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Awards honour outstanding work in general practice

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The RACGP has celebrated GPs, registrars, supervisors, researchers, students, practices and honorary members leading the way in providing outstanding care and innovative solutions in general practice.
 
At the weekend’s GP25 conference in Brisbane, on Turrbal and Jagera Country, 19 awards were presented to recipients from across Australia and the Asia Pacific, welcomed by the RACGP Board, college members and proud friends and family.
 
College President Dr Michael Wright said the annual awards are an opportunity to acknowledge the outstanding and ‘often unheralded’ work that happens in general practice.
 
‘The awards are about celebrating GPs and practice teams going that extra mile for their patients,’ he said. 
 
‘This is why GPs and practice teams are held in such high regard by their communities.
 
‘We’re there when patients from all walks of life need us, and this year’s award winners have done some amazing and outstanding work.’
 
The recipients of the 2025 RACGP Awards are:

• Rising Strong Medical Student Award: Keisha Calyun
• Growing Strong Award: Dr Myora Stone
• Standing Strong Together Award: Dr Ai Lee Heng
• Rural Medical Student of the Year: Aleesha Scarffe
• Rural Community Research Project of the Year: Dr Tim Robinson
• Rural Registrar of the Year: Dr Stephanie Moore 
• Inaugural Rural Generalist of the Year: Dr James McLeod 
• Honorary Fellowship: Dr David Vai Kiong Chao
• Dr Jeremy Bunker Award for Outstanding Achievement in General Practice Training: Deborah Docking
• Professor Charlotte Hespe Research Award: Dr Joanne Wong
• Inaugural Morton Rawlin Award: Dr Libby Hindmarsh
• Future Leaders President’s Medal: Dr Srishti Dutta
• The Aunty Val Dahlstrom Award for Aboriginal Health Excellence: Dr Liza Robertson 
• Corlis Medical Educator Award: Dr Sophie Hamilton
• General Practitioner in Training of the Year: Dr Amireh Fakhouri
• General Practice Supervisor of the Year: Dr Heather Munro
• General Practice of the Year: Sunraysia Medical Centre
• General Practitioner of the Year: Dr Rajeshwary Krishnan
• Rose-Hunt Award: Adjunct Associate Professor Frank R Jones

RACGP Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Chair, Dr Karen Nicholls, presented the Rising Strong Medical Student Award, Growing Strong and Standing Strong Together Award, and the Aunty Val Dahlstrom Award for Aboriginal Health Excellence.
 
‘These award winners are truly inspiring, they deserve all the recognition they can get,’ she said.
 
Presenting the Rural awards was Chair Associate Professor Michael Clements, who said the recipients symbolise why GPs are highly valued in rural and remote communities across the country.
 
‘[Their] dedication highlights commitment to improving rural health,’ he said.
 
‘And developing the skills needed to meet the evolving needs of [their] community.’ 
 
The RACGP’s highest accolade, the Rose-Hunt award, was presented this year to Western Australian GP, RACGP WA Provost and Past RACGP President, Adjunct Associate Professor Frank R Jones.
 
Dr Wright praised Professor Jones for his ‘immense contributions to general practice at the highest levels’ over his almost 45-year career. 
 
This career has included working with the Royal Flying Doctor Service as a GP obstetrician, and many years working at the Murray Medical Centre in Mandurah in Western Australia.
 
‘He has held positions of authority and leadership within the college and worked tirelessly in the education and training of medical students, and peers, over a long and dedicated career,’ Dr Wright said.
 
When accepting his award, Professor Jones acknowledged the support from the RACGP.
 
‘College advocacy is growing in strength,’ he said.
 
‘Year by year, I am proud to be a Fellow of our college, but most of all, I’m proud and privileged to be a GP.’
 
newsGP will run individual profiles of 2025 award winners over the coming weeks.
 
Nominations are now open for the 2026 RACGP Awards.
 
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