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Professor Steve Robson is one of Australia’s most highly qualified surgical specialists, researchers and teachers. He works at the Australian National University Medical School and has served as president of the Australian Medical Association and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. In addition to holding two research PhDs Steve has degrees in genetics, public health, and health economics. He has served with the National Health and Medical Research Council, the Australian Medical Council, and in multiple other national and international roles. Steve has been the author of hundreds of medical journal articles and textbook chapters. He served as a Medical Officer in the Royal Australian Navy in the first Gulf War where he received a citation for meritorious service. Steve is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine.

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commentaryMedical

Baby cribs at a maternity ward. Low birth rate and fertility concept.

Problems that put mums, bubs at risk demand urgent action

Bombshell research has highlighted serious problems in our health system – problems that put Australian mothers and their babies at risk and need urgent attention.

Steve Robson

Doctor-patient relationshipMedical

Doctors and patients losing trust amid social media advice. Picture: The Australian

Are you lying to your doctor?

Are doctors and patients losing trust with each other? And how far is advice from social media influencers reaching into the consultation room?

Steve Robson

Weigh your optionsDiet

Stomach issues medical concept. Photo of female doctor, empty space.

Needle or knife: what to consider about long-term weight loss solutions

Obesity is so common that tens of thousands of Australians every year will choose between surgery or weight-loss drugs in the hope of a long-term solution. Here’s what a doctor says you should know.

Steve Robson

COMMENTARYCaring

NDIS has a giant target painted on it and has become the program that many people love to hate.

We love to hate it, but truth is we should be proud of the NDIS

The NDIS is an easy target. It isn’t perfect, but it’s so much better than not having an NDIS. Time for some rational discussion and dealing with the real issues and not the political ones.

Steve Robson

FIVE YEARS ONMedical

‘Tempers frayed and people were exasperated’: Covid from the inside

Hundreds of thousands of health professionals knew they would need to step up for Covid. Some of them succumbed. And then came the backlash.

Steve Robson

FIVE YEARS ONMedical

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 05: Medical staff wearing PPE holding material about to walk into the Flemington Public housing flats on July 05, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. Nine public housing estates have been placed into mandatory lockdown and two additional suburbs are under stay-at-home orders as authorities work to stop further COVID-19 outbreaks in Melbourne. The public housing towers will be in total lockdown for at least five days following a high number of positive coronavirus cases recorded in residents on those estates. The towers will be closed and contained, and the only people allowed in and out will be those providing essential services. Police will be placed on each floor of the towers and other police will control access points to the estates. Residents of 12 Melbourne hotspot postcodes are also on stay-at-home orders and are only able to leave home for exercise or work, to buy essential items including food or to access childcare and healthcare. Businesses and facilities in these lockdown areas are also restricted and cafes and restaurants can only open for takeaway and delivery. (Photo by Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images)

How to treat the next pandemic: apply trust

We will have no excuse not to be prepared for the next global health emergency. And yet, five years after it was declared a pandemic, there is no surety that we have learned the lessons of Covid-19.

Steve Robson

RICHARD SCOLYERMedical

Medical hero thanks supporters following complex brain surgery

Renowned melanoma scientist Richard Scolyer is focused on recovery after complex surgery to determine the cause of brain scan ‘changes’.

Steve Robson and Penny Timms

‘RAW DEAL’Health

Rural Australians are making the case for a better health service, pitching for a national plan. Picture: Frank Ling

‘We’re treating people like lepers’: Rural Australia wants a better health deal

Rural Australians are making the case for a better health service, pitching for a national plan. Will they be heard above the noise of a federal election campaign?

Steve Robson

HealthHealth

Making a commitment to eating lots of foods rich in dietary fibre is the best possible way of maintaining good gut health. Picture: Getty Images/The Australian

The best way to good gut health

Evidence tells us the most important way to keep our bowels healthy is through a diet rich in natural fibre. But we need the genes in gut microbes to make that fibre work for us.

Steve Robson

DoctorsHealth

Think you’ll have access to a specialist doctor if you need one? Don’t be so sure

The mass resignation of psychiatrists from the NSW public hospital system may be only the first tremor of a seismic shift in the way our public hospitals work in the future.

Steve Robson

Original URL: https://www.theaustralian.com.au/author/steve-robson