AMA ACT presents
Conversations in Men's Health: Healthy Mind, Healthy Body
Men's Health Week Dinner and Panel
AMA ACT are excited to host our first Men's Health Week Dinner, an intimate event held in the iconic Hotel Realm. Conversations in Men’s Health: Healthy Mind, Healthy Body brings together doctors and thought-leaders for an open, honest and engaging panel discussion focused on the realities of men’s health today.
Hosted by newly inaugurated AMA ACT President, Dr Betty Ge, the evening will cut through the statistics and stigma to explore how mental and physical health intersect, why men often delay seeking help, and what clinicians and communities can do to support better outcomes.
Our expert panel will will share lived experience, clinical insight and practical perspectives on supporting a healthy mind and body.
Thank you to our event partners for supporting this event:
- Presenting partner Cutcher & Neale
- Supporting partner: ACT Day Hospital
- Supporting partner: Partnered Health Medical Centres
MEET YOUR HOST:
Dr Betty Ge
Dr Betty (Xiaoting) Ge is a Canberra-based General Practitioner and the incoming President of AMA ACT (2026–2028). She has held leadership roles across the AMA, AFMW and RACGP, including past Chair of the AMA‑ACT Council of Doctors in Training and member of AMA Federal Council of General Practice. She has contributed to major ACT workforce and culture reform efforts, including advocacy in the ACT junior doctor overtime underpayment case and work across ACT Health committees such as the Perinatal Mental Health Project and the Primary Care Emergency Response Committee. She was recently appointed to represent the AMA on the ACSQHC Primary Care Committee.
Meet your panel:
Senator David Pocock
Having migrated from Zimbabwe with his family as a teenager, David went on to captain the Wallabies and Vice-Captain the Brumbies as part of a stellar rugby career in which he has been awarded for leadership on and off the field. With a Masters in Sustainable Agriculture, David also has a track record as a powerful advocate on issues ranging from climate to marriage equality.
He has been involved in multiple small businesses and has co-founded numerous not-for-profit community initiatives in Australia and overseas, including with his wife Emma.
In 2021, David attended the COP26 climate summit and led The Cool Down campaign that saw over 470 Australian athletes from 40+ sports call on the Australian Government to lift its ambition on climate change. Upon returning home, he announced his run as the community-endorsed Independent Senate candidate for the ACT. After campaigning on a platform of integrity, doing politics differently and making Canberra count, David was successfully elected at the 21 May 2022 Federal Election.
Nesh Nikolic
Nesh Nikolic is the Managing Director and Principal Clinical Psychologist at Strategic Psychology, bringing nearly 20 years of experience and approximately 25,000 hours of clinical practice. A registered psychologist and Medicare-recognised provider of specialist clinical psychology services, Nesh is deeply passionate about Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
Nesh has presented at TEDx events and provides training to organisations and sporting teams on mental health and high-performance psychology. He is a member of the Australian Psychological Society and a Fellow of the APS College of Clinical Psychologists. Nesh also hosts the popular podcast Better Thinking, which explores practical applications of psychology in everyday life.
Dr Matt Thompson
Matt Thompson is a GP working at Ochre Garran since 2019, and achieved specialist recognition by earning his Fellowship of RACGP in 2020. Matt has a particular interest in preventative medicine, Men’s health, Mental health and Sports Medicine. He has an interest in concussion assessments, management and post-concussion clearance for return to sport and activity and has been providing assessments to a number of local sporting clubs.
Matt has an interest in advocacy and health promotion, access and quality improvements. He has been the Ochre Garran Medical Coordinator since 2022, and recently was elected to the council of the AMA ACT & has also joined the ACT Veterans Health Advisory Committee.
Dr Sean Heywood
After finishing school in Canberra, Dr Heywood completed a Bachelor of Science from the ANU followed by a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Queensland in 2012. He spent his early medical career as a Junior Doctor in Canberra, before undertaking specialist training in urology at Port Macquarie, John Hunter, Westmead, Blacktown, and Nepean Hospitals.
During that time Dr Heywood was able to complete a Certificate of Training Equivalency as a Fellow on the Da Vinci Xi Surgical System, a Master of Surgery (USyd), and a Graduate Diploma of Applied Anatomy by Dissection (UNE).
On completion of specialist training, he has returned home to Canberra to commence work as urological surgeon.
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