Anthony trained as a General and Paediatric Surgeon in Australia and the USA and works as a paediatric surgeon in NSW. 

He received formal training in adult education under the auspices of RACS and has engaged in teaching with RACS for over two decades. His College interests included delivering the Process Communication Model courses, which provides a practical scaffold to assist individuals optimise communication in their professional and personal environments.

In 2020 Anthony completed a Masters in Conflict Management and Resolution and followed this with training in Transformative Mediation and Dialogue. Conflict is part of life; the health work environment is no exception. Competence with conflict management theory and interventions is desirable for any health practitioner.

In 2025 he completed a Masters in the Psychology of Coaching at the University of Sydney. This course utilises the evidence base of psychology (traditional fields such as cognitive behavioural theory, together with newer positive-psychology theories and interventions, and leadership and communication theories and their application) and the course teaches how these can be best applied in the coaching context according to coachee context.

Coaching is not therapy, and it differs from mentoring in that coaches don’t direct specific paths or outcomes. Coaching is future focussed. For Anthony, colleagues exist within their own specific world context and seek coaching for a myriad reasons, thus a nuanced approach to selecting and utilising relevant evidence-based constructs is desirable to help coachees move to their preferred tomorrow. Coaching augments one’s own analytical and planning processes by opening viewpoints not yet considered (via curious questioning by the coach) and by providing a non-threatening environment for coachees to plan safe-to-fail next steps. Outcomes explored by colleagues may involve career transitions, work-life balance, challenges of leadership, and so on.