Director| Gympie
Dr Alex Dunn joins our Board as the Past President of Rural Doctors Association of Queensland. Alex is Medical Superintendent at Gympie Hospital.
Alex is a Rural Generalist with an advanced skill in anaesthetics, working as Medical Superintendent at Gympie Hospital. Alex was in the first Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway intern cohort and was also a Queensland Health Rural Scholarship Scheme recipient.
“I absolutely love the work, and the challenge of rural medicine. For me, there is no other role like rural generalism. You get to practise the full spectrum of medicine where it is really needed in some of the most spectacular places in the world. It is so rewarding to work where there is a need and try to make a difference.”
- Dr Alex Dunn
Alex completed a Bachelor of Science, followed by a Medical Degree at the University of Queensland, graduating in 2005, before undertaking his core rural training and Advanced Skills Training (AST) in anaesthetics at the Sunshine Coast Hospital.
He spent two years in Cooktown and then headed further north to Weipa where he served as the Western Director of Medical Services for seven years.
Alex now lives in Gympie and is the Medical Superintendent at Gympie Hospital.
Awards, Honours, and Accolades
Bachelor of Science
University of Queensland
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
University of Queensland
Joint Consultative Curriculum of Anaesthetics
Nambour Hospital
Fellowship
Australian College of Rural & Remote Medicine
Alex states he absolutely loves the work, and the challenge of rural medicine.
He and his family live on a small property not far from Gympie, which they share with a lot of wildlife and are actively working to regenerate the area.
“I love it that I can go for a walk around my place, possibly see our resident platypus and then 15 minutes later be in at work.”
He has three young robust daughters who keep him busy between tutus and hockey sticks however he also admits he is an absolute cricket tragic.