The University of Western Australia

Assoc/Prof Brett Montgomery

Associate Professor
General Practice

Contact details

Address

General Practice
The University of Western Australia (M706)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

9346 2369

Email

brett.montgomery@uwa.edu.au

Location

Room G05, N Block, QEII Medical Centre, Caladenia Crescent, Nedlands

Qualifications

MB BS W.Aust., DCH, FRACGP

Publications

Research articles

Spurling GK, Mansfield PR, Montgomery BD, Lexchin J, Doust J, Othman N, Vitry AI. Information from pharmaceutical companies and the quality, quantity, and cost of physicians' prescribing: a systematic review. PLoS Med. 2010 Oct 19;7(10):e1000352.

Montgomery BD, Mansfield PR, Spurling GK, Ward AM. Do advertisements for antihypertensive drugs in Australia promote quality prescribing? A cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health 2008; 8: 167.

Ried K, Montgomery BD, Stock NP, Farmer EA. General practice research training: impact of the Australian Registrar Research Workshop on research skills, confidence, interest and involvement of participants, 2002-06. Family Practice 2008; 25(2): 119-26.

Other articles

Montgomery B. Does paracetamol cause hypertension? BMJ 2008; 336: 1190-1.

Doust J, Del Mar C, Montgomery BD, Heal C, Bidgood R, Jeacocke D, et al. EBM journal clubs in general practice. Aust Fam Physician 2008; 1/2: 54-56.

Montgomery BD, McMeniman E, Cameron SK et al. Sex, pain and cranberries - Ideas from the 2006 Registrar Research Workshop. Aust Fam Physician 2007; 36: 93-94.

Montgomery BD. Chronic paronychia: putting a finger on the evidence. Aust Fam Physician 2006; 35: 811-812.

Invited commentary

Montgomery BD. ACP Journal Club. Pharmacist-physician hypertension comanagement reduced 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure. Ann Intern Med. 2011 Feb 15;154(4):JC2-9.

Book reviews

Montgomery B. Book review of "Therapeutic Guidelines: Cardiovascular – version 5". Aust Fam Physician 2009; 38: 64.

Montgomery B. Book review: Australian Medicines Handbook 2005. Australian Prescriber 2005; 28: 93.

Letters

Montgomery BD. Managing residual risk in patients receiving statin therapy. Med J Aust. 2010 Sep 20;193(6):375.

Montgomery BD, Sadler GM. Punch biopsy of pigmented lesions is potentially hazardous. Can Fam Physician 2009; 55(1): 24.

Montgomery BD. Why I love a free lunch: Free lunches are not the answer. BMJ 2008; 336: 1034.

Montgomery BD. Evidence-based case reports. Evid Based Med 2007; 12: 166.

Montgomery BD. Analgesic use and risk of hypertension: concern about bias. Arch Intern Med 2007; 167: 2368-2369.

Montgomery B. Prostate cancer. Aust Fam Physician 2007; 36: 888.

Funding received

PHCRED/UWA Researcher Development Program Fellowship 2007

Teaching

Graduate Entry Medical Program (IMED1101/IMED2203)

Current external positions

General Practitioner, Hospital General Practice, Fremantle

Current projects

Currently undertaking a qualitative study of statin prescribing decision-making in General Practice in Australia and Ireland.

Research profile

Research profile and publications