John Horvath

John Stephen Horvath AO is an Australian medical doctor and the Chief Medical Officer of Australia between 2003 and 2009.[1][2] As of June 2020 Horvath is Deputy Chairman of Crown Resorts Limited. Horvath is also Group Chief Medical Officer of Ramsay Health Care and a Director of the Ramsay Hospital Medical Research Institute and the Gallipoli Medical Research Foundation.[2]

Professor John Horvath AO FRACP
Chief Medical Officer
In office September 2003 – 2009
Preceded by	Richard Smallwood
Succeeded by	Jim Bishop
Personal details
Born	John Stephen Horvath
Nationality	Australian
Spouse(s)	Professor Diana Horvath AO
Profession	Medical doctor

Horvath graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1968.[3] Horvath practiced for 30 years at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney including as director of renal and transplant services between 1997 and 2003.[4][5] He was also deputy chair of the World Health Organisation's international cancer research institute in Lyon in France.[4]

Horvath was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2001 Australia Day Honours for "service to medicine, particularly in the field of hypertension, as a consultant physician and a clinical tutor of medicine, and to medical administration.".[6]

He is married to Professor Diana Horvath and the two worked together at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland in the United States.[7] They have two children.[8]

References

1. "NSW physician appointed new Commonwealth CMO". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 28 July 2003. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
2. "Board of Directors". Crown Resorts Limited. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
3. "NEW SOUTH WALES MEDICAL BOARD". Government Gazette Of The State Of New South Wales. New South Wales, Australia. 15 March 1968. p. 1018. Retrieved 14 June 2020 – via Trove.
4. "Ramsay Health Care Announces Appointment of Professor John Horvath". Ramsay Health Care. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
5. "RPA celebrates 50 years of Kidney transplants and dialysis 1967-2017" (PDF). Sydney Local Health District. NSW Health. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
6. "Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) entry for Professor John Stephen Horvath". It's an Honour, Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 January 2001. Retrieved 15 June 2020. For service to medicine, particularly in the field of hypertension, as a consultant physician and a clinical tutor of medicine, and to medical administration
7. "Professor Diana Horvath AO". Chris O'Brien Lifehouse. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
8. "1992 Sidney Sax Medallist - Dr Diana Horvath". Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

Government offices
Preceded by Richard Smallwood	Chief Medical Officer 2003-2009	Succeeded by Jim Bishop