ANZAOMS Awards Recipients

Note: The following list has been compiled from existing ANZAOMS records. The Awards Committee welcomes input from Members regarding any potential omissions so that the record may be updated as appropriate.

Honorary Life Membership

  • Dr John Anker AM
  • Dr Robert Cook AM
  • Dr John Williamson
  • Emeritus Professor Alastair Goss
  • Dr Barry Fitzpatrick
  • Dr Brian Capper
  • Dr Sidney Roveda
  • Professor Francis Monsour AM
  • Professor Robert Jones

Honorary Members

  • Dr Greg Herring
  • IAOMS President

Distinguished Service Award

  • 2001 – Dr Kevin Ruljancich
  • 2001 – Dr John Sinclair
  • 2003 – Dr John Edwards
  • 2005 – Dr John Curtin
  • 2006 – Dr Marsden Bell
  • 2007 – Professor Robert Jones
  • 2011 – A/Professor David Wiesenfeld
  • 2011 – A/Professor Andrew Heggie
  • 2011 – Dr Ian Rosenberg
  • 2012 – Dr Paul Sambrook
  • 2012 – Dr Donald Adams
  • 2014 – Dr Ann Collins
  • 2014 – Dr Anthony Anker
  • 2016 – A/Professor Jocelyn Shand
  • 2018 – Mr Dennis Gregory
  • 2019 – Dr Barbara Woodhouse
  • 2020 – Mr Les Snape
  • 2021 – Mr Graham Hall
  • 2022 – Mr Brian Whitley
  • 2023 – A/Professor Dylan Hyam
  • 2024 – A/Professor Anthony Lynham
  • 2024 – Emeritus Professor Alastair Goss
  • 2024 – Dr Bruce Murdoch

Meritorious Service Award

  • 2001 – Ms Heather Jex
  • 2003 – Dr John Helfrick
  • 2003 – A/Professor Chris Daly
  • 2007 – Professor John Lowry CBE
  • 2011 – Bernhard Schmider
  • 2018 – Mr Sean Biagi

Exam Medals – RACDS FRACDS (OMS)

Highest Mark in the Final Exam (Robert M Cook Medal 2018>)

  • 2014 – Dr Thasvir Singh
  • 2015 – Dr Shiva Subramaniam
  • 2016 – Dr Lee Kaing
  • 2017 – Dr Omar Breik
  • 2018 – Dr William Huynh
  • 2019 – Dr Andrew Higgins
  • 2020 – Dr Timothy Manzie
  • 2021 – Dr Thomas Cooper
  • 2022 – Dr Brenton Wilson
  • 2023 – Dr Pritesh Narsinh
  • 2024 – Dr Miles Somers

Highest Mark in the SST Exam

  • 2014 – Dr Omar Breik
  • 2015 – Dr William Huynh
  • 2016 – Dr Liam Moore
  • 2017 – Dr Joel Tuckett
  • 2018 – Dr Nicholas Beech
  • 2019 – Dr James Clohessy
  • 2020 – No Exam (COVID)
  • 2021 – Dr Brenton Wilson
  • 2022 – Dr Paul Jung
  • 2023 – Dr Abdullah Kanbour
  • 2024 – Dr Aaron Kovacs

Previous Recipients of the ANZAOMS Exam Medal

  • 2000 – Dr Arthur Bosanquet & Dr Kevin Spencer
  • 2001 – Dr Peter Hill
  • 2002 – Dr Emma Lewis
  • 2003 – Dr Jocelyn Shand
  • 2004 – Dr Martin Batstone
  • 2005 – Dr Greg Paton
  • 2007 – Dr Patrick Mehanna

President’s Award

  • 1999 – Dr Peter Clarke
  • 2001 – A/Professor Andrew Smith
  • 2003 – Dr John Arvier
  • 2005 – Dr Greg Herring
  • 2007 – Professor Alastair Goss
  • 2009 – Dr Geoff McKellar
  • 2009 – Dr Paul Sambrook
  • 2011 – Dr Clive Purcell
  • 2013 – Dr Paul Sambrook
  • 2015 – A/Professor David Wiesenfeld
  • 2017 – A/Professor Jocelyn Shand
  • 2019 – A/Professor John Cosson
  • 2021 – Professor Robert Jones
  • 2023 – Professor Andrew Heggie AM

Australian and New Zealand National Honours

  • Dr Robert Cook AM (1989)
  • Dr Gerald Thurnwald AM (1990)
  • Dr Peter Reade AM (1994)
  • Dr John Anker AM (1996)
  • A/Professor Roger Hall OAM (1996)
  • Dr Bruce Edelman OAM (1999)
  • Dr John Norman AO (2001)
  • Dr Rowan Story AM (2002)
  • Dr Bryan Radden AM (2003)
  • Dr John Arvier OAM (2006)
  • Dr Martin Ferguson ONZM (2007)
  • Professor Francis Monsour AM (2008)
  • Dr John Edwards ONZM (2008)
  • Dr Edward Street AM (2012)
  • Professor Andrew Heggie AM (2019)
  • Dr Douglas Thornton OAM (2019)
  • Dr Edmond Adler OAM (2020)
  • Mr John Curtin AM (2022)
  • A/Professor Paul Sambrook AM (2023)
  • Mr Graham Hall AM (2023)

Everett Magnus Oration

  • 2007 – John L Williams (President of IAOMS)
  • 2013 – Professor Francis Monsour AM
  • 2016 – Elizabeth Cosson AM
  • 2018 – Dr Jeffrey Posnick
  • 2022 – Professor David Watters AM OBE
  • 2024 – A/Professor Anthony Lynham

What is ANZAOMS?

The Australian and New Zealand Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (ANZAOMS) is the professional representative organisation for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS).

Our focus is on the advancement, advocacy for, and continuing education of OMS, through engagement with all levels of government, regulators, key public and private stakeholders and the general public.

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ANZAOMS acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land on which we meet and work, and all Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia. We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’ continuing connection to land, place, waters and community. We pay our respects to their cultures, country and elders past present and emerging.

ANZAOMS recognises the unique role of Māori as Tangata Whenua and embraces Te Tiriti o Waitangi recognising Māori as tino rangitiratanga of Aotearoa/New Zealand while embracing the three guiding principles of the Treaty – Partnership Participation and Protection. We will endeavour to implement bicultural policies and practices that incorporate and value Māori cultural concepts, values and practices.