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Rowan is a paediatric and adult Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon. After graduating from Blackwood High School, he entered medical school at the University of Adelaide because of his love of interacting and getting to know people. He was part of the first cohort of Adelaide medical students to volunteer to undertake training in rural areas, including Port Pirie, Port Augusta, Whyalla, Port Lincoln, Boolaroo Centre and Broken Hill. This experience inspired his passion for serving rural South Australia. Rowan met his wife during medical school and they married one week after their final exams.

Rowan completed his internship at the Royal Adelaide Hospital before entering surgical training. During this time, he completed a PhD and spent a year at the University of Florida undertaking an anatomy fellowship. On returning to Adelaide, Rowan trained in many of the tertiary hospitals in Adelaide, as well as the Royal Darwin Hospital, where he travelled to many remote villages throughout the Northern Territory.

After completing his exams he was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He and his family moved to beautiful Auckland to undertake further subspecialty training. Following this they moved back to Adelaide where Rowan works at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and Flinders Medical Centre. He also works privately in Goodwood, operating at Memorial Hospital. Four times a month he drives to Rural South Australia, (with a coffee at Port Wakefield on the way) to consult or operate. Rowan supervises trainees and medical students in both the city and country, helping them learn the incredibly rewarding craft of medicine and surgery.

Rowan has three children and enjoys being a part-time stay at home dad. He also loves old cars and you might see a 1965 Kombi, a 1964 Holden, or a 1939 Packard parked outside his rooms or in the hospital carpark. His wife has also continued in the medical field, having completing her specialist general practice training and a PhD in medical education.