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Di Donohoe is both a qualified physician and radiologist. Following her initial training,she practised in the private sector throughout the Sydney metropolitan region and for the past six years in rural centres, particularly Orange.

Dr Donohoe’s radiological skills and interests include general radiology, CT and breast imaging.

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Following her radiology training in Johannesburg, South Africa, Darrilyn Greenberg moved to New Zealand and worked at North Shore Hospitalin Auckland. It was there that Dr Greenberg joined the Breast Screening Program, working as the lead clinical radiologist during the set up phase over the first five years.

She became recognised as an expert in breast imaging and imaging guided biopsy and received referrals from all over New Zealand to her at the Breast Screening Unit in Auckland. She was also involved in a specialist Women’s Imaging Practice in Hamilton.

After 10 years in New Zealand she moved to Sydney and has worked in Bankstown for the past four years. Dr Greenberg is a current editor for Breast and Women’s Imaging for the College of Radiologists of Australiaand New Zealand.

Darrilyn’s radiological skills and interests include breast imaging and intervention, women’s imaging, body imaging, interventional procedures and musculoskeletal injections, cardiac and coronary artery imaging and ultrasound.

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Peter Macintosh was one of the original partners of the Pittwater Radiology Group and has a strong association with and commitment to the Peninsula region. His career has seen him practice in the public and private sectors, as well as academia as the Assistant Professor of Radiology at the University of Rochester.

He was Chairman of the Pittwater Radiology Group through its period of growth and later led the establishment of the MIA Group which eventually merged with I-MED.

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Qualified as Radiologist in South Africa, in 1989. MRI fellowship at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals, London, 1993-1995. Private and Public hospital appointments in Johannesburg, 1989-1993. Obtained Australian Radiology College degree FRANZCR, in 1998

Since then: Radiologist at Sydney Adventist Hospital, since 2000.

Part-time Staff Specialist at Liverpool Public Hospital, since 2000.

Part-time NRG at Lindfield practice, since November 2008

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Beng Tan, Practice Group Board Director for the Northern Radiology Group, completed his radiological training at Monash Medical Centre Melbourne, St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney and the Royal Hobart Hospital before attaining nuclear medicine qualifications at the Royal Prince Alfred and Prince of Wales Hospitals in Sydney.

Dr Tan’s previous appointment with Symbion Medical Imaging saw him working at numerous sites including St George Private Hospital X-Ray and MRI, Westmead Private Hospital and Kareena Private Hospital. He has also worked at country sites including Orange, Dubbo and Coffs Harbour where he performed nuclear medicine cardiac studies.

Dr Tan’s radiological skills and interests include neuro and musculoskeletal MRI, breast imaging and intervention, nuclear medicine and PET, image guided biopsies, urological imaging and intervention, oncology imaging and intervention and musculoskeletal intervention.

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Bei Toh has been working as a Staff Specialist in radiology at Royal North Shore Hospital for the past year. She is the convenor of the Rheumatology, Infectious Diseases and Fetal Medicine meetings and also contributes to weekly teaching tutorials for the radiology registrars. As part of her appointment at the hospital, she contributes to Breast Screen Northern’s formidable reputation as a centre of excellence in the prevention of breast cancer in the community.

Breast Screen is currently the only peer-reviewed program in Radiology which provides ongoing feedback and education to radiologists. Bei completed a Fellowship in Breast and General MR Imaging in 2006/2007 at Westmead Hospital.

Her radiological skills and interests include breast imaging and intervention, image guided biopsies using ultrasound and CT, and musculoskeletal intervention including epidural, perineural and facet joint injections.

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Peter Wilson trained in Internal Medicine and Radiology at Royal North Shore Hospital. He spent 3 years teaching body imaging at the University of Rochester, NY, before returning to private practice on the Sydney northern beaches. He was a principle partner in the Pittwater Radiology Partnership, and was instrumental in forming that partnership. He developed the current Dee Why practice at 812 Pittwater Rd. Peter then became a Director of the two public companies that took over ownership of the Pittwater practices in July 2000, while remaining active in Radiology with a special interest in MSK imaging and intervention.

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Following a fellowship in Body Imaging and MRI. Dr Sachinwalla commenced his career in Radiology as a Staff Specialist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, primarily in the role of MRI with exposure in Neuroradiology and Musculoskeletal imaging and also co-managing Interventional Radiology.

Dr Sachinwalla moved into private practice in South West Sydney in 1996, maintaining VMO rights at Liverpool Hospital for several years.

He established and went on to manage 2 MRI units in his practice specialising in Musculokeletal and Neuroimaging for the last twelve years. Dr Sachinwalla worked as a Staff Specialist for four years at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital primarily in MRI and Interventional Radiology. At the time he was actively involved in the college Radiology training program and was an associate lecturer with the faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney. He spent 4 months at the Miami Vascular Institute on sabbatical evaluating Endovascular Stents.

For the last sixteen years he has worked in a private practice in Liverpool with the Raysan group. He established the MRI services there, eventually managing a 1.5 and a 3 tesla unit and primarily offering services to Musculoskeletal and Neurological specialists. He has been the managing Radiologist of the practice for the past seven years.

Dr Sachinwalla has maintained an interest in MRI based research, publishing widely in Musculoskeletal, Neuroradiology, applied Physiology and Biochemistry. MR Spectroscopy has become a special area of interest with collaborative trial established with the Human Nutrition Unit, University of Sydney, the Department of Gastroenterolgy at Westmead Hospital, the Departments of Neurology and Oncology at Liverpool Hospital.