Rate My Professor Robert Stirling

Robert Stirling serves as Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at Monash University and Adjunct Clinical Professor in Immunology at Alfred Hospital. He holds qualifications including BSc (Hons), MB BCh (Hons), MRCPI, FRACP, RCPI, and MPH. As Senior Respiratory Specialist in the Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine at Alfred Health, affiliated with Monash University, he is Lead Clinician at the Alfred Lung Cancer Multidisciplinary Meeting at The Alfred Hospital, Prahran, and a treating medical specialist at Epworth Health, Richmond. Stirling is an honorary lecturer and senior clinical educator in the Department of Medicine at Monash University, where he is actively involved in clinical teaching for third- and final-year medical students, resident medical officers, and respiratory registrars.

His research specializations include allergy and immunology, asthma, rhinitis, urticaria, bronchiectasis, COPD, inflammatory lung disease, lung cancer, improvement of quality of care in lung cancer, chronic sinus and lung infection, and multidisciplinary meetings in lung cancer care. As co-coordinating principal investigator for the Victorian Lung Cancer Registry (VLCR), he chairs its Steering Committee and leads VLCR engagement for the Victorian Lung Cancer Redesign Program with the Department of Health Human Services. He is a member of the Southern Melbourne Integrated Lung Cancer Leadership Group, Australasian Lung Cancer Trials Group, former member of the Victorian Cooperative Oncology Group with Cancer Council Victoria, and serves on the Quality and Value Taskforce for Lung Cancer Care of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. In the 2026 Australia Day Honours, Associate Professor Robert Stirling was awarded the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to respiratory medicine through clinical care, research, and leadership. He has over 60 peer-reviewed publications and conference abstracts in respiratory medicine, including 'Clinical quality registries: Establishing the socio-technical infrastructure for learning health systems' (Learning Health Systems, 2025), 'Exploring patient reported quality of life in lung cancer patients: A qualitative study of patient-reported outcome measures' (Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2025), 'Putting international practice into action: the first case of lung transplantation for COVID-19 in Victoria, Australia' (Medical Journal of Australia, 2025), 'Dupilumab-associated hypereosinophilia in severe asthma' (ERJ Open Research, 2024), and 'Lung cancer (internet-based) Delphi (LUCiD): A modified eDelphi consensus process to establish Australasian clinical quality indicators for thoracic cancer' (Respirology, 2024). His contributions support learning health systems and align with UN Sustainable Development Goals for good health and well-being.