Emeritus Professor Ivor Jones - Psychiatrist

MD, FRCP, FRANZCP, FRC, Psych

Professor Jones gained his medical degree from the University of London in 1954.  In 1968 he was awarded the John F Williams Prize from the Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.  Professor Jones is a Fellow of the Royal Australian & New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.

He was extensively involved in:

• teaching in the University of Melbourne, Department of Psychiatry, St Vincent’s Hospital from 1967 to 1987;
• examinations in psychiatry for final year MB BS students at the University of Melbourne.

He has been a member of a state Mental Health Review Tribunals and Chairman of a Mental Health Services Ethics Committee.

From 1984-1989 he was Editor for the Australian Forensic Psychiatry Bulletin.

Emeritus Professor Jones has been involved in about 100 publications in refereed journals on:

• Forensic Psychiatry
• Schizophrenia
• Epidemiology of Psychiatric Illness
• Animal Models in Psychiatry
• Psychiatry and General Medicine

Dr Michael Leong - Psychiatrist

MBBS, DPM, RANZCP

Graduated in Medicine from Melbourne University – 1972; completed Postgraduate training in Psychiatry in Queensland in 1979; became a Fellow of the Royal and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in 1983; worked in both public and private psychiatry with special interests in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry, Chronic Pain, Old Age and Neuropsychiatry.

Commenced practice in medico-legal psychiatry in 2001 and became a Certified Independent Medical Examiner (2003) and completed Permanent Impairment Rating Scale (PIRS) (2004).

Dr Jennifer Lockwood - Psychiatrist

MBBS, FRANZCP

Dr Jennifer Lockwood graduated from the University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery in 1986, and became a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in 1994.

Since completing her specialty training she has worked in a variety of roles that reflect her broad interests in psychiatry.  She has worked in the public sector in the areas of inpatient care, community psychiatry, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry (with particular experience in infectious diseases and palliative care) and early psychosis intervention.

She has worked for the University of Queensland as a clinical lecturer and was the Director of Post Graduate Training in Queensland for 2 years.

Since 2000, she has worked in private practice as a general psychiatrist with an interest in psychotherapeutic treatments.  Dr Lockwood has been doing regular medico-legal assessments and reports since 2000, and has been working with Medconsultants since early 2006.

Dr Greig Richardson - Psychiatrist

MBBS (Qld), FRANZCP 

Dr Richardson graduated from the University of Queensland in 1986 and became a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in 1995.

Since that time Dr Richardson has been involved in both the private and public system as a Consultant to the New Farm Clinic Private Psychiatric Hospital and the Princess Alexandra Hospital.

In addition to this Dr Richardson has been a Visiting Consultant to the Palm Beach Currumbin Clinic working in the areas of general psychiatry and alcohol and drug rehabilitation.  

At this time Dr Richardson works in private practice in Brisbane and his interests include general psychiatry disciplines including Mood and Anxiety Disorder in association with alcohol and drug rehabilitation.  Dr Richardson has been involved in medico-legal assessments since 2002 and in August 2007 joined Medconsultants.

Dr Andrew Christensen - Psychiatrist

MBBS (Qld), FRANZCP 

Dr Christensen gained his medical degree from the University of Queensland in 1985 and became a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists in 2004. 

Since 1995 he has worked in private practice as a general psychiatrist and commenced medico-legal assessments in April 2004.

Dr Christensen's main interests include eating disorders (on admitting roster for Eating Disorder Program at NFC), trauma (on admitting roster for Trauma and Dissociative Disorders Unit at Belmont Private Hospital), anxiety and mood disorders (currently providing the lectures on anxiety disorders to the junior and senior registrars) and psychotherapy of borderline personality disorder. 

Dr Bert Klug - Psychiatrist

MBBS (Qld), DPM, FRANZCP

Dr Klug graduated from the University of Queensland in 1953.  He is a member of the Forensic Section of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, a member of the Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists and a member of the General Medical Assessment Tribunal, Q-Comp Queensland.

He has 30 years of experience in general psychiatry as well as extensive experience in medico-legal work. 

Dr Frank Anning - Ear Nose & Throat Surgeon

M.B., B.S., F.R.A.C.S.

Dr Anning graduated in Medicine from the University of Queensland in 1968 and became a Fellow of The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 1975.

Dr Anning has been a past State Chairman of the Australian Association of Surgeons and The Australian Doctors' Fund.  He is also a member of the Australian Rhinologic Society, American Rhinologic Society, Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and Australian Association of Surgeons.

His special medical interests are:-

Disorders of the ears, nose and throat and adjacent structure of the head and neck particularly noise induced hearing loss, sinus surgery and voice disorders.

He has extensive experience in medico-legal assessment and report writing.

Dr Kerry Outerbridge - Orthopaedic Surgeon

B Sc, MB BS(Melb), FRCS(C) FRACS, CIME

Dr Outerbridge has been a practicing Orthopaedic Surgeon for the past 28 years.  His primary medical degree was achieved at Melbourne University in 1972.  Dr Outerbridge received his Fellowship in Orthopaedic Surgery from the College of Surgeons in Canada in 1980 and from the College of Surgeons Australia in 1999.

He practiced orthopaedics in Canada from 1981 to 1995 and then moved to Brisbane to become a full-time Associate Professor of Orthopaedics at the University of Queensland.

Dr Outerbridge is currently working full-time as a private practitioner in orthopaedic surgery with special interests in trauma, arthroplasty and general orthopaedics.

Throughout his career he has had an interest in medico-legal reporting for both plaintiff and defendant.  He has been a member of the medical assessment tribunal for QComp for the past 6 years. 

Dr Michael Holt - Orthopaedic Surgeon

MB BS, FRACS, F A Orth A, G Cert Rugby

Dr Holt graduated from the University of Queensland Medical School in 1982.  He became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (Orthopaedics) in 1991 and a Fellow of the Australian Orthopaedic Association in 1995. 

Dr Holt was the Director of Orthopaedic Surgery of the Royal Brisbane Hospital from 1993-1998 and a Visiting Medical Officer during the years of 1999 till 2006.  He now holds the position of Deputy Director Orthopaedics (locum) at the Royal Brisbane Hospital.

Dr Holt has been involved in medico-legal assessments for many years and in December 2007 joined Medconsultants. 

Dr Greg Knight - Occupational Physician

MBBS, MPH, FAFOM

Dr Knight graduated from Melbourne University in 1973 with Bachelors in Medicine & Surgery (Honours).  His early clinical experience included work within the Professorial Units of Medicine-Surgery & Psychiatry at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, anaesthetic/intensive-care at Geelong Hospital, and foundation of the Lara-Lake Medical & Dental Complex.

He began specialising in Occupational Medicine in 1985, graduated from the National Occupational Health & Safety Commission (Worksafe Australia) course in Sydney in 1986, and subsequently held a number of senior Management (Occupational Health) roles within the ‘automotive & marine’, ‘primary aluminium’, and ‘offshore oil & gas’ industries.  During this period he also completed a Master of Public Health from Monash University in 1991 and gained Fellowship of the Australasian Faculty of Occupational Medicine (by Examination) in 1995.

His primary research interest was in "Pot-room Asthma" in the primary aluminium industry.  He also identified and co-published [MJA 2002;176(11):521-523] the sentinel Australian case (2001) of anaphylaxis due to Red Imported Fire-Ant stings.

In recent years his work has migrated into consultant/advisory or Medico-legal reporting roles, voluntary duties as Qld State Councillor for his Faculty (2001-2005), and participation as a Member/Deputy-Chairperson of the General Medical Assessment Tribunal (GMAT) organised via Q-COMP; and he is also a Member of the Health Advisory Assessment Panel for the Qld Nursing Council.  His forensic area of interest is work-fitness/unfitness in relation to physical and/or mental impairment. 

Dr William Douglas - Rheumatologist/General

Physician

MBBS (Qld), FRACP, FRCP (London)

Dr Douglas graduated in medicine (University of Queensland) in 1956.  He gained Membership of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (1961), Fellowship of that College in 1971 and Life Fellow since 2002.

He gained Membership of the Royal College of Physicians London (1963) and Fellowship of that College in 1993.

Dr Douglas specialised in Rheumatology and in general medicine in Brisbane.  He has a particular interest in medico-legal medicine and has prepared medico-legal reports for legal firms, insurers and Q Super since 1984.  Dr Douglas has been trained in the use of the AMA Guides to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment and currently uses the Fifth Edition.  He has frequently appeared in court as an expert witness.

He is Assistant Chair for Q Comp Medical Tribunals.

(Note:  Dr Douglas is prepared to travel)

A Rheumatologist is a specialist physician who has expertise in diagnosing and treating diseases of the joints, muscles and bones. 

The more common rheumatic diseases include:  the various forms of arthritis, gout, spinal problems, muscle & tendon problems and osteoporosis.

There are also a number of rarer rheumatic conditions that can affect other parts of the body including the skin, hair and internal organs.  These include "lupus", myositis, vasculitis and scleroderma.

In the medico-legal setting, a Rheumatologist also has expertise in the assessment of function, pain and disability.

Dr James Muir - Dermatologist

MBBS (Qld), FACD, FACRRM hon

Dr Muir completed his dermatology training in 1994.  He works in private practice at the Belmont Specialist Centre and is the head of the dermatology department at the Mater Hospital, South Brisbane.

Dr Muir has been a deputy chair for the dermatology medical assessment tribunal for Q-Comp for the last four years and is the chairman of the Brisbane Hospitals Dermatology Group.  He is the dermatologist for "TeleDerm National" an online educational and consultational dermatology service run by the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine.

Dr Muir's areas of interest are skin cancer, industrial dermatitis, occupational dermatology, medical litigation, skin and systemic disease and tele-dermatology.

Assessment Services in Psychology

(Dr Lucille Douglas and Dr Graeme Senior)

Assessment Services in Psychology (ASP) is a forensic psychology practice specializing in psychological assessment of personal injury claimants. Assessments are also conducted for WorkCover (both PPI and Neuropsychological impairment), insurance disability claims, the Mental Health Court, professional fitness for Health Practitioner Boards, and private clinical referrals.  Second opinions can also be provided.

ASP director, Dr Lucille Douglas, is a U.S. trained Clinical Psychologist who has more than twenty years of experience in assessing adults and children in psychiatric, neurological, and educational settings.  She is a registered psychologist in the State of Queensland as well as being a member of the Australian Psychological Society and a Full Member of the National Academy of Neuropsychology (USA). She is accredited in the use of the Psychiatric Impairment Rating Scales (PIRS). Her CV can be viewed here.

Dr Graeme Senior is a U.S. trained Clinical Neuropsychologist and Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, University of Southern Queensland, Springfield Campus.  He is a specialist in psychological assessment particularly in the areas of forensic and neuropsychological cognitive and psychosocial testing. He is a registered psychologist in the State of Queensland and is an approved supervisor under the Psychologists Registration Board Supervised Practice Program. Dr. Senior is also a Full Member of the National Academy of Neuropsychology (USA) and is accredited in the use of the Psychiatric Impairment Rating Scales (PIRS).  His CV can be viewed here.

Both Dr Douglas and Dr Senior have been frequent national and international presenters providing research and training workshops on forensic psychological assessment.