SHPA welcomes Dooley
November 20, 2013
Professor Michael Dooley,
Director of Pharmacy at Alfred
Health, and Professor of Clinical
Pharmacy, Centre for Medicine
Use and Safety, Monash University,
has been elected as the new
President of the Society of Hospital
Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA).
Dooley (pictured) brings a host
of skills and experience to the
role with extensive involvement in
hospital pharmacy as a clinician,
manager and researcher in
medicine use and safety.
His past work at SHPA has been
as a member and former Chair
of the Committee of Specialty
Practice in Clinical Pharmacy and
an investigator on the Clinical
Pharmacy Intervention Study,
which contributed significantly
to the advancement of clinical
pharmacy within Australia.
Michael is a Fellow of SHPA, the
International Society of Oncology
Pharmacy Practitioners and the
Australasian Association for Quality
in Health Care.
His work and
achievements
have been
recognised by
SHPA as the
recipient of
the Australian
Clinical
Pharmacy Award in 2004 and the
GSK Medal of Merit in 2003; and by
others – he received the Australian
Council on Healthcare Standards
Gold Medal in 2005.
“I look forward to contributing
to this important work and am
honoured to have this leadership
role,” said Dooley, who also paid
tribute to his predecessor, Sue Kirsa.
“Sue’s leadership in her time
as President of SHPA has been
remarkable. She has led the
organisation through a period of
great change and challenges in the
Australian healthcare sector.”
Other incoming SHPA Executive
members are Associate Professor
Ian Coombes from Qld who has
been appointed Vice President, and
Karen Kaye from NSW who is SHPA’s
fourth executive member, while
Sasha Bennett will continue in her
role as SHPA Treasurer.
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