Staff (alphabetical)
| Doctors |
Mental Health Nurses |
Psychologists |
Administration |
Legal Service | Dr Jon Currie*
Dr John Gunzburg
Dr Doug Johnson (Infectious Diseases)
Dr Robyne Klein
Dr Naren Morris (General Medicine)
* does not practice at First Step but is the Medical Director | Sean Briggs Anthony Cursio
Joe Fishburn Chris Schaffer (Manager Nursing Services)
Clara Summers Darren
Tyrrell
Hepatitis nurses - Michelle Wills and Leah Higgins
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Melissa Donati
Michael Faulkner
Sheree McDonald
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Bryan Ambrosius – CEO
Olga Angelova - Accountant
Chrisa Iliadis – Intake Services Coordinator
Patrick Lawrence – Coordinator of Special Projects
Haydn Salomons – Practice Manager
Gayle Wood – Operations manager
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Melissa Hardham - Legal Service Director
Tania Wolff - Lawyer
Janine Perlman - Lawyer
Sally Krutsch - paralegal and research assistant |
Board
The inaugural chairman of the First Step Program’s board from 2000-2003 was Tim Costello, then CEO of Urban Seed, who left First Step when he became the CEO of World Vision Australia.
Ruth Oakden (Senior Chaplain, Toll Holdings) is the current Chair
Bernard McInerney (Company Secretary at Toll Holdings) is Treasurer and vice-chair
Other members include:- Prof Jon Currie (director of the Department of Addiction Medicine at St Vincent’s Hospital and Medical Director of The First Step Program)
- Bryan Ambrosius (CEO of the First Step Program)
- Dr Ian Kronborg (Clinical Director of Medicine at Western Health)
- Melissa Hardham (Director of First Step Legal Service)
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