Dr Mikaela Seymour is a Medical Doctor, working as a Principal House Officer in General Surgery at Sunshine Coast University Hospital. Graduating from Griffith University in 2015 with a Masters of Medicine, she is currently undertaking her masters of Surgical Sciences at the University of Edinburgh. Mikaela was previously selected for the Queensland Rural Medical Education Placement to Western Province PNG, and has continued to volunteer in Papua New Guinea, returning five times since 2015 to volunteer as a Doctor in Training. Mikaela is current chair of the Junior Medical Officers Forum of Queensland, and previous Deputy chair of the Australasian Junior Medical Officers Committee. She currently sits on the Medical Workforce Advisory Committee and Medical Schools Liasion Committee to the Office of the Chief Medical Officer and the Hospital Accreditation Committee for Queensland Pre-vocational Medical Education. Dr Seymour is an associate lecturer with the University of Queensland, and a Medical Educator with Queensland Rural Medical Education. She also serves with the Australian Army as a Captain in the 2nd Health Support Company, Gallipoli Barracks