The Consult by the Australian Specialist Hub

Professor Andrew Korda is a leading urogynecologist with extensive experience in pelvic floor conditions and medico-legal matters. In this episode of The Consult, he discusses his journey into urogynecology, his work across medical negligence, work-related injuries and complex mesh claims, and the importance of making complex medical evidence clear and accessible to lawyers and courts. He also sha...

Dr Christopher Kwan is a neurologist with an interest in the practical problem-solving and complexity that make neurology such a diverse specialty. He joins Hanna on The Consult to discuss his journey into neurology and his experience working in the medico-legal space. We explore the range of matters that can come before a neurologist, including workplace and motor vehicle accidents, post-head inj...

Dr Sakhee Kotecha is a respiratory, sleep and lung transplant physician with more than 15 years in the field. She joins Hanna on The Consult to talk about what drew her from transplant medicine into the medico-legal space and why sleep and respiratory assessments are among the harder ones to get right. We cover why sleep medicine extends well beyond sleep apnoea into insomnia and parasomnias, and...

Maxillofacial surgery sits in a place no other specialty does — the only practitioners in Australia required to hold both a dental degree and a medical degree. In this episode of The Consult, Hanna Barclay is joined by Dr David Sherring, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon and past president of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Dr Sherring traces a path that...

A first aid course in high school is what pointed Dr Mark Nabarro at medicine. Orthopaedics came halfway through training, hands came from a term at a Macquarie Street hand unit, and a mentor's phone call sent him to Indianapolis for a year. He's now an orthopaedic surgeon whose practice focuses on the hand and wrist, and he joins Aus Hub Director Hanna Barclay to talk about that path and...

Adam Baldock didn't plan to become an occupational therapist. He started his first business at 12 cleaning chemist bottles, trained as a wedding coordinator, and was rejected by physiotherapy before finding his way into OT — a decision he's never looked back on. With 24 years of experience and a specialisation in medico-legal assessment, Adam is one of Australian Specialist Hub's most trusted OT e...

In this episode of The Consult, we sit down with occupational therapist Madelaine DeFazio to explore what it really means to practise OT in the medico-legal space. Madelaine shares how her career took a turn from exercise science to OT — and why she's never looked back after eight years in the field. We unpack the difference between functional capacity assessments and activities of daily livin...

In this episode of the Consult, we sit down with Dr. Ameya Kamat — neurosurgeon, trailblazer and one of Aus Hub's IMEs. Dr. Kamat finished high school at 14, trained across South Africa, the Caribbean, the US, and Australia, and now splits his time between the Northern Territory and private practice — bringing world-class neurosurgical care to some of the most remote communities in the country...

In this episode of The Consult, host Hanna sits down with Dr Trish Batchelor, Occupational and Environmental Physician and dual-qualified GP, whose career has taken her from trekking clinics at 4,500 metres in Nepal to the offices of the Australian Federal Police and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Dr Batchelor shares the winding path that led her from general practice and travel medi...

This NAIDOC Week, as we celebrate 50 Years of Deadly, we're honoured to share a powerful conversation. Jarvis Atkinson is a Yorta Yorta man from Shepparton and is one of three representatives elected for North East Victoria in the 2026 Treaty elections, a milestone that reflects just how far First Nations leadership and democracy has come. He is also Australian Specialist Hub's First Natio...

In this episode of The Consult by Australian Specialist Hub, Hanna sits down with neurologist and clinical neurophysiologist Dr Janaka Seneviratne to talk about the work behind the diagnosis, and why medico-legal neurology is rarely as straightforward as it looks on paper. Dr Seneviratne shares what first drew him to medicine, a hospital stay in his early teens and the team who looked after him, a...