Past Recipients
Congratulations to the past recipients of the Excellence Awards.
Categories
Click a category below to view the past recipients.
- Aboriginal Health Professional of the Year
- Allied Health Professional of the Year
- Clinical Leader of the Year
- Early Career Health Professional of the Year
- General Practitioner (GP) of the Year
- Health Service Contributor of the Year
- Health Team of the Year
- Nurse or Midwife of the Year
- Specialist (Non-GP) of the Year
- WACHS Intern of the Year
- WACHS Resident Medical Officer of the Year
- Chair's Award
Past Award Categories
Click a category below to view the recipients of awards no longer presented.
- Above and Beyond - Community First
- Extraordinary Contribution to Outreach Services
- Metropolitan-Based Bush Champion
- Outstanding Service to Rural and Remote Health
- Outstanding Hospital Doctor
- Procedural GP / District Medical Officer of the Year
- Remote and Clinically Challenging Medicine
- Rural Researcher or Educator Award
Award Recipients
Vernon Dann
Sharon Lockyer
Soleil White
Lesley Nelson
Year Awarded
2026
2025
2025
2024
2026 Award Recipient - Vernon Dann
Award Recipients
Kathryn Braysich
Bryan Fleming
Robyn Doney
Sarah Tomlinson
Jan Batchelor
Year Awarded
2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2026 Award Recipient - Kathryn Braysich
Previously known as Clinical Leadership
Award Recipients
Kim Tracey
David Rigby
Hayley Rigby
Paul Ingram
Dr Jonathan Blundell
Dr Cherelle Fitzclarence
Dr Helen Van Gessel
Dr Kim Isaacs
Dr Clare Huppatz
Dr Kirstin Auret
Dr Patrick Glackin
Year Awarded
2026
2025
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2018
2026 Award Recipient - Kim Tracey
Previously known as Young Professional of the Year and Rising Star
Award Recipients
Rosalie Gent
Tylah Bedford
Tia Brand-Williams
Kyra King
Sheree Davies
Dr Caitlyn White
Dr Phoebe Thornton
Dr Kelly Ridley
Dr Khean Shang (James) Wong
Year Awarded
2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2026 Award Recipient - Rosalie Gent
Award Recipients
Dr Richard Taylor
Dr Susannah Warwick
Dr John Rosser Davies
Dr Stephanie Trust
Dr William Dewing
Dr Seema Basil
Dr Peter Maguire
Dr Samantha Weaver
Dr Joanne Baker
Dr Peter Van Maaserveen
Dr Johannes Grobbelaar
Year Awarded
2026
2025
2024
2024
2023
2022
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2026 Award Recipient - Richard Taylor
Previously known as Community Health Professional of the Year (2024-2025) and People's Choice (2018-2023)
Award Recipients
Sarah Youngson
Debra Collins
Alexandra Naylor
Anne Evans
Laura Black
Kelsie Docking
Jessie Jones
Dr Ajit Chaurasia
Asha Burckett
Dr James Bowie
Year Awarded
2026
2025
2025
2024
2023
2022
2022
2021
2020
2018
2026 Award Recipient - Sarah Youngson
Award Recipients
WA Country Health Service, South West, Older Person Complex Care Team
Lions Outback Vision
WA Country Health Service,
TeleChemotherapy
Pilbara Pallative Care Service, WACHS in partnership with Bethesda Health Care
RFDS Vaccination Team, Royal Flying Doctor Service
SWAMS Mental Health Team, South West Aboriginal Medical Service
The Wheatbelt Tackling Indigenous Smoking Team, WACHS Wheatbelt Aboriginal Health
Year Awarded
2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2026 Award Recipient - Jacinta Cover
Award Recipients
Jane Darlington
Nick Corsair
Michele Harvey
Chantelle Pears
Marianne Testi
Tamsen Prunster
Helen Lundy
Year Awarded
2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2024 Award Recipient - Michelle Harvey
Award Recipients
Dr Jacinta Cover
Dr Apaks Dede
Dr Sara Armitage
Dr Jared Watts
Dr Lydia Scott
Dr Charles Greenfield
Dr Tony Mylius
Dr Carolyn Masarei
Dr Anand Deshmukh
Dr Sean George
Year Awarded
2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2020
2019
2019
2026 Award Recipient - Jacinta Cover
Award Recipients
Dr Celia Wong
Dr Holly Reid
Dr Mary Plant
Dr Lucy Irvine
Dr Alec Disley
Dr Anna Kelly
Dr Brittney Wicksteed
Dr Heidi Tudehope
Year Awarded
2026
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2026 Award Recipient - Celia Wong
Award Recipients
Catherine Daly
Xavier Cornwall
Dr Natasha Bradley
Dr Renita White
Dr Fiona Spencer
Dr Gia Cavalieri
Dr Eve Battersby
Year Awarded
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2025 Award Recipient - Catherine Daly
Award Recipients
WA Country Health Service, South West -Older Person Complex Care Team
Bryan Fleming
Lesley Nelson
Pilbara Palliative Care Service
Dr Cherelle Fitzclarence
Dr Helen Van Gessel
Tamsen Prunster
Dr Dave Forster
Dr Ian Taylor
Dr James Bowie
Dr Johannes Grobbelaar
Year Awarded
2026
2025
2024
2023
2022
2021
2021
2020
2019
2018
2018
2026 Award Recipient - WACHS South West
Past Awards
These awards are no longer presented
Award Recipients
Dr Siew-Lee Thoo
Dr John Rosser Davies
Dr Michael Comparti
Dr Philip Reid
Dr Peter Lines
Dr Richard Walkey
Year Awarded
2017
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
Award Recipients
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 Osgarby
Dr Venkata Subbarao Akula
Year Awarded
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2010
2009
Award Recipients
Dr Justin Yeung
Dr Jennifer Vance
Dr Deborah Schoen
Dr Helen Wright
Dr Roland Main
Dr Narelle Hadlow
Dr Andrew Wesseldine
Year Awarded
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2018
Award Recipients
Dr Alison Turner
Dr K A (Barney) McCallum
Professor John Boulton
Dr Andrew Taylor
Dr Donald Howarth
Dr Bernard Chapman
Dr Allan Walley
Dr Walter Bryne
Dr Christine Jeffries-Stokes
Dr Eric Kimaru
Year Awarded
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2009
Award Recipients
Dr Suzanne Phillips
Dr Andrew Jamieson
Dr Diane Mohen
Dr Geoffrey Rudeforth
Year Awarded
2016
2015
2014
2013
Award Recipients
Dr Peter Smith
Dr Dave Forster
Dr Ian Taylor
Dr Alan Kerrigan
Year Awarded
2021
2020
2019
2018
Award Recipients
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
Year Awarded
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2011
2010
Award Recipients
Kathryn Fitzgerald
Prof. Bronwyn Peirce
Prof. Tony Celenza
Dr Stephanie Schlueter
Prof. David Atkinson
Year Awarded
2023
2023
2022
2021
2020