Michael Richard Kidd (born 11 November 1959) is an Australian medical practitioner, academic and author.
[2] He is a past president of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP)[3] a past president of the World Organization of Family Doctors (WONCA)[4] and former Deputy Chief Medical Officer with the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care.
In 2018, he was appointed as Director of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Family Medicine and Primary Care.
He served ten years as a member of the International Scientific Advisory Board of the UK Biobank Research Project based at Oxford University.
He is the author/editor of several books including Save your life and the lives of those you love – your GP’s six step guide to good health, published by Allen and Unwin in 2007.
In the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours List, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for service to medicine and education in of general practice and primary health care, and via a range of professional organisations.