Steve Macfarlane

A/Prof Steve Macfarlane

Geriatric Psychiatrist; Head of Clinical Services, Dementia Support Australia, & Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Monash University
Steve became a psychiatrist in 2003, and was appointed Director of Aged Psychiatry at Peninsula Health in 2005 before moving to Alfred Health in 2008 as Associate Professor and Director of Aged Psychiatry. He became Head of Clinical Services for Dementia Support Australia in 2016. Steve is a past Chair of the Faculty of Psychiatry of Old Age for the RANZCP, and has been running Alzheimer’s disease clinical trials for over 25 years. He has clinical interests in frontal lobe disorders and in senile squalor. His work with DSA has him overseeing a group of geriatricians and old-age psychiatrists around the country. He was intimately involved in developing the new Commonwealth Special Dementia Care Program and with the Aged Care Royal Commission, testifying before the Royal Commission in May 2019 and July 2020.

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