BGSOBA Professional Networking - Medicine 2026

Lineup

• More details about Professor David Walker '83

  Professor David Walker '83

  Professor David Walker completed his undergraduate medical training at the University of Queensland. He then studied for a doctorate PhD at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research on the Molecular Genetics of Astrocytomas (brain tumours) before undertaking advanced neurosurgical training at the Royal Brisbane Hospital and Royal Melbourne Hospital. Throughout David's career, he has based his practice around a multidisciplinary approach to patient care. This approach ensures that patients receive holistic advice on treatment required. In his spare time, David enjoys getting outdoors and playing a round of golf. David is a BGS Old Boy '83.

• More details about Dr Stephen Tomlinson '06

  Dr Stephen Tomlinson '06

  Dr Stephen Tomlinson is a general cardiologist with advanced training in echocardiography, consulting at St Vincent’s Private Hospital Northside and St Vincent's Private Hospital North Lakes Consulting Suites. Stephen graduated from Bond University in 2011 with the Vice Chancellor’s award for academic excellence. He achieved Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians in Adult Cardiology in 2019 after appointments at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and Prince Charles Hospital. He performed a two-year echocardiography Fellowship at The Prince Charles Hospital before undertaking further subspecialty training in valvular and structural heart disease at the world-renowned Columbia Structural Heart and Valve Centre at New-York Presbyterian Hospital. Stephen has completed a Master’s degree in medical research in which he pioneered novel techniques for non-invasive assessment of heart failure. Stephen has published multiple peer-reviewed papers and regularly lectures at local and international conferences. Stephen is a BGS Old Boy '06.

• More details about Dr Nick Brown '97

  Dr Nick Brown '97

  Dr Nick Brown specialises in Interventional Radiology, with particular interests in interventional oncology, thoracic interventions, sports medicine, uroradiology and health economics. After graduating from the University of Queensland Medical School, Nick undertook radiology training at The Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. He completed a fellowship in Interventional Radiology at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, with a sub-specialist interest in interventional oncology. Nick also attained post-graduate qualifications in Sports Medicine from the University of Queensland, Bioscience Enterprise from the University of Cambridge, and Public Health from Harvard University, which compliments his work in radiology. Nick holds certification from the European Board of Interventional Radiology (EBIR). Nick has also completed honorary research fellowships at Kings College London and The Australian Venom Research Unit, and is currently a Senior Lecturer in Medicine at the University of Queensland. Nick is a BGS Old Boy '97.

• More details about Dr Fraser Labrom '15

  Dr Fraser Labrom '15

  Dr Fraser Labrom is an orthopaedic principal house officer at the Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital. Alongside Fraser's clinical work, he has an interest in translational research within the field of spine and general orthopaedics. Fraser completed his MPhil with the QUT Biomechanics and Spine Research Group team in 2023, after previously working with the group in 2018 during his undergraduate Biomedical Sciences studies. While completing his medical degree at the University of Queensland, Fraser’s clinician-scientist MD-MPhil program afforded him the opportunity to concurrently pursue both his medical studies and exciting new research topics in the field of spinal biomechanics. Fraser’s higher research degree with the spine research group at QUT focused on the growth patterns of paediatric scoliosis as it develops in the growing adolescent using a unique sequential MRI dataset provided by the QUT BSRG team. Fraser completed all the milestones required for his MPhil in December 2022 and was awarded with both his Medical Degree (UQ) and Masters Degrees shortly after. Fraser is a BGS Old Boy '15.