Tim Usherwood is Professor and Head of the Department of General Practice, Sydney Medical School (Westmead), and is a clinical academic at Westmead Hospital. He has worked as a general practitioner at the community-controlled Aboriginal Medical Service Western Sydney since 1997. [More...]

Tim Usherwood is Professor and Head of the Department of General Practice, Sydney Medical School (Westmead), and is a clinical academic at Westmead Hospital. He has worked as a general practitioner at the community-controlled Aboriginal Medical Service Western Sydney since 1997.

Professor Usherwood's research focuses on the evaluation of interventions to improve health outcomes in chronic disease & primary care. He has published more than 80 refereed research papers on these and related topics in the UK and Australia. He has also published many other articles, book chapters and books. He has been a Chief Investigator on six NHMRC-funded research projects (four current) and a large number of other studies using a range of quantitative, qualitative and mixed research methods.

Professor Usherwood is a member of the editorial committees of the Medical Journal of Australia, Australian Prescriber and Medicine Today. He is Chair of the Diagnostics Expert Advisory Panel of the National Prescribing Service, and is an Associate of the Menzies Centre for Health Policy.

Professor Usherwood has a strong record in health professional education and management. From 2001 to 2008 he served as foundation Chairperson of WentWest Ltd, the regional general practice training provider (RTP) for western Sydney. In 2006 he led WentWest to become the only integrated RTP and division of general practice in Australia. In 2011 WentWest was announced as one of the first wave Medicare Locals, and the first in the Sydney region. Professor Usherwood now serves as Deputy Chair of WentWest and as Chair of its Clinical Governance Committee.

For four years 2004-2007 Professor Usherwood chaired the final year of the University of Sydney Medical Program. He is a member of the International Advisory Board of Patan Academy of Health Sciences (PAHS), Nepal, and is co-chair of an external review of the medical program at PAHS. Professor Usherwood has been a member of several Australian Medical Council accreditation teams for Australasian medical schools and colleges and has led three of these. [Hide detail]