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Alastair Burt was born in Dunfermline, Scotland and is a graduate of the University of Glasgow where he obtained a BSc in Pathology with First Class Honours in 1979, MBChB with Commendation in 1981 and MD with Honours and the Bellahouston Medal in 1991. Upon graduation he became Junior House Officer in General Medicine with Professor Sir Abraham Goldberg and Junior House Officer in Surgery with Professor Sir David Carter. He subsequently took up training in surgical pathology under the tutelage of Professor Sir Roddy MacSween. During this time he developed expertise in diagnostic pathology of the liver and a keen interest in the pathogenesis of liver disease and in particular mechanisms of liver fibrosis. In 1985-86 he was a Peel Trust Fellow in the Lab for Cell Biology and Histology at Free University of Brussels under the direction of Professor Eddie Wisse. On return to the UK and completion of his postgraduate training in Surgical Pathology he moved to the University of Newcastle upon Tyne to become Senior Lecturer in Pathology and Honorary Consultant Histopathologist. He was promoted to a personal Chair in Hepatopathology in 1995 and then the established Chair of Pathology in 1998. He became Dean of Clinical Medicine at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 2005. He moved to South Australia in January 2013 to take up the post of Dean of Medicine and Head of the School of Medicine. In August 2014 he became acting Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and was appointed to the substantive role in December 2014. He continues to maintain an active research interest in liver disease and has published extensively in high quality peer-reviewed journals including Nature Medicine, Nature Communications, Lancet, N Engl J Med, Gastroenterology, Hepatology. He has a H index of 67 and 16940 citations. He is also Editor in Chief of the principal international text book in his field, MacSween’s Pathology of the Liver, now into its 7th edition. In addition he is Editor in Chief of the peer reviewed journal, Histopathology. He was elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences in 2015. Professor Alastair David Burt BSc (Hons), MBChB, MD (Hons), FRCPath, FRCP, FRCPA, FRSB, FAcadMEd, FAHMS.

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Page 1: Professor Alastair David Burt BSc (Hons), MBChB, MD (Hons ...Alastair Burt was born in Dunfermline, Scotland and is a graduate of the University of Glasgow where he obtained a BSc

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.