About IMMEX

IMMEX – (Injury Management and Medical EXamination) is a specialised occupational medical practice established in 2001. The practitioners we support are recognised as leaders in this field.

IMMEX is renown for:

Our Executive Team

Stephen is The Managing Director of IMMEX and is also responsible for clinical governance.

He completed his medical degree at the University of New South Wales in 1984 and graduated with honours. He holds general, and specialist medical registration in General Practice, is a SIRA Authorised Injury Management Consultant (IMC), a member of Australia and New Zealand Society Of Occupational Medicine (ANZSOM), and an Accredited RailCorp Health Assessment Professional.

Having had extensive experience in Occupational Medicine and General Practice as the founder of a large and successful group medical practice in Mascot Sydney; in 2001, Stephen was inspired to pursue his passion for occupational medicine which led him to establish a dedicated Occupational Medicine organisation and later acquire the IMMEX brand.

Having continued to grow and develop the business, Stephen opened a second clinic in Parramatta in 2014, placing Michael Playford, Head of Physiotherapy at the helm.

He has continued to lead and drive IMMEX to the successful business that it is today and has plans to expand further. He has mentored junior doctors that share his passion and in doing so, has established IMMEX as a registered training facility for occupational medicine with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP).

Michael has been an integral member of the team at IMMEX since the opening of the Waterloo site in 2001. Michael has over 20 years experience in acute injury management and rehabilitation of injured workers, corporate consultancy, work hardening programs, workplace education programs, orthopaedic plastering and splinting, gym design and pre-employment screening across all industries.

Michael has a particular interest in consulting with corporate clients to better manage their workers compensation risks and costs. This consultancy has led to Michael successfully developing bespoke pre-employment functional testing protocols and onsite prevention programs for small, medium and large enterprises.

Michael is committed to providing evidence-based practice to his patients and corporate clients alike. This extends into his interest of sharing his knowledge by providing ongoing training to the physiotherapy, nursing and medical team, educating his patients or providing evidence-based workplace training and education solutions to businesses.

Having spent most of her career as a senior executive in the corporate sector across a wide range of industries, Vicki joined IMMEX in 2018 bringing with her a vast wealth of knowledge and experience.

Priori to joining IMMEX Vicki had been a consultant for a number of years and a CIO for some of NSW’s  largest government agencies.  She specialised  in business growth and transformation, strategic planning, project management and business process re-engineering. As a consultant she filled a niche in the small to medium market sector. Amongst her vast array of accomplishments, Vicki has written IT strategy for a new cancer centre, process re-engineered and automated a Sports Physician’s practice and led acquisitions for an integrated medical clinic and development into new industry sectors. In joining IMMEX Vicki has defined the business strategy, led the development of systems and processes to simplify and automate IMMEX business processes and led the establishment of two new IMMEX clinics at Wetherill Park and Rooty Hill.

In addition to her work accomplishments, Vicki has won numerous industry awards, contributed articles to industry magazines, presented at conferences on wide ranging topics including strategic planning, business intelligence, project management and emotional intelligence. She has previously been a frequent guest university lecturer at both under graduate and post graduate levels, helped launch the UNSW Masters of Information Systems and served for many years on the UNSW Industry Advisory Board. Additionally, she served for over ten years on a number of sporting boards including Swimming Australia’s Strategic Planning Board Sub Committee and NSW Women’s Sport and Recreation.