Alastair Burt

Biography

Professor Alastair Burt is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Adelaide. He was born in Dunfermline, Scotland and is a graduate of the University of Glasgow where he obtained a BSc in Pathology with first class Honours in 1979, MBChB with commendation in 1981 and MD with Honours and the Bellahouston medal in 1991.   Upon graduation he was a junior house officer in general medicine with Professor Sir Abraham Goldberg and junior house officer in general surgery with Professor Sir David Carter.  He subsequently took up training in surgical pathology under the tutorage of Professor Sir Roddy MacSween.  During this time he developed expertise in diagnostic pathology of the liver and a keen interest in pathogenesis of liver disease and in particular mechanisms of liver fibrosis.  In 1985-86 he spent time in the lab for cell biology and histology at Free University of Brussels under the direction of Professor Eddie Wisse.   On return to the UK and on completion of his postgraduate training in Surgical Pathology he moved to the University of Newcastle upon Tyne to become Senior Lecturer in Pathology and Honorary consultant Histopathologist. He was promoted to a personal Chair in Hepatopathology in 1995 and then the established Chair of Pathology in 1998.  He became Dean of Clinical Medicine at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 2005.   He moved to South Australia in January 2013 to take up the post of Dean of Medicine and Head of the School of Medicine.  In August 2014 he became acting Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and was appointed to the substantive role in December 2014.  He continues to maintain a research interest in liver disease and is Editor in Chief of the principal international text book  in his field, MacSweens Pathology of the Liver, now into its 7th edition.  In addition he is Editor in Chief of the peer reviewed journal, Histopathology.

Research Interest

Professor Alastair Burt is Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Adelaide. He was born in Dunfermline, Scotland and is a graduate of the University of Glasgow where he obtained a BSc in Pathology with first class Honours in 1979, MBChB with commendation in 1981 and MD with Honours and the Bellahouston medal in 1991.   Upon graduation he was a junior house officer in general medicine with Professor Sir Abraham Goldberg and junior house officer in general surgery with Professor Sir David Carter.  He subsequently took up training in surgical pathology under the tutorage of Professor Sir Roddy MacSween.  During this time he developed expertise in diagnostic pathology of the liver and a keen interest in pathogenesis of liver disease and in particular mechanisms of liver fibrosis.  In 1985-86 he spent time in the lab for cell biology and histology at Free University of Brussels under the direction of Professor Eddie Wisse.   On return to the UK and on completion of his postgraduate training in Surgical Pathology he moved to the University of Newcastle upon Tyne to become Senior Lecturer in Pathology and Honorary consultant Histopathologist. He was promoted to a personal Chair in Hepatopathology in 1995 and then the established Chair of Pathology in 1998.  He became Dean of Clinical Medicine at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 2005.   He moved to South Australia in January 2013 to take up the post of Dean of Medicine and Head of the School of Medicine.  In August 2014 he became acting Executive Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and was appointed to the substantive role in December 2014.  He continues to maintain a research interest in liver disease and is Editor in Chief of the principal international text book  in his field, MacSweens Pathology of the Liver, now into its 7th edition.  In addition he is Editor in Chief of the peer reviewed journal, Histopathology.