The Royal Melbourne Hospital appointed Professor Shelley Dolan as the new Chief Executive following an international search.

Upon completion of the Parkville hospital the patients were moved progressively into the new accommodation which catered for 2,900 beds.

The Parkville buildings were reconditioned and the Royal Melbourne Hospital finally moved into their "new" premises in December 1944.

There is also a helipad on top of the hospital so that urgent cases that need to be airlifted from regional areas can be transferred to the Royal Melbourne.

[8] The hospital offers postgraduate educational activities, including weekly professorial case discussion meeting, grand round, daily morning registrars teaching round, intern training sessions, advanced life support forums, and other individual department-based educational sessions.

It offers programs for undergraduates, graduate nurses and postgraduate students as well as short courses, staff development and mandatory resuscitation training.

Fellowships available include: The hospital undertakes clinical research in oncology, neurosciences, infectious diseases, diabetes, colorectal cancer and mental health.