Dr Roger Sexton

MB BS, DRCOG, FRACGP, FACRRM

Council Regional Representative – Riverland Region

After growing up in the country South Australia, Dr Sexton studied for his medical degree at the University of Adelaide. After internship at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in 1978, he then studied obstetrics and gynaecology in the West Midlands in the UK before returning to Adelaide to study paediatrics and anaesthetics, in preparation for his future work in rural general practice at Mt Pleasant and Birdwood, where he served the local communities for 29 years before leaving rural practice to teach at the University of Adelaide Medical School.

In addition to his fulltime work with patients, Dr Sexton has a keen and enduring interest in doctors’ health and managed the innovative Dr DOC Program for rural GPs across South Australia for five years in 2006. He has helped establish the Doctors Health Working Group in South Australia and develop the proposed South Australian Doctors Health Program. The opportunity to make a positive difference to professional life drew him to become a member of AMA(SA) council in 2008. He has been a member of the Medical Board of SA since 2005 and currently holds the position of presiding member.