Professor of Palliative Care
MD, MRCP, FRCR, FRACP, FAChPM, FFPMANZCA
Contact Details
| Contact Campus | Hobart CBD Campuses |
| Building | Medical Science 1 |
| Room Reference | 307-09 (Level 3) |
| Telephone | +61 3 6226 4743 |
| Fax | +61 3 6226 4788 |
| Michael.Ashby@utas.edu.au |
Teaching Responsibilities
Prof Ashby currently teaches Palliative Care in Discipline of General Practice 3rd-6th year students.
Ethics, grief and clinical palliative care CBLs.
Achievements
Career Summary
Prof Ashby graduated from St Bartholomew's Hospital, London University in 1979, and trained in medicine and radiation oncology in the UK, France and Australia.
He is a past holder of joint clinical, academic and managerial positions at St Vincent’s Hospital and the University of Melbourne; McCulloch House, Monash Medical Centre, Southern Health and Monash University, Clayton, Victoria; and the Royal Adelaide Hospital and Mary Potter Hospice, Calvary Hospital Adelaide.
Prof Ashby is also President of the Australia and New Zealand Society for Palliative Medicine (ANZSPM) and immediate past Chairman of the Chapter of Palliative Medicine at the Royal Australasian College of Physicians.
He was awarded the 2006 Bethlehem Griffiths Research Foundation medal for research in palliative care.
Prof Ashby is currently Chair of Clinical Ethics Committee and Clinical Leader, Respecting Patient choices Program, Royal Hobart Hospital.
Additional Information
Research Interests
- Pain and symptom management
- Law, ethics and the use of the humanities as they apply to care and decision-making at the end of life