Sean Tolhurst

Sean Tolhurst is a Consultant Respiratory and Sleep Physician working in private practice at Greenslopes Private Hospital. He is an examiner for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and is currently the Head of Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at Greenslopes Private Hospital.

Sean is one of Australia’s most experienced Sleep Physicians with an extensive Sleep Medicine practice. He was previously the lead Clinician in Australia’s largest diagnostic sleep service provider. His areas of clinical interest include sleepiness (and the impact this has on daily functions, especially driving and performance) as well as abnormal behaviours during sleep. He has co-authored several peer-reviewed publications and case studies related to Sleep Medicine and is a co-author of the Australasian Sleep Association’s previous guidelines on the performance of Sleep Studies in adults. He is one of only three Australian Sleep Physicians that also hold the RPSGT qualification.