Dr Ruben Branson qualified in medicine from the University of Glasgow in 1995. Following this he worked in General Practice in London. He then completed a Master’s degree in General Practice at Kings College London and published his research in the prestigious British Medical Journal. Ruben realised early in his career that exercise is essential to health and wellbeing and moved to Melbourne in 2003 to pursue a full time career in Sport and Exercise Medicine. He successfully completed his ACSEP training and gained Fellowship in 2012. He has worked with a variety of professional sporting teams and organisations at local, national and international level and is currently Chief Medical Officer for Melbourne Storm Rugby League Club. In 2011 Dr Branson completed a fellowship year at Sydney Sports Medicine Centre and New South Wales Institute of Sport where he further developed his interest in biological interventions for joint and tendon problems. Having worked in a variety of sports at the elite level Dr Branson aims to bring this level of care and understanding to elite, non-elite and sedentary individuals alike. His goal is to allow people to continue to exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle throughout life regardless of age.

Dr Adam Castricum became a Fellow with the Australasian College of Sports Physicians in 2008 after successfully completing 6 years of training in Melbourne and Sydney. He was appointed Chief Medical Officer for Athletics Australia soon after and headed up the medical team for the successful Australian Track and Field team at the 2012 London Olympic Games. In 2014 he joined the excellent medical and conditioning team at Hawthorn Football Club. In 2015, he joined the ACSP Board as Vice President and became President of the newly named Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians (ACSEP) in 2016. Adam also acts as a mentor to indigenous doctors on the Australian Indigenous Doctors Association (AIDA) mentorship program. He also heads up the Medical Department at Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre at AAMI Park in the middle of the premier sporting precinct in Australia. His professional areas of interest include athletics, all codes of football, alpine skiing, lower limb injuries, exercise prescription, adolescent injuries, fatigue in athletes and exercise induced asthma, on which he completed his Masters Research in 2008. He also performs interventions including ultrasound-guided interventions, extracorporeal shock wave therapy and iontophoresis. He is passionate about sport and exercise and takes great satisfaction out of helping all members of the community achieve their goals in a safe, and healthy fashion whether they are elite athletes or simply inactive patients wishing to get active and lead a healthier, more rewarding life.

Dr Suzanne Harrison : DA, FACRRM, MSP Medicine (UNSW, 2006), Grad Certificate Health Professional Education (Monash Uni, 2010). Graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1981 and has been a rural GP in Echuca since 1984, VMO with anaesthetics. and emergency medicine. Part-time Medical educator for Melbourne University ERC program, and supervisor of junior medical staff at Echuca hospital for the last 6 years. Supervisor of registrars in private practice. Interest in vertical integration of training and inter-disciplinary training, to make best use of resources in rural areas. Currently president of Rural Doctors Association of Victoria, RDAA Board member, and Board member of Rural Workforce Agency of Victoria. Sue enjoys living on family vineyard just outside of Echuca, travel and her family.

Dr Tim Wood is a specialist in sport and exercise medicine (SEM), practicing in Hawthorn and Ocean Grove, Victoria, Australia. Having completed his medical degree in Bristol, UK Tim undertook his specialist postgraduate studies in the field of sport and exercise medicine in both Australia and the United Kingdom. He provides consultancy services to a number of elite athletes, teams and organisations. These have included Geelong AFL premiership teams, the AFL draft camp, Richmond Football Club, the Melbourne Rebels and Wallabies. From 2002-2017 he was the Chief Medical Officer to Tennis Australia and the Australian Open and was a member of the International Tennis Federation Sport Science and Medicine Commission from 2004-11. He has a busy private practice in Hawthorn and Ocean Grove, Victoria where he sees patients of all levels of sporting or athletic abilities and ages – children through to physically active patients in their 90s. Tim is regularly involved in international, and national SEM conferences as well as conducting education programs for general practitioners and other allied health professionals including physiotherapists and chiropractors. He is also a reviewer for the British Journal of Sports Medicine, and MJA.