Dr Paul Scown (VIC)
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Tue, 06/05/2003
National Board Chair (VIC)
MB, BS (Qld), BHA (NSW), FRACMA, AFCHSE
Dr Paul Scown established his consulting practice in 2005 after a career in medicine, medical administration and general management. His practice covers the health, education and research sectors and their interfaces, and involves issues management, services and facilities planning and development, project management and directing, services reviews, strategic reviews and executive and clinician mentoring.
His assignments are varied, including the roles of Project Director, Asbestos Diseases Research Foundation, developing a charitable foundation and overseeing the construction of the Bernie Banton Centre at Concord NSW; and as Interim Chief Operating Officer of the Brain & Mind Research Institute (BMRI) with the University of Sydney, assisting in the development of the BMRI as a formal Centre of the University and in developing a new approach to interdisciplinary, cross-faculty research groups.
Over recent years he has completed a range of consultancies across the health, education and research sectors in Australia and is an assessor for the Australian Medical Council’s (AMC) accreditation of new Medical Schools and professional medical colleges.
From 2000-2005, Paul was the Chief Executive of Melbourne Health, a major Melbourne public health service of $600+M, 1200 beds and 7000 staff. Paul headed Melbourne Health, which includes the Royal Melbourne Hospital, for 4 1/2 years, during a period of significant strategic and cultural change. He also led the financial and performance recovery of Melbourne Health, using a balanced scorecard approach.
Paul has previously worked in Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia before moving to Victoria. He has been a practising clinician and medical administrator before moving into general management in 1993. He also has a long history of involvement in emergency planning at the national, state and local level since 1986.
He has been a Board Director of the Walter & Eliza Hall Research Institute (WEHI), Bio21 Australia Ltd, Health Roundtable, Royal Melbourne Hospital Foundation Ltd & the National Ageing Research Institute (NARI).
Paul is currently national President of the Australian Healthcare & Hospitals Association (AHHA), National Councillor (Victorian State) of the AHHA and a National Councillor on the Australian Council on HealthCare Standards (ACHS).
Contact details:
133 Page Street Albert Park Vic 3206
Phone: 0409210177
Email:p.scown@bigpond.com
