Congratulations to Professor Michael Kidd who has been appointed as Australia’s next Chief Medical Officer from 1 June 2025.
Professor Kidd holds a joint appointment as Professor of Global Primary Care and Future Health Systems at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford and as the inaugural Director of the Centre for Future Health Systems based at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.
He has extensive experience as a general practitioner, primary care researcher, educator and academic and has served as president of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) and the World Organization of Family Doctors.
Professor Kidd served as Deputy Chief Medical Officer and Principal Medical Advisor with the Department of Health and Aged Care during the COVID-19 pandemic making a significant contribution to the national primary care response.