Former RACGP president who saved the college from bankruptcy named Chief Medical Officer
Professor Michael Kidd will start in the top job from 1 June.
The GP credited with saving the RACGP from financial ruin 20 years ago will be Australia’s next Chief Medical Officer.
Professor Michael Kidd starts the job on 1 June, following Professor Paul Kelly’s retirement back in October.
The RACGP president from 2002 to 2006, Professor Kidd led the college out of the biggest financial crisis in its history.
He was then WONCA president from 2013 to 2016 and federal Deputy Chief Medical Officer at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, when his webinars for GPs became appointment viewing as they tried to stay on top of public health orders and the vaccine rollout.
