Awards appointed by panel:
Awards appointed via member nomination:
Above nomination and application forms are in pdf as a guide for applications, equivalent documents with the same information will be accepted.
Guideline for Awards (pdf). Guideline for Scholarship (pdf).
Conference Awardees

{L-R, Zolt Balogh (Gordon Trinca), Andrea Herring (Life), Glenn Sisson (Community), Kate Date (Clinical Excellence), Don Campbell (Leadership). Unable to attend in person: Alicia Jackson (Life), Michael Read (Service)}
Life Member
Awarded to:
2023
Alicia Jackson
Andrea Herring
2022
Tony Joseph
Ian Civil
Trish McDougall
Previous recipients:
Bill Griggs
Bernadette Mitchell
This membership will be awarded to individuals in recognition of their outstanding service and leadership to the ANZTS.
- Members must be nominated by another ANZTS member and admission is at the discretion of the Board.
- This category will be limited to, two awards per year.
- Life members will be exempt from paying annual membership fees.
- It is not a category for which a member can apply.
- The recipient of this award is selected via a review process by the Awards Panel and, and endorsed by the Board of Directors through a majority vote.
The recipient must have:
- Held membership with the ANZTS for at least fifteen (15) uninterrupted years.
- Significantly contributed to the purposes of the ANZTS.

Presented by Helen Jowett President and Dinesh Varma President-elect

(Alicia was unable to attend
in person to receive her award.)


Presented by Michael Reade, Immediate Past President ANZTS and Helen Jowett, President ANZTS.

Presented by Michael Reade, Immediate Past President ANZTS and Helen Jowett, President ANZTS.

Presented by Michael Reade, Immediate Past President ANZTS and Helen Jowett, President ANZTS.
Service Award
Awarded to:
2023
Michael Reade
2022
Andrea Herring
Alicia Jackson
This award is presented to an ANZTS member. This award recognizes an outstanding individual whose contributions to trauma care aligns with the mission, vision and core values of ANZTS.
- It is not a category for which a member can apply.
- The recipient of this award is selected by the Awards Panel and approved through review and endorsement made by the Board of Directors through a majority vote.
The member must have:
- Held membership with the ANZTS for at least ten (10) uninterrupted years.
- Significantly contributed to the purposes of the ANZTS

(Michael was unable to
attend in person to
receive his award)

Presented by Michael Reade, Immediate Past President ANZTS and Helen Jowett, President ANZTS.

Presented by Michael Reade, Immediate Past President ANZTS and Helen Jowett, President ANZTS.
Leadership Award
Awarded to:
2023
Don Campbell
2022
Cameron Palmer
This award is presented to an ANZTS member who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in trauma through;
- Practice / Research / Registry / Publication / Education / Patient advocacy / Quality improvement / Injury prevention / Trauma system development / Legislative involvements during their career at a local, state or national level
Nominees for this award must be an ANZTS member for two years by nomination date and have a minimum of 5 years of experience in the field of trauma.
An ANZTS member may nominate a member for this award click here . The nomination must be supported by evidence of contribution in one or more of the above categories.
The recipient of this award is selected by the Awards Panel and approved through review and endorsement made by the Board of Directors through a majority vote.
The following are not eligible for nomination:
- Any current member of the ANZTS Board of Directors.
- Any individual who has served on the ANZTS Board of Directors within the last year.
- Recipient of any other ANZTS award in the previous two years.

Presented by Helen Jowett President and Dinesh Varma President-elect

Presented by Michael Reade, Immediate Past President ANZTS and Helen Jowett, President ANZTS.
Clinical Excellence Award
Awarded to:
2023
Kate Dale
2022
Sara Calthorpe
This award is presented to an ANZTS member, and recognizes an outstanding individual whose contributions to trauma care aligns with the mission, vision and core values of ANZTS.
The nominee demonstrates outstanding clinical qualities by:
- Consistently exhibiting compassion and commitment to advancing trauma care.
- Routinely goes above and beyond, demonstrating excellence in their role.
- Functions as an integral and contributing member of the healthcare team.
- Participates in practice standard development and/or decision-making processes within their organization that influence positive outcomes for the trauma patient (i.e. Committee membership, development of guideline).
- Demonstrates breadth of knowledge in clinical practice.
- Participates in mentorship, advocacy, community affairs, public education or volunteers for organizations that affect trauma care.
- Inspires peers in their practice through demonstrating excellence in trauma practice.
Nominees for this award must be an ANZTS member for two years by nomination date, have a minimum of 5 years of experience in direct trauma management, and should have provided direct patient care for a minimum of 20 hours per week
An ANZTS member may nominate a member for this award click here . The nomination must be supported by evidence of contribution in one or more of the above categories.
The recipient of this award is selected by the Awards Panel and approved through review and endorsement made by the Board of Directors through a majority vote.
The following are not eligible for nomination:
- Any current member of the ANZTS Board of Directors.
- Any individual who has served on the ANZTS Board of Directors within the last year.
- Chair of the Awards Panel.
- Recipient of any other ANZTS award in the previous three years.

Presented by Helen Jowett President and Dinesh Varma President-elect

accepted on behalf by Melissa Webb
Presented by Michael Reade, Immediate Past President ANZTS and Helen Jowett, President ANZTS.

Accepting the Service Award from
ANZTS President Elect Dinesh Varma
Community Award
Awarded to:
2023
Glenn Sission
2022
Cliff Pollard
This award recognises an ANZTS member or a non-member of the trauma community who has demonstrated outstanding leadership in trauma care through practice, research, registry, publication, education, patient advocacy, quality improvement, injury prevention, trauma system development & legislative involvements during their career at a local, state or national level.
- This award is presented annually to a member of the community, in the medical or non-medical field.
- An ANZTS member may nominate any person for this award. click here .The nomination must be supported by evidence of contribution that fulfils the criteria.
- The recipient of this award is selected by the Awards Panel and approved through review and endorsement made by the Board of Directors through a majority vote.
The following are not eligible for nomination:
- Previous recipients of this award are not eligible to be nominated.

Presented by Helen Jowett President and Dinesh Varma President-elect

Presented by Michael Reade, Immediate Past President ANZTS and Helen Jowett, President ANZTS.
Past Awards Ceremony Pictures:

L-R: Cameron Palmer, Andrea Herring, Ian Civil, Alicia Jackson, Cliff Pollard, Trish McDougall, Tony Joseph.
(Sara Calthorpe was unable to attend in person)