[3] As of 22 October 2024[update], the Chief Medical Officer is Tony Lawler,[4] who succeeded Paul Kelly.
As of 23 January 2021[update], the joint Deputy Chief Medical Officers were Nick Coatsworth, Ruth Vine and Michael Kidd.
[5] In May 2020, psychiatrist Ruth Vine was appointed the first Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Mental Health.
[6] Previous officers include John Horvath in 2003,[7] Jim Bishop in 2009,[8][9] and Chris Baggoley from August 2011[10] until 2016.
The position is head of the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee[11] and in that role an adviser to the National Cabinet of Australia, created in response to the pandemic.