Macquarie University's Faculty of Medicine and Health Science Appoints Inaugural Executive Dean

Professor H Patrick McNeil has been appointed inaugural Executive Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at Macquarie University.
Professor McNeil currently leads a research team within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of New South Wales and is  Executive Clinical Director of Liverpool Hospital, and Chair of Arthritis Australia. He will commence at Macquarie University in November.
Vice-Chancellor of Macquarie University, Professor S Bruce Dowton, said Professor McNeil’s appointment marked a pivotal moment in the University’s history.
“In our 50th year it is extremely exciting to announce the formation of a new medical faculty and to appoint its first Executive Dean, particularly someone as eminent as Patrick McNeil,” he said.
“Professor McNeil embodies excellence in the tripartite and integrated missions of clinical care, education and research and is therefore the ideal person to not only grow and lead our medical faculty, but also to contribute towards our vision of hosting Australia’s first fully integrated Academic Health Sciences Centre under a university's leadership.”
Also in July, Macquarie announced that the Australian Institute of Health Innovation, currently based at the University of New South Wales, would join the new Faculty by the end of the year, bringing around 75 internationally-regarded researchers in health systems, e-health, patient safety and implementation science to Macquarie.