Our People

Current AISH staff are listed below. For general enquiries or further information, please contact us or visit the Repatriation General Hospital website.

Director | Prof Doug McEvoy
Clinical Director | Dr Nick Antic
Sleep Lab Manager | Dr Jeremy Mercer
Deputy Lab Manager | Dr Mark Jurisevic

Sleep Medicine Physicians

  • Prof Doug McEvoy
  • Dr Nick Antic
  • Dr Aeneas Yeo
  • Dr Huw Davies
  • Dr Jeff Bowden
  • Dr Sharon Morton
  • Dr Anand Rose
  • Dr Ching Li Chai
  • Dr Jason D'Costa (post FRACP sleep trainee)
  • Dr Subash Heran (FRACP trainee)

CPAP/NIV Clinical Nurses

  • Mrs Sharn Rowland
  • Mr Graham Keighley-James
  • Mrs Cathy Hennessy
  • Ms Samantha Chamberlain

Adjunct/Associate Staff

Clinical Psychology:

  • Prof Leon Lack (Visiting Psychologist)
  • Dr Jodie Harris

Psychiatry:

  • Dr Richard Weeks (special interest in Psychiatry and Sleep Disorders)

Darwin:

  • Mr Keith Saunders (Total Health & Rehab, Darwin Sleep Apnea Clinic)

Affiliations:

  • Ear Nose and Throat Surgeons - Dr Sam Robinson
  • Dentists - Dr Norm Vowles
  • CPAP suppliers

Research

Staff:

  • A/Prof Peter Catcheside (Senior Medical Scientist)
  • Ms Amanda Adams (Research Assistant)
  • Mr Denzil Paul (Research Assistant)
  • Mrs Sharn Rowland (Research Nurse)
  • Mr Andrew Vakulin (Research Assistant)
  • Dr Daniel Stadler (Research Assistant)
  • Ms Amanda McKenna (Research Assistant)

PhD Students:

  • Mr Lee Harmer
  • Dr Ching Li Chai
  • Ms Naomi Deacon
  • Mr Andrew Vakulin

Honours Students:

  • Ben Foxwell

Alumni

  • Dr Rajeev Ratnavadivel
  • Dr Stuart Baulk (Integrated Safety Support)
  • Dr Michael Hlavac (Canterbury Respiratory Services, NZ)
  • Dr Danny Eckert (Div of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA) 
  • Dr Siobhan Banks (Centre for Applied Behaviour Science, University of South Australia)
  • Dr Amy Jordan (Div of Sleep Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA)
  • Dr Fergal O'Donoghue
  • Dr Alister Neil
  • Ms Siau Chien Chiong

Research Staff Alumni:

  • Ms Jana Bradley
  • Mr Tristan Duggan
  • Ms Katherine Harris
  • Ms Kate George
  • Ms Cassie Hilditch
  • Ms Melissa Ryan
  • Ms Courtney Thompson
  • Dr Kieron Thomson

Biographies

Professor Doug McEvoy leads a strong and growing research team at the Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health, which has had continuous NHMRC funding since 1994. He has particularly strong experience in clinical sleep research and multicentre trials. His interests range from respiratory/sleep physiology to trials of new diagnostic, treatment and management methods for sleep apnea, to sleep deprivation/alcohol interactions and effects on driving.

Dr Nick Antic is the Clinical Director of the Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health and a Staff Specialist in Sleep and Respiratory Medicine at Repatriation General Hospital and Flinders Medical Centre, visiting Ashford Hospital and Darwin Private Hospital. His major research interest is in simplified diagnostic and management strategies for OSA and linking these strategies to Primary Care. He is involved in a number of other clinical research projects. as well as being a contributor to the international SAVE project led by AISH and the leader of core lab and Sleep operations for that project. He is also Chairman of the Australasian Sleep Association (ASA) Clinical Committee, Chairman of the ASA Sleep Laboratory Accreditation Committee and a member of the ASA Board.

Associate Professor Peter Catcheside leads the physiology research program at the Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health. He has a strong track record in respiratory/sleep physiology with particular focus on pathophysiological mechanisms underlying obstructive sleep apnoea, respiratory load sensations, cardio-respiratory responses to brief arousals from sleep, and hypoxic suppression of respiratory sensations and reflexes.