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Nominations for the AMA (WA) Awards 2024 are now open!

Celebrating excellence in our medical community by recognising the outstanding contributions of our colleagues

The Hippocrates Award is given to a person who has made a significant contribution to medicine.

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.



The Junior Doctor of the Year Award is given to a person who has made a significant and outstanding contribution to the medical profession and the community in areas such as teaching and education, leadership and advocacy, doctors’ wellbeing and community service.

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.

Advocate of the Year Award celebrates an individual who have shown remarkable dedication and leadership in promoting positive change and enhancing the wellbeing of their colleagues throughout the healthcare industry.

The Medical Student of the Year Award is given to a person who has made a significant and outstanding contribution as a future changemaker in the profession and in the community in areas such as education, advocacy, leadership and service.

2023 Award Winners

  • Dr Brittney Wicksteed – AMA (WA) Junior Doctor of the Year (Dr Camille Michener Legacy Award)
  • Dr Michael Gannon – AMA (WA) Hippocrates Award
  • Prof Lyn Beazley AO – AMA (WA) President’s award
  • Dr Barry Fatovich – Jonathan Morling Doctors’ Health Champion of the Year Award (the DHASWA Award)

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