John Horvath (doctor)

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]

This article is about the Australian medical doctor. For the Hungarian-American mathematician, see John Horvath (mathematician).

Professor

John Horvath

AO FRACP
Chief Medical Officer
In office
September 2003 – 2009
Preceded byRichard Smallwood
Succeeded byJim Bishop
Personal details
Born
John Stephen Horvath
NationalityAustralian
Spouse(s)Professor Diana Horvath AO
EducationSydney Medical School of the University of Sydney
ProfessionMedical doctor
Independent non-executive director of Crown Resorts

Early life and education

Horvath's parents, Stephen and Ann, emigrated in 1948 when John was 4 to escape the Communist takeover of Hungary.[3]

Horvath graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1968.[4]

Career

Horvath practiced for 30 years at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, including as director of renal and transplant services between 1997 and 2003.[5][6] He is distinguished as having been the late Kerry Packer's nephrologist and was instrumental to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital's profile as a kidney-transplantation facility.

Horvath was also deputy chair of the World Health Organization's international cancer research institute in Lyon in France.[5]

Chief Medical Officer of Australia

Horvath served as the Chief Medical Officer of Australia and chaired the National Influenza Pandemic Action Committee. In planning Australia's response to a flu pandemic, Horvath said, alluding to measures that have been used in the years since his tenure as the Chief Medical Officer, "There's lots of things we could do before border closures: alerts, screening, being aware one of our neighbouring countries has a high-level alert … then there's the no-brainers: we want to make it socially unacceptable to go to work coughing, spluttering, infecting the entire staff. In Japan, it's regarded as very bad manners".[3]

Honours

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.".[7]

Personal life

Horvath is married to his classmate Professor Diana Horvath. After graduation and 3 years' practice as junior doctors in Sydney, the two worked together for 2 years at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland in the United States before returning to Australia.[8]

The Horvaths have two children, one of whom, Lisa, is a medical oncologist at the Chris O'Brien Lifehouse near the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and a graduate of the Horvath's alma mater, the University of Sydney;[9] another, Penny, is an arts/law graduate of the Australian National University.[10]

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. "For Australia's sake, one man eyes trouble". The Age. Fairfax Media. 2 October 2005.
  4. "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.
  5. "Ramsay Health Care Announces Appointment of Professor John Horvath". Ramsay Health Care. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  6. "RPA celebrates 50 years of Kidney transplants and dialysis 1967-2017" (PDF). Sydney Local Health District. NSW Health. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  7. "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
  8. "Professor Diana Horvath AO". Chris O'Brien Lifehouse. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  9. "Professor Lisa Horvath". Chris O'Brien Lifehouse.
  10. "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
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