Rate My Professor S. Bruce Dowton

In 1998, he was appointed Dean of the School of Medicine and Professor of Paediatrics at the University of New South Wales, implementing innovative curricula with integrated phases and portfolio-based assessment, planning new facilities, doubling research income, strengthening graduate education, and launching the Rural Clinical Schools Initiative to address physician shortages in regional, rural, and remote Australia. He chaired the Committee of Deans of Australian Medical Schools from 2002 to 2004 and was appointed Professor Emeritus in 2005. From 2007 to 2012, he served as Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at Harvard Medical International and Partners Harvard Medical International, guiding projects on chronic disease strategies, medical school development in the Middle East and Central Asia, and health system reviews. At Macquarie University, he developed strategic frameworks improving research performance, integrating traditional and technological teaching, enhancing industry partnerships, philanthropic giving, and campus infrastructure. His publications include “Assessing guideline adherence in the management of type 1 diabetes mellitus in Australian children: a population-based sample survey” (2020), “Bending the quality curve” (2020), and “Assessing the quality of care for paediatric depression and anxiety in Australia” (2019). Dowton holds qualifications MBBS MD FACMG FRACP FAICD FRSN, serves as Chairman of Open Universities Australia, trustee of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and member of Asia Society Australia, and has held visiting professorships at the University of Edinburgh, Columbia University, and others.