ANZSPR Executive

Dr Jane McEniery - President

Dr Jane McEniery is a Paediatric Radiologist based in Meanjin/Brisbane at the Queensland Children's Hospital and Qscan. She trained in Brisbane at the PAH followed by Fellowships in Paediatric Radiology (QCH) and Musculoskeletal Radiology (Qscan). Dr McEniery's primary areas of interest include childhood cancer and Neuroradiology. She is heavily involved with the Qld Neuro Oncology service and is a member of ANZSPR, COG and SPR. As well as serving on the ANZSPR executive, Jane is the Queensland representative on the RANZCR Faculty of Clinical Radiology Council.

Dr Craig Gibson - Past President

Dr Craig Gibson is a paediatric diagnostic and interventional radiologist at the Perth Children’s Hospital, WA, Australia. After training in WA, he completed a dual clinical fellowship in paediatric radiology and paediatric interventional radiology at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada. Dr Gibson then accepted an appointment as a Consultant Paediatric Interventional Radiologist at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, UK, before returning to Perth in 2016.

Dr Gibson’s primary areas of interest include neonatal procedures, vascular anomalies, paediatric central vascular access and arterial disease in childhood. His memberships include the Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) and the Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR).

Dr Derek Roebuck - Secretary

Derek Roebuck is an Australian radiologist who was educated in Tasmania. He worked in Hobart, London, Sydney, Los Angeles and Hong Kong before moving back to London in 1999 to start a permanent interventional radiology service at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. He re-emigrated to Australia in December 2018 to become Professor of Paediatric Radiology at the new Perth Children’s Hospital and the University of Western Australia.

Professor Roebuck’s main medical interests are childhood cancer, paediatric vascular disease, and interventional radiology in the airway.

Dr Samuel Manikkam

Dr Samuel Manikkam is a Paediatric Radiologist at the Queensland Children’s Hospital and Gold Coast University Hospital. He initially completed a fellowship in Paediatric Imaging at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. He then gained further experience in Paediatric Imaging with a fellowship at the Queensland Children’s Hospital. He enjoys working with children and also has a special interest in fetal imaging.

Dr Ajay Taranath

Dr. Taranath is a senior Pediatric Neuroradiologist at The Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide. He completed his fellowship training in Pediatric Radiology at The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Australia from 2003-2004 and in Pediatric Neuroradiology Fetal Imaging at The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada from 2009-2010. He is a fellow of The RANZCR and a member of The ANZSNR, AOSPR, and ISPR.

 Dr Taranath's research interests include abnormalities of the corpus callosum, cranial vault, and tubulinopathies.

Dr Ali Thomas

Dr Ali Thomas is a General and Paediatric Radiologist working in Tasmania, based at the Royal Hobart Hospital. She       completed  her registrar training in Oxford, UK with extended time spent at the Children’s Hospital Oxford prior to undertaking  an 18 month  fellowship at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. She is a current RANZCR Paediatric examiner and is a  Director of  Training in Hobart. Dr Thomas enjoys all aspects of paediatric imaging with current interests including forensic and  post mortem imaging in children.

Dr Kimberley Thomson

Dr Kimberley Thomson is a Paediatric and General Radiologist working in Christchurch Hospital, New Zealand, where she has been a consultant since 2011. Her registrar training was also in Christchurch, after which she completed a one year paediatric radiology fellowship at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne.

Her work interests include paediatric oncology, NAI imaging, education and training, and workplace wellbeing.