• Dr David R Deam, Gribbles Pathology

Dr Deam graduated with honours in Medicine from Monash University in 1978 and obtained his FRCPA in 1985 following postgraduate training in Biochemistry at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. After several posts in Chemical Pathology at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and the Royal Women’s Hospital, he was appointed Head of Chemical Pathology at the Royal Melbourne in 1996. He joined Gribbles Pathology in 1998. Dr Deam has played an active role in teaching scientific, nursing and medical staff at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and has been an honorary lecturer in pathology at Monash University and a member of the Board Of Examiners of the Australasian Association Of Clinical Biochemists (AACB). His special interests include testing of endocrine function, protein abnormalities, as well as laboratory automation and application of computing to pathology services.