She is the past Chair of the Pathology Board for Monash University, and past Director of the Australian Brain Bank Network.

She has developed multiple pathology curricula for undergraduate and post-graduate medicine. Her qualifications include BSc, MBBs, FRCPA, MD, FFSc (RCPA), FAHMS.

She works collaboratively with the Cancer Council Victoria and colleagues within The Alfred, the MHRI, Melbourne University, Sydney University and Monash University Biomedicine Discovery Institute. She is involved in many on-going research projects into malignancies, disorders of muscle and neurodegeneration.

Catriona has a strong track record with over 500 published articles, more than 41,000 citations and an H-Index of 97. She has 3 patents in the field of breast cancer diagnosis

Catriona has developed a series of teaching innovations for current technologies to enable relevant and compelling learning of Pathology at a national and international level. She uses visual and clinically integrated approaches to learning of a core subject within the medical curriculum. These innovations conform to the Monash University vision of continuing ‘to enhance teaching and learning by development and application of advances in information technology’ and applying ‘such advances to increase flexibility in teaching and learning whether on or off-campus’.

• Member of the Year 3 curriculum committee Monash MBBS
• Tutor for the Year 3 program
• Coordinator of State-wide MBBS tutorial program
• Development of Year 5 module (2007)
• Modification of program for Monash Malaysia (2006)
• Member of new Theme 3 committee (2007 - 2011)
• Modification for Monash Traralgon program Year A and Year B (2007)
• Development of ‘Basis of disease modules’ for Year 2 MMBS
• Year 5 module audit  (2011)
• Revaluation of course and IT requirements (2011)
• On-line Practical developed (2012)
• Initiation of novel on-line assessment method for submissions developed (2012)

University and Professional Activities

Alfred Hospital_Anatomical Pathology

• Routine diagnostic workload of 4,000 cases reported per annum includes frozen sections and cytology
• Oversee consultant pathologists, scientific staff and trainees
• Administration of department
• Implementation of a Molecular laboratory 2014 NATA accredited for testing of solid tissue
• Diagnosis and Report writing for molecular Pathology
• Attendance at numerous multi-disciplinary meetings each week; Specifically, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Rheumatology, Oncology, Lung transplantation
• Weekly review of all Melanoma cases for the State Melanoma service
• Submission of regular Quality assurance program (QAP)
• Recent quality audit initiatives; molecular MASSarray sensitivities in limited human samples, autopsy and clinical accuracy correlation

Royal Childrens Hospital 

• Visiting honorary Specialist Neuropathologist
• Presenting paediatric cases of rare neuromuscular diseases

Monash Health

• Visiting honorary Neuropathologist to oversee all diagnoses of brain and muscle diseases
• Running fortnightly Multi-disciplinary meetings
• Teaching of Neurosurgical trainees

Professor McLean regularly engages with the public to help promote Neuroscience and brain research. A summary of some of her activities is listed below: