professor alastair david burt bsc (hons), mbchb, md (hons ...alastair burt was born in dunfermline,...

AlastairBurtwasborninDunfermline,ScotlandandisagraduateoftheUniversityofGlasgowwhereheobtainedaBScinPathologywithFirstClassHonoursin1979,MBChBwithCommendationin1981andMDwithHonoursandtheBellahoustonMedalin1991.UpongraduationhebecameJuniorHouseOfficer inGeneralMedicinewithProfessorSirAbrahamGoldbergandJuniorHouseOfficerinSurgerywithProfessorSirDavidCarter.HesubsequentlytookuptraininginsurgicalpathologyunderthetutelageofProfessorSirRoddyMacSween. Duringthistime he developed expertise in diagnostic pathology of the liver and a keen interest in thepathogenesisofliverdiseaseandinparticularmechanismsofliverfibrosis.In1985-86hewasaPeelTrustFellowintheLabforCellBiologyandHistologyatFreeUniversityofBrusselsunderthedirectionofProfessorEddieWisse.OnreturntotheUKandcompletionofhispostgraduatetraininginSurgicalPathologyhemovedtotheUniversityofNewcastleuponTynetobecomeSeniorLecturerinPathologyandHonoraryConsultantHistopathologist.HewaspromotedtoapersonalChairinHepatopathologyin1995andthentheestablishedChairofPathologyin1998.HebecameDeanofClinicalMedicineattheUniversityofNewcastleuponTynein2005.HemovedtoSouthAustraliainJanuary2013totakeupthepostofDeanofMedicineandHeadoftheSchoolofMedicine.InAugust2014hebecameactingExecutiveDeanoftheFacultyofHealthSciencesandwasappointedtothesubstantiverole inDecember2014. Hecontinuestomaintainanactiveresearchinterestinliverdiseaseandhaspublishedextensivelyinhighqualitypeer-reviewedjournalsincluding Nature Medicine, Nature Communications, Lancet, N Engl J Med, Gastroenterology,Hepatology.HehasaH indexof67and16940citations.He isalsoEditor inChiefof theprincipalinternationaltextbookinhisfield,MacSween’sPathologyoftheLiver,nowintoits7thedition.InadditionheisEditorinChiefofthepeerreviewedjournal,Histopathology.HewaselectedasaFellowoftheAustralianAcademyofHealthandMedicalSciencesin2015.

ProfessorAlastairDavidBurtBSc(Hons),MBChB,MD(Hons),FRCPath,FRCP,FRCPA,FRSB,FAcadMEd,FAHMS.