Professor Tarun Sen Gupta

Professor Tarun Sen Gupta has been a medical practitioner for 35 years. He is an unwavering advocate for high quality education and training in rural and remote healthcare. Tarun is currently Professor of Health Professional Education at James Cook University (JCU) College of Medicine and Dentistry in Townsville. His career began in the town of Richmond in North Queensland, where he worked as a GP during the late 80’s and 90’s. Before he started there, he had never heard of Richmond, nor been to North Queensland. After 30 years, he still lives there, so you could say he fell in love with the place.

• Chair of the Assessment Committee, Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (2012 – present)
• Co-Director and Training Advisor, Queensland Rural Generalist Pathway (2007 – present)
• Deputy Chair of the Academic Board, James Cook University (2015 – 2019)
• Director of RDAA (2015 – 2018)
• Treasurer of RDAQ (2017 – 2021) and President (2014 – 2015)

Tarun was a founding Director of RDAQ Foundation Ltd. He has served as Treasurer since 2015. Currently, he is Chair of the Finance, Risk, and Investment Committee.

Tarun has travelled to every corner of Queensland. He enjoys rural communities, rural landscapes, and the company of rural doctors. When he’s not changing the face of rural education, he has his feet up watching sport or reading. Or you may find him out walking his dogs, or wining and dining his wife, Wendy. Tarun has two children, one of whom is an intern at Townsville University Hospital. He is also looking to rural generalist medicine as a career.