Dr Toby Gardner

Dr Toby Gardner is the Tasmanian Chair of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners. A GP Practice Owner of two large group practices in Launceston, he is also Director of their affiliated Urgent Care Centre where he regularly works. Originally from the Gold Coast, Toby spent a number of years working in regional and rural areas in central Queensland before relocating to Tasmania with

his young family in 2006, commencing GP training with General Practice Training Tasmania. He subsequently became a GP Supervisor and then Supervisor Liaison Officer with GPTT for over a decade, as well as being an active examiner with the RACGP over this time. In 2021 he won the Australian GP Supervisor of the Year award, as well as Tasmanian General Practice of the Year. He has a part-time appointment with the University of Tasmania as a Senior Medical Lecturer responsible for their simulation programme, as well as teaching into the GP curriculum. Toby is passionate about medical education, building the General Practice workforce in regional Australia and enjoys working in Urgent Care, maintaining an ongoing interest in development of professional standards for Urgent Care delivery in Australia through the establishment of the Urgent Care Special Interest Group. DISCLAIMER: This site is not intended for the provision of medical advice, and any comments that are false, inflammatory or derogatory will be removed or hidden.