Dr Sally Cockburn is a GP and health advocate - with a twist - while she practices part time in suburban Melbourne she is also known around Australia as 'Dr Feelgood', a high profile media presenter who champions sensitive issues and demystifies medicine.
Dr Cockburn is a General Practitioner with over 35 years experience. She is a Consultant to Northern Health, Clinical Lead Partnerships, and is also a Board Member Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board (Victoria).
Dr Sally Cockburn was host of 'Talking Health' on Saturday evenings on Melbourne's radio 3AW. Sally is a recipient of the Radio Industry Award for best Radio Documentary and an MBF Award for Excellence in Health Journalism.
Dr Cockburn is the Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Dept Public Health and Preventive Medicine, at Monash University
She holds a Masters degree in Health and Medical Law from the University of Melbourne and works with law firms on health cases.
Media: Along with over 30 years clinical experience, her 22 year media career spans every television network and Australia's top radio networks. She spent 10 years as health presenter on Good Morning Australia with Bert Newton and her national radio sex and relationships program Pillowtalk was a trailblazing phenomenon in the 1990s. She also hosted her own talk back TV show on Channel 7.
Community: Behind the scenes, Sally is passionate about patient and community issues and is active in health policy and education at many levels. Sally is a Lifetime Australia Day Ambassador for Victoria and in 2010 Sally was inducted into the Victorian Honour Roll of Women for harnessing the media to improve health communications. That same year she was also awarded the Monash Distinguished Alumni Service Award.
Appointments: She has served as Chair of Family Planning Victoria, on the boards of Metropolitan Ambulance Service and Vichealth and the Victorian Government's Mental Health Reform Council and Sexual Health Task Force, and as a member of the Melbourne Zoo's Scientific Advisory Committee.
Ambassador: Sally is patron or ambassador for many community organisations including Royal District Nursing service and Melbourne Osteoporosis Support Group. She is an Ambassador for Lort Smith Animal Hospital and a proud rescue dog owner.
Advocacy: Sally champions those who feel disempowered. She is willing to stand up against bullies and ensures sensitive issues are not brushed under the table.
No issue too delicate, no problem too extreme, nothing fazes this doc.
