We are Australia’s leading healthcare innovator.

Navigator Group provides leading end-to-end recovery services for anyone suffering an injury sustained at work or in a motor vehicle accident.

Our services have been developed by medical and psychological experts driven by positive change that supports real people. We take a holistic approach to treat both the body and the mind, supported by our comprehensive knowledge of compensable injury, to deliver optimal outcomes for everyone involved.

Traditional healthcare systems lack a co-ordinated, whole patient approach – resulting in increased costs and delayed recovery

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Our Values

Who We Are?

  • Australia's leading healthcare provider and innovator specialising in co-ordinated, evidence-based treatment programs with a whole of person approach 

    Our team have supported more than 20,000 people through our programs incorporating both mental and physical aspects into our programs

    We support people in their recovery with multi-disciplinary teams to activate effective recovery plans and use world leading technology to track progress

  • We are a team of occupational physicians, physiotherapists, exercise physiologists, occupational therapists, clinical psychologists and counsellors who believe that every recovery needs a plan 

    We utilise our outcome data and research to collaborate with academic institutions, government agencies, actuaries, insurance companies and corporations.

How We Started

  • Originally founded in 2010 by Dr Ray Wallace and Dr John McMahon ‘Medico Legal Specialists’ who, after conducting 40,000 IME’s thought "There must be a better way”.

  • They identified multiple issues in the current traditional healthcare framework:

    • Patients being treated serially rather than a whole of person approach

    • Incorrect diagnoses led to unnecessary intervention

    • Unnecessary imaging,  unnecessary surgery and excessive passive treatment

    • Failure to address the psychological aspects of physical injuries 

    • Lack of adherence to best practice recovery protocols and oversight of patient programs

    They set out to design a model to support patients and healthcare providers that included:

    • High potency, low-cost interventions 

    • Simplified programs for patients and their health practitioners 

    • Easier access to clinicians and counsellors

    • A department dedicated to research and innovation 
      Incorporated use of sophisticated technology and data

About Navigator Group

    • Fragmented treatment instead of holistic care
      Incorrect diagnoses resulting in unnecessary interventions

    • Overuse of imaging, surgery, and passive treatments

    • Neglecting psychological aspects of physical injuries

    • Inadequate adherence to best practice recovery protocols and patient program oversight

    • Implementing low-cost, high-impact interventions

    • Simplified programs for patients and healthcare providers

    • Enhancing access to clinicians and counselors
      Establishing a dedicated research and innovation department

    • Integrating advanced technology and data utilisation

Meet Our Team

  • Paul Fitzmaurice

    Board Member

  • Chris Rex

    Board Member

  • Paul Shmukler

    Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

  • Stacey Williams

    Deputy Chief Executive Officer

  • Dr. John McMahon

    Co-Founder and Director of Science

  • Paul Macgugan

    Chief Operating Officer

  • Melissa Colonna

    Head of Primary Psychological Program

  • Angela Hill

    Head of Active Recovery Clinics

  • Sharn Meneilly

    Head of Navigator Support

  • Sophie Gibbs

    Director - Customer Experience

  • Rhys Cooper

    State Manager – Victoria

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