Mandurah GP A/Prof Frank Jones has been elected national president of the RACGP.
Ms Claire Allman has been appointed director of workforce at St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals.
CEO of Lifeline WA, Ms Fiona Kalaf, has joined the board of the Australian Institute of Management WA,
Mental Health Peer Support Worker Ms Sonia Neale has been awarded SANE’s inaugural Hocking Fellowship to help her work supporting people with borderline personality disorder (BPD).
ASX-listed Perth-based Safety Medical Products is acquiring 3D Medical, the latter looking to integrate 3D printing and holography into medical practice.
The Australian Council on Healthcare Standards has appointed Dr Christine Dennis as CEO. She replaces Dr Lena Low.
Former AMA national president Dr Steve Hambleton is the new chairman of the National E-Health Transition Authority (NEHTA), taking over from businessman Mr David Gonski.
KEMH sessional sinologist and former Director of Medical Services, Dr Diane Davies, has been inducted into the WA Women’s Hall of Fame.
Endocrinologist Prof Tim Davis has been awarded the Australian Diabetes Society’s 2014 ADS-Kellion Award for his contribution to diabetes research.
Fulham Medical Centre was announced WAGPET Training Practice of the Year 2013 at the recent awards night. Dr Elaine Lee is GP Registrar of the Year and Dr Andrea Gomes took out the Prevocational Community Medicine Award.
RACGP WA faculty chair A/Prof Frank Jones has been appointed Vice-President of the RACGP.
Curtin University’s Professor Gill Lewin has been awarded the 2013 Council on the Ageing (COTA) Western Australia Champion for Seniors Award.
MDA National’s CEO, Mr Peter Forbes, announced at the AGM in November that he would retire in June. Also announcing their retirement from the board were West Australian A/Prof David Watson and Prof Guy Van Hazel.
Ms Jenni Perkins will act as the Commissioner for Children and Young People for the next 12 months, following Ms Michelle Scott’s departure.
Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Michael Halliday was named St John of God Murdoch Hospital’s Doctor of the Year for 2013.
Fiona Stanley Hospital appointments
Dr Gavin Coppinger is Medical Co-Director Service 2; Dr John Keenan is Deputy Director Clinical Services ; Dr Matthew Wright is Head of Haematology; Prof John Olynyk is Head of Gastroenterology; Prof David Fletcher is Head of General Surgery; Dr Annette McWilliams is Head of Respiratory Medicine; Dr Stephen Fenner is Head of Psychiatry; Dr Mark Monaghan is Head of Emergency; Dr Janine Spencer is Head of Paediatric Medicine; Dr Gargeswari Sunanda is Head of Obstetrics and Gynaecology; Dr Alex Swann is Head of Anaesthetics; Prof Gareth Prosser and Prof Piers Yates are co-heads of Orthopaedic Surgery; Prof Michael Stacey is Head of Vascular Surgery; Dr Stephen Wright is Head of General Medicine.
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