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Simon Woods
Director - Healthcare Consulting Network
Professional Bio
Dr Simon Woods. MB BS FRACS FCSHK MBA CHM AFACHSM
Simon is an experienced, senior health care executive with an extensive clinical and leadership background. He has practised as a surgeon, in Australia, Scotland and Hong Kong. He has worked in public and private settings and diverse hospitals including academic, quaternary level facilities, private hospitals and regional centres.
He was clinical head of a major service at The Alfred and Clinical Dean / Clinical Associate Professor at The Alfred and Cabrini Health. He then transitioned to medical leadership, with EDMS and CMO roles, as well as managing a major private hospital.
He led major organizational change at a number of organisations and has expertise in clinical governance, clinical research and research governance.
He has a commitment to safety and quality in healthcare and has knowledge and experience of clinical governance, data analysis, adverse event review methodology and reporting. He was a member of the Safer Care Victoria Academy, contributing to Safety System Reviews, Adverse Event Review Training and the Governing Board Clinical Governance Education program. He has worked in a variety of interim executive roles, providing medical leadership and overseeing projects and organizational change management. This has included challenging environments with organisations in crisis.
Simon has a strong belief that patient safety and high quality clinical outcomes are reliant on a positive, engaged, collegiate medical workforce and a strong, system based approach to clinical governance.
Simon is an experienced, senior health care executive with an extensive clinical and leadership background. He has practised as a surgeon, in Australia, Scotland and Hong Kong. He has worked in public and private settings and diverse hospitals including academic, quaternary level facilities, private hospitals and regional centres.
He was clinical head of a major service at The Alfred and Clinical Dean / Clinical Associate Professor at The Alfred and Cabrini Health. He then transitioned to medical leadership, with EDMS and CMO roles, as well as managing a major private hospital.
He led major organizational change at a number of organisations and has expertise in clinical governance, clinical research and research governance.
He has a commitment to safety and quality in healthcare and has knowledge and experience of clinical governance, data analysis, adverse event review methodology and reporting. He was a member of the Safer Care Victoria Academy, contributing to Safety System Reviews, Adverse Event Review Training and the Governing Board Clinical Governance Education program. He has worked in a variety of interim executive roles, providing medical leadership and overseeing projects and organizational change management. This has included challenging environments with organisations in crisis.
Simon has a strong belief that patient safety and high quality clinical outcomes are reliant on a positive, engaged, collegiate medical workforce and a strong, system based approach to clinical governance.