Rheumatology Department Staff
Director
Deputy Directors
Dr Diane Apostolopoulos
Dr Melissa Northcott (Vasculitis Lead)
Senior Medical Staff
Rheumatoid Arthritis Lead
Prof Michelle Leech AM
Psoriatic Arthritis Clinic and Casey Leads
A/Prof Sally Ayoub
Lupus Lead
A/Prof Alberta Hoi
Scleroderma Lead
A/Prof Joanne Sahhar
Fibromyalgia and Dandenong Leads
Dr Emma Guymer
Dr Anna Antony
Dr Kathryn Connelly
Dr Kate Findeisen
A/Prof Vera Golder
Dr Tina Ko
Dr Leo Kyi
Dr Gene-Siew Ngian
Dr Bita Omidvar
Dr Emily Martin
A/Prof Lynden Roberts
Dr Kristy Yap
Dr Ai Li Yeo
Rheumatology Fellows
Dr Laura Eades
Dr Sudha Raghunath
Dr Arushi Kansal
Dr Lavanya Raja Gopala
Dr Emily Lin
Dr Katie Liao
Rheumatology Registrars
Dr Nicholas Lucarelli
Dr Wendy Zhu
Dr Ambika Wakhlu
Nurses/Clinical Trials Coordinators
Kathleen Elford
Anita Cummins
Clare O’Neill
Melinda Withington
Sasha Osowicki
Administration Staff
Molly Hardie
Rheumatology Research – Centre for Inflammatory Diseases
Laboratory Head
A/Prof Sarah Jones
Senior Research Fellows
A/Prof Rangi Kandane-Rathnayake
Dr Fabian Vincent
Research Fellows and Research Staff
Dr Taylah Bennett
Ms Lihini De Silva
Ms Lily Cheang
Ms Rachel Koelmeyer
Ms Iolanda Micheli
Ms Sonia Purswani
Ms Celine Shi
Ms Rochelle Sherlock
Ms Stephanie Gomez
Dr JiaXin Chow
Ms Pamela Hall
Mr Bailey Slyp
Ms Darcey Kennedy
Ms Kunyu Zheng