Dr. Sue Coulshed is the Principal of Nephrology at the Mater Hospital, North Sydney and serves as the Director of Clinical Training for junior doctors. 

 

Dr. Coulshed graduated from UNSW with Honours in 1982, beginning her career at Royal North Shore Hospital. 

 

In 1984, Dr Coulshed relocated to the United Kingdom, working at Leeds General Infirmary and at St James University Hospital, the largest renal service in the UK at the time.

 

While in the United Kingdom, Dr Coulshed continued her studies, completing general medicine in York, and Nephrology in Leeds, where she was inducted as a Member of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP).

 

Dr. Coulshed returned to Australia to continue further renal training at Royal North Shore Hospital, becoming a Fellow with the Royal Australian College of Physicians (FRACP).

 

In 1996, Dr. Coulshed joined the the Mater Hospital where she remains a senior General Physician, participating in the general medicine roster and managing medical issues in surgical patients. Sue was awarded the Mater Hospital Consultant Tutor of the Year in both 2024 and 2025.

 

Sue maintains strong and long-standing working relationships with some of Australia's most well-known and respected nephrologists with decades of experience in renal medicine, particularly hypertension, dialysis, renal transplantation and hypertension in pregnancy.

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Dr Coulshed currently serves as the Director of the Medical Dialysis Unit, Chair of the Department of General Medicine and Chair of the Mater Medical Staff Association.