Professor Chris Del Mar: Australia’s evidence-based GP iconoclast
The Gold Coast GP has been awarded an AM for his services to medicine
Today GPs were recognised in the Queen’s Birthday honours.
Perhaps the best way to capture the career of Professor Chris Del Mar is to describe him as the evidence-based iconoclast.
He’s one of medicine’s revolutionaries, spending the past 30 years shining light on its sometimes cosy assumptions.
Or as he puts it, he has been helping colleagues into “new ways of thinking and doing”.