This award honours doctors from any sector of the medical profession, who have made a significant contribution to medicine. The winner is presented with a fine bronze bust of Hippocrates, commonly referred to as “the Hippo”. The 2021 winners have been announced.
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 and deserves to be acknowledged. The 2021 winner has been announced.
Congratulations to Junior Doctor of the Year (Dr Camille Michener Legacy Award)Dr Dean Choong was named the 2021 AMA (WA) Junior Doctor of the Year (Dr Camille Michener Legacy Award). Dr Choong is the West Australian representative on the Australasian Junior Medical Officer Committee, the 2021 Co-Chair of the PMCWA Junior Medical Officer Forum and a member of the advisory group of the Medical Board of Australia.
Congratulations to the joint winners of the Hippocrates AwardProfessor Meredith Borland and Professor Mark Khangure received the prestigious AMA (WA) Hippocrates Award. Both doctors were honoured for their unwavering commitment to the profession of medicine and their dedicated service to patients and the broader community.
Congratulations to the winner of the President’s AwardDr Norman Swan was the recipient of the prestigious President’s Award. Dr Swan hosts RN’s Health Report and since the COVID-19 pandemic, and co-hosted Coronacast, a daily podcast on the coronavirus. Dr Swan is also a reporter and commentator on the ABC’s 7.30, Midday, News Breakfast and Four Corners and a guest host on RN Breakfast. He is a past winner of the Gold Walkley, with his most recent Walkley Award in 2020 for Coronacast.
Dr Swan was awarded the medal of the Australian Academy of Science and has an honorary MD from the University of Sydney.
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