HEART OF MEDICINE 2026
An International Gathering of Compassionate Leaders in Medicine
Meet our Heart of Medicine Faculty
Learn from some of the world's best medical leaders in compassionate care. About how heart centred healthcare can empower and heal healthcare workers and their patients.
Healers gathering in a sacred space share their learning way beyond the time they are together because of what they experienced together, because they took the time to say this is important, to nourish their own souls.
Dr. Andrea Austin
Emergency Physician,
Simulation Educator,
Podcast Host, Author
San Diego, USA
Dr. Ashok Bhattacharya
Psychiatrist, Founder and
President of the Empathy
Clinic, Author
Ontario, Canada
Dr. Ben Bravery
Junior Doctor, currently
training in Psychiatry,
Patient, Zoologist, Author
Sydney, Australia
Prof. Catherine Crock
Founder and Chair of the
Hush Foundation and
Gathering of Kindness
Melbourne, Australia
Dr. Dominic O. Vachon
Director of Ruth M. Hillebrand
Centre for Compassionate Care
in Medicine, Psychologist, Author
Indiana, USA
Dr. Jonathan Fisher
Cardiologist, Organisational Well-Being Leader Novant Health, Author
North Carolina USA
Dr. Michelle Woolhouse
General Practitioner, Podcast Host of Fx-Medicine, Medical Director Vively, Author
Melbourne, Australia
Minky van der Walt
Director of Tempo Therapy & Consulting, Registered Music Therapist, Clinical Supervisor
Nipaluna / Hobart, Tasmania
Dr. Rhea Liang
Surgeon, Clinical Sub-Dean Bond University, Educator, Systems Change Leader
Gold Coast, Australia
Sharee Johnson
Founder and Managing Director of Coaching for Doctors, Psychologist, Coach, Author
Melbourne, Australia
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We acknowledge Australia's First Peoples
Coaching for Doctors is based on Gunaikurnai country. We pay our respects and honour the traditional custodians of Country throughout Australia and their continuing connection to land, sea and community. We pay our respects to their ancestors, Elders past and present and to their emerging leaders. And recognise that this land was never ceded.
Our Country | Gunaikurnai Land and Waters
The Heart of Medicine Gathering and Retreat will take place on Aṉangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Country
