Richard Alan Smallwood AO (born 28 January 1937)[1] is an Australian doctor and Chief Medical Officer of Australia between 1999 and 2003.
[2] He then trained at Royal Free Hospital in London and at Boston University School of Medicine.
In his time as Chief Medical Officer, Smallwood was responsible for addressing public concern about bioterrorism and the SARS epidemic.
[2] Smallwood was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in the 1997 Queen's Birthday Honours for "service to medicine, particularly in the field of gastroenterology, to research through the National Health and Medical Research Council, and to education".
[3] He was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2001 for "service to public health especially as the Chief Medical Officer".