Jim Bishop (doctor)

Professor
Jim Bishop
AO
Chief Medical Officer
In office
2009 – April 2011
Preceded byJohn Horvath
Succeeded byChris Baggoley
Personal details
Born
James Frank Bishop
NationalityAustralian
Education1972: University of Melbourne, 1979: Royal Australasian College of Physicians, 1979: Royal College of Pathologists of Australia, 1989: University of Melbourne, 1999: University of Melbourne
ProfessionOncologist
Medical career
ResearchCancer chemotherapy, clinical trials, cancer epidemiology, cancer health services and economics, health policy

James Frank Bishop AO is an Australian doctor and the Chief Medical Officer of Australia between 2009 and 2011.

Bishop graduated from University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1972. He was awarded a Fulbright scholarship and spent three years with the National Institutes of Health in the United States. He later practiced at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne and after founded the Sydney Cancer Centre at Royal Prince Alfred and Concord Hospitals.[1]

In his role as Chief Medical Officer, Bishop advised the Australian government on its response to the 2009 swine flu pandemic.[2] As CMO, Bishop also looked to focus on prevention measures relating to diet, obesity and tobacco use.[3]

He later became the executive director of the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre and the chair of cancer medicine at the University of Melbourne.[2]

Bishop was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2008 Queen's Birthday Honours for "service to medicine, particularly in the field of cancer treatment and research and through the development of innovative policy, improved public awareness and service delivery programs".[4]

  1. ^ "Professor James Bishop AO". University of Melbourne. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Chief Medical Officer steps down". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 4 March 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  3. ^ Kirby, Tony (1 May 2010). "Jim Bishop: The Chief Medical Officer of Australia". The Lancet. 375 (9725): 1517. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60645-9. PMID 20435219. S2CID 205958646.
  4. ^ "Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) entry for Professor James Frank Bishop". Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 9 June 2008. Retrieved 15 June 2020.