Excellence Awards
Congratulations to the past recipients of the Excellence Awards:
Award Recipients | Year Awarded |
GP of the Year Dr William Dewing Dr Seema Basil Dr Peter Maguire Dr Samantha Weaver Dr Joanne Baker Dr Peter Van Maarseveen Dr Johannes Grobbelaar | 2023 2022 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 |
Clinical Leadership Dr Jonathan Blundell Dr Cherelle Fitzclarence Dr Helen Van Gessel Dr Kim Isaacs Dr Clare Huppatz Dr Kirsten Auret Dr Patrick Glackin | 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2018 |
Specialist of the Year (non-GP) Dr Jared Watts Dr Lydia Scott Dr Charles Greenfield Dr Tony Mylius Dr Carolyn Masarei Dr Anand Deshmukh Dr Sean George | 2023 2022 2021 2020 2020 2019 2018 |
Metropolitan-based Bush Champion Dr Justin Yeung Dr Jennifer Vance Dr Deborah Schoen Dr Helen Wright Dr Roland Main Dr Narelle Hadlow Dr Andrew Wesseldine | 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2018 |
Rural Allied Health Professional of the Year Sarah Tomlinson Jan Batchelor | 2023 2022 |
Rising Star Kyra King Sheree Davies Dr Caitlyn White Dr Phoebe Thornton Dr Kelly Ridley Dr Khean Shang (James) Wong | 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 |
Rural Nurse/Midwife of the Year Chantelle Pears Marianne Testi Tamsen Prunster Helen Lundy | 2023 2022 2021 2020 |
Rural Researcher or Educator Award Kathryn Fitzgerald Prof. Bronwyn Peirce Prof. Tony Celenza Dr Stephanie Schlueter Professor David Atkinson | 2023 2023 2022 2021 2020 |
Building Healthy Country Communities Pilbara Palliative Care Service RFDS Vaccination Team SWAMS Mental Health Team The Wheatbelt Tackling Indigenous Smoking Team | 2023 2022 2021 2020 |
People's Choice Award Laura Black Kelsie Docking & Jessie Jones Dr Ajit Chaurasia Asha Burkett Dr James Bowie | 2023 2022 2021 2020 2018 |
WACHS Intern of the Year Award Dr Lucy Irvine Dr Alec Disley Dr Anna Kelly Dr Brittney Wicksteed Dr Heidi Tudehope | 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 |
WACHS Resident Medical Officer of the Year Dr Renita Whittle Dr Fiona Spencer Dr Gia Cavalieri Dr Eve Battersby | 2022 2021 2020 2019 |
Chaiman's Award Dr Cherelle Fitzclarence Dr Helen Van Gessel Tamsen Prunster Dr Dave Forster Dr Ian Taylor Dr James Bowie Dr Johannes Grobbelaar | 2022 2021 2021 2020 2019 2018 2018 |
Past Awards - no longer presented | |
Above and Beyond - Community First Dr Siew-Lee Thoo Dr John Rosser Davies Dr Michael Comparti Dr Philip Reid Dr Peter Lines Dr Richard Walkey | 2017 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 |
Extraordinary Contribution to Outreach Services Dr Steven Lai Dr Johan Janssen Dr Daniel O'Donnell Dr Angus Turner Dr Rex Henderson Dr Philip House Dr Keith McCallum Dr David Hailes Dr Gavin Osbarby Dr Venkata Subbarao Akula | 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2010 2009 |
Outstanding Service to Rural and Remote Health Dr Walter Bryne Dr Christine Jeffries-Stokes Dr Eric Kimaru | 2010 2009 2009 |
Outstanding Hospital Doctor Dr Suzanne Phillips Dr Andrew Jamieson Dr Diane Mohen Dr Geoffrey Rudeforth | 2016 2015 2014 2013 |
Outstanding Service to Rural and Remote Health Dr Alison Turner Dr K A (Barney) McCallum Professor John Boulton Dr Andrew Taylor Dr Donald Howarth Dr Bernard Chapman Dr Allan Walley | 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 |
Procedural GP/District Medical Officer of the Year Dr Peter Smith Dr Dave Forster Dr Ian Taylor Dr Alan Kerrigan | 2021 2020 2019 2018 |
Remote and Clinically Challenging Medicine Dr Olga Ward Dr Susan Downes Dr Christina Herceg Dr Randolf Spargo Dr Rosemary Lee Dr Cherelle Fitzclarence Dr Pascall Burton Dr Julie Graham Dr Christine McConnell | 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2011 2010 |