The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia

Distinguished Fellow Award Recipients 2024

Congratulations to our President Dr Priyanthi Kumarasinghe along with Professor Hemamali Samaratunga and Dr Diane Payton on receiving the RCPA Distinguished Fellow Award for this year.

It is a great honour for our division members to have received this Award.

The Award honours Fellows of the College and Fellows of Faculties who have made an outstanding contribution to pathology, either in research, teaching or administration, and who have attained a position of eminence in their chosen field.

The awards will be presented to them during the Awards ceremony at the RCPA’s ASM Pathology Update in February 2025.

The International Academy of Pathology

Gold Medal Award Recipients

Congratulations to our division members Professor Jane Dahlstrom and Professor Richard Scolyer, who also served as our past board members, on receiving the David F. Hardwick Gold Medal Awards, the highest recognition of the International Academy of Pathology (IAP), “awarded for outstanding contributions in International Pathology Education and Research”. Professor Dahlstrom and Professor Scolyer served as the Past Presidents of our division.

The Gold Medal Award Committee nominated Professor Jane Dahlstrom (who happens to be the first female recipient in Australia to receive this Award) and Professor Richard Scolyer as recipients of the David F. Hardwick Gold Medal of the IAP along with Dr Martin Hale from the South African division at the Cancun International Council Meeting this year.

It is a great honour for our division members to have received this Award, which represents the highest distinction of the Academy.

The David F. Hardwick Gold Medal is “Awarded for outstanding contributions in International Pathology Education and Research”. The Gold Medal Nominating Committee nominates candidates to be awarded at each biennial International Congress of the IAP. The Award is for members of the Academy demonstrating leadership by creating and fostering Academy activities that are of international significance. Achievements in Pathology Education and Research or Pathology Practice are identified as eligible for recognition to capture the full breadth of such activities. Some awardees over the past decades have provided (or presided over) transformational changes in the Academy such as the transition from IAMM (International Association of Medical Museums) to IAP while others have been enquiring educators, renowned researchers, and leading figures in Diagnostic Pathology Internationally. All have in common the singular and definitive attribute of international leadership.

The King’s Birthday 2024 Honours List

The King’s Birthday 2024 Honours List was announced in June by the Governor-General, His Excellency General the Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Retd).

The achievements of the below 3 Pathologists from Pathology field were recognised in the General Division of the Order of Australia.

Conjoint Associate Professor James Patrick SCURRY, NSW

For significant service to anatomical pathology, to women’s health, and to professional societies.

Mr Mark Hayden TURRA, SA

For significant service to community health through pathology, particularly microbiology and infectious

diseases.

Dr Belinda Edith CLARKE (HUNTER), Jindalee QLD 4074

For service to medicine, particularly pathology.

The Order of Australia is the nation’s recognition of their efforts, for their outstanding achievement and service.

Please join the Executive Committee and the Board Members to congratulate these Pathology recipients on their recognition.