Rate My Professor Lewis Mackinnon

Associate Professor Lewis MacKinnon is a distinguished general practitioner, medical educator, and leader in clinical governance affiliated with Curtin Medical School within the Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. As Associate Professor and a member of the Senior Leadership Group, he previously served as Director of General Practice, Placements, and Clinical Adjuncts, and now supports the Associate Dean with oversight of risk and opportunity, governance, performance, and strategic development across the Medical School. MacKinnon is the founder and principal of Skye Medical GP Clinics, established in 2016, with the Armadale clinic awarded RACGP (WA) Practice of the Year in 2022. His research interests center on medical education and clinical service delivery. He holds leadership positions including Chair of the Board Safety, Quality, and Consumer Engagement Committee and member of the Board Finance Committee at the North Metropolitan Health Service. An S100 prescriber for HIV medications, he provides national clinician training in HIV medicine for the Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine and contributes to the Australian and New Zealand HIV therapy guideline writing committee. Additionally, he serves on the WA Maternal Mortality Committee, the WA Syphilis Outbreak Response Group, and as a Senior Medical Educator for the RACGP mentoring general practice registrars in Western Australia.

MacKinnon earned his MBChB from the University of Glasgow Medical School and holds Fellowships from the Royal College of General Practitioners (MRCGP, UK) and the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP). He also possesses a Master of Business Administration, a Postgraduate Certificate in Finance, and membership in the Australian Institute of Company Directors. His career began with rotations in hospital specialties such as surgery, emergency medicine, internal medicine, and psychiatry in north-east England, followed by a research and lecturing position at Durham University Medical School where he taught anatomy, physiology, and clinical skills. He served as an officer in the Royal Army Medical Corps in Glasgow and practiced general medicine on the Scottish island of Islay, delivering primary and emergency care. Relocating to Western Australia in 2015, he has been recognized with the RACGP (WA) GP of the Year award in 2019 for excellence in clinical care, leadership, and education, underscoring his significant impact on general practice training, policy development, and quality improvement in healthcare.