AUSTRALIAN SPORTS DRUG MEDICAL
ADVISORY COMMITTEE

ASDMAC members

The ASDMAC members operate in accordance with the powers and functions under the ASADA Act, the ASADA Regulations and the NAD scheme.

On 1 July 2007, the Minister for the Arts and Sport appointed Dr Grace Bryant to the committee
for two years.

Table 12: ASDMAC members

Position

Name

Date ending

Meetings eligible to attend

Meetings attended

Chair

Prof Ken Fitch, AM

10 August 2008

4

4

Member

Dr Susan White

24 September 2008

4

4

Member

Dr Peter Harcourt, OAM

24 September 2008

4

3

Member

Dr Hugh Hazard

13 September 2008

4

3

Member

Dr Grace Bryant

1 July 2009

4

3

Prof Ken Fitch, AM

MBBS, MD, FRACGP, FACRM, FACSM, FASMF, FACSP

  • Adjunct Professor, School of Human Movement and Exercise Science, University of Western Australia
  • Member, International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Medical Commission
  • Chairman, IOC Games Group
  • Chairman, IOC’s Therapeutic Use Exemption Committee
  • Chairman, IOC’s Independent Asthma Panel
  • Member, Australian Doping Research Panel
  • Chairman, Medical Commission Oceania National Olympic Committees
  • Emeritus Consultant Physician - Sports Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Royal Perth Hospital.

Dr Susan White

MBBS (Hons), FACSP, FASMF

  • Sports Physician, Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre, Melbourne
  • Chief Medical Officer, Netball Australia
  • Member, Anti-Doping Committee, Cricket Australia
  • Member, Medical Commission, International Federation of Netball Associations
  • Chief Medical Officer, Swimming Australia
  • Editorial Board, Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Book Review Editor, British Journal of Sports Medicine
  • Member, Australian Football League Tribunal (anti-doping)
  • Team Physician, Australian Swim Team
  • Team Physician, Melbourne Phoenix Netball Team.

Dr Peter Harcourt, OAM

MBBS, FACSP Dip Obs.

  • Sports Physician
  • Medical Coordinator, Victorian Institute of Sport
  • Chief Health Officer, Transport Accident Commission, Victoria
  • Chief Medical Officer, Basketball Australia
  • Medical Commissioner, Australian Football League
  • Anti-Doping Medical Officer, Cricket Australia
  • Member/Chairman, International Cricket Council Medical Committee and Therapeutic Use Exemption Committee
  • Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur Medical Council
  • Team Physician, Melbourne Victory football club
  • Non-executive board member and Chair, Rehabilitation and Compensation Working Group, Victorian Workcover Authority
  • Senior Fellow, Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne.

Dr Hugh Hazard

MBBS, Grad Dip Sports Science, FACSP

  • Sports Physician
  • Chief Medical Officer to the National Rugby League
  • Team Medical Officer in the National Rugby League Competition
  • Team Medical Officer to the Rugby League Country of Origin
  • Team Medical Officer to Australian Rugby League teams.

Dr Grace Bryant

MBBS, Grad Dip Sports Science, FASMF, FACSP, FFESM (UK)

  • Sports Physician
  • Chief Medical Officer, Australian Women’s Water Polo
  • Team Physician, National Netball Competition
  • Member, Medical Commission, Australian Commonwealth Games Association
  • Member, Education Committee, Sports Medicine Australia (NSW Branch)
  • Member, Human Movement/Sports Management Industry Advisory Committee,
    School of Leisure, Sport and Tourism, University of Technology, Sydney.

Achievements

During the financial year ending 30 June 2008, ASDMAC:

  • processed 263 applications for Therapeutic Use Exemptions (a breakdown of applications
    is included in appendix P)
  • operated as a contact point for athletes making enquiries about therapeutic use exemptions
  • developed guidelines for the approval of:
    • finasteride
    • testosterone, and
    • intravenous infusion
  • advised ASADA on 34 testosterone/epitestosterone investigations
  • provided advice to ASADA in relation to:
    • ASADA’s anti-doping handbook and therapeutic use exemption fact sheets, and
    • anti-doping presentations and seminars
  • provided information and advice to the Sports Authority of Thailand
  • provided input to the Australian submission to the WADA revision of the International Standard for Therapeutic Use Exemptions
  • provided input to the Australian submission to WADA’s 2008 list of prohibited substances and prohibited methods
  • provided input to the Australian submission to the Code review, and
  • developed and implemented new/updated procedures and forms in line with the Code.

ASDMAC’s Therapeutic Use Exemptions guidelines have been offered to responsible third parties such as Therapeutic Use Exemptions committees at International Federation and national anti-doping organisation level.

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