Clinical Professor Habib Bhurawala

Clinical Professor Habib Bhurawala is a highly accomplished consultant paediatrician with over 23 years of medical experience and serves as the Head of the Paediatric Department at Nepean Hospital. He is a prominent academic leader, medical educator, and clinician-scientist, concurrently serving as the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health.

Professor Bhurawala plays a critical role in shaping medical governance, the quality of medical training, and accreditation standards across both the state and national healthcare sectors. Nationally, he serves as the Deputy National Chair of Paediatric Basic Training Accreditation for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP), steering the development and implementation of standards for the next generation of child health specialists. In New South Wales, he actively contributes to medical trainee education pathways through his appointment on the Prevocational Accreditation Committee (PAC) of the Health Education and Training Institute (HETI NSW), where he also acts as a Team Leader for prevocational accreditation survey teams.

A passionate champion of integrated health systems, Professor Bhurawala has, over the last 12 years, organised the annual Paediatric Update for General Practitioners within the local region, executed in close partnership with the Nepean Blue Mountains Primary Health Network (NBMPHN). This enduring initiative drives local capacity building and strengthens the collaborative care pathway between hospital specialists and community GPs for children and adolescents.

At the regional level, Professor Bhurawala drives robust health services research within the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) to optimise clinical practices and frontline toolkits for emerging youth health issues. He combines this professional leadership with deep community commitment, serving as the Health Coordinator Lead for the Indian Crescent Society of Australia (ICSOA) and formerly as National Vice-President of the Australian Islamic Medical Association (AIMA).

Professor Bhurawala frequently partners with NSW Health teams to spearhead public health awareness campaigns. He is widely recognised for his advocacy in delivering critical, multilingual medical outreach to culturally diverse populations.

As an active media spokesperson, Professor Bhurawala regularly contributes articles to multiple multicultural media organisations and is frequently invited to speak on national broadcasting platforms, including SBS Radio, as well as at various medical conferences and clinical training courses to elevate health literacy across diverse community populations.