Melbourne Haematology

MBBS BMedSci PhD FRACP FRCPA

• Consultant Haematologist

Associate Professor Michael Low is a Haematologist at the Monash Medical Centre, as well as a number of private hospitals including St John of God Berwick where he serves on the medical advisory committee. He undertook his undergraduate training at the University of Melbourne for which he was awarded an MBBS/BMedSci. Dr Low then undertook his specialty training through the Royal Melbourne Hospital, Alfred Hospital and Monash Medical Centre. He is a fellow of both the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) as well as the Royal College of Pathologists Australasia (RCPA).

Assoc. Prof Low undertook his PhD studies jointly at Monash University as well as the Walter and Eliza Hall Research Institute for which he was awarded the prestigious Gus Nossal Award by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia for his studies into survival pathways in myeloma. Dr Low continues to be the principal investigator on a number of clinical trials in myeloma being undertaken at Monash Medical Centre.

Assoc. Prof Low’s clinical and research interests include haematological malignancies (eg lymphoma and myeloma) as well as treatment of iron deficiency. He has published in numerous international journals including Journal of Nutrition, Canadian Medical Association Journal, British Journal of Haematology and Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews.

Assoc. Prof Low consults out of St John of God Hospital Berwick and will see patients with any haematological disorder including haematological malignancies, cytopenias, clots and iron deficiency.