Your Pharmacy Career Podcast

Michelle Lynch is the Chief Executive Officer for Ramsay Pharmacy and Psychology Group, part of Ramsay Health Care, the largest private healthcare company in Australia. Her accountabilities and leadership oversee the operations of the pharmacy departments within the Ramsay private hospital network, the franchisor services supporting the franchise network of Ramsay community pharmacies and Ramsay psychology clinics caring for clients in the community.
She holds a Bachelor of Pharmacy from Monash University and maintains her registration as a pharmacist. Michelle has extensive experience and expertise in health leadership and operations in the private hospital sector, outpatient and community setting and integrated health services in the primary and acute health setting. She is passionate about the pivotal role pharmacists and allied health can play in the multidisciplinary healthcare team combined with the use of technology, to deliver best health outcomes to patients.
Michelle has also contributed to the wider pharmacy profession as a Director of The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) for over ten years and was the most recent past National Vice-President. During her tenure at PSA, she was the Chair of the PSA Finance Audit and Risk Management Committee.
She has previously held positions on the editorial board of the Australian Pharmaceutical Formulary and the clinical board of the South-Eastern Melbourne Primary Health Network. She is a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award for the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences (2022), a Fellowship of the PSA (2019), Chief Executive Women’s Executive Manager Scholarship (2021) attending Wharton Executive Development Program and was appointed by the federal Minister of Health to the Medicinal Cannabis Advisory Committee (since 2018).
You can find Michelle Lynch on LinkedIn.
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Gerald Quigley is a Pharmacist and Master Herbalist based in Melbourne. He is a media health commentator heard each week on many radio stations across Australia.
He is a regular weekly guest on Australia Overnight, heard across the Nine Radio network and syndicated stations each Thursday morning. This group includes 4CA, 4BC, 2UE, 5aa, 3AW and regional networks. He speaks on 6PR Perth on Saturday evenings. Additionally, he is co-host of a health and wellness program heard each Sunday on the Nine Radio Network live across Australia. Gerald is a regular guest on House of Wellness TV seen on the Seven Network across Australia each week.
He has lectured in Drug & Integrative Pharmacology to 3rd Year students at the Southern School of Natural Therapies, part of the Torrens University Group, in Melbourne. Gerald has also published a textbook on the benefits of Olive Leaf Extract. Gerald is a Fellow of the Naturopaths and Herbalists Association of Australia (NHAA) and Fellow of the Australian Natural Therapists Association (ANTA).
Gerald consults to a number of companies within the health and wellness network within Australia, lectures at Wellness conferences and regularly speaks to a variety of Community groups and communities about physical and emotional health. He sees patients by appointment at Botanica in Malvern Victoria.
His passion is to empower each person to make sensible health decisions, and to continually maintain and improve their quality of life, especially as they age. Gerald reinforces our rediscovery of the ability to understand wellness, the role of food choices, and aging well – all of which are aspects of vitality fundamental to our future.
You can find Gerald Quigley on LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter.
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Samantha (Sam) King is a current Intern Pharmacist with Queensland Health, Metro South; and, a graduate of Bachelor of Pharmacy, with First Class Honours, from the University of Queensland class of 2021.

Passionate about equity in quality use of medicines; cultural safety; advancement in pharmacists’ professional scope of practice; and, student engagement in clinical research - she has been fortunate to engage in a variety of unique and rewarding professional development opportunities. Samantha has accrued over four years of employment experience within the pharmaceutical industry and has practised within a wide scope for her age - including: community pharmacy, aged care, private hospital, public hospital - in both digital (ieMR-based) and non-digital hospital delivery formats.

Samantha demonstrates continued passion and interest for the pharmacy profession through leadership in the National Australian Pharmacy Students’ Association (NAPSA), the Queensland Pharmacy Students’ Association (QPSA), The University of Queensland pharmacy student mentor and leadership program, and the Academic Advocacy Network.

Samantha King is nationally recognised for her outstanding contributions and professional achievements to pharmacy by professional organisations including the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) and the University of Queensland (UQ).
You can find Samantha King on LinkedIn.
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Susan Nguyen is a passionate pharmacist dedicated to helping individuals with ADHD thrive through compassionate, personalised care. With a holistic approach, she goes beyond medication management, focusing on lifestyle strategies, coping mechanisms, and emotional support to empower individuals with ADHD to navigate challenges and lead fulfilling lives.

With lived experience of ADHD, Susan creates a non-judgmental, supportive space for patients and collaborates with allied health professionals through her work at Carmen Drive Community Pharmacy and ADHD Support Pharmacist. Her commitment to multidisciplinary care ensures lasting, positive outcomes for those with ADHD.

In addition to her work in ADHD support, Susan is an advocate for travel health and co-founder of Travel Healthy. As an accredited pharmacist and travel health specialist, she provides tailored advice to help travellers prepare for their journeys with confidence, addressing health concerns, vaccinations, and medication planning to ensure safe and worry-free travel.

You can find Susan Nguyen on LinkedIn.

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Dr Fei Sim is the first female National President to lead PSA since its Federation in 1977. Dr Sim is a Senior Lecturer and the Coordinator of International Engagement in the Curtin Medical School at Curtin University, Western Australia (WA).
In 2020 she was also made a Fellow of the Society before being appointed as a Director on the PSA National Board in 2021. Dr Sim has over 14 years of clinical practice experience and is currently a practising community pharmacist and a community pharmacy proprietor. Dr Sim also served as PSA’s WA President from 2017 to 2021.
Dr Sim holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Pharmacy and a Bachelor of Pharmacy degree with First Class Honours and is a qualified pharmacist immuniser and an Accredited Mental Health First Aid Instructor. She is a Fellow of the PSA and the Higher Education Academy, and a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Dr Sim serves on a number of professional and academic committees.
Dr Sim was awarded the Excellence and Innovation in Teaching Award in 2014, the PSA WA Early Career Pharmacist Award in 2018 and the National Early Career Pharmacist of The Year Award in 2019, all of which are testament to her commitment to patient care, learning and teaching, leadership in pharmacy, innovation and initiative in pharmacy service delivery, as well as peer and professional engagement.
Dr Sim is an active pharmacy practice researcher and is also the recipient of a number of research grants and projects focusing on advancing the practice of pharmacy and the implementation of professional pharmacy services in community pharmacy, including the noteworthy JM O’Hara Research Fund grant from the Pharmaceutical Society of West Australia (PSWA) in 2018. Through this grant, Dr Sim and her team conducted and published on a feasibility study on point-of-care C-reactive protein testing in community pharmacy. It is hoped this project will contribute towards facilitating antimicrobial stewardship and advancing evidence-based community pharmacy practice to improve recognition of pharmacists’ roles and remuneration.
You can find Dr Fei Sim on LinkedIn.
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