The Dr Ray Hollings Surgical Excellence Award aims to encourage and support consultant surgeons at Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH) to undertake quality improvement projects that advance surgical service delivery and patient care. The Surgical Education, Research and Training (SERT) Institute at RNSH have established the Dr Ray Hollings Surgical Excellence Award in recognition of the substantial contribution to surgery services made by Dr Ray Hollings over his 60 years medical career.
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Dr Harry Cumberland Travelling Scholarship 2025 – Applications Now Open
The Dr Harry Cumberland Travelling Scholarship aims to encourage and support junior research clinicians at Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH) and cover travel expenses related to local and overseas conference opportunities to present and showcase their work. The Department of Gastroenterology and the Division of Surgery established the Dr Harry Cumberland Travelling Scholarship in recognition …
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Improving Outcomes For Patients With Advanced Thyroid Cancer
Associate Professor Anthony Glover’s, 2024 RACS John Mitchell Crouch Fellowship is funding research to find new ways to treat advanced thyroid cancer and increase access to new treatments. A specialist endocrine and surgical oncologist, he says, “receiving this Fellowship is a great honour and valuable opportunity to advance our research in surgical oncology. While these …
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NSW Health Research and Innovation Strategy 2025–2030
The NSW Health Research and Innovation Strategy 2025–2030 was launched at the AusBiotech Annual Medtech Conference in May 2025 by the Minister for Medical Research, the Hon. David Harris and the Chief Execute of the Agency of Clinical Innovation (ACI), Dr Jean-Frédéric Levesque. Spearheaded by the Clinical Innovation and Research Division, the Strategy draws on …
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Dr Leo Pang is on a mission to make a difference
With no national or international screening program for early detection of head and neck cancer, the Royal North Shore Hospital (RNSH) ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgeon has set his sights on changing the landscape. In March, Dr Pang held the first Australian screening clinic at Royal North Shore Hospital to raise awareness about head …
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Outstanding stroke treatment
A 2023 national audit by the Stroke Foundation has found Royal North Shore Hospital’s stroke service is a beacon of excellence when compared to peer hospitals across the country. RNSH surpassed national standards and excelled across nearly all benchmarks. For example, an impressive 86 per cent of stroke patients received clot-busting therapy within the critical …