Dr Rebecca McGowan
About
Dr Rebecca McGowan is a highly experienced Medical Practitioner for over three decades and is an acknowledged Preventative Health Expert. She gained her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery at Monash University, Melbourne, and has Specialist (Fellowship) training as a General Practitioner, with Post Graduate qualifications in Obstetrics, Gynaecology, and Forensic Medicine.
A former GP, she now works as the Medical Director of LifeVest, a business she co-founded in 2015. LifeVest provides proactive health promotion programs in the workplace, online and in the community and collaborates with some of Australia’s biggest companies.
Rebecca is passionate about empowering and enabling people to take better control of their health, by providing practical information to assist people to live longer healthier lives.
She is a well-known media spokesperson in Radio, print and TV with a popular social media presence focusing on preventative health issues.
Rebecca lives on her Angus Beef farm in Northeast Victoria, with her husband and sometimes grown up kids. She loves farming and spending time in her extensive garden growing, cooking, and sharing good food with friends and family.
Rebecca is a Climate Activist and has been active in speaking about the devastating impacts of Climate Change and in particular, bushfires on patients in her community. She has been involved in Government presentations, documentaries, films, podcasts, and written media on this topic, with further projects to follow.
Personal and Professional
Associations
Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)
AVANT Medico Legal Insurance.
Monash University Alumni
Volunteer Fire Fighter with the Country Fire Association (CFA)
Landcare Victoria Committee Member
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