BMed, MMed, FRANZCR Tim Dickson gained his medical degree from The University of Newcastle in 2004 and completed his internship and basic training at the John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle. He also spent two years as an unaccredited orthopaedic registrar for the Hunter New England Health Service and two years as an accredited orthopaedic registrar on the Queensland Orthopaedic training scheme. Tim ultimately switched career paths to Radiology and relocated to Melbourne where he completed his radiology training at The Alfred Hospital in 2015 followed by an MRI, musculoskeletal imaging and intervention fellowship with Dr George Koulouris in East Melbourne. Tim currently works in private practice in East Melbourne focusing on musculoskeletal imaging and intervention as well as holding a visiting medical officer position at the Alfred Hospital in MR imaging. Tim has presented at previous AMSIG meetings and was the co-convener for the most recent AMSIG ASM in Melbourne 2017.
MBChB, FRANZCR
Dr Matt Andrews completed undergraduate medical training at the University of Auckland in 2009, and undertook radiology training in both Tauranga and Auckland, New Zealand, being awarded FRANZCR in 2016. He completed a breast imaging fellowship with BreastScreen Aotearoa NZ in 2016, and a musculoskeletal radiology fellowship in 2017 at SKG Radiology in Perth, Australia.
Since returning to New Zealand in 2019, he works as a consultant radiologist in both public and private practice, with subspecialty interests in musculoskeletal, spine and breast imaging and intervention. Matt is currently the Director of Clinical Practice at RHCNZ Medical Imaging, and was previously head of radiology at Tauranga and Whakatane Hospitals. Matt was co-convenor of the 2025 AMSIG meeting in Queenstown, NZ.
In addition, Matt is passionate about improving healthcare outcomes in developing countries. He is a Director at Radiology Across Borders, and has travelled to give lectures in Cambodia and Indonesia (in collaboration with AMSIG), along with Vietnam.
BSc, MBBS(Hons), FRANZCR
Dr Emily Davidson is an Australian Radiologist with subspecialty fellowship training in Musculoskeletal Imaging, currently working in Sydney Australia at Castlereagh Imaging and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. She is currently on the AMSIG Executive as Secretary, previously serving on the education subcommittee, co-convener of the AMSIG scientific conference in 2021, and program committee for the combined ISS multisociety meeting in 2023 in London. She completed her MRI Musculoskeletal Radiology Fellowship at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), New York, USA. During her time at HSS, Dr Davidson was awarded the Charles Christian Award for excellence in Musculoskeletal research and the Robert Freiberger Fellowship research award. Radiology training was at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, Australia.
MBBS, FRANZCER, BArts, BSci (Hons), EGCOB
Dr. Smith is the Clinical Director at Epworth Medical Imaging/Radiology Victoria in Epworth Geelong. He completed his medical training at the University of Melbourne in 2004 and undertook specialist training in Radiology at the Austin Hospital. Dr. Smith has completed fellowships in general intervention, body imaging, neuroradiology, and musculoskeletal imaging. In 2022, he earned an Executive Graduate Certificate in Business Management from Monash Business School.
Dr. Smith’s current research interests focus on the application of information technology and artificial intelligence in Radiology. He is an A/Prof of at the School of Medicine at Deakin University, regularly teaching medical students and actively developing additional teaching content.
He has presented at various international conferences and has experience in the med-tech space, having founded a symptom-tracking software startup, Mobius. Additionally, Dr. Smith is actively involved in medicolegal case reviews with several law firms.
BMed, MMed, FRANZCR Tim Dickson gained his medical degree from The University of Newcastle in 2004 and completed his internship and basic training at the John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle. He also spent two years as an unaccredited orthopaedic registrar for the Hunter New England Health Service and two years as an accredited orthopaedic registrar on the Queensland Orthopaedic training scheme. Tim ultimately switched career paths to Radiology and relocated to Melbourne where he completed his radiology training at The Alfred Hospital in 2015 followed by an MRI, musculoskeletal imaging and intervention fellowship with Dr George Koulouris in East Melbourne. Tim currently works in private practice in East Melbourne focusing on musculoskeletal imaging and intervention as well as holding a visiting medical officer position at the Alfred Hospital in MR imaging. Tim has presented at previous AMSIG meetings and was the co-convener for the most recent AMSIG ASM in Melbourne 2017.
The Education Subcommittee is composed of AMSIG members appointed by the AMSIG Executive. Its role is to assist with planning future events and educational material at the request of the executive. This includes assisting with the appointment of conveners and suggesting themes and speakers for meetings that AMSIG hosts or with which the organisation is involved, such as the Annual Scientific Meeting and International Intersociety Meetings. Members of the Executive may also sit on the subcommittee when required.
The chair of the subcommittee should be a convener of the next Annual Scientific Meeting and reports directly to the Executive at the regular Executive Committee Meetings.
Current Members of the Education Subcommittee are:
Dr Bryan Carey
Dr Hayley Wong
Dr Laura Hill
Dr Ashton Reeve
Dr Tom Entwisle
Dr Sven Klinken
The Australasian Musculoskeletal Imaging Group (AMSIG) provides a forum for the professional development of musculoskeletal imaging in Australia and New Zealand.
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AMSIG Annual Scientific Meeting 2026, 2-3 May 2026
Registrations are now open to attend the AMSIG Annual Scientific Meeting 2026 in Sydney, themed New Paradigms in MSK.