Sir Scott Macfarlane | |
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![]() Macfarlane in 2024 | |
Born | Scott Duncan Macfarlane |
Alma mater | University of Auckland |
Occupation | Paediatric oncologist |
Sir Scott Duncan Macfarlane KNZM is a New Zealand paediatric oncologist. Over his career, he was intimately involved in the development of a nationally coordinated approach to child cancer, which saw the survival rate for child cancer in New Zealand improve from 50 percent to better than 80 percent. [1]
Macfarlane studied medicine at the University of Auckland, graduating MB ChB in 1977. [2] He undertook further training in Melbourne, and began his paediatrics career at Waikato Hospital in 1986. [3] Ten years later, he moved to Starship Hospital in Auckland, rising to become clinical director of Starship. [1] [3] He was particularly involved in the establishment of the National Child Cancer Network in 2011, heading the body until retiring in November 2021. [1] [4]
Macfarlane served as Oceania president of the International Society for Paediatric Oncology and president of the Australia New Zealand Children's Haematology Oncology Group. [1] [3] In 2015, he was made a life member of the Child Cancer Foundation. [1]
In the 2024 New Year Honours, Macfarlane was appointed a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to health. [5]
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