Dr Sean Maher (Geriatrician)
- Name
- Dr Sean Cornelis Winston Maher
- Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery 1989
- Occupation
- Geriatrician
- Gender
- Male
Dr Sean Maher is a Geriatrician attached to the Department of Rehabilitation and Aged Care at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.
He graduated from the University of Western Australia and is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Dr Maher was the Federal Secretary for the Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine (ANZSGM) from 2008 to 2012 and is a current Federal Councillor.
He has interests in delirium and dementia and coordinated the ANZSGM's position paper on delirium, as well as assisting to develop the WA Department of Health's Model of Care for Delirium and the Older Person.
Dr Maher was a senior lecturer in Geriatric Medicine at Edith Cowan University from 2005 to 2014, is a current Honorary Research Fellow at Curtin University and Medical Director on the Board of Alzheimer's Australia WA.
Dr Maher helped initiate the successful Vascular Geriatrics Perioperative Care program and is assisting with implementing the Dementia Care in Hospitals Program at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.
- Hospital Affiliations
- St John of God Mt Lawley Hospital
