RANZCOG Honours

RANZCOG bestows honours on individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the work of the College and/or women’s health more broadly.

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RANZCOG Honours and Recipients

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Women’s Health Award

2024	Dr Marilyn Clarke

Conspicuous Service Medal

2018	Dr James Brodribb Dr Joh Hehir Dr Talat Uppal Dr David Watson
2017	Dr Paul Devenish-Meares Prof Wayne Gillett

Distinguished Service Award

2018	Carmel Walker
2016	Lyn Johnson
2013	Valerie Jenkins

Distinguished Service Certificate

2017	Dr Chris Wilkinson
2016	Dr Diane Mohen Dr Philip Thomas
2014	Dr William Milford

Distinguished Service Medal

2024	Prof. Gabrielle Casper Dr Jackie Smalldridge Dr Leigh Duncan Dr Leo Fogarty
2023	Dr Scott White Dr Sue Belgrave Dr Judith Gardiner
2022	Dr Janet Vaughan
2021	Emeritus Prof Alistair Maclennan Professor Lesley McCowan Dr Rupert Sherwood
2020	Dr Ian Page A/Prof Ian Pettigrew A/Prof Ted Weaver
2019	Dr Thomas Wells Cottee A/Prof Malcom Ian Frazer A/Prof Rosalie Mignon Grivell Dr Tamara Walters
2018	Prof Jonathan Morris Prof Euan Morrison Wallace
2017	Dr James Harvey A/Prof Gregory Jenkins Dr Anne Karczub
2016	Prof Jan Dickinson Dr Gino Francis Pecoraro

Early Career Fellow Award

2024	Dr Leon Foster

Excellence in Women’s Health Award

2024	Dr Anne-Sophie Rowcroft Dr Jane Elliot (AM) Dr Ruth Swarbrick Dr David Simon
2023	A/Prof Harry Merkur A Prof Len Kliman Dr Peter Sykes
2022	Prof Adrienne Gordon Prof Gita Mishra A/Prof Vivienne O’Connor Dr Michelle Wise
2021	Dr Ken Apen Dr John Hall Dr Debra Kennedy Prof Danielle Mazza Dr Jared Watts
2020	A/Prof Chris Benness Dr Susan Jacobs Prof Grant Montgomery
2019	A/Prof Deborah Bateson A/Prof Penny Blomfield Dr Lynne Brothers Dr Michael Carette Dr Heather Mitchell Dr Colin Stewart Dr John Taylor
2018	Dr Virginia Billson Dr Ea Mulligan Prof Teck Yee Khong Dr Jane Zuccollo

Honorary Fellowship

2024	Prof. Budi Wiweko Dr Ranee Thakar
2023	Dr Ravi Chandran
2022	Dr Denis Mukwege
2021	Prof Caroline Homer Prof Paul Lancaster
2020	Prof Helena Teede
2019	Prof Lesley Reagan
2018	Prof Tom Gelhaus Prof Annemarie Hennessy A/Prof Sandra Lowe
2017	Dr Mark Defrancesco
2016	Dr Andrew Browning
2015	Dr Raymond Rodgers
2014	Prof Sir Peter Gluckman Dr Peter White
2013	A/Prof Annabelle Farnsworth
2012	Prof Lois Salamonsen
2011	Prof Bobby Lewis Shull
2009	Prof Ian Hector Frazer
2008	Prof Sabaratnam Arulkumaran Prof Pak-Chung Ho
2007	Prof David de Kretser A.C. Prof Peter Russell
2006	Prof Kamheang Chaturachinda Dr Eleanor Long A/Prof Michael Paech
2005	Prof David Henderson-Smart Prof Alan Trounson Dr Lin Calvert
2003	Dr David Oliver Prof Roger Smith
2002	Dr Helen Pearl Mackenzie
2001	Mr John Allan McPhee Prof Ian Douglas Cooke Prof Stuart Stanton
2000	Prof Robert Wayne Shaw
1999	Prof Edwin Malcolm Symonds Mr Edward John Miller
1998	Sr Alison Christine Bush Lord Naren Patel Dr Margaret June Sparrow
1997	Prof David Tennent Baird Emeritus Prof Bryan Hibbard
1996	Dr Mary Elizabeth Schramm
1994	Dr Reginald Hamlin
1992	Prof Masahiko Mizuno Prof Pin Lim Sir Stanley Simmons
1991	Sir Gustav Joseph Victor Nossal Dr Keith Palmer Russell
1989	Dr Siva Chinnatamby Dr Alan Manson Corr Sir George Douglas Pinker Prof Sir Richard Seddon Dr John Augustine O’Loughlin
1988	Sir Roger Darvall
1987	Prof Sir Malcolm Macnaughton
1986	Prof Chien-Tien Hsu Prof Shoichi Sakamoto
1985	Dr Jeanette Barten
1984	Sir Anthony Alment Sir Stanley Clayton Prof Sir John Dewhurst Sir Rustam Feroze Dr Beryl Overton Howie Prof Graham Collingwood Liggins
1983	Prof Shan Ratnam
1981	The Right Honourable Sir Zelman Cowen

Māori Women’s Health Award

2024	Te Anukume a Hine te Iwaiwa (Health of Māori Māmā and Pēpi)
2023	Hapū Wananga Taranaki
2022	Hon Kiritapu Allan
2021	Māori Indigenous Health Institute (RMWHA)
2020	Professor Bev Lawton, Smear Your Mea Charitable Trust/Mr Eruera Keepa

President’s Medal

2024	Prof. Ian Symonds Dr Sue Fleming
2023	A/Prof Gregory Jenkins
2022	Prof Yee Leung
2021	Dr John Tait
2020	Dr Celia Devenish
2018	Dr Martin Gerard Ritossa
2017	Dr Tony Geraghty Dr Michael Rasmussen Dr Sarah Tout
2016	Dr Louise Farrell
2014	Prof Caroline de Costa
2013	A/Prof Robert Leigh Bryce
2011	Prof Ian Godfrey Hammond
2010	Prof Michael David Humphrey
2008	A/Prof Ian Geoffrey Pettigrew A/Prof John Michael Svigos
2006	Dr Deryck William Charters
2000	Dr Keith Reginald Barnes Dr Geoffrey James Bishop Dr Arthur Joseph Day
1997	Dr Thomas Ian Cope
1990	Dr Frank Menzies Cameron Forster
1988	Dr Alan Donald Hewson