ESA Seminar 2025 CONVENORS
Dr Stella Sarlos
Dr Stella Sarlos is a Consultant Endocrinologist in the Departments of Diabetes and Endocrinology at Monash Health and Peninsula Health, and in Clinical Andrology at the Hudson Institute of Medical Research.
She undertook her medical degree at the University of Melbourne, where she also graduated with a Bachelor of Science with Honours and completed PhD studies in the field of diabetic retinopathy. She trained in endocrinology at St Vincent’s Health Melbourne and Peninsula Health, and completed her endocrine training at Monash Health with the Andrology Australia Fellowship. Her endocrine research interests include male fertility and the clinical relationship of opiates with androgens.
Dr Sarlos is Director of Clinical Training at Peninsula Health, with oversight of junior doctor training, assessment and supervision. She is an adjunct lecturer in the School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University and the Monash University medical student coordinator (Yr3) at the Peninsula Clinical School. She served as the specialist contractor to the RACP in 2023 and drafted the Advanced Endocrinology Training curriculum. She has had a longstanding interest and commitment to clinical education and attained the Masters in Clinical Education at the University of Melbourne in 2024. Her education research has focussed on the application of education theory in the design and delivery of clinical teaching.
Associate Professor Carolyn Allan
A/Prof Carolyn Allan is a member of Senior Medical Staff at Monash Health and a Consultant Endocrinologist at Cabrini Health, Melbourne. She is an Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor at the Hudson Institute of Medical Research and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Monash University. She joined the ESA Council in 2024.
Her clinical training in Endocrinology was at Prince Henry’s Hospital and Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, and St Bartholomew’s, London. Whilst in the UK she obtained a Diploma in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. She completed her PhD in Male Reproductive Endocrinology with Prof Robert McLachlan and Prof Henry Burger at Prince Henry’s Institute / Hudson Institute of Medical Research.
A/Prof Allan is the Clinical Lead in the combined Monash/Hudson Andrology Clinic and the Head of the Endocrine Pregnancy Service at Monash Health, and is the immediate past Chair of the Endocrine Craft Group at Cabrini. She is the Director of the Victorian Diabetes Endocrine Network.
Her research focuses on Androgens and Metabolic Disease in Men. She has worked as a Medical Advisor to Andrology Australia/Healthy Male since 2005