Kerryn Phelps

Professor Kerryn Phelps has been a familiar face to many Australians over the last twenty five years during which time she has appeared regularly on television, radio and the print media informing the Australian public on health issues.

Professor Kerryn Phelps is Adjunct Professor at Sydney University in the Faculty of Medicine in the Schools of Public Health and General Practice. Professor Kerryn Phelps is also extremely involved in integrative health and is on the Advisory Board of the Australian Integrative Medicine Association.

Aside from practicing as a General Practitioner in Sydney, Professor Phelps also lectures at Sydney University, is a Consultant to various Corporations and Associations and sits on several boards. She has recently established a state of the art multi-disciplinary health clinic in Sydney’s Surry Hills called the Uclinic.

In May 2000, after a year in the position of President of the AMA in NSW, Professor Phelps was elected Federal President of the Australian Medical Association. Professor Kerryn Phelps was the first woman to head this organisation. She served for the maximum term of three years.