Rate My Professor Geoffrey Kellerman

Emeritus Professor Geoffrey Kellerman holds the position of Emeritus Professor in the School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, at the University of Newcastle, with a focus area in Medical Biochemistry. He graduated at the top of his medical class at the University of Sydney in 1951. After completing postgraduate work in London and New York, he served as a lecturer and later Associate Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Sydney and Monash University. In 1976, he was appointed Foundation Professor of Medical Biochemistry in the new Faculty of Medicine at the University of Newcastle, where he played a key role in the experimental medical education movement that fostered international innovation and progress. During his tenure as Dean, he supported the revolutionary enrolment of Aboriginal students into the medical course. Additionally, he was the University's first Dean of Research from 1987 to 1990 and Chair of the Senate Research Committee from 1983. Professor Kellerman specialized in clinical chemistry and contributed to hospital services as Visiting Medical Officer in Clinical Chemistry at the Hunter Area Pathology Service.

Following his retirement from the University, Emeritus Professor Kellerman spent 25 years working in the hospital clinical biochemistry service. He authored the 'Abnormal Laboratory Results' manual, with the third edition published in 2015 by McGraw-Hill Education Australia, comprising chapters originally published as articles in Australian Prescriber. His profound influence on generations of medical students lies in teaching the molecular understanding of life and disease. For his service to medical education, particularly in biochemical research, he was awarded the Order of Australia (AO) in 1990. In 1997, the University of Newcastle conferred upon him an Honorary Doctor of Medicine. Throughout his career, spanning academia, research administration, clinical practice, and authorship, Professor Kellerman has left a lasting impact on medical biochemistry and education in Australia.