ACNEM Board

Dr Ron has been in clinical practice since 1980, at the Sydney Holistic Dental Centre in Sydney CBD. In 1996, Dr Ron gained his Fellowship in Nutritional and Environmental Medicine (FACNEM).

His 2018 book A Life Less Stressed: The 5 Pillars of Health and Wellness has been published in Australia, the UK, USA and Turkey.

In 2019 he was awarded a Fellowship in Lifestyle Medicine (FASLM). Dr Ron is also co-founder and board member of Nourishing Australia a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to informing, educating and inspiring people about the critical importance of healthy soils, nutrient-dense foods and regenerative agriculture, bringing together principles of holistic healthcare and holistic land management. His weekly podcast Unstress explores what ‘holistic’ and ‘stress’ means in our modern world, and the connections between human and planetary health.

Dr Perlen graduated from medicine at Monash University, Melbourne in 1990. In 2009 she was awarded the RACGP National GP Supervisor of the Year award. She first trained with ACNEM in 1995 and was surprised by how many pieces of the health puzzle this new training provided. She maintained an interest in integrative medicine however returned to nutritional medicine training in 2012 after her young son suffered a complex and undiagnosed illness. With her background in GP medical education, Nadine joined the ACNEM Education Committee with the intention of ensuring that the education ACNEM was delivering was up to date and practical for trainees. She is the current chair of the ACNEM Education Committee and a board member since 2015. Nadine continues to practice in a busy conventional general practice and now integrates NEM into all of her patient care and teaching. She also travels on a regular basis to a rural town with the Royal Flying Doctor Service Women’s GP service. She has developed a passion for long-distance running later in life and ran her first marathon in April 2019. This has lead to further interest in the field of sports nutrition and metabolic health. 

Dr Tracy Chandler completed a Biochemistry degree and then her primary medical training in England. This gave her a more in-depth knowledge of the human body than most Doctors are required to know.  She then worked as a General Practitioner in Timaru before doing further post-graduate training in Sports and Integrative Medicine and Nutrition. Her decision to specialise in Integrative Medicine evolved through her experience as a GP and her increasing awareness of the impact of nutrition and environment on an individual’s health and well-being. In addition she firmly believes in the power of the Mind-Body link and our ability to heal ourselves.