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Category – Education/Research/Clinical Performance
In 1992 Council resolved to create awards to recognise excellence in surgery in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. The Awards may be for clinical performance, for research or for education and may be made to an individual, a unit or a group.
Nominations for Awards shall be made to Council by Fellows of the RACS with appropriate supporting documentation. Criteria for Awards for Excellence in Surgery are:
- The highest level of surgical achievement by world standards.
- Leadership in the field of Australasia.
- Innovation and/or advancement in the field.
- Sustained standard and sustained worth of the innovation.
- The highest standards of surgical ethics.
Award for Excellence in Surgery recipients
2025 - Jaishankar Raman
2024 - Colin Barber
2023 - John McCall
2021 - Paul Smith
2020 - Bryan C Mendelson
2019 - Christchurch Hospital Surgical Services
2015 - James Tatoulis
2015 - Peter Field
2013 - Arthur Richardson
2012 - Professor Donald Esmore
2010 - Leo Pinczewski
2007 - Christopher O'Brien
2007 - Leigh Delbridge
2007 - William Conolly
2006 - Bob Thomas
2005 - Justin Kelly
2005 - Geoffrey (Ian) Taylor
2005 - Graham Nunn
2004 - Michael Lawrence Brown
2004 - Graeme Clark
2003 - Brian Buxton
2001 - Donald A Simpson
2001 - Bruce N P Benjamin
2001 - Miles Little
1997 - Mark Francis O'Brien
1994 - Sir Brian Barratt-Boyes
1994 - Gerald W Milton
1993 - Queensland Liver Transplant Service
Award for Excellence in Surgery nominations, policy and contact
Please refer to the policy governing the Excellence in Surgery (PDF 102.56KB) award before submitting a nomination. Nominations must meet the criteria outlined in this policy.
Nominations may be mailed to:
Chair of the Awards Committee
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
250-290 Spring Street
EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002
Australia
or sent by email to: [email protected]
Telephone: +61 3 9276 7404