Prof Michael Kidd AM

Prof Michael Kidd AM

Deputy Chief Medical Officer

Prof Michael Kidd AM

Professor Michael Kidd AM is Deputy Chief Medical Officer and Principal Medical Advisor with the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care, where he is leading Australia’s national primary care response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

He also has appointment as the foundation Professor of Primary Care Reform at The Australian National University.  He is a general practitioner, a past president of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, a past president of the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA), and a past Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Flinders University.