Katie Stewart
BHMS, ESSAM, AEP
Managing Director & Co-Founder
Katie has over 20 years of experience as an Exercise Physiologist and exercise specialist. Over that time she has created two successful and innovative exercise and lifestyle businesses in Sydney at Fox Studios and The Beach Lifestyle Club in Perth. She has worked with high performing individuals delivering mental and physical performance optimisation. Katie was also managing director for the Perth Crown Metropol 20 million dollar spa and wellbeing development ISIKA.
More recently she has directed her focus towards chronic mental and physical illness and injury prevention research and services. The first research paper was published in the National Mental Health Commission-founded, inaugural Equally Well publication. Chronic Care Australia has since gone on to present at several conferences and win the 2021 global Value Based Healthcare prize - primary care award. Katie is a strong value based healthcare advocate promoting its benefits both via CCA and in her professional speaking and educational opportunities. Katie is a sessional academic at Curtin University and sits on the Advisory board of the Heart Foundation WA.
Katie is a passionate and dedicated advocate for combined mental & physical primary health services for chronic disease. Outside of work Katie enjoys sharing time with her four children in their school and sporting lives and has been passionately involved in the annual Hawaiian Ride for Youth – Raising awareness and funds for Youth Focus suicide prevention and the Coastrek adventure walks that proudly support The Heart Foundation. She is determined to drive real change in healthcare delivery by partnering with large corporations and state and federal health to introduce reform and effective strategies for chronic disease management, treatment and prevention using Exercise as Medicine.