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Biography
Michael holds a joint appointment as Director of Pharmacy at Alfred Health and Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences of Monash University.His career has focused in the acute healthcare sector and has spanned special clinical roles in oncology through to senior leadership positions within health services. Michael contributes to many National and local professional Committees and working parties related to improving the delivery of quality heath care services. This has included contributions to a range of International, Commonwealth and State forums focusing on issues including hospital and pharmaceutical services, policy and medication management improvements He has been actively involved in a range of research activities from practice based undergraduate projects through to competitively funded NHMRC and ARC collaborative initiatives and post graduate programs. He has extensive clinical experience in oncol
Professor Michael Dooley graduated from Monash University Pharmacy Faculty in 1986 with a Bachelor of Pharmacy. He completed his internship at Box Hill Hospital in Melbourne and became registered as a pharmacist in 1987. He worked primarily in cardiology and oncology initially and completed a Graduate Diploma in Hospital Pharmacy before becoming a senior oncology pharmacist at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. He was appointed Director of Pharmacy in 1998 and Senior Lecturer within the Department of Pharmacy Practice of Monash University. He undertook research into medicine use in oncology which became the focus of his PhD. In 2005 he became the Director of Pharmacy at Alfred Health in Melbourne and the inaugural Chair of Clinical Pharmacy of the Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences of Monash University.
He co-founded the Centre for Medicine Use and Safety (CMUS) of Monash University which has a hub at the Alfred Hospital. CMUS has become the focus of substantial therapeutic and practice research initiatives within the Faculty. Based at the Parkville campus and the pharmacy department of The Alfred hospital, CMUS integrates academic and applied research to address medicine use and safety issues in the home, community, hospitals, residential aged-care facilities and their interfaces.
Research interests
Innovative models of clinical pharmaxcy practice
Quality use of medicines
Medication usage in the elderly
Medication dosing in renal impairment
Strategies to improve medication safety
Medication usage in the acute healthcare setting
Community service
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Australian Pharmacy Competency Framework Implementation Tools Working Group
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Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care Medication Reference Group
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Pharmacy Practitioner Development Committee, Australia (PPDC)
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National Prescribing Service Choosing Wisely Reference Group
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SafeScript external Advisory Committee, Department of Health and Human Services
PBS Project Advisory Board, Commonwealth Department of Health
Stakeholder Consultative Group Commonwealth Department of Health
Australian Pharmacy Liaison Forum
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Choosing Wisely Representative Panel, National Prescribing Service
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President, Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia
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Clinical activities
Professor Michael Dooley graduated from Monash University Pharmacy Faculty with a Bachelor of Pharmacy. He completed his internship at Box Hill Hospital in Melbourne and became registered as a pharmacist in 1987. He worked primarily in cardiology and oncology initially and completed a Graduate Diploma in Hospital Pharmacy before becoming a senior oncology pharmacist at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre. He was appointed Director of Pharmacy at the Centre and then Director of Pharmacy at Alfred Health and Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Centre for Medicine Use and Safety, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences of Monash University.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- medication management
- pharmacy
- medication
- care settings
- plan
- medicines
- renal function
Network
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Projects
- 12 Finished
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Mitigating risk and improving processes of care related to polypharmacy in residential aged care services
Bell, S., Dooley, M., Kirkpatrick, C., Jokanovic, N., Hutchinson-Kern, M., Ryan-Atwood, T. & Ilomaki, J.
Department of Health (DH) (Victoria)
1/06/16 → 30/11/17
Project: Research
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Improving medicine adherence in kidney transplantation
Williams, A., Manias, E., Walker, R., Toussaint, N. D., Dooley, M. & Griffiths, D.
Royal Melbourne Hospital, Monash Health, Alfred Health, National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) (Australia), Victorian Kidney Transplant Collaborative
1/04/13 → 31/03/17
Project: Research
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Smoking cessation program for smokers admitted to public hospitals
George, J., Abramson, M., Bonevski, B., Dooley, M., Weeks, G., Poole, S. G. & Taylor, S. E.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Alfred Health, Austin Health, Barwon Health
1/07/11 → 31/12/14
Project: Research
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Everolimus Based Immunosuppression Strategies in Adult Lung Transplant Recipients: Calcineurin Inhibitor Minimization Versus Calcineurin Inhibitor Elimination
Ivulich, S., Paul, E., Kirkpatrick, C., Dooley, M. & Snell, G., 20 Jan 2023, In: Transplant International. 36, 13 p., 10704.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Introduction of an emergency medicine pharmacist-led sepsis alert response system in the emergency department: A cohort study
Roman, C. P., Dooley, M., Nevill, A., Szmidel, M., McGloughlin, S., Luckhoff, C. & Mitra, B., Jan 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia. 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Rescue Everolimus Post Lung Transplantation is Not Associated With an Increased Incidence of CLAD or CLAD-Related Mortality
Ivulich, S., Paraskeva, M., Paul, E., Kirkpatrick, C., Dooley, M. & Snell, G., 7 Feb 2023, In: Transplant International. 36, 12 p., 10581.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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A meta-analysis of palifermin efficacy for the management of oral mucositis in patients with solid tumours and haematological malignancy
Coutsouvelis, J., Corallo, C., Spencer, A., Avery, S., Dooley, M. & Kirkpatrick, C. M., Apr 2022, In: Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology. 172, 18 p., 103606.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Evaluation of medical emergency team medication management practices in acute hospitals: A multicentre study
Levkovich, B. J., Jones, D. A., Bingham, G., Orosz, J., Dooley, M. J., Cooper, D. J. & Kirkpatrick, C. M., Jan 2022, In: Australian Critical Care. 35, 1, p. 59-65 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Prizes
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MJA, MDA National Prize for Excellence in Medical Research
Tong, E. (Recipient), Ghijben, C. (Recipient), Mitra, Biswadev (Recipient), Dooley, Michael (Recipient), De Villiers Smit, P. (Recipient), Yip, G. (Recipient), Gibbs, Harry (Recipient), Dooley, Michael (Recipient), Galbraith, Kirsten (Recipient) & Newnham, Harvey (Recipient), 28 May 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Sir Richard Stawell Memorial Prize
Tong, E. (Recipient), Roman, C. P. (Recipient), Mitra, Biswadev (Recipient), Dooley, Michael (Recipient) & Yip, G. (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)