Dr Rob McCartney

Dr Rob McCartney is a physician who has specialised in the field of Occupational and Environmental Medicine for over 20 years. His career goal is to maximise the health, wellbeing and productivity of working people.

He is a Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine with the Royal Australian College of Physicians and past president of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Occupational Medicine. He has been an adjunct associate professor at Griffith University School of Human Services and Social Work. Rob is a Board Member of Australasian Medical Review Officers Association.

A lateral thinker, Rob thrives on conceptualising new and innovative solutions, having built up several successful businesses – partnering with industry to meet their occupational health needs.

Rob has been at the forefront of innovation in Occupational and Environmental Medicine over the years with his expertise including leading the introduction of Medical Review Officer and Alcohol and other drug services to industry; being called as an expert witness at the Fair Work Commission and most recently developing cost effective approaches to pre-employment screening and injury management for the growing human services/aged care sector.

Rob has a breadth of experiences in occupational health – during the recent re-emergence of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP) and other forms of coal mine dust lung disease (CMDLD) in Queensland, Rob assisted and advised many coal mines to not only implement new processes in response to this issue, but also to manage the levels of anxiety amongst their workers.