Events 2026

Michael Levitt is a medical practitioner, currently Medical Co-Director of Surgical Services at Sir Charles Gairdner-Osborne Park Hospital Clinical Group within the North Metropolitan Health Service. He has been active in Jewish Community life since his University years, and having been a board member and board President at both Carmel School and the Perth Hebrew Congregation.

He has also served on a number of health-related boards, and in a number of senior posts within the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He was awarded a Centennial Medal for services to public education about bowel cancer in 2003 and an AM for services to professional bodies in 2022.

Michael is the author of over 30 peer-reviewed scientific articles, several surgical text book chapters and three books about bowel health aimed at the general public. He has authored two works of fiction both set in the Australian art world. Michael is married to Carolyn and has three adult children and three grandchildren.