Dr Rodney Pearce
MB BS, FAMA
Federal Councillor
Dr Rod Pearce trained in
Adelaide and worked at the RAH, TQEH and Modbury Hospital(s)
before starting work in general practice. His present urban
and rural general practice work includes regular consulting,
aged care and home visits, hospital consulting and Medical
Officer for Health to local government and other organizations.
His practice is one of the first in SA to train young doctors
in their first postgraduate (intern) years and prevocational
years (PGPPP) in the community and he continues to be an
active supervisor to GP registrars through the regional
training program.
Dr Pearce currently holds
positions on the board(s) of the Influenza Specialist Group,
AGPAL/QIP, National General Practice Supervisors Association,
and GP Partners (a division of general practice). In 2008
he was appointed by the Health Minister the Hon. Nicola
Roxon to the External Reference Group to develop Australia’s
National Primary Heath Care Strategy for the national health
reforms.
In 2010 he was reappointed
to the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation
(ATAGI), the group who produce the Australian Immunisation
Handbook, and maintains a keen local and national interest
in vaccination programs, often asked to comment in the media
on immunisation issues.
Dr Pearce was president of the AMA(SA)
1998-2000 and GP representitive on the Federal AMA and Chair
of AMA Council of General Practice for 3 terms from 2004–2010.
He is a Fellow of the AMA and received the AMA(SA) Presidents
award in 2008.
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