B.Sc (Hons), MBBS Melbourne, PhD Melbourne, FRACP, FCCP, MAICD
Dr. John Wilson graduated with BSc(Hons) from The University of Melbourne in 1975 after a successful year in the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute’s Cancer Unit, then qualified in Medicine in 1980 (MBBS).
He specialized in intensive care and respiratory medicine at Royal Melbourne Hospital. He then moved to the UK to join a major clinical and laboratory research group in 1988. After returning to Australia, he was appointed as Service Head at The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne. In this role he has received Victorian Health Centre of Excellence awards, NHMRC and ARC funding, as well as AMA and hospital service achievement awards.
Dr Wilson has been Chair, Senior Medical Staff Association at Alfred Health, Past President and Chair, Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) Board and currently works globally as a consultant to governments and industry bodies. He has held the position of Adjunct Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. For over 30 years he has served on editorial boards of medical journals. He was made Member, Order of Australia in 2018 and has received awards from a range of Australian and international organisations.
His research interests include the use of telemedicine in delivering care programs, the effective use of registry data to develop health policy, as well as trialling and evaluating numerous life-saving treatments. He was awarded MSc (Exec Management) at King’s College London and has many publications that focus on aligning health data with policy and guideline implementation. Dr Wilson has authored 244 publications.
Email: john.wilson@monash.edu
Publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/John_Wilson29