OUR TEAM

Dr Peter Spitzer Co-Founder, Chairman, Medical Director of The Humour Foundation General Practitioner and Founder of Wintergarden Medical Centre Bowral NSW Peter is the founder of the Wintergarden Holistic Medical Centre in Bowral, NSW.  A vocationally registered GP, he actively uses acupuncture, hypnosis, counselling, psychotherapy, provocative therapy, nutrition, vitamin therapy and herbal medicine, as well as allopathic medicine.

Peter has presented work in the USA, Australian Society of Hypnosis, Sydney University Post-Graduate Pain Management Course, Australian Association of Grief Counsellors, psychology workshops, lecture/keynote to Divisions of General Practice, presentations to the corporate sector and community groups and teaching medical students. In 2001, Dr Spitzer was awarded the Churchill Fellowship to study the international impact of hospital clown units on the health care system

Dr Spitzer regularly performs open-heart surgery as Dr Fruit-Loop. His main aim is to infect his patients with joy and laughter. He is involved in the training of Clown Doctors in hospital issues and establishing Clown Doctor teams..he visited East Timor in 2000 to help people who had been through trauma to find their smiles again.

Jean-Paul Bell Co-Founder, Creative Director, The Humour Foundation Jean-Paul Bell selects and trains the Clown Doctors, and speaks to health professionals and community groups. In 2000 he was one of three Clown Doctors to visit East Timor and in 2002 he was part of the international Patchwork for Peace mission visiting Afghanistan.   Jean-.Paul Bell’s career has spanned 30 years of performing in theatres, comedy venues, at festivals, schools and on television in over 10 countries.. His theatre background is in mime.

His comedy featured regularly on TV shows such as The Big Gig, Live and Sweaty , Hey Hey It’s Saturday and The Vizard Show and at venues such as Melbourne’s Last Laugh and Sydney’s Comedy Store. His credits include everything from dramas such as GP, Bordertown and Water Rats to children’s programs such as Playschool and films such as Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Theatre credits include the role of ‘Brighella’ in the Nimrod production of Servant of Two Masters, and Assistant Director to Morris West for the Adelaide festival production of The World is Made of Glass.  He has featured in numerous television commercials, corporate and educational films.