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The Mark Killingback Prize is awarded by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS), and the Colon and Rectal Surgery Section.
The prize is named in honour of Dr Mark Killingback not only to acknowledge his significant contributions to colon and rectal surgery in Australia and New Zealand, but his commitment to encouraging surgical trainees and young surgeons into the specialty of colon and rectal surgery and by example to practise exclusively in that specialty.
Marcus James Killingback AM FRACS FRCS (Edin) FRCS (Eng), FASCRS (Hon) MS MBBS was born in 1930 and practised colon and rectal surgery in Sydney for thirty-seven years. During that time he was both Chairman of the Section and President of Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSSANZ), and in retirement authored "Colorectal surgery: living pathology in the operating room".
He maintains a keen interest in the activities of the Section, and the careers of the many colon and rectal surgeons he has mentored.
Conditions
- The Mark Killingback Prize is open to SET Trainees and Younger Fellows (within 10 years of receiving Fellowship) for research conducted in Australia and New Zealand and accepted for a podium presentation in the free paper session of the Colon and Rectal Surgery program at the Annual Scientific Congress (ASC).
- The Prize is awarded for the best paper presented by those eligible at the ASC as judged by at least two members of the Section using an objective structured scoring system.
- The Award provides a stipend of A$12,500 to cover a return airfare and accommodation (gratis registration is provided by the ASCRS) to attend and present the award-winning paper at the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons (ASCRS) meeting the following year.
Mark Killingback Prize recipients
2025 - Hugh Giddings
2024 - Anshini Jain
2023 - Andrew Zammit
2022 - Kasmira Wilson
2021 - Tony Milne
2020 - Not Awarded - COVID-19
2019 - Glen Guerra
2018 - Ewan MacDermid
2017 - Joseph Cherng Huei Kong
2016 - James Toh
2015 - Primal Singh
2014 - Jevon Puckett
2013 - Sanket Srinivasa
2012 - Joseph Cherng Huei Kong
2011 - Szelin Peng
2010 - Tarik Sammour
2009 - Tarik Sammour (presenter) and Kamran Zargar Shostari (paper)
2008 - Michael Warner
2007 - Iain Thomson
2006 - Cuong Duong
2005 - Michelle Thomas
2004 - Michelle Thornton
2003 - Justin Evans
2002 - Tania Edwards
2001 - Ian Lindsay
2000 - Arend Merrie
1999 - Andrew Luck
1998 - Arend Merrie
1997 - Bruce Stewart
1996 - Michael Solomon