The Queensland Clinical Senate is made up of more than 90 members who bring a range of skills, experiences, ideas and views to the Senate. Members are committed to improving the health outcomes for Queenslanders and represent a wide range of professions and specialties across the public, private, primary and community health sectors and metropolitan, regional, rural and remote settings. Consumers and carer representation in the membership ensures the Senate’s advice reflects the needs and expectations of the community.
Members are appointed for three years and meet two to three times a year.
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Queensland Clinical Senate executive
The Queensland Clinical Senate is led by a chair, deputy chair and executive committee representative of the broader membership.
The executive leads Queensland Clinical Senate initiatives and provides advice to the Department of Health and Minister for Health on areas of strategic clinical importance.
The executive meets twice monthly. If you would like to present to the executive, please email qldclinicalsenate@health.qld.gov.au outlining the topic for discussion, the relevance of the topic to the executive, desired outcomes and preferred timeframes for assessment by the Senate Chair.
Chair
Dr Tanya Kelly
Chair of the Queensland Clinical Senate
Dr Tanya Kelly is an experienced senior clinician (anaesthetist). She has held clinical leadership roles for the past 10 years, most recently as Director of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine and Clinical Director for Digital Transformation within the Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service. Dr Kelly has held senior clinical engagement roles in major digital and redesign projects and has had significant involvement in the digital delivery of the local COVID-19 testing and vaccination program. Beyond her clinical practice, she has qualifications in clinical redesign, business and is a Certified Health Informatician (CHIA) with a presence on several state-wide clinical advisory groups. Dr Kelly is keen to ensure that the Queensland Clinical Senate is highly effective in providing a valuable and driving contribution toward responsive healthcare delivery that meets the changing needs of consumers.
Deputy Chair
Dr Kate Johnston
Deputy Chair of the Queensland Clinical Senate
Dr Kate Johnston is a General Practitioner and Medical Director of GP Partnerships and Engagement at Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service. She has over 25 years-experience as a clinician working across the public health sector and in primary care, in addition to educational, academic and management roles. She is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, an Associate Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators and a recent graduate of the Clinical Excellence Queensland Healthcare Improvement Fellowship. Kate looks forward to working with clinicians, consumers and partners to optimise the healthcare system for all Queenslanders.
Executive Committee members
Roslyn Boland
Roslyn Boland is an Aboriginal woman of the Mardigan and Kooma tribes of South West Queensland and is a senior registered nurse in Queensland Health. She is the Nurse Unit Manager, Primary and Community Care, Roma, South West Hospital and Health Service, and Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Queensland. Roslyn is passionate about influencing people on a professional platform to improve health equity for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Dr Emily Moody, Chair, Queensland Clinical Networks Executive
Originally from Cairns, Emily is a dedicated Rural Generalist currently serving as a Senior Medical Officer at Boonah Health Service within West Moreton HHS. She has extensive experience in delivering primary and secondary care, as well as providing anaesthetic services to various rural facilities and community general practices across Queensland, including the communities of Kingaroy, Ayr, and Laidley.
Emily's commitment to rural health advocacy is evident through her role as Co-Chair of the Queensland Rural and Remote Clinical Network, a position she has held since 2021. In 2022, she furthered her expertise by completing a Healthcare Improvement Fellowship with Clinical Excellence Queensland.
Passionate about rural medical education, Emily holds concurrent positions with the Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway as a Rural Generalist Pathway Advisor and serves as the National Clinical Educator for the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine’s Fellowship Education Program.
Judy Morton
Judy Morton is the Executive Director Nursing and Midwifery, Office of the Chief Executive for Townsville Hospital and Health Service.
Judy is responsible for the delivery of nursing and midwifery clinical services within the largest tertiary teaching hospital in Northern Australia. She has 25 years’ experience encompassing rural, regional, and tertiary heath service delivery, and her roles have been diverse including executive, clinical, and operational in Australia, Europe, and the UK. Judy is a strong advocate of all rural and remote nursing and midwifery services, focusing on partnering to deliver innovative, quality, safe health services both now and in the future.
In addition, Judy is an Adjunct Professor with James Cook University Townsville and is the Chair of the Executive Director Nursing and Midwifery Forum, Statewide.
Dr Kellie Stockton
Dr Kellie Stockton is the Director of Allied Health for Metro North’s Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS).
An experienced health care leader in the public, private and not for profit health sectors. Kellie has a strong track record in the implementation and management of innovative models of care to improve access to timely and effective healthcare services with high level project management and analytical skills utilised to evaluate service delivery. Kellie is an Honorary Adjunct Professor with the University of Queensland who has published more than 40 manuscripts in peer reviewed journals.
Kellie is the Chair of the Metro North Allied Health Research Committee, the chair for the state-wide Allied Health Digital Specialty Group and a member of the Brisbane North Allied Health Collaborative Steering Committee.
Tania Quaglio
Tania is the Director of Speech Pathology for the Bayside Health Service in Metro South. She has over 17 years’ experience in clinical and management roles working across a range of sectors including hospitals, post-acute care, community, disability, private practice and in various settings including metropolitan, regional, and rural. Tania has an interest in workforce wellbeing and culture, interprofessional practice and collaboration, cognitive impairment and delirium, digital health and technology, and innovation and research.
Amanda Wilson
Amanda is the Executive Director Allied Health for Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service. She is a health leader and speech pathologist with broad ranging experience across hospitals, community health, not-for-profit charity and Aboriginal community controlled health sectors. She post graduate qualifications in Health Administration, Policy and Leadership and GAICD. Amanda has an interest in strategic workforce development, advocacy, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. She is passionate about improving health equity and access to high quality care, improving health outcomes for people in rural and remote communities.
Dr Eugene Wong
Dr Eugene Wong is an experienced senior clinician (General Practitioner, Rural Generalist in Anaesthesia and Retrieval Medicine) and medical educationist who has worked in many parts of Queensland including the Torres Strait, Cape York, Cairns Region, Northwest Queensland, Central Queensland, Longreach, Wide Bay and Darling Downs Regions. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine, the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators and the Australasian College of Health Service Management and a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He has a keen interest in systems and developing the capacity of people; with a desire to see health care produce positive outcomes for all staff and consumers. He is keen that the Clinical Senate continues to provide active and wise advice to Queensland Health as healthcare will experience of rapid transformation in the coming years.
