Dr Feekery has extensive experience in clinical governance, quality improvement, medical and industrial law and is well regarded professionally, as a medical manager. Currently running a small management counselling and support practice, he is a Board Director of Mercy Health Australia.
Dr Feekery graduated from the University of Qld Medical School in 1979. After training in paediatrics in both Brisbane and Melbourne, he became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 1990. He spent the next 16 years working at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, where he eventually was appointed Deputy Director Quality and Safety and as the Clinical Director of the Medicolegal Service. In private practice he established a Mother and Baby Unit focusing on sleep settling problems and maternal depression.
Wanting to better understand systems and change, Colin enrolled at the University of NSW and in 2002, was awarded a Master of Health Administration. In 2005, he was appointed as the Medical Director of Western Health, Melbourne. From 2008 to 2018, he held the position of Chief Medical Officer and Executive Director – Medical Services & Research at Eastern Health, Melbourne. During his tenure as CMO, Colin was granted an Adjunct Clinical Associate Professorship by Monash University (2011) and in 2012, he was admitted to the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators. He is now a censor for this college, is a preceptor and has lectured for the Management for Clinicians Course.