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INFORMATION ON DIRECTORS
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Dr Michael Harrison President
BSc (Med) MBBS (1st class honours) FRCPA
A science and medical graduate of the University of Queensland, Michael Harrison was admitted to the fellowship of the College in 1984 as a general pathologist. Since that time he has practised at Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology, principally in the elds of chemical pathology and microbiology. He became CEO/Managing Partner of SNP in 2002. He has been a member of the Queensland State Committee since 2003 and Queensland State Councillor 2008-2011 and RCPA Vice President 2011- 2015 . Other current roles include Chairman of the Pathology Business and Rules Committee of the MBS review, Chairman of the Quality Use of Pathology Committee from 1999, Member
of Strategy and Risk Committee and various drafting groups of the National Pathology Accreditation Advisory Council since 2008 and Member, Diagnostics Expert Advisory Panel, National Prescriber Service. Past roles include PSTC
and PCC member, Chairman of the Medical Testing Accreditation Advisory Committee 1999-2015, Member of the TGA Advisory Committee on Medical Devices and President of the Australian Association of Pathology Practices.
Associate Professor Bruce Latham Vice President
BMed Sci (Hons), MBBS, FRCPA
Bruce Latham is a graduate of the University of Western Australia. He carried out his Anatomical Pathology training predominantly at Royal Perth Hospital and was admitted to Fellowship in 1995. Bruce has worked as an Anatomical Pathologist in both the public and private sector, and is currently an Anatomical Pathologist with PathWest at Fiona Stanley Hospital where he has a diagnostic and research interest in breast and pulmonary pathology. He is the Chair of the RCPAQAP Anatomical Pathology General Module Committee and is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Notre Dame University. He was previously the RCPA State Councillor for Western Australia and a member of the Anatomical Pathology Advisory Committee.