Dr Fleury is a specialist Geriatrician and Perioperative Physician, currently practicing as a Senior Staff Specialist at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane. She is recognised as a national leader in perioperative medicine, having led the design and implementation of one of the first medical/surgical co-management models of care in Australia at Logan Hospital and contributed to perioperative clinical standards of care at a local and national level. She has a particular interest in preoperative risk assessment and mitigation, including frailty and cognitive impairment, and in the identification and management of postoperative complications. Dr Fleury has held senior clinical leadership roles in perioperative medicine and statewide dementia, ageing and frailty initiatives. She has presented on numerous occasions at national perioperative, surgical, anaesthetic and geriatric conferences and has both co-authored research, and co-presented in a number of settings, with lawyers on capacity in the acute medical setting.

Qualifications and Fellowships

2025 Graduate, Chapter of Perioperative Medicine (GChPOM), ANZCA

2012 Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP), Geriatric Medicine

2004 MB BCh BAO (First Class Honours), University College Cork, Ireland

2004 Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours), University College Cork, Ireland

Current Positions

Jan 2025 – Present Senior Staff Specialist Geriatrician and Perioperative Physician, Princess Alexandra Hospital

Jan 2025 – Present Co-Lead, Metro South Older Persons Clinical Network

Jan 2025 – Present RACP and ANZSGM Representative on the ANZCA Chapter of Perioperative Medicine Education and Assessment Committee

Current Senior Lecturer, Southside School of Medicine, University of Queensland

Current ANZCA Chapter of Perioperative Medicine, Unit 1 (Perioperative Assessment) Lead

Current Supervisor, RACP Basic Physician Trainees and Advanced Trainees in Geriatrics and General Medicine

Areas of Expertise

• Geriatric medicine and comprehensive assessment of older patients
• Perioperative medicine, preoperative assessment and medical co-management of surgical patients
• Frailty assessment, risk stratification and management in older adults
• Delirium, dementia, cognitive impairment and decision-making capacity assessment
• Complex comorbidities, functional decline and rehabilitation in older patients
• Perioperative care of older trauma and emergency surgical patients
• Clinical governance, multidisciplinary care and shared clinical decision-making

Previous Appointments

Aug 2014 – Jan 2025 Director of Perioperative Medicine, Perioperative Physician and Senior Staff Specialist Geriatrician, Logan Hospital
Oct 2022 – Jan 2025 Chair/Deputy Chair, Queensland Dementia Ageing and Frailty Clinical Network
Jan 2025 – May 2026 Member of the Working Group for the Emergency Laparotomy Clinical Care Standard, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Jul 2022 – Dec 2024 Member of Perioperative Medicine Steering Committee, ANZCA
Jun 2022 – Sep 2024 RACP Representative on the Recognition Pathway Working Group, GChPOM, ANZCA
Oct 2022 – Jan 2023 Acting Co-Director, Geriatrics and Rehabilitation, Logan Hospital
Mar 2022 – Aug 2022 Senior Staff Specialist Geriatrician, Specialist Dementia Care Program, The Prince Charles Hospital
Mar 2013 – Feb 2017 Private Practice, Geriatric Medicine
Mar 2013 – Dec 2018 Visiting Specialist Geriatrician, Institute for Urban Indigenous Health and CheckUp
Aug 2012 – Oct 2014 Staff Specialist Geriatrician, Ipswich Hospital