- Executive Director -
Dr Marion Saville - MB ChB, Am Bd (Anat Path & Cytopath), FIAC, Grad Dip Med (Clin Epi)
A/Prof Saville was appointed Director of VCS in July 2000.  She is a New Zealand medical graduate who trained in cytopathology and histopathology in the United States.  She is a Fellow of the International Academy of Cytology and serves on the Membership Committee of the Academy. A/Prof Saville’s major interest is in cervical screening policy and planning and she has completed a Graduate Diploma in Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Sydney in 1998.

A/Prof Saville currently serves on a number of advisory committees including the  Advisory Panels for the Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC); Reference 39 "Human papillomavirus triage test for women with possible or definite low-grade squamous intra-epithelial abnormalities of the cervix", and MSAC application 1122 “The ThinPrep® System for Cervical Cancer Screening”.

A/Prof Saville has recently been involved in the HPV Working Party to the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI); The Policy and New Technologies subcommittee of the Australian Screening Advisory Committee (ASAC) and she was a member of the National Health and Medical Research Committee (NHMRC) reviewing the Guidelines for the Management of Asymptomatic Women with Screen Detected Abnormalities, chairing the terminology working group.

 

- Senior Liaison Physician -
Dr Stella Heley BA (Hons), MB BS, Dip Ven (Lond), FACSHP
Over the last decade Dr Heley has met and spoken to literally hundreds of doctors and nurse  practitioners and has given lectures on all aspects of the cervical screening program, from the technique of taking a quality Pap smear to the advent and advisability of using the new technologies.   If you would like to speak with her or arrange for her to visit your practice, she may be contacted at VCS on 9250 0300 or email sheley@vcs.org.au 

- Liaison Physician -
Dr Siobhan Bourke
Dr Siobhan Bourke is a Sexual Health Liaison Physician who has been working with VCS since 2006. Working closely with Dr Stella Heley, the Senior Liaison Physician and Lyndal Ritchie who assists in coordinating the Liaison Physicians Educational Updates, Siobhan is able to deliver lectures about PAP smears & techniques, HPV and the HPV Vaccine. Siobhan can be contacted through the VCS switchboard on 9250 0300 or email: sbourke@vcs.org.au 

- Liaison Physician -
Dr Lara Roeske MBBS Hons, FRACGP Dip Venereology
Dr Lara Roeske is a General Practitioner who joined VCS as a Liaison Physician in 2009. Her interests include preventative health, women’s health and sexual health. She is also actively involved in medical education at all levels. As a GP, Lara is committed to providing high-quality medical care to her patients with a focus on the health of women and their families. She is dedicated to improving the knowledge of the importance of screening to prevent cervical cancer to women with disabilities and their general practitioners. If you would like to speak with her or arrange for her to visit your practice, she may be contacted at VCS on 9250 0300 or email  lroeske@vcs.org.au   

- Client Services Officer  -
Lyndal Ritchie
Lyndal works with our Liaison Physician Dr Stella Heley, and our pathologists in our team dedicated to caring for you, our practitioners. Lyndal can be contacted through the VCS switchboard on 9250 0300, mobile 0407 363 822, email: lritchie@vcs.org.au

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