Professor Roderick MacLeod has contributed to hospice and palliative care for more than 35 years. He was Senior Staff Specialist in Palliative Care at HammondCare in Sydney and Conjoint Professor in Palliative Care at the University of Sydney from 2012 to 2017.
He returned to New Zealand in 2017 and retired from clinical practice in 2019.
He holds an honorary position with the University of Auckland’s School of Population Health and continues to contribute to academia.
Since 2015 he has been a reviewer for several research councils internationally and presented keynote addresses overseas.
He was Co-Editor in Chief of the major reference work ‘The Textbook of Palliative Care’ (2019 and 2024). He was Clinical Advisor to the Hospice New Zealand Board from 2020 to 2022. He chaired the Hospice NZ National Innovations Evaluation Group from 2015 to 2017 and served on their conference organising committee until 2022.
He contributed to the University of Auckland’s Enhancing New Zealand Clinical Trials Project Delphi study in 2021. He was Clinical Director on the Board of the PINC and Steel Cancer Rehabilitation Trust from 2015 and Chair from 2020 to 2022. He chaired the Clinical Committee of The Violet Initiative until 2024. Professor MacLeod co-authored the international award-winning cookbook for seniors ‘Lobster for Josino – fabulous food for our final days’ (2018).
It should be acknowledged that palliative care is always a team effort and I feel that this award reflects the wonderful teams that have helped and supported me throughout my career. I am indeed a fortunate man.
ehospice is pleased to join members of the global palliative care community in congratulating Professor Rod MacLeod on this significant recognition of his lifetime of engagement and leadership in Palliative Care.
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