SMA Presidents

SMA Presidents are elected based on service to, and an in-depth knowledge of SMA and the wider multidisciplinary sports medicine industry.

Since the association’s inception in 1963, SMA’s Presidents have been:

2022 – 2023: Dr Kay Copeland
2019 – 2022: Prof Gregory Kolt
2015 – 2019: Dr Andrew Jowett
2013 -2015: Dr Peter Nathan
2012 – 2013: Mr Michael Kenihan
2009 – 2012: Mr Tim Pain
2007 – 2009: Mr Michael Kenihan
2005 – 2007: Dr Bruce Mitchell
2003 – 2005: Ms Marilyn Feenstra
2001 – 2003: Dr Anita Green
1999 – 2001: Dr Shane Conway
1997 – 1999: Dr Graham Allen
1994 – 1997: Dr Peter Larkins
1992 – 1994: Mr David Roberts
1990 – 1992: Dr Fred Better
1988 – 1990: Dr Brian Sando
1987 – 1988: Dr Tony Parker
1985 – 1986: Mr John Hart
1982 – 1984: Dr Bill Webb
1981 – 1982: Dr Kevin Hobbs
1979 – 1981: Dr Jack Refshauge
1978 – 1979: Dr Ken Fitch
1977 – 1978: Dr Kevin Hobbs
1975 – 1977: Dr Geoffrey Vanderfield
1973 – 1975: Mr Howard Toyne
1971 – 1973: Prof John Bloomfield
1969 – 1971: Dr Owen Bowering
1967 – 1969: Dr Brian Corrigan
1966 – 1967: Dr Leigh Wedlick
1965 – 1966: Dr Jim Pannell
1963 – 1965: Dr Robert Puflett