Former AMA presidential candidate to fight the PSR in his new role

The Australian Health Practitioners Advisory Solutions was set up by Dr Anchita Karmakar two years ago following her well-publicised battles with the PSR.Â
The lobby group has long argued that the watchdog is unfairly destroying the professional and, in some cases, personal lives of doctors who have been accused of misusing Medicare.
Now, Associate Professor Gino Pecoraro, a Brisbane obstetrician and gynaecologist and recent AMA presidential candidate, has become its chair.