MD PhD MPH (Cantab) MSc MBA FRACP FAFPHM FANZAN
Professor Gericke is an experienced neurologist and public health physician with over 30 years of clinical experience. Professor Gericke holds a number of positions, including as Convener of the Specialist Medical Review Council (SMRC), an independent Commonwealth statutory agency; Clinical Advisor to the Queensland Health Ombudsman; and a former Member of the Queensland Neurology/Neurosurgery Medical Assessment Tribunal.

He consults privately in Brisbane and Canberra. He is the Director of the Canberra Epilepsy Specialist Centre at Deakin Private Hospital, Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Australian National University, and Honorary Professor at the University of Queensland. He is the former Clinical Director of Neurology at the Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane and worked as Consultant Neurologist, Epileptologist, and Clinical Neurophysiologist at leading hospitals in the UK, including King’s College Hospital London and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. His special interests are epilepsy, cerebral palsy, traumatic brain injury, spinal injuries and neuroepidemiology.

Professor Gericke is an American Board Certified Independent Medical Examiner (CIME) with AMA 4 accreditation in Victoria and Tasmania, AMA 5 accreditation in Queensland and New South Wales, and AMA 6 accreditation in the Northern Territory.

Professor Gericke has experience conducting medicolegal assessments and providing liability opinions for medical negligence claims, as well as life expectancy estimates for quantum assessments. Professor Gericke has experience giving evidence in court and is fluent in German, French, and Spanish.