Margaret Rosemary Zacharin AM is an Australian adult and paediatric endocrinology physician and researcher.
Zacharin graduated from the University of Melbourne with a bachelor of medicine and surgery in 1972 and she became a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 1978.
[1] Zacharin works as a consultant endocrinologist at both the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre and The Royal Children's Hospital, Australia.
[4] Zacharin has been the recipient of several awards including in 2009 the Elizabeth Turner Medal for clinical excellence;[5] in 2016 the Robert Vines Medal for clinical excellence in paediatric endocrinology;[6] in 2017 the European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology International Outstanding Clinician Award;[7] in 2018 a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM), which was announced in The Queen's Birthday 2018 Honours List;[8] and in 2023 she was promoted to a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to medicine, particularly to paediatric endocrinology.
[3] Zacharin is a highly cited author of numerous publications and books including a textbook on ‘Practical pediatric endocrinology in a limited resource setting’.