The Board

Dr Rob Walters graduated from the University of Tasmania in 1979 and has been a practising GP in Hobart for the last 40 years. He is currently working in clinical practice and is the State Medical Director for IPN. For over 7 years prior to 2024, he also provided general practitioner services at The Hobart Clinic. Professionally, Dr Walters has a special interest in mental health, men’s health, occupational medicine and health promotion and has sat on a number of related Boards and Councils, both locally and nationally. In mental health, he was an inaugural Director on the Headspace Board and a member of the Beyond Blue Clinical Reference Council, as well as a member of the National Advisory Council on Mental Health and the National Advisory Council on Suicide Prevention. Between 2002 – 2005, he was elected as the National Chair of the Divisions of General Practice, the national organisation representing 90% of practising GP’s in Australia, lobbying Government on behalf of the profession. He was appointed as a National Men’s Health Ambassador in 2009, advising the Federal Government on policy related to men’s health matters. Throughout his career, Dr Walters has served on numerous committees for both the RACGP and AMA and was a serving member of the Defence Forces from 1972 – 2016 holding the rank of Colonel.