Professor Dr DAVID PINCUS Paediatrician
Medico-Legal Expert
MBBS FRACP

DR David Pincus - Paediatrician
MBBS FRACP
HONORARY ADJUNCT PROFESSOR
Paediatric Medico-Legal Expert

Dr Pincus has been a paediatrician at the Gold Coast, Queensland since 1992 and is highly respected by his colleagues and patients as an attentive and caring physician with a reputation for clinical excellence.

Dr Pincus enjoys the continuity of his private practice and describes it as a privilege to be part of his patients’ lives as they grow and develop.

Recognition and appointments:
National Medical Advisor Clinical Governance Ramsay Health Care

Medical Clinical Governance Advisor - Pindara Hospital since 2015

Medical Clinical Governance Advisor John Flynn Hospital since 2022
Chair of Paediatric Division Assessment Committee (PDAC) Royal Australian College of Physicians 2018 to 2021
Previous Co Chair Clinical Examination Committee, Royal Australian College of Physicians, 2012 - 2018
Member of the College Assessment Committee for the Royal Australian College of Physicians - 2018 to 2022
Clinical Sub Dean of Medicine, Bond University 2017 - present.
National Examination Panel, Royal Australian College of Physicians 2003 to 2022.
Previous member Clinical Examination Committee, Royal Australian College of Physicians 2008 - 2018.
Chairperson Paediatric Morbidity and Mortality Committee, Pindara Private Hospital 2011 to 2020
Chair Special Consideration Committee Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Clinical Review Committee, Pindara Private Hospital 2010 to present.
Chairperson and organiser of Perinatal Interest Group 1995 to 2022.

Academic Appointments:
Honorary Adjunct Professor, Bond University 2006 to present.
Clinical Senior Lecturer, Griffith University 2005 to 2020.
Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Queensland 1995 to 2003. Supervisor and instigator of Specialist Training Position rotation from the Royal Children’s Hospital Brisbane (2011-2012) and Gold Coast Hospital for advanced training in General Paediatrics (2013 onwards).

Expertise and areas of interest:
Medical Clinical Governance
Medico-legal reports, opinions and assessments
Quality and Safety Systems
Improving Diagnosis in Medicine
Advanced Training in Paediatric Life Support
Advanced Insulin Pump Management
Diabetes and Endocrine disorders
Neonatology (newborn babies)
Neurologic disorders including Cerebral Palsy and Epilepsy
Asthma and respiratory disorders
Schooling problems and neurodevelopmental disorders
All aspects of general paediatrics, including children with complicated disorders requiring multidisciplinary management