Chief Medical Officer Professor Jim Bishop
Australia's Chief Medical Officer, Professor Jim Bishop, has announced he will leave the position in May this year.
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4 March 2011
I wish to pay tribute to Professor Jim Bishop, Australia's Chief Medical Officer, who has announced that he will be leaving the Commonwealth in May this year to return to Melbourne to be closer to family.
Professor Bishop and I have worked closely throughout his term of office on a diverse range of important health issues, including the 2009 H1N1 swine flu pandemic. During this global health emergency, Professor Bishop showed great national leadership including instilling confidence in the Australian public that governments and health authorities were working together in their best interests.
Professor Bishop is one of Australia's leading oncologists, receiving an Order of Australia for his contribution to medicine and I am delighted that he has been appointed to the prestigious positions of Executive Director of the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre and University of Melbourne Chair of Cancer Medicine.
The new Victorian CCC is a multi-million dollar joint venture with capital investment from the Victorian Government, the Gillard Government’s Health and Hospital Fund and other third parties. The Centre will bring together seven leading institutions in research, cancer treatment and education to create the largest cancer clinical and research centre in Australia. When established, it will be one of the most important cancer centres in the world and I can think of no better person to lead this ambitious endeavour than Professor Bishop.
I thank Professor Bishop for his support and wise counsel and wish him the very best for the future.
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