zampatti Director Heath Zampatti has over 30 years’ experience in investment advising and professional portfolio management and is Head of Wealth Management at Bell Potter Securities. Heather is a current board member of the Federal Government Remuneration Tribunal, Tura New Music and the University of WA Club. Heather is former Chair of Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation, Lotterywest, Healthways, WA Ballet, Australian Institute of Management (WA), Chief Executive Women and The Financial Sector Advisory Council. Heather is committed to improving the profile of bone health in Australia. Professor Mark Cooper Director Professor Mark Cooper is Head of Medicine at Concord Clinical School, University of Sydney, and is head of the Adrenal Steroid Lab at the ANZAC Research Institute. Mark is President-Elect of Australian & New Zealand Bone & Mineral Society and a previous Deputy Chair of the Healthy Bones Australia Medical & Scientific Advisory Committee. Until 2012 he was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham, UK. and metabolic bone physician at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. His clinical and research interests include metabolic bone disease and adrenal steroid physiology. He was previously the Bertram Abraham’s Lecturer in Physiology at the Royal College of Physicians of London (2011). He collaborates extensively with other research groups and has served on committees for the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research. He combines clinical practice with translational research. A/Professor Peter Wong Senior Staff Specialist Rheumatologist, Westmead Hospital Sydney Dr Weiwen Chen Deputy Chair Healthy Bones Australia Medical Committee. Endocrinologist, St Vincent’s Hospital. Professor Belinda Beck School of Allied Health Sciences- exercise and sport, Griffith University. Researcher in exercise and bone health. Dr Christian Girgis Staff Specialist Endocrinology, Conjoint Senior Lecturer Royal North Shore, Westmead Hospital, University of Sydney Professor Robin Daly Chair, Exercise and Ageing, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University. President, Australian and New Zealand Society for Sarcopenia and Frailty Research. Professor Charles Inderjeeth Clinical Professor, University of Western Australia. Consultant Physician – Geriatrician and Rheumatologist. Dr Cherie Chiang Head of Chemical Pathology, Melbourne Health Pathology Endocrinologist, Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Royal Melbourne Hospital Dr Peter Del Fante General Practitioner, Adelaide. Medical Director, Healthfirst Network and GP Partners Australia. A/Professor Frances Milat Endocrinologist; Head, Metabolic Bone Services, Monash Health, Melbourne Dr John Tsingos Practicing General Practitioner at the South Juniors Medical Centre in Kingsford A/Professor Nick Pocock Senior Staff Specialist, Department of Nuclear Medicine, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney. Dr Gabor Major Bone & Joint Institute, Royal Newcastle Centre, John Hunter Hospital. Dr Carlos El Haddad Staff Specialist Rheumatologist Rheumatology Department / Osteoporosis Refracture Prevention Service Liverpool Hospital Dr Sonia Stanton Senior Staff Specialist, Department of Endocrinology, Canberra Health Services, ACT Government Elaine Cotter Committee Member Carole David Committee Member Dr Weiwen Chen Endocrinologist, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney Professor Belinda Beck School of Allied Health Sciences at Griffith University. Researcher in exercise and bone health. A/Prof Chris Hogan GP and A/Professor, University of Melbourne Dr Jane Elliott GP, North Adelaide and Past-President Australasian Menopause Society Kimberley Martin Committee Member Michelle Doyle Committee Member