Dr Joyce was educated in Melbourne, and studied Medicine at The University of Melbourne, as a Scholarship student in residence at St Hilda’s College, and joining Ormond College in her final year. She graduated in 1978, top student in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, taking second place in the graduation year, and was recipient of a number of prizes. Following internship and residence at the Royal Melbourne Hospital, she was invited to undertake training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne, where she gained her Membership of the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in 1984. She completed her Specialist training at St Mary’s Hospital for Women and Children at University of Manchester, Manchester, UK, being awarded Fellowship of the Royal Australian College in 1987. During this time her daughter was born.
On returning to Australia, she practiced Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the Riverina, New South Wales, in professional association with her Gynaecologist husband, Dr Geoffrey Reid.
In 1998 Dr Joyce relocated with Dr Reid to the Southern Highlands of NSW. She is currently in private gynaecological practice in Bowral, NSW, Macquarie Street and Martin Place, Sydney. She resides in the Southern Highlands and Sydney. Her hospital appointments are at Southern Highlands’ Private Hospital, Bowral and St Luke’s Hospital Complex, Potts Point, Sydney.
She held a position on the Council of the Australasian Menopause Society (AMS) from 2001 – 2007 and was a member of the Education Sub-Committee from 2001 – 2007, and Finance Sub-Committee 2006 – 2007. In 2003 she was elected as New South Wales representative on the Committee of National Association of Specialist Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (NASOG) and was the NASOG Representative to Council of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists from 2003 – 2007. In 2006 she was elected to NASOG Executive as Secretary.
She is currently the Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Craft Group Nominee on Australian Medical Association (AMA) Federal Council (2007 - ) and in June 2009 was elected as Present of NASOG.
She is a founding member of the Australian Gynaecological Endoscopy Society.
She is a member of the Sydney Gynaecological Endoscopy Group, with particular interest in minimal access surgery. She works in conjunction with her husband, Dr Geoffrey Reid, Director of Gynaecological Endoscopy at Liverpool Hospital whose major interest and national and international reputation is in endometriosis. Her patients benefit from the expertise of a two-specialist surgical team offering the most advanced operative laparoscopic procedures.
She is an accredited Sydney IVF doctor, providing comprehensive infertility services.
She also has an interest in gynaecological ultrasound, performed at the time of consultation.
She has a deep interest in Women’s Health and provides a full range of gynaecological services to all age groups. Mid-life Women’s Health features in her practice. Her experience on the AMS Council enables provision of information and advice, based on the most up-to-date data.
She has been an invited speaker at a number of Endoscopic workshops, including meetings in Shanghai and Beijing, China in 1997, Mumbai, India in 2001 and Kolkata / Gauhati, India in 2006. She is frequently invited to speak on topics of hormone replacement therapy, and also polycystic ovarian disease, and the Mirena device.
She was the Scientific Program organiser for Business in Practice for Australian Gynaecological Endoscopy Society and NASOG Joint Meeting in 2007.
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