Speaker Details

Dr Caroline West is one of Australia’s best known doctors. Currently Dr Caroline presents for Beyond Tomorrow, the internationally acclaimed science and technology TV series (Network 7 Australia, Discovery Channel worldwide). Her past credits include Good Medicine, Beyond 2000, 60 minutes, Sex/Life, ABC TV New Dimensions, ABC Health Specials and George Negus Tonight.  

Dr Caroline West also works in private medical practice specialising in healthy lifestyle medicine. As a medical practitioner she has extensive clinical experience helping clients make healthy changes for life. Her areas of expertise include work / life balance, stress management, healthy lifestyle, health and peak performance and preventative medicine. Dr Caroline remains committed to the latest developments in healthy lifestyle medicine believing that prevention is the key for better health.

She is a leader in this field and communicates the latest in medical advances not only to her patients but also to a broader audience through her work as a media doctor, health broadcaster, corporate speaker and consultant. As a health journalist she has been a regular columnist for the Sun Herald, Good Medicine, Australian Doctor and ninemsn.

Throughout her career she has maintained a commitment to preventative medicine, always encouraging people to enhance their wellbeing by translating their knowledge of health into action. Dr Caroline is also director of Healthy Difference, a health consultancy which provides advice, coaching, seminars and workshops for corporate and community based groups.

Dr Caroline’s sanity savers for work/life balance are surfboard riding and music. She has written music for multiple ABC records and artists from the Crosby Sisters to Anne Kirkpatrick.

Dr Caroline West holds a Bachelor of Medicine/ Bachelor of Surgery from the University of NSW. On graduation she was awarded the prize for most outstanding achievement in community medicine.

Dr Caroline West presents serious issues in an accessible and light-hearted way and is ideal as a master of ceremonies.  She is articulate and meticulously prepared.