Professor Leon Piterman AM

MBBS, MMed, MEdSt, MRCP(UK), FRCP (Edin) FRACGP

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RDNS Director since 2006

Member of RDNS Board Committee: Clinical Governance

 

Leon has extensive expertise in medical education, medical research and clinical audit.

He has published widely on clinical and educational issues related to general practice and was awarded the F.H. Faulding Prize for research in General Practice in 1987, the Silver Jubilee Teaching Prize in 1992 and the Hong Kong College of General Practitioners Award for best research project in 1994. He has over 90 publications in refereed journals and co-authored the text “General Practice Psychiatry”.

In June 2006, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to family medicine through distance education for doctors in remote areas, to research and student training, and to international education.

Apart from his roles at RDNS, Leon is also Professor of General Practice - Monash University; Head of School - Primary Health Care and Deputy Dean - Faculty of Medicine Nursing and Health Sciences. He is also a member of the Board of Examiners of the Australian Medical Council and sits on numerous university, professional and government expert committees.