Posts in Health and Medicine
Prof. Michael Gracey AO

Parramatta Marist High School 1949-1955.

Established the Gastroenterology Research Unit at the University of Western Australia and Princess Margaret Hospital for Children.

Recipient of the Most Outstanding Paediatrician in Asia in 1997.

Became the first Australian to be made the President of the International Paediatric Association (IPA) in 1988

Worked extensively with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

Received the Medal of Honour of the IPA and was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2001.

Had a private audience with the 14th Dalai Lama.

Adj. Prof. Anthony Schembri AM

Parramatta Marist High School 1981-1988.

Announced as CEO of St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney in 2014.

Adjunct Professor in Health Sciences at Australian Catholic University and Adjunct Professor in Medicine at University of Notre Dame Australia.  Also a Conjoint Associate Professor at UNSW Sydney.

Sits on numerous health and Medical Research Boards.

Named as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2019 for significant service to medical research and hospital administration.

Prof. Chris O'Brien AO

Parramatta Marist Hight School 1962-1969.

Surgeon specialising in head and neck surgery, with particular emphasis on head and neck cancer.

Director of the Sydney Cancer Centre based at the Royal Prince Alfred (RPA) Hospital and the University of Sydney.

Served as Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of Sydney and was the Founder and Director of the Sydney Head and Neck Cancer Institute.

Appeared on the Channel 9 television program RPA, achieving national recognition for his compassion and surgical ability.

Received AM in 2005 and posthumously made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2009.

Known as a visionary for centres of excellence in NSW for cancer treatment, care and research and this culminated in the establishment of the comprehensive cancer centre in Camperdown, named the Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, which is his legacy.

Remembered as one of the finest young men ever to attend Parramatta Marist.

Dr Michael Campion

St Joseph’s College Hunters Hill 1965-1970.

Obstetrician and gynaecologist.

Colonel and Consultant Surgeon, Royal Australian Army Medical Corps.

National Hospitaller of St John Ambulance Australia.

NSW Secretary for Health 2014 Aboriginal Health Award.

Awarded USyd Doctor of Medicine (Honoris Causa) 2016.

Dr Malcolm Glase

St Gregory’s College Campbelltown 1975.

Awarded Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery FROM university of Sydney in January 1981.

Mostly resided at St John’s College, earned acceptance into the surgical training programme of The Australian Orthopaedic Association in 1986.

Awarded Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in January 1990.

Specialist in hip and knee replacement surgery, recognised by my peers as the pioneer of anterior minimally invasive hip replacement in Australia after further training in France in 2007. Heavily involved in the formation and running the training programme for this technically demanding procedure in Australia.

Dr Geoff Curry AM

St Gregory’s College Campbelltown 1980-1985.

Recognised internationally as an expert in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging, pharmacology, and artificial intelligence (machine learning and deep learning neural networks) with $2,370,000 in grants, 180 peer reviewed journal papers, editor of 5 books, author of 5 book chapters, author of 2 textbooks, 175 professional conference presentations/papers, 75 invited speaker presentations, 11 research excellence awards.

Admitted as Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for contribution to nuclear medicine and medical radiation science.

Ron Stasiuk

Marcellin College Bulleen 1962-1964.

First ophthalmologist in Australia to implant the 3M diffractive multifocal implant (1990) and the AMO Array multifocal lens implant (1997).

One of the first surgeons in Australia to perform excimer laser surgery (1991).

One of the first surgeons to perform LASIK in Victoria (1996).

Invited international lecturer to tour India, Thailand and Singapore (2001)

Associate Ophthalmologist at the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Melbourne (1996–1999)

Served with the Royal Flying Doctor Service and Port Hedland Hospital during his elective year of his medical degree. Also worked in the Indigenous Eye Clinic at Broome Hospital in Western Australia.

Peter Grant OAM

Marcellin College Bulleen 1963-1970.

Received Medal of the Order of Australia in 2021.

Served as Head of the Gynaecological Oncology Department Mercy Hospital for Women 1999-2018.

Assoc Professor at the University of Melbourne.

Competed as a member of Australian Olympic athletic team in 1976.

Dr Brian Spain AM

Marcellin College Bulleen 1972-1979.

Anaesthetist, Royal Darwin Hospital, (RDH) Darwin NT since 1997.

Codirector Surgery and Critical Care, RDH since 2015.

Mission Team Leader for Australian Medical Assistance Teams to Asia-Pacific in response to health emergencies following earthquake, typhoon, measles epidemic and COVID outbreak.

Dr Bernie Crimmins OAM

Marcellin College Bulleen 1973-1974.

Entered General Practice in East Doncaster 1983 and still currently working at Manningham General Practice – special interests include Sports Medicine, Nutrition and Men’s Health. Additionally, locum work relieving a solo country GP in Terang Victoria for 12 years until his retirement.

Club Doctor at Hawthorn Football Club in the AFL for 15 years. Made Life Member in 2002.

Team Doctor for Australia at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

Order of Australia Medal 2016 for services to General Practice and Men’s Health.

Regular talker/lecturer on Men’s Health including the Marcellin College Men’s Health Program.

Maintaining a connection with Marcellin through the Old Boys sporting network with 200 games of Amateur football and committee work, 10 years as President of the Marcellin Old Collegian’s Cricket Club and ongoing (16 years) President of the Marcellin Bald Eagles Sports Club. Further connection with Marcellin as Chair of the Marcellin College Foundation for 6 years until recently.

Prof. Benjamin Cowie

Marcellin College Bulleen 1985-1990.

Director, WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis, Doherty Institute.

Infectious Diseases Physician, Victorian Infectious Diseases Service, The Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Professorial Fellow, Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Melbourne.

Acting Chief Health Officer, Department of Health, Victoria

Assoc. Prof. Gavin Wright MBBS FRACS PhD

Marcellin College Bulleen 1979-1982.

Fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in General Surgery (1998) and Cardiothoracic Surgery (2001).

PhD in molecular biology of lung adenocarcinoma.

Awarded University of Melbourne Gordon-Taylor and National Health and Medical Research Scholarships.

Director of Surgical Oncology, St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne.

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, University of Melbourne.

Research and Education Lead in Lung Cancer, Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre.

Chair, Lung Cancer Advisor Group, Cancer Australia.

Implemented robotic Thoracic Surgery programs at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre (2011), Royal Melbourne Hospital (2017) and St Vincent’s Hospital (Private/Public Partnership 2018).

Implemented Australia’s first Uniportal Video-assisted Thoracic Surgery training program in Australasia (2017).

Conducted annual courses since 2008 to upskill Australasian thoracic surgeons in minimally invasive surgery.

Published 150 peer-reviewed articles in scientific journals.

Recipient of grants from National Health and Medical Research Council, Cancer Australia and Cancer Council Victoria to conduct lung cancer research trials.

Recipient of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Outstanding Achievement Award.