Healthicare - Blacktown Exercise, Sports and Technology Hub (BEST)

Experience and expertise: Kean-Seng is a General Practitioner and practice owner in Western Sydney for the last 30 years. He has a background in health tech, informatics, primary care transformation and policy and system design.

Kean-Seng has more than 30 years of Board experience having served on the boards of Australian Medical Association (AMA) NSW, Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) NSW Faculty, Western Sydney Primary Health Network and Medicare Local.

Previous roles Kean-Seng has held include Co-Founding a Health software company, CareMonitor, Chief Medical Advisor to PenCS, past clinical lead with the National Electronic Health Transition Authority, and sitting on various advisory boards at government, industry and organisational levels in fields from PCMH, Health Care Homes, Heart Failure and Chronic Kidney Disease to eHealth.

Kean-Seng has also served as President of AMA NSW, past Deputy Chair of the AMA Council of General Practice and is the current President of the Mt Druitt Medical Practitioners Association. Kean-Seng has a strong and ongoing commitment to health care systems reform and health equity and extensive experience in microsystems transformation and application of health technology at micro and meso levels.

He has been awarded RACGP GP of the Year 2015, and the AMA Health Care Excellence Award 2022.

Experience and expertise: Diana is the longstanding Chair of WentWest Ltd – the Western Sydney Primary Health Network (WSPHN), with background in general practice, medical education, strategic planning, policy development and health system redesign.

She is also a member of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) NSW & ACT Faculty Council and the NSW & ACT PHN Council and has recently concluded a three-year term on the GP Synergy Board and a ten-year term on the Western Sydney Local Health District Board.

Diana is a Conjoint Professor in the Department of General Practice, University of Western Sydney, and former Chair of the NSW & ACT PHN Council, the Agency for Clinical Innovation’s General Practice Advisory Group and NSW Health’s General Practice Advisory Council.

She is also a past member of the RACGP, GPET and AMLA Boards.

Diana has had a long involvement in reform initiatives intended to build strong, integrated and equitable primary health care, having led two RACGP Presidential Task Forces on Health System Reform, worked closely with NSW Health on the development of the statewide HealthOne, Chronic Care, Integrated Care and related policy initiatives, and through WentWest contributed to a wide range of reform initiatives, culminating in the development of Healthicare.

In 2018, Diana was awarded an AO Award for ‘distinguished services to medicine in the field of general practice through policy development, health system reform and the establishment of new models of service and care’.

Experience and expertise: Lindsay is an experienced Company Director and CEO in the Not For Profit, charity and sporting sectors. She holds non-executive roles with Healthicare, WentWest, the Western Sydney Primary Health Network (WSPHN), Society of Hospital Pharmacists Australia (SHPA) and Gidget Foundation Australia (GFA).

Lindsay‘s executive roles have included CEO of Royal Far West (RFW) Children’s Charity, Project Director for RFW’s $350 million redevelopment project, CEO of Netball Australia, Executive Director of Australian Physiotherapy Association and Executive Director Asthma Foundation NSW.

Prior to those appointments she occupied key roles in the NSW Hospital Planning Authority (HOSPLAN) and the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS).

Lindsay’s experience and skills include corporate and clinical governance, strategy development, systems reform, organisational transformation, business development, communication/media, government relations/advocacy, fundraising and risk management.

Her original training was in physiotherapy and her area of clinical speciality was spinal and neurological rehabilitation.

Lindsay was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 2019 and was awarded CEO of the Year in 2019. She was previously a NSW finalist in Telstra’s Businesswoman of the Year.

Experience and Expertise: Ray has more than 20 years of health care experience across the Australian and Canadian health systems, working across academia, public and private sectors, including as a senior executive for more than a decade.

Ray is a visionary leader with a track record of designing and executing strategies that are grounded in evidence yet collaborative and consultative in their approach. He has extensive expertise working within Ministries of Health, state health agencies and regional health networks/districts to strategically plan, design, evaluate, lead and implement innovations in healthcare at a systems level, regional level and on the front-line.

Ray is currently a Principal (Partner) at Nous Group where he leads their National Health & Ageing Practice across Canada, working as part of their global health team operating across Australia, New Zealand, the UK, Ireland and Canada.

Prior to joining Nous, Ray was the CEO of WentWest, the Western Sydney Primary Health Network from 2019 to 2024. WentWest supports 6000+ medical staff, allied health, nurses and support staff across 700+ private and not for profit organisations delivering $1B of health service activity and supplementing that activity by annually commissioning $70M into community to fill service gaps and improve the equity, accessibility and integration of primary and acute care. WentWest received the 2021 Silver Medal at the Australian HR awards for its Wellbeing & Flexibility Program and Ray was a 2022 Finalist in the Third Sector CEO of the Year Awards.

Prior to WentWest, Ray led the System Information & Analytics Branch within the NSW Ministry of Health. Ray supported the annual purchasing of $33B of health services across all 228 public hospitals in NSW, supported performance improvement and management of public health care across the system. He was accountable for data custodianship, analytics, service level agreement reporting and many digital innovations.

Ray is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), a Graduate of the AICD (GAICD) and holds a Masters in Business Economics. He is passionate about breaking down barriers and addressing perverse incentives in order to transform systems to enable integration of care, collaboration and partnership across health, education and social service sectors. He is a vocal advocate for equitable access, citizen voice, system improvement and person-centred approaches to improve health and wellbeing outcomes.

Experience and Expertise: Amandeep is a General Practitioner and an expert in digital health and innovation.

Alongside her clinical work, she is the Program Director for the Australian Clinical Entrepreneur Program (AUSCEP), an initiative started by the NHS in the UK and now being piloted across NSW, Victoria and WA. The program has helped 120 clinicians commercialise their innovations and research and learn key entrepreneurial skills.

Amandeep was until recently, the Chair of Coviu Global, a data61 company spun out of CSIRO. She is also a board director and council member of AMA NSW, board director of ACHSI and board director of Molemap AU/NZ and is a Digital Health Adviser for the Australian Digital Health Agency.

She is the founder of Creative Careers in Medicine, an organisation with 20,000 members, that supports doctors in navigating careers off the beaten path. Her goal is to ensure we have doctors with the right skill sets for the jobs of the future.

She is also a co-founder of Australian Medical Angels, one of the world's largest syndicates of angels in the medical space. Australian Medical Angels has grown to now have one of the largest portfolios of digital health and technology companies in Australia with over 25 portfolio companies and a network of 1000+ investors.

Her roles in the innovation sector have seen her be involved in trade mission trips and delegations globally to examine innovation precincts and understand how innovation can be fostered across the health and life sciences sector. Through her deep connections into the medical world, Universities and research institutions, venture capital and the startup sector, she is one of the most uniquely placed people to understand how a health ecosystem that fosters innovation can be built.

She has a Bachelor of Medicine (honours) from the University of Newcastle, a Masters in Public Health and Tropical Medicine from James Cook University and a Global Executive MBA from the University of Sydney. She is a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Digital Health. She is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in Biomedical Informatics and Digital Health at the University of Sydney.

Amandeep was awarded a 2021 Brilliant Women in Digital Health Award by Telstra Health and the 2022 National Leadership Award by the University of Newcastle.

Experience and Expertise: Nada is a clinical redesign and innovation hospital executive with over 15 years’ experience in leading collaborative, innovative and transformative projects.

Nada’s background is across the primary and tertiary care sectors and health and medical research. Currently a PhD candidate with University of NSW in supporting general practice to provide integrated care for people living with rare diseases.

As a child refugee and current carer, Nada’s interests are in building and evaluating equitable and integrated health and social care systems, to achieve a healthier future for communities.

Nada continues to support professional development for health services managers through her voluntary contribution to the ACHSM NSW Branch Education Committee.

Dr Saini is a specialist general practitioner with extensive experience providing personalised and holistic health care to his patients. Jas previously served as the Clinical Director for WentWest, and as an AMA NSW Councillor. He is an Honorary Lecturer at Macquarie University and a GP Supervisor for The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and various universities, including Macquarie University, Western Sydney University and the University of Sydney. He is also a proud member of the Australian Society of Lifestyle Medicine, reflecting his dedication to promoting health and wellbeing.

Jas has a broad range of interests including sports medicine, paediatrics, lifestyle medicine, pregnancy care, men’s health, women’s health, chronic conditions such as diabetes and minor surgery. He has a particular passion for mental health and always takes a compassionate and patient-centred approach to care.

Jas is a committed mentor for GP registrars and medical students with a passion for education. He is an advisor for several key medical tech companies. He is passionate about empowering patients to take control of their health and wellbeing, and he believes that Healthicare is the perfect platform to make this vision a reality.

Dr Bittar is a senior lecturer and Fellow of The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. He has a Master of Family Medicine from Monash University and a Master of Reproductive Medicine from The University of Western Sydney. He has worked in Glendenning, NSW since 1993 as a family GP. He served on the board of Western Sydney Division of General Practice, three years as Vice President and three years as President. He also chaired Mt Druitt Medical Practitioners Association for six years and still serves on its management committee.

Dr Bittar takes great interest in teaching and training medical students and GP registrars and is passionate about comprehensive patient centred family medicine.

Dr Bittar can speak English, Arabic & French and is best known for his loyalty to his patients, staff and the organisation.

Dr Vallester graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine/Doctorate of Medicine from the University of New South Wales. Prior to starting general practice, she gained experience working at Nepean Hospital. She is a Fellow with The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and takes an active role in the education of medical students and GP registrars. She has been practicing as a GP supervisor since 2022.

Her areas of interest include women’s health (including Implanon insertion), paediatrics, diabetes and minor surgery and skin excisions.

Kimberley is passionate about improving health outcomes and access in Western Sydney, having grown up in the area. Her interests outside of medicine include music, art and scuba diving.

Denise is an experienced registered nurse with 40+ years in health care, from hospitals to the community to general practice, in senior clinical and management roles. As a nurse, she is passionate about children and families, chronic conditions and mental health, ensuring care delivery with a personalised approach.

As an experienced manager with an eye for detail, Denise focuses on ensuring Healthicare delivers a high-skilled team-based model of care. She is passionate about using medical IT to provide quality care and support for her patients, ensuring they have the tools to develop a roadmap for a healthy life. She is very excited about Healthicare’s future vision for general practice.

Karen is a registered nurse, qualified to perform baby checks, diabetes checks, pap smears, blood taking, spirometry, immunisations, and ECGs. 

Karen is passionate about patient care and management. She enjoys building relationships with patients, identifying areas of need and planning projects to achieve patient goals.

Camelia is a Medical Practice Assistant (MPA) who is passionate about working with older patients to manage their health and schedule their proactive and preventative care appointments. She is a strong advocate of the patient-centered medical home model that aims to provide comprehensive and coordinated care to patients, thereby reducing the need for hospitalisation.

Camelia also enjoys educating patients in group sessions, which can be an effective way to promote healthy habits and prevent chronic diseases.

Roula is one of Healthicare’s patient advocates. She is dedicated to ensuring patients have a positive experience from the moment they walk into the door. She has a Certificate III in Business Administration (Medical) and a degree in French Literature.

Roula firmly believes Healthicare will help develop her skills in the field of medical administration work.

Sawsan has worked as a receptionist in health care with Richmond Road Family Practice since 2019. Previously, she was a practicing electronics engineer, and relocated her family to Australia for a better life. She holds a Certificate III in Business Administration (Medical) and Business Administration (General).

Sawsan has a passion for helping patients and giving them the utmost care and service. She always has a friendly smile and has learnt that being kind to people when they are facing health care challenges can make all the difference. She enjoys supporting all patients. Sawsan loves reading, walking, and spending time with her family and grandchildren.