The QMPQC membership includes statewide representatives from neonatology, obstetrics, midwifery, neonatal nursing, specialist obstetrics/maternal foetal medicine, general practice obstetrics, forensic and perinatal pathology, Indigenous health, academic/research and consumer representation. The council also has three sub-committees:
- Maternal Mortality and Morbidity
- Perinatal Mortality and Morbidity
- Congenital Anomalies
Members
Membership | Position |
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Professor Leonie Callaway (Co-Chair) | Obstetric Physician, Director of Research, Women’s and Newborn Services; Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and Executive Director of the Women, Children and Families Stream, Metro North Hospital and Health Service |
Professor Ted Weaver (Co-Chair) | OAM, Senior Medical Officer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology/Women’s and Children’s, Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service |
Dr Johanna Laporte (Chair, Perinatal Mortality Sub-Committee) | Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Metro North Hospital and Health Service |
Dr Nikki Whelan (Chair, Maternal Mortality Sub-Committee) | Private Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist |
Dr Renuka Sekar (Chair, Congenital Anomaly Sub-Committee) | Clinical Lead, Maternal and Fetal Medicine, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Metro North Hospital and Health Service |
Dr Sarah Tozer (Coordinator, QMPQC) | Principal Project Officer, Patient Safety and Quality, Clinical Excellence Queensland, Department of Health |
Ms Imogen Kettle | Clinical Midwife Consultant, Patient Safety and Quality, Clinical Excellence Queensland, Department of Health |
Ms Joanne Ellerington | Manager, Data Collections - QHAPDC and QPDC, Statistical Collections and Integration Unit, Statistical Services Branch, Queensland Health |
A/Professor Tim Donovan | Neonatal Medicine and Consultant Neonatology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Metro North Hospital and Health Service |
Dr Diane Payton | Anatomical Pathologist, Pathology Queensland |
Ms Anne Bousfield | Clinical Midwifery Consultant, South West Hospital and Health Service |
Ms Pauline McGrath | Senior Genetic Counsellor, Genetic Health Queensland |
Ms Marcia Morris | Assistant Nursing and Midwifery Director, ieMR implementation Lead – Maternity, Caboolture Hospital, Metro North Hospital and Health Service |
Dr Melissa Cairns | General Practitioner and GP Liaison Officer, Metro North Hospital and Health Service |
Dr Lucy Cooke | Neonatologist and Medical Director, Neonatal Retrieval Service, Southern and Central Queensland and northern New South Wales |
Dr Huda Safa | Senior Staff Specialist Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Mater Health Services |
Dr Joanne Frost | Project Officer, Perinatal Research, Women's and Newborn Services, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital; PhD candidate, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland |
Ms Karen McGill | Director, Statistical Analysis and Linkage Unit; Statistical Analyst, Stats Analysis Unit, Statistical Services Branch, Health Stats Centre, Queensland Health |
Mr Miles Utz | Senior Analyst, Statistical Services and Linkage Unit, Statistical Services Branch, Queensland Health |
Dr Di Milnes | Clinical Geneticist, Genetic Health Queensland |
Ms Tammy Doyle | CNC Safety Improvement Support Officer/Patient Safety Officer, Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service |
Ms Courtney Hala | Statewide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Perinatal and Infant Mental Health Coordinator, Child and Youth Mental Health Service, Children's Health Queensland |
Ms Cherie Boniface | Clinical Midwifery Consultant for Maternal Fetal Medicine, Townsville |
Dr Jake Parker | GP Obstetrician, Thursday Island, Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service |
Dr Simone Naughton | Midwife, Regional Maternity Services Coordinator, Cairns Hospital, Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service |
A/Professor Alka Kothari | Senior Staff Specialist, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Redcliffe Hospital, Metro North Hospital and Health Service |
Ms Ahlia Griffiths | Consumer Representative |
Ms Jenna Fletcher | Consumer Representative |
Ms Kirstine Sketcher-Baker | Executive Director, Patient Safety and Quality, Clinical Excellence Division, Department of Health |
Ms Melleesa Cowie | Nursing Director, Clinical Governance, Patient Safety and Quality, Clinical Excellence Queensland, Department of Health |
Dr Peter Ganter and Ms Amanda Ostrenski | ex-officio as Co-Chairs, Queensland Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Network. Healthcare Improvement Unit, Clinical Excellence Queensland, Department of Health |
Ms Diane Cruice and Ms Jodie Osborne | ex-officio as Secretariats, Queensland Paediatric Quality Council |
Dr Jocelyn Toohill | Director of Midwifery, Office of the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer, Clinical Excellence Queensland |
Professor Rebecca Kimble | Director Queensland Clinical Guidelines, Health Improvement Unit, Clinical Excellence Queensland |