Dr Rodger Brough MBBS, FACRRM, FAChAM Position: Addiction Medicine Physician (South West HealthCare), Senior Clinical Lecturer (Deakin University), School of Medicine (Geelong), Medical Educator (Greater Green Triangle GP Education & Training)

Expertise

Dr Rodger Brough has worked as an Addiction Medicine Physician at South West Healthcare in Warrnambool for the last 22 years. He is a fellow at the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine and the Australasian Chapter of Addiction Medicine. Amongst his many other appointments, Dr Brough has spent 6 years as Director of Alcohol and Drug Services at South West Healthcare and 3 years as Director of the Australian Rural Centre for Addictive Behaviours. 

Dr Brough has received a number of awards during his career, notably a Rural Health Award from the Victorian Healthcare association of Victoria in 2001 and a Centenary Medal in 2003 from the Commonwealth of Australia.

His principle interests are in the management of drug withdrawal, medical A&D education and rural A&D issues.  He actively participates in GP and undergraduate medical training. In 2009 he extended his interest in rural Drug and Alcohol issues through a newly established Centre at Deakin University (Geelong/Warrnambool) ‘RuraLife’ – Rural and Regional Responses to Alcohol, Gambling and Substance Use. RuraLife aims to improve the scientific knowledge and community responses to alcohol use, gambling and substance use as well as their respective co-morbidities in rural and regional Australia.

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