David Russell

David Russell is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Melbourne and is a General Physician, Gastroenterologist and Director of the Clinical Nutrition Service at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Professor Russell trained in Clinical Nutrition at the University of Toronto under the supervision of Professor Jeejeebhoy and received his doctorate in the area of nutritional assessment and muscle function and metabolism in malnutrition. Professor Russell has practiced and taught the management of intestinal failure nationally and internationally for over 40 years. He has been a board member of AUSPEN, and President from 1989 to 1991.