Awarded by ANZTS Board of Directors

• ANZTS Life Member Award
• ANZTS Board of Directors Service Award
• The Gordon Trinca Lectureship

By ANZTS Member nomination:

• ANZTS Trauma Leadership Award
• ANZTS Emerging Leader Award
• ANZTS Community Trauma Award

Life Member

This membership will be awarded to an ANZTS member in recognition of their outstanding service and leadership to trauma care in the spirit of the ANZTS.  Life membership is limited to two awards per year and life members will be exempt from paying annual membership fees.

Awarded to:

2024
Mark Fitzgerald

2023
Alicia Jackson
Andrea Herring

2022
Tony Joseph
Ian Civil
Trish McDougall

Previous recipients:
Bill Griggs
Bernadette Mitchell

Service Award

This award is presented to an ANZTS BOD member to recognise outstanding service and contribution to the ANZTS which aligns with the mission, vision and core values of our society.  

Awarded to:

2025
Ben Gardiner

2023
Michael Reade

2022
Andrea Herring
Alicia Jackson

Leadership Award

This award is presented to a current ANZTS member who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in trauma care through practice; research; registry; publication; education; patient advocacy; quality improvement; injury prevention, trauma system development, and legislative involvement during their career at a local, regional, national or international level.

Awarded to:

2025
Stephen Dunjey

2024
Lara Kimmel

2023
Don Campbell

2022
Cameron Palmer

Clinical Excellence

This award has been discontinued.

Awarded to:

2025
Matthew Scott

2024
Joseph Mathew

2023
Kate Dale

2022
Sara Calthorpe

Emerging Leader

Category Introduced 2024

This award is presented to a current ANZTS member who has demonstrated improving and emerging leadership in one or more of the following areas: clinical practice; research; registry; publication; education; patient advocacy; quality improvement; injury prevention, trauma system development, and / or legislative involvement during the early stages of their career at a local, regional, national or international level.

Awarded to:

2025
Elizabeth Wake

2024
James Moore

Community Award

This award recognises a non ANZTS member of the community who has contributed to trauma care in a capacity that is in the spirit of the ANZTS mission and values.  This may be through community work, policy making, advocacy, education or other.

Awarded to:

2025
David Bell

2024
Melissa Noonan (AM)

2023
Glenn Sission

2022
Cliff Pollard

Trauma Champions

The Trauma Champion is an opportunity to recognise current or past ANZTS members, who have dedicated their careers to improving trauma care and outcomes across Australia and New Zealand.  This work often goes on behind the scenes, without support or recognition so this category is to allow ANZTS to honour members who work to consistently to improve outcomes and care in the spirit of the ANZTS mission and values.

Awarded to:

2024

• Fiona Jennings (QLD)

2023

• Lyn Journeaux (VIC)
• Maxine Burrell (WA)

2022

• Rhondda Paice (NZ)
• Rangi Dansey (NZ)
• Jenny Dorian (NZ)
• Erica Caldwell (NSW)
• Chris Allsopp (NSW)
• Stephen A Deane (NSW)
• Danny Cass (NSW)
• Kay Best (NSW)
• Daryl Wall (QLD)
• Deb Wood (SA)
• Louise Niggemyer (VIC)
• Jeffrey Rosenfeld (VIC)
• Rodney Judson (VIC)

Nomination process:

• An ANZTS member may nominate any person for this award
• The Awards Panel will review the nominations and make a recommendation to the Board for Directors for endorsement through a majority vote.

Selection criteria:

• Current or past membership of ANZTS
• Has made significant, demonstrable contributions to advancing trauma care over the course of their career

Exclusion criteria:

• Any current member of the ANZTS Board of Directors.
• Any individual who has served on the ANZTS Board of Directors within the last year.
• Previous recipients of this award are not eligible to be nominated.

Gordon Trinca Lectureship

Awarded to:

2025 Wellington – Grant Christey

2024 Brisbane – Michael Reade (AM) “Why don’t they just follow the guideline? The value of team identity in implementation science”
2023 Melbourne – Zsolt Balogh “Polytrauma: our approach to mitochondrial dysfunction”
2022 Brisbane – Kate Martin, “Changes, Challenge, Solutions”
2019 Sydney – …
2018 Perth – …
2017 Melbourne – Michael Parr “That was then – this is now”
2015 Gold Coast – Belinda Gabbe “Life after the Trauma Centre: The new normal”
2014 Sydney – Russell Gruen “The evolution of high performance trauma care”
2013 Whistler – Peter Cameron
2012 Perth – Don Trunkey “Combat casualty care”
2011 No presentation
2010 Melbourne – Ian Civil “Whither generalism?”
2009 Auckland – Andrew Pearce “I want to be part of that team”
2008 No presentation
2007 Melbourne – Tony Joseph “The ATS 10 years on”
2006 Gold Coast – Michael Hollands “The EMST Programme – Reflections on two decades of achievement”
2005 Whistler – Trish McDougall “Horses for Courses: Adopting a Multidisciplinary Approach to Trauma Management”
2004 Sydney – Bill Griggs “Time and space – relativity in trauma”
2003 Adelaide – Eldar Soreide “Prehospital fluid therapy – is this of any use?”
2002 Melbourne – Ian Civil “Who cares for the trauma patient? “
2001 Hobart – Tony Joseph ” Innovations in trauma care”
2001 Sydney – Mark Fitzgerald “Trauma management in Australasia – 50 years on”

The Gordon Trinca lectureship is a prestigious honour that commemorates the work of Mr Gordon Trinca FRACS.  As a trauma surgeon, Mr Trinca’s distinguished career involved not only the management of trauma, but also the prevention of road trauma and trauma education. He was instrumental in the introduction of the Early Management of Severe Trauma Program, the promotion of seatbelt wearing and the development and implementation of drink driving countermeasures.

• This invited lectureship provides the Australian & New Zealand Trauma Society with the ability to recognise the significant contribution made by clinicians in the field of trauma through education and teaching.
• This lecture is presented at the ANZTS Annual Conference.

Nomination process:

• The Board of Directors and the ANZTS Conference Committee will be asked to put forward recommendations.
• The Awards Panel will review the nominees and make a recommendation to the Board for Directors for endorsement through a majority vote.
• Once the nominated recipient is endorsed by the Board of Directors, the President and Chair of Conference Committee will formally invite the successful nominee to speak at the annual conference.

Exclusion criteria:

• Previous recipients of this award are not eligible to be nominated.