VICDOC Summer 2023 - Magazine - Page 18
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FORBES McGAIN
MBBS FANZCA FCICM PHD
Forbes is an anaesthetist and intensive care physician
at Western Health. He is Associate Dean of Healthcare
Sustainability in the School of Medicine, Dentistry
and Health Sciences at the University of Melbourne
(UoM), and Associate Professor at the School of
Public Health, University of Sydney.
Forbes has been involved in advocating for greater
sustainability in healthcare since 2007 and is an active
member of Doctors for the Environment Australia.
In 2016 he completed a PhD in the field of hospital
environmental sustainability, focused upon the ICU
and operating rooms. Forbes remains keenly involved
in ICU research, particularly the intersection of patient
care and environmental and financial sustainability.
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