As the Medical Director at the Gold Coast Public Health Unit, Dr Kate Alexander plays a pivotal role in safeguarding the health of the community through immunisation. She has a goal for the Gold Coast to reach an immunisation rate of 95%.

We are very privileged to be joined by Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, the Director of Structural Heart Disease, and the Director of Program Development for the Cottage Health System in Santa Barbara, Dr Joseph Aragon at this years’ Nova Conference.

A new shuttle service will be available to transfer eligible patients between facilities and to their homes from today (Monday, 22 April).  

The service commenced as a six-month trial and will be operated by the Gold Coast Hospital Foundation together with Robina Transfer Unit and in collaboration with Volunteering Gold Coast. 

The Gold Coast Health Creative Health Hub is hosting a special pop-up exhibition in honour of ANZAC Day, featuring the artworks of late war veteran and acclaimed artist Peter Moore OAM. The exhibition has been created in collaboration with Peter’s son Scott Bryson, Gold Coast Health’s Dock and Logistics Manager.  

The construction of the $72 million Sub-Acute Building at the Gold Coast University Hospital (GCUH) has reached a major milestone with the "topping out" of the structure.

Dr Atta Behfar is a Cardiologist from the renowned Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and we’re thrilled that he is bringing his expertise to NoVa 2024.

Dr Behfar joins an impressive lineup of international speakers whose specialist expertise will leave our conference attendees with a wealth of knowledge and useful applications for cardiac care solutions.

A nine-person board experienced in health, business, education, and law has been appointed to govern the Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service (HHS), including new Chair, Professor Cindy Shannon AM.

The new Robina Hospital Transfer Unit was greeted with smiles all round, among patients and Gold Coast Health staff alike, when it opened to the public on Wednesday 3 April.

Maud Achard (pictured) is a Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician who works as a Dietitian in the Acute Mental Health Inpatient Unit at GCUH and in a neurodivergent-led private clinic for neurodivergent persons.

As an Autistic person herself, Maud brings a unique perspective to supporting neurodivergent people with feeding differences and eating disorders. For Maud personally, art has provided a platform for to share what it can feel like to experience the world differently.

Two Gold Coast Health initiatives are in the running to receive an award at this Year's Premier Awards for Excellence after being announced as finalists in the  Better health and wellbeing Services category. The Awards recognise high performance and outstanding achievement across the Queensland public sector.

Finalist 1: Day Case Hysterectomy