Dr Sally Cockburn is a practicing Melbourne GP. But she is possibly known best as Dr Feelgood through her national TV and radio profile as host of the highly successful late night relationship talk back radio program 'Pillowtalk' on the Austereo Radio Network for six years and on TV’s Good Morning Australia with Bert Newton for nine years in the 1990s.
She is currently seen on channel 9's Today program. She is also long time regular health commentator on 3AW Melbourne's Neil Mitchell program each Thursday morning and in summer 2002-3 was host of her own weekend national lifestyle show on Southern Cross radio stations.
She has written for many national magazines and her own book reached the best seller list. Currently she writes a Q&A health column for the youth magazine Girlfriend.
She is a past recipient of an MBF award for excellence in health journalism and the Radio Industry Award for Best documentary, and has been an Australia Day Ambassador for the last 3 years.
Behind the scenes she is also active in health policy and education at many levels. Sally sits on the Monash Medical Faculty Foundation Board, Board of Family Planning Victoria and the Arthritis Foundation of Victoria She retired this year after seven years as a member of the Metropolitan Ambulance Service Committee of Management. She was also a member of the Victorian Ministerial Advisory Committee on Women's Health and is the Chair of the National Organ Donation Communication Strategy and a past Chair of Variety Club of Victoria.
Sally is a member of the Patrons council of the Royal District Nursing Service, a patron of Melbourne Osteoporosis Support Group, Southern Mental Health Association, and Marie Stopes International. She is also an Ambassador for the Lort Smith Animal Hospital.
Dr Feelgood also works as consultant with Parks Victoria on the multi-award winning Healthy Parks Healthy People Project promoting parks as a place improve mind body and soul while forging partnerships for Parks Victoria with many community groups and support organisations.
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