Meet the
ARMA Team
Dr. Marian Dover
Marian is the Founder of The ARMA, a Rural Generalist and GP/Obstetrician who has been living and working in rural and remote Australia for over a decade. Marian has been on various Boards including those of the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA) and the Rural Doctors Foundation.
She was awarded the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) Registrar of the Year for her rural advocacy over the years. She has also been awarded the Bowman Cutter Award from the NSW Rural Doctors Association in 2024 for her longstanding passion, enthusiasm and dedication to rural health and rural maternity.
Marian is also a mother of two, both born in rural maternity units in NSW. She understands the stress involved in not having care close to home, being displaced from your community and support network during the life-changing journey of birthing.
Dr. Teena Downton
Dr Teena Downton is an experienced Rural Generalist and GP/Obstetrician with dual FACRRM/FRACGP-RG.
In 2008, the University of Wollongong awarded her the prestigious Chancellor Robert Hope Memorial Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement and Commitment to the University and the wider community. The following year, the Kiama Municipality named her Young Australian of the Year. In 2014, in recognition for embodiment the energy, commitment and leadership skills the university prizes, Teena was awarded the UOW Young Alumni of the Year. She went on to to be awarded the ACRRM-RDAA Rural Registrar of the Year in 2017.
Dr Downton is currently a Medical Educator and Rural Director of Training for the HETI NSW Rural Generalist Training Program, an examiner with the RACGP and RANZCOG, an ACRRM Medical Educator and has been a formidable advocate for rural maternity since the inception of The ARMA and Rural Doctors Down Under (RODU).
Outside of work, Teena plays the piano accordion and enjoys keeping up with her kids.
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