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Pathology prize awarded to local doctor
6 August 2008
AMA Victoria President Dr Doug Travis recently awarded Hawthorn pathologist Dr Catriona McLean the prestigious Crawford Mollison Prize for the most notable contribution to pathology over the past three years at an AMA reception.
Dr McLean was recognised for her academic and diagnostic contributions to the field and for her contribution to the training of pathology registrars. More than 80 guests attended the reception including AMA federal President Dr Rosanna Capolingua.
“I was honoured to receive the award,” said Dr McLean, “It’s great to be recognised by my peers.”
Dr McLean is Head of Department and Professor of Anatomical Pathology at The Alfred Hospital. She teaches at undergraduate and postgraduate level at Monash University, is Chair of the Pathology Board of Education at Monash and is honorary Associate Professor of Pathology at the University of Melbourne.
“Education of the medical students and trainees in specialist fields is central to everything I do,” Dr McLean said.
Dr McLean’s research work includes studies in motor neurone disease, HIV associated dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and pathogenesis of prion diseases.
Dr Travis also made a special presentation at the reception to Dr Kenneth McLean – Dr Catriona McLean’s father – who was awarded the British Medical Association Annual Meeting Prize in 1959 but was living overseas at the time and did not receive his medal.
The Crawford Mollison Prize is awarded by the Medical Society of Victoria, as trustee, to a Victorian doctor who has made the most notable contribution to pathology. The Victorian Committee of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia assists AMA Victoria in choosing the recipient.
Past recipients of the award include Dr Donald Metcalf, 1968; Dr Erik Pihl, 1977; and Dr Peter Campbell & Dr Christopher Low, 1980.
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