Dr Jeff Ayton

Chief Medical Officer
Australian Antarctic Division (Australia)

Dr Jeff Ayton

MBBS MPH&TM FACRRM FACTM FFEWM AFFTM DRANZCOG DA (UK)
Dr Jeff Ayton is a past president of the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine and current chair of ACRRM Rural and Remote Digital Innovations Group. He commenced with the Australian Antarctic Division as Chief Medical Officer in 2002 with responsibility for the Australian Antarctic Program medical support and leadership of human biology and medicine research. He is current Australian delegate to Scientific Committee of Antarctic Research Life Sciences Scientific Group and  SCAR COMNAP Joint Expert Group of Human Biology and Medicine. 

In 1992, Jeff wintered at Casey Station, Antarctica, as a remote generalist medical practitioner. He has subsequently gained varied experience in other rural and remote medical practices as a procedural general practitioner obstetrician/anaesthetist including Lorne, Victoria, Norfolk Island, South Pacific, and Papua New Guinea. Other roles include global medical assistance, Tasmanian after-hours general practice and triage, and remote and extreme medicine telehealth practice, standards and innovation. Dr Ayton is an Adjunct Associate Professor at both University of Tasmania and James Cook University.

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