Profiles

Bruce Latham is a graduate of the University of Western Australia. He carried out his Anatomical Pathology training predominantly at Royal Perth Hospital and was admitted to Fellowship in 1995. Bruce has worked as an Anatomical Pathologist in both the public and private sector, and is currently an Anatomical Pathologist with PathWest at Fiona Stanley Hospital where he has a diagnostic and research interest in breast and pulmonary pathology. He is the Chair of the RCPAQAP Anatomical Pathology General Module Committee and is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Notre Dame University. He was previously the RCPA State Councillor for Western Australia and a member of the Anatomical Pathology Advisory Committee. He served as Vice President of the College from 2015-2017.

He was elected in November 2017 as President of the College for a 2 year term.

Debra graduated with a Degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Queensland in 1984. In 1991 she was awarded the Degree of Master in Health Administration in the University of NSW. She is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators, Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and an Associate Fellow of the Australian College of Health Service Executives.

From 1985 to 1992 she was on the Medical Staff of the Repatriation General Hospital (Greenslopes Hospital), Queensland where she was an intern, resident medical officer and then Director of Quality Assurance.

In 1992 she moved to the Western Hospital in Victoria. Until 1994 she was Deputy Medical Director when she was appointed as Medical Director. She was Chief Executive Officer in 1995 while also remaining as Medical Director following re-organisation of the Victorian Public Hospital System. She then became Clinical Services Manager of the Western Health Care Network at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. She was also involved in the tendering process for the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory.

In 1997 Debra was appointed Director, Medical Services, Medical Benefits Fund of Australia, Hospital Division in Sydney.

Debra was appointed as the first CEO of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia in February 1999.

Dr Janet Warner was appointed as the Deputy CEO in November 2018. She graduated from The University of Sydney with BSc (Med) in 1985 and MBBS (Hons) in 1986. She started her medical career as a general practitioner in New South Wales and Victoria and became a Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners in 1998. She then undertook a PhD in the Molecular Genetics of Familial Hypercalcaemic Syndromes at The University of Queensland and trained in Chemical Pathology at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and Mater Pathology. Janet is also an Associate Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators (RACMA) and most recently held the position of Director of Pathology and Director of Chemical Pathology at Queensland’s Mater Pathology and Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland.