Dr Vivek Nigam - Chief Medical Officer and Executive Director Academic and Medical Services (interim)
Vivek joined Epworth in 2019 as Director of Medical Services at Epworth Freemasons and he subsequently took on the additional role of Group Director Medical Education. He has led the development of the medical education strategy at Epworth, developed the governance and implementation of cellular therapies service at Epworth Freemasons and held several group portfolios including the adoption of the medication safety national standard, implementation of new processes around VTE prophylaxis, Chair of the Medical Education Institute and Vivek is an active researcher at Epworth, leading an EMF-funded Periop medicine project.
Vivek is a senior Fellow of RACMA and he has completed a Master of Health Administration from La Trobe University and the Harvard Executive Program for managing healthcare delivery. He currently holds several board positions and he is accredited examiner with University of Melbourne. Vivek has previously held the positions of Executive Director Medical Services and Clinical Governance for Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District and Group Director of Medical Services at Central Coast Local Health District in NSW.
Directors of Medical Services
There is a Director of medical services appointed to each Epworth hospital or site. Each Director of medical services assists in the management of clinician issues, clinical governance, credentialing, teaching, research activities and strategic planning and development.
| Medical Director | Site | Phone | |
| Dr Jack Bergman | Epworth Richmond | 03 9426 6395 | [email protected] |
| Dr Vivek Nigam | Epworth Freemasons | 03 9483 3593 | [email protected] |
| Mr Alan Crosthwaite | Epworth Eastern | 03 8807 7100 | [email protected] |
| Professor John Olver | Epworth Rehabilitation | 03 9426 8769 | [email protected] |
| Dr Sean Jespersen | Epworth Clinic mental health | 03 9805 4309 | [email protected] |
| Dr Vivek Nigam |
Epworth Hawthorn | 03 9483 3593 | [email protected] |
| Dr Matt Ryan | Epworth Geelong | 03 5271 7134 | [email protected] |
Clinical Institutes
Clinical Institutes bring together practitioners across Epworth related to a specific disease or organ system for education, process improvement, research, audit and training of medical students.
Appointment to practise
Specialist appointments
For queries regarding your specialist appointment application, please email: [email protected]
| Epworth location | Contact name | Title | Phone | |
| Epworth Eastern Epworth Hawthorn Epworth Rehabilitation Epworth Mental Health Epworth Brighton Epworth Camberwell |
Romy Ansell | Medical Services Officer | (03) 9516 2230 | [email protected] |
| Epworth Freemasons Epworth Geelong |
Mitchell Thompson | Medical Services Officer | (03) 9426 8681 | [email protected] |
| Epworth Richmond | Ines Ng | Senior Medical Services Officer (Team Leader) | (03) 9426 6956 | [email protected] |
| Meredith Bickley | Group Manager – Medical Workforce |
(03) 9426 6189 | [email protected] |
Surgical assistant appointments
For queries regarding your surgical assistant appointment application, please email: [email protected]
| Epworth – All sites | Romy Ansell | Medical Services Officer | (03) 9936 8274 | [email protected] |
Junior medical appointments
For queries regarding your junior medical officer appointment application, please email: [email protected]
| Epworth location | Contact name | Title | Phone | |
| Epworth Eastern Epworth Richmond |
Sian Davey | Senior Medical Services Officer (Team leader) | (03) 9426 6226 | [email protected] |
| Epworth Freemasons Epworth Geelong |
Suzanne Jones | Medical Services Officer | (03) 9426 8967 | [email protected] |
| Meredith Bickley | Group Manager – Medical Workforce |
(03) 9426 6189 | [email protected] |
On-call rosters
Emergency on-call rosters coordinator
Phone: 03 9426 8809
Fax: 03 9914 8760
Email: [email protected]
Useful contacts
Epworth IT Service Desk
Business hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00am to 6:00pm
Phone: 03 9426 6000
Email: [email protected]
After hours: Monday to Friday 6:00pm to 08:00am, Saturday, Sunday and Public Holidays
Research Development and Governance Unit
Email: [email protected]
Knowledge Services
Epworth Knowledge Services (library)
Epworth Richmond: 03 9426 6134
Epworth Geelong: 03 5271 7888
Email: [email protected]
Web: knowledgeservices.epworth.org.au