Victorian Rural Health Awards

The Victorian Rural Health Award nominations are open.

Since 2005, RWAV has acknowledged the dedication and commitment of rural health professionals who make a difference to those living in rural Victoria.

RWAV encourages all members of the general public, community organisations and local healthcare providers to nominate a healthcare professional who truly deserves an award for their outstanding service to the community.

Award categories for 2018

• Rural Doctor Award – Outstanding Contribution
• Rural Doctor Award – New Rural Doctor
• Medical Specialist Award
• Aboriginal Health Award
• Rural General Practice Award
• Rural Nursing Award
• Rural Allied Health Professional Award
• Practice Manager Award
• GP Locum Award
• Medical Student Award
• Nursing Student Award
• Allied Health Student Award

Download VRHA nomination form here

In 2018 RWAV will be convening the Victorian Rural Health Conference ( 27- 29 April 2018) in conjunction with the annual Victorian Rural Health Awards. The VRHA ceremony will be held at the RACV Goldfields Resort, Creswick on 28 April 2018.

Nominations close on 15  November 2017.

For more information please email communications@rwav.com.au or call 9349 7800

Congratulations to the winners of the 12th annual Victorian Rural Health Awards. These outstanding award winners took centre stage at the award ceremony held at Marysville on the 25th of March 2017.

Every year nominations are put forward by members of the public, community organisations and local healthcare providers and are assessed by an independent panel of judges. Nominations open in October of each year and RWAV encourages the public to nominate local healthcare professionals who provide vital health services to rural and remote communities.

2017 Award Winners

• Rural Doctor Award – Outstanding Contribution
  • Dr. David Mullen
  • Dr Maria Rachinskaya
  • Dr. Oleg Rachinsky
• Rural Doctor Award – New Rural Doctor
  • Dr Ruyu Yao
• Medical Specialist Award
  • Dr Arup Bhattacharya
• Aboriginal Health Award
  • Dr Michael Wilson
• Rural General Practice Award
  • Ararat Medical Centre
• Rural Nursing Award
  • Sharnee Armstrong
• Rural Allied Health Professional Award
  • Sarah Pinkerton
• Practice Manager Award
  • Karen Jephcott
• GP Locum Award
  • Associate Professor Ralph Audehm
• Medical Student Award
  • Tom Ponsonby
• Nursing Student Award
  • Abigail Livingstone
• Length of Service Award
  • Dr Campbell Hunt
  • Dr David Iser
  • Dr Mark Zagorski
  • Dr Michael Spillane
  • Dr Brian Murphy

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2016 VRHA recipients, Sale, March 2016.

Length of Service Award
Dr David Ball – Mooroopna
Dr Nicholas Barker – Red Cliffs
Dr Ian Barratt – Warrnambool
Dr Daniel Silver – Castlemaine
Dr Graham Stephens – Healesville
Dr David Tynan – Maryborough

Rural Doctor Award – Outstanding Contribution
Dr Chris Perry – Leongatha
Dr Hoe Sin Ooi – Golden Square
Dr Donald Liu – Warracknabeal
Dr Mehdi Sanati Pour – Mildura
Dr Bala Pillai – Echuca
Dr Peter Nesbitt – Echuca

Rural Doctor Award – New Rural Doctor
Dr Alison Wilde – Toora

Medical Specialist Award
Dr Safwat Bassili  – Balwyn

Aboriginal Health Award
Garry Giles – Echuca
Margaret Murray – Wodonga
Johanna Nesbitt – Echuca

Rural General Practice Award
Leongatha Healthcare
Mount Beauty Medical Centre
Echuca Moama Family Medical Practice

Rural Nursing Award
Robyn Butler – Leongatha

Rural Allied Health Professional Award
Kay Knight – Echuca

Practice Manager Award
Judy Robb – Leongatha

GP Locum Award
Dr Siobhan Reddel

Medical Student Award
Samantha Walker – Deakin University

2015 VRHA recipients, Bendigo, February 2015.

Length of Service Award
Dr Andrew Brommeyer – Ballarat
Dr Graham Bromwich – Bairnsdale
Dr Robert Carson – Maryborough
Dr Kuen Chan – Mooroopna
Dr Arthur Chiang – Spring Gully
Dr David Conron  – Gisborne
Mr Jesse Das – Portland
Mr Paul Donoghue – Ballarat
Dr Elizabeth Fitzgerald – Neerim South
Dr Rodney Guy – Gisborne
Dr Ruth Hand – Ballarat
Dr Stephen Jedynak – Neerim South
Dr Paul Kelly – Benalla
Dr Malcolm MacDonald – Bendigo
Dr Sandra MacGibbon – Hamilton
Dr John Mackellar – Mooroopna
Dr Frank Marton – Ballarat
Dr John Menzies – Camperdown
Dr Elizabeth Moore – Ballarat
Dr Stewart Moroney -Wangaratta
Dr  Hoe Sin Ooi – Bendigo
Dr Charles Perry – Moe
Dr Edgar Peterson – Bendigo
Dr John Philpot – Warrnambool
Dr Christopher Priest – Kyneton
Dr James Rose – Sebastopol
Dr Jacqueline Rounsevell – Warrnambool
Dr Jan Sheringham – Bendigo
Dr Kadandlea Shetty – Merbein
Dr Tony van der Spek – Bendigo

Outstanding Contribution Award
Dr Neil Bright – Yarrawonga
Dr Sinead De Gooyer – Leongatha
Dr Sue Harrison – Echuca
Dr Fahad Jamil – Strathdale
Dr Chee Sheng Wong – Ararat

Medical Specialist Award
Dr Leo Fogarty -Wangarratta
Dr John Oswald – Ballarat
Dr John Stickland – Ballarat

Aboriginal Health Award
Ms Michelle Dow – Moe
Dr Jane Greacen – Bairnsdale

Rural General Practice Award
Elmore Primary Health Service – Elmore
Gateway Health – Wodonga
Inglis Medical Centre – Sale
Moe After Hours Medical Service – Moe
Orbost Medical Clinic – Orbost
Wonthaggi Medical Group – Wonthaggi

Rural Nursing Award
Mrs Nicole Brereton – Strathfieldsaye
Ms Wendy Hellebrand – Bannockburn
Ms Dianne Robertson – Maffra

Practice Manager Award
Ms Cassandra Mayman – Sale

GP Locum Award
Dr Lynne Davies
Dr Katrina White

Medical Student Award
Robert Holian – University of Melbourne
Natalie Kew – University of Melbourne
David  Khoo – Deakin University