Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

building In 1949, the Victorian Cancer Institute was established and the following year its outpatient services were named the "Peter MacCallum Clinic". It was named after the (then) dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Melbourne University, Peter MacCallum who, with Rutherford Kaye-Scott, had a significant role in its founding. The clinic was originally located in a single room of the Queen Victoria Hospital in central Melbourne. Its main facility was based at the corner William and Little Lonsdale streets, near Flagstaff Gardens where the County Court of Victoria buildings were later built. (The site was also at one time home to the Jessie McPherson Private Hospital.) The Institute established Australia's first training school for radiotherapists. ==Achievements==

The Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre is ranked 14th in the Newsweek 2024 World’s Best Specialised Hospitals. The Newsweek rankings, in partnership with global research company Statista, ranked Peter Mac alongside 1500 other specialised hospitals in oncology, cardiology, gastroenterology, neurology, obstetrics, paediatrics and more. Peter Mac was the only Australian hospital to be listed in the top 100 worldwide. ==Location==

, located on Grattan Street|alt=The main eastern entrance and building of Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Parkville on the corner of Royal Parade and Grattan Street intersection, September 2024 In June 2016, the institute moved to the purpose-built building at the entrance to Melbourne's Parkville bio-medical precinct, It involves some shared services with the nearby Royal Melbourne Hospital, the Royal Women's Hospital and the Royal Children's Hospital. Its current site was previously home to the Royal Dental Hospital. The $1 billion cancer treatment and research centre was designed by architects from Silver Thomas Hanley, DesignInc and McBride Charles Ryan. ==Notable staff==

• Sarah-Jane Dawson • Upulie Divisekera • Declan G. Murphy • Maxine Morand ==See also==