Our team

Dr Smith qualified as a medical practitioner from University of Pretoria, in South Africa, in 1988 and worked in several settings, including emergency and orthopaedic departments, prior to becoming a full time GP in an urban setting. Dr Smith emigrated to Australia in 2000 and worked in a variety of settings in different states of Australia, as well as a stint in Ireland, ranging from urban practice, prisons, rural practice, aged care and eventually remote practice. He has a particular focus on chronic disease management.

Dr Smith became a fellow of the RACGP in 2002 and has been involved with the RACGP since 2005, as an Examiner. During  this time often presented at and facilitated further education meetings for general practitioners and taught medical students from both Melbourne and Monash Universities.

Dr Smith’s first involvement with clinical trials was in 1993, working as sub-investigator in  cardiology trials. He has participated in general practice based research in a number of trials and joined Emeritus Research in 2019 to continue work as a Sub-Investigator and Principal Investigator in all phases of trials and across various therapeutic areas.

Outside of medicine, Dr Smith’s interests include philately, travel, sport and reading.