Past Keynote Speakers
MDSC 2019
Dr Rolf Gomes
Cardiologist & Engineer
Founder of Mobile Clinic Heart of Australia
Harriet A. Washington
Medical Ethicist & Writer
Author of Medical Apartheid
Dr Neela Janakiramanan
Reconstructive Plastic Surgeon
Writer & Columnist for Womens Agenda
Stephen Duckett
Economist & Health Services Manager
Health Program Director at the Grattan Institute
MDSC 2018
Jordan Raskopoulos
Comedian, Actor, Singer, Writer
Co-founder of Axis of Awesome
Peter Ford
Founder and Chairman of Control Bionics
Inventor of NeuroNode
Dr BJ Miller
Palliative Care Physician
UCSF Medical Centre
Dylan Alcott OAM
Six-time Grand Slam Champion - Wheelchair Tennis
Paralympic & World Champion - Wheelchair Basketball
Founder of the Dylan Alcott Foundation
MDSC 2017
Connie Johnson OAM
Co-founder of Love Your Sister
Julian Burnside
Lawyer, Author, Human Rights & Refugee Advocate
Dr Ranjana Srivastava OAM
Oncologist, Fulbright Scholar, Writer & Broadcaster
Clementine Ford
Freelance Writer & Broadcaster
MDSC 2016
Associate Professor Tilman Ruff AM
Public Health and Infectious Diseases Physician
Co-President of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)
Co-Founder of International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), which was awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize
Khadija Glba
Human Rights Activist
Anti-Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) Campaigner
Cultural Consultant
Professor Patrick McGorry AO
Professor of Youth Mental Health at the University of Melbourne
Director of Orygen Youth Health and Orygen Youth Health Research Centre
A Founding Director of theĀ National Youth Mental Health Foundation (headspace)
Associate Professor Munjed Al Muderis
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Clinical Lecturer at Macquarie University and the Australian School of Advanced Medicine
Chairman of Osseointegration Group of Australia