Meet our panel of medical specialists

Research Review Australia works with over 70 local medical specialists to select and advise on the most important research from around the world. They advise on what really matters, what impact it has on local healthcare and what we need to do in our daily practice to accomodate new skills and knowledge. Select a category below to see more about each of our expert advisors.

Clinical Associate Professor Michael Hooper

Clinical Associate Professor Michael Hooper

Clinical Associate Professor Michael Hooper is an endocrinologist with a special interest in metabolic bone disease and in particular Osteoporosis and Paget’s disease. He played a major part in the formation of the Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society in 1988 of which he was inaugural Honorary Secretary and Treasurer, a past President and, in 2013, in recognition, was elected an Honorary Life Member of that Society. As Head of Endocrinology at Concord Hospital for over 30 years he established it as a centre of clinical and research expertise in metabolic bone disease. Other aspects of his life as a Physician, include, providing a self-funded Specialist service and clinic on Norfolk Island and a long history of involvement in the RACP receiving, in recognition of his significant contribution to the welfare of the College, the 2017 John Sands College Medal... read more »

Professor Creswell J. Eastman

Professor Creswell J. Eastman

Professor Creswell J. Eastman AM. MB.BS.MD.FRACP.FRCPA. FAFPHM. ACCAM Creswell Eastman is the Principal of the Sydney Thyroid Clinic, Clinical Professor of Medicine the University of Sydney and a practising Consultant in Endocrinology and Public Health Medicine. Professor Eastman was the founding Head of the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes at Westmead Hospital. He is a former President of the Endocrine Society of Australia and the Asia Oceania Thyroid Association. He is the Patron and Principal Medical Adviser for the Australian Thyroid Foundation. He has directed major research and public health projects into Iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD) in Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand, Pacific Islands, China and Tibet. He is Vice Chairman and Asia Pacific Regional Coordinator for the International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders (ICCIDD)... read more »

Professor Duncan Topliss

Professor Duncan Topliss

Professor Duncan Topliss, MB BS Hons, MD, FRACP, FACE. Professor Duncan Topliss is Director of the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes at the Alfred Hospital Melbourne, Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine Monash University and a past-President and Life Member of the Endocrine Society of Australia. He has served on the editorial board of Journal of Thyroid Research and Clinical Endocrinology and is a frequent reviewer for Clinical Endocrinology, Thyroid, and other endocrine journals. Professor Topliss heads the Diabetes Clinic at the Alfred Hospital, has a long-term interest in diabetes prevention and management and has been an investigator on several major international diabetes trials. He has a wide interest in clinical endocrinology including osteoporosis, pituitary and adrenal disease and endocrine hypertension and has over 25 years of experience in the management of thyroid disease and thyroid cancer. .. read more »