Dr . John Best
John Best came to Marist College Kogarah for Year 11 in 1978. Prior to this he had been a student at Marist Penshurst.
After graduating from the University of Newcastle in 1984, he was awarded Intern of the Year at St George Hospital. He completed a postgraduate studies at London University was and subsequently awarded Fellowship with the Australasian College of Sports Physicians in 1992. He acts as an Examiner for the College.
John enjoys a number of clinical areas in sports medicine, in particular rugby medicine. He has been heavily involved with the Australian Rugby Union. He was the Australian Team(Wallabies) team physician from 1994-2000 including both the 1995 World Cup and the 1999 World Cup tournament when the Wallabies were world champions. He was Medical Director to Australian Rugby in 2000-2001, and acted as Sports Science Consultant for their High-Performance Unit in 2000 and 2002. He enjoyed the honour of being appointed as the Tournament Medical Officer for Rugby World Cup 2003. He has represented Australian Rugby on the International Rugby Board’s Medical Advisory and Anti-doping Committees working in areas of safety and player well-being.
In 2000, John was awarded the Australian Sports Medal for Sports Medicine by the Prime Minister and Governor General of Australia. He is also acts as a medical consultant for the Australian Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA).
On May 7th, 2009 John returned to the College to take part in a Centenary Video Interview. This can be seen on the Centenary YouTube Channel by clicking here.
Photos: John Best with some of our current students.