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Congratulations to the 2023 AMA (WA) Award winners!

Congratulations to the 2023 AMA (WA) Award winners who were presented with their Awards at the MEDBALL23 Gala Dinner.

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The Hippocrates Award recognises those who have made a significant contribution to medicine.
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The Junior Doctor of the Year Award (Dr Camille Michener Legacy Award) acknowledges the outstanding contributions of junior doctors.
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Each year the AMA (WA) President selects a recipient from the wider community for this award. The award goes to a non-doctor who has made an outstanding contribution to health.
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The Jonathan Morling Doctors’ Health Champion of the Year Award (the DHASWA Award) is presented to an individual who has done the most to champion the cause of doctors' and medical student health in Western Australia.

Winners of the 2023 AMA (WA) Awards

Dr Brittney WicksteedCongratulations to Junior Doctor of the Year (Dr Camille Michener Legacy Award)

Dr Brittney Wicksteed is an Emergency Medicine trainee currently developing broad skills in metropolitan settings to allow her to work in a rural emergency department, it’s in the rural setting she has made arguably her biggest impact. Brittney is the Vice President of the Rural Doctors Association of Western Australia.

Her independent and assertive style means when she sees a need, she goes right ahead and finds a way to have it met. Roles such as Founding President of the Junior Medical Officers of the Great Southern Society, Founding President of Junior Medical Officers of the Kimberley Society, and Founder & Chair of WA Rural Doctors in Training demonstrate her commitment across vast areas of the State.

 

Dr Michael GannonCongratulations to the winner of the Hippocrates Award

Leadership is a constant in the medical career of Dr Michael Gannon, initially as president of the Australian Medical Students Association (AMSA) in the early 90s. That inspired him to devote his energies to the AMA and it has taken him to the forefront of representation, as AMA (WA) President in 2014-2016, then AMA President in 2016-2018, among a host of other roles.

The consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist is the president of insurer MDA National and has served on the boards of the AMA (WA) and the AMA. His chairmanships include the perinatal & infant mortality committee for WA Health, medical advisory committee at St John of God Subiaco Hospital, and obstetric specialty committee at St John of God Healthcare.

 

 

Prof Lyn Beazley AOCongratulations to the winner of the President’s Award

Prof Lyn Beazley AO is a Career Fellow of the National Health and Medical Research Council, has been a Trustee of the WA Museum and has served on numerous NHMRC and other national and international committees. She is currently a Fellow on the Council of the Australian Academy of Science, as well as being a board member of the National Blood Authority.

Lyn has recently stepped down after almost 10 years as Board Chair of the Royal Perth Hospital Research Foundation, and is proud to be Patron or vice Patron of local health and technology-related organisations including Women in Technology WA, The Autism Academy, the Perron Institute, ConnectGroups and Reflections through Reality. She was also the former Chief Scientist of Western Australia from 2006 to 2013.

Dr Barry FatovichCongratulations to the winner of the Jonathan Morling Doctors’ Health Champion of the Year Award (the DHASWA Award)

Dr Barry Fatovich joined the Lockridge General Practice in 1979, doing the full range of general practice, including care of Nursing Home residents and GP obstetrics. He was involved in the RACGP as Chair of the National Research Committee and was the State Director of the RACGP Training program for 10 years. He has been involved in a variety of community activities including Chair of the Lockridge Community Group, President of Diabetes WA, and a member of the Doctors Health Advisory Service since 1998.  In the early 2000s, Barry became a palliative care GP with Silver Chain, and he continues in the Lockridge Practice.

2022 Award Winners

  • Dr Ashwita Siri Vanga – AMA (WA) Junior Doctor of the Year (Dr Camille Michener Legacy Award)
  • Dr Scott Blackwell – AMA (WA) Hippocrates Award
  • Ms Vicki O’Donnell OAM – AMA (WA) President’s award

2021 Award Winners

  • Dr Dean Choong – AMA (WA) Junior Doctor of the Year (Dr Camille Michener Legacy Award)
  • Professor Meredith Borland and Professor Mark Khangure – Joint winners of the AMA (WA) Hippocrates Award
  • Norman Swan – AMA (WA) President’s award

2020 Award Winners

  • Dr Vaanitha Manickavasagar – AMA (WA) Junior Doctor of the Year (Dr Camille Michener Legacy Award)
  • GP Dr Olga Ward and fellow GP and Sports Medicine Physician Dr Rod Moore – Joint winners of the AMA (WA) Hippocrates Award
  • June Oscar AO – AMA (WA) President’s award

2019 Award Winners

  • Dr Katrina Calvert – AMA (WA) Junior Doctor of the Year (Dr Camille Michener Legacy Award)
  • Professor John Newnham AM – AMA (WA) Hippocrates Awards
  • Health advocate and famed sportsman John Inverarity – AMA (WA) President’s award

2018 Award Winners

  • Dr Alison Soerensen – AMA (WA) Junior Doctor of the Year (Dr Camille Michener Legacy Award)
  • Doug Bride – AMA (WA) Hippocrates Awards
  • Paul Boyatzis – AMA (WA) President’s award

2017 Award Winners

  • Dr Sarah Newman – AMA (WA) Junior Doctor of the Year (Dr Camille Michener Legacy Award)
  • Stephen Wilson – AMA (WA) Hippocrates Awards
  • Karl O’Callaghan – AMA (WA) President’s award

2016 Award Winners

  • Dr Melita Cirillo – AMA (WA) Junior Doctor of the Year (Dr Camille Michener Legacy Award)
  • Max Kamien – AMA (WA) Hippocrates Awards
  • Ted Wilkes – AMA (WA) President’s award

2015 Award Winners

  • Dr John Zorbas – AMA (WA) Junior Doctor of the Year (Dr Camille Michener Legacy Award)
  • Kingsley Faulkner– AMA (WA) Hippocrates Awards
  • Bryant Stokes – AMA (WA) President’s award

2014 Award Winners

  • Dr John Van Bockxmeer – AMA (WA) Junior Doctor of the Year (Dr Camille Michener Legacy Award)
  • Ian Constable – AMA (WA) Hippocrates Awards
  • Fred Chaney – AMA (WA) President’s award

2013 Award Winners

  • Dr Dror Maor – AMA (WA) Junior Doctor of the Year (Dr Camille Michener Legacy Award)
  • Alex Cohen & Michael McCall– AMA (WA) Hippocrates Awards
  • No winner announced for the AMA (WA) President’s award

2012 Award Winners

  • Dr Ruth Blackham – AMA (WA) Junior Doctor of the Year (Dr Camille Michener Legacy Award)
  • Tony House– AMA (WA) Hippocrates Awards
  • Andrew Forrest – AMA (WA) President’s award

2011 Award Winners

  • Dr Marcus Dabner – AMA (WA) Junior Doctor of the Year (Dr Camille Michener Legacy Award)
  • Marcus Atlas– AMA (WA) Hippocrates Awards
  • Malcolm McCusker– AMA (WA) President’s award

2010 Award Winners

  • Dr James Anderson – AMA (WA) Junior Doctor of the Year (Dr Camille Michener Legacy Award)
  • Bruce William Stanley Robinson &  Ian Valentine Lishman – AMA (WA) Hippocrates Awards
  • No winner announced for the AMA (WA) President’s award

2009 Award Winners

  • Dr James Anderson – AMA (WA) Junior Doctor of the Year (Dr Camille Michener Legacy Award)
  • No winner announced for the AMA (WA) Hippocrates Awards
  • No winner announced for the AMA (WA) President’s award

2008 Award Winners

  • Dr James Anderson – AMA (WA) Junior Doctor of the Year (Dr Camille Michener Legacy Award)
  • Bryant Stokes – AMA (WA) Hippocrates Awards
  • Peter Forbes – AMA (WA) President’s award

2007 Award Winners

  • Dr James Anderson – AMA (WA) Junior Doctor of the Year (Dr Camille Michener Legacy Award)
  • Anthony J McCartney & Timothy Keenan – AMA (WA) Hippocrates Awards
  • Jack Bendat – AMA (WA) President’s award

2006 Award Winners

  • Dr James Anderson – AMA (WA) Junior Doctor of the Year (Dr Camille Michener Legacy Award)
  • Lawrence Beilin, Michael Quinlan & Rosanna Capolingua – AMA (WA) Hippocrates Awards
  • Mike Daube – AMA (WA) President’s award

2005 Award Winners

  • Dr James Anderson – AMA (WA) Junior Doctor of the Year (Dr Camille Michener Legacy Award)
  • No winner announced for the AMA (WA) Hippocrates Awards
  • No winner announced for the AMA (WA) President’s award

2004 Award Winners

  • Dr James Anderson – AMA (WA) Junior Doctor of the Year (Dr Camille Michener Legacy Award)
  • Frank Burdon Webb &  John Gosilo Radunovich – AMA (WA) Hippocrates Awards
  • Peter Tannock – AMA (WA) President’s award

2003 Award Winners

  • Dr James Anderson – AMA (WA) Junior Doctor of the Year (Dr Camille Michener Legacy Award)
  • Fiona Melanie Wood – AMA (WA) Hippocrates Awards
  • Keith Wilson – AMA (WA) President’s award

2002 Award Winners

  • Dr James Anderson – AMA (WA) Junior Doctor of the Year (Dr Camille Michener Legacy Award)
  • Warwick Ruse – AMA (WA) Hippocrates Awards
  • Eric Heenan – AMA (WA) President’s award

2001 Award Winners

  • David Watson – AMA (WA) Hippocrates Awards

2000 Award Winners

  • Con Michael & Geoffrey Malcolm Clarke – AMA (WA) Hippocrates Awards

1999 Award Winners

  • Alexander George O’Neil – AMA (WA) Hippocrates Awards

1998 Award Winners

  • Peter John Graham & Turab Chakera – AMA (WA) Hippocrates Awards

1997 Award Winners

  • Michael Jones & Pam Quartermass – AMA (WA) Hippocrates Awards

1996 Award Winners

  • Ken Fitch &– AMA (WA) Hippocrates Awards

1995 Award Winners

  • Barry Marshall, Ken Collin & Robin Warren – AMA (WA) Hippocrates Awards

1994 Award Winners

  • Mick Tiller & Richard Joske – AMA (WA) Hippocrates Awards