Dr. Vaidya Bala is a Medical Co-Director for Population and Public Health at the Illawarra and Shoalhaven Local Health District Hospitals and a Senior Staff Specialist in Rehabilitation Medicine at The Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, NSW, Australia. He is pursuing a Population Health Doctorate at Campbell University, NC, USA. He has published 12 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and presented at various international conferences since 2005.He is currently an examiner with the Royal Australasian College of Physicians for the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine and a Senior lecturer at the University of Wollongong.