The HOACHI Team
Dr Rolf Gomes – Cardiologist
BE, MBBS, FRACP
Dr Rolf Gomes is a general Cardiologist with a special interest in heart failure, valvular heart disease and echocardiography. Dr Gomes graduated from Medicine at The University of Queensland after completing a Cardiology Specialty training at The Prince Charles Hospital and The Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. Dr Gomes is a Fellow of The Royal Australasian College of Physicians and a member of the Australian Medical Association. Dr Gomes also holds a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Melbourne. He is the Founding Father of Heart of Australia and was recently a finalist in the Queensland Australian of the Year Awards.
Operations Team
Ewan Wylie – Program Coordinator
BExSc, MBA
Ewan is a Respiratory Scientist with over 17 years experience in respiratory health surveillance and compensation assessments for current and former coal, silica and asbestos exposed workers. Ewan has spent much of that time leading a multidisciplinary team to deliver a mobile health surveillance program across NSW but has also delivered services in Queensland, Victoria and Tasmania. Ewan graduated from the University of Wollongong with a Bachelor in Exercise Science and Rehabilitation and later completed an MBA with the University of Newcastle. Ewan found a passion for ensuring all workers, and particularly former workers, get access to quality respiratory health surveillance and specialist investigations regardless of their proximity to major metropolitan centres.