Medical Program Teaching Awards
We are seeking the help of all UQ Doctor of Medicine (MD) students in recognising teachers who make an exceptional contribution to their learning in the MD program. To acknowledge their work and thank them for their efforts, we invite you to nominate for the Medical Program Teaching Award.
When completing the nomination form, we encourage you to consider how your tutor/teacher approached your learning, the ways in which they motivated and inspired you, and any instances where they demonstrated exceptional dedication. The nomination process should only require a few minutes of your time.
Local clinical unit Medical Program Teaching Award winners will be eligible to be considered for the 2024 John Pearn Medallion, which is presented to the overall winner for teaching excellence.
Dr Amanda Goh - 2023 John Pearn Medallion Winner
John Pearn Medallion Winner:
Dr Amanda Goh from the Mater Clinical Unit
Clinical School and Unit winners
Children's Health Queensland Clinical Unit: Dr Emily Horsley
Greenslopes Clinical Unit: Dr Harriett King
Ipswich Clinical Unit: Dr Brandon O'Reilly
Mater Clinical Unit: Dr Amanda Goh
Northside Clinical Unit: Dr Faye Jordan
PA-Southside Clinical Unit: Dr Matthew Twining
General Practice Clinical Unit:
General Practice: Dr Wendell Rosevear
UrbanLInCC: Dr Simon Murray
Medicine in Society: Dr Nash Weir
The Michael Perera Teaching Award (Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit): Phase 1: Dr Cherri Ryan
The Michael Perera Teaching Award (Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit): Phase 2: Dr Nash Weir
MD Learning Hub: Dr Suja Pillai
Rural Clinical School: Dr Vanessa Greig
Hervey Bay Regional Clinical Unit: Dr Himali Ihalagama
Toowoomba Regional Clinical Unit: Dr Jason Zouki
Rockhampton Regional Clinical Unit: Dr Sandy Prasad
Rural and Remote Medicine Clinical Unit: Dr Anna Carswell
Ochsner Clinical School: Dr Heather Owens
John Pearn Medallion Winner:
Dr Louise Green from the MD Learning Hub
Clinical School and Unit winners
Children's Health Queensland Clinical Unit: Dr Thomas Leonard
Greenslopes Clinical Unit: A/Prof Andrew Bofinger and Dr Ashleigh Sercombe
Ipswich Clinical Unit: Dr Justin Hsieh
Mater Clinical Unit: Dr Simon Denny and Dr Michael Poulton
Northside Clinical Unit: Dr Jaisil Punnasseril
PA-Southside Clinical Unit: Dr Michael Briscoe and Dr Kean (Casey) Khoo
General Practice: Dr Brendan Triggs
UrbanLInCC: Dr Nick Comino
Medicine in Society: Dr David Shum
The Michael Perera Teaching Award (Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit): Dr Kay Strom and Dr Helen Cleator
MD Learning Hub: Dr Louise Green
Rural Clinical School: Dr Henry Zimmerman
Ochsner Clinical School: Dr Anna Suessman
John Pearn Medallion Winner:
Dr Praveen Vijaysegaran from the Ipswich Clinical Unit
Clinical School and Unit winners
Children's Health Queensland Clinical Unit: Dr Craig McBride and Dr Bhavesh Patel
Greenslopes Clinical Unit: Dr Richard Laherty
Ipswich Clinical Unit: Dr Praveen Vijaysegaran
Mater Clinical Unit: Dr Larissa Cowley
Northside Clinical Unit: Dr James Stevenson
PA-Southside Clinical Unit: Dr Hector Fuentes
General Practice: Dr Kathy Williams
UrbanLInCC: Dr Colin Chow
Medicine in Society: Dr James Stevenson
The Michael Perera Teaching Award (Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit):
Phase 1: Dr Louise Green
Phase 2: Professor Anthony Brown
St Lucia Clinical Unit: Dr Hong Lien Do
Rural Clinical School: Jules Bennet
Ochsner Clinical School: Dr Lauren Bergeron
John Pearn Medallion Winner
Dr Kay Strom from the Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit
Clinical School and Unit winners
Children's Health Queensland Clinical Unit: ED Team
Greenslopes Clinical Unit: Dr Andrew Hogan
Ipswich Clinical Unit: Dr Johannes Moolman
Phase 1 – Dr Rachel Claydon
Phase 2 – Dr Jess Turner
Northside Clinical Unit: A/Prof Wayne Hazell
Phase 1 – Dr Paul Cleary
Phase 2 – Dr Mick Devlin
Primary Care Clinical Unit: Dr David Orth
The Michael Perera Teaching Award (Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit):
Phase 1: Dr Kay Strom
Phase 2: Dr Simone Costa
St Lucia Clinical Unit: Dr Ryan Williams
Rural Clinical School: Dr Joanna Longely
Ochsner Clinical School: Dr Bruce Cleland
John Pearn Medallion Winner
Dr Sue Roberts from the Rural Clinical School
Clinical School and Unit winners
Children's Health Queensland Clinical Unit: Dr Aaron Johnston and Dr Michelle Boyd
Greenslopes Clinical Unit: Dr Kevin Lee See
Ipswich Clinical Unit: Dr Vinod Gopalan and Dr Imran Aumeerally
Mater Clinical Unit: Dr Matthew Lumchee
Northside Clinical Unit: Dr Lahann Wijenayake
PA-Southside Clinical Unit: Dr Leo Nunnink
Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit: Dr Venkat Reddy and Dr Awaski Amoako
St Lucia Clinical Unit: Dr Susan Bennett
Rural Clinical School: Dr Sue Roberts
Ochsner Clinical School: Dr Michael Blanchard
John Pearn Medallion Winner
Dr Suja Pillai from the PA-Southside Clinical Unit
Clinical School and Unit winners
Children's Health Queensland Clinical Unit: Dr Kirby Wighton
Greenslopes Clinical Unit: Dr Glen Wood
Ipswich Clinical Unit: Dr Gian Capati
Mater Clinical Unit: Dr Joanne Dale
Northside Clinical Unit: Dr Nicholas Lyons and Dr Vandit Bhasin
PA-Southside Clinical Unit: Dr Suja Pillai and Dr Louis MacPherson
Primary Care Clinical Unit: Dr James Freeman
Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit: Dr Akwasi Amaoko and Dr Lesley Palmer
Sunshine Coast Clinical Unit: Dr Gregory Plowman
Rural Clinical School: Dr Clever Banda
Ochsner Clinical School: Dr J. Lindhe Guariscco
John Pearn Medallion Winner
Dr Brad Armstrong from the Greenslopes Clinical Unit
Clinical School and Unit winners
Greenslopes Clinical Unit: Dr Brad Armstrong
Ipswich Clinical Unit: Dr Chris Ioannou
Mater Clinical Unit: Dr Luke McLindon
PA-Southside Clinical Unit: Dr Charles Nankivell
Sunshine Coast Clinical Unit: Dr Arif Manji
Ochsner Clinical School: Dr Caley Mcintyre
John Pearn Medallion Winner
Dr Melanie Underwood from the Greenslopes Clinical Unit
Clinical School and Unit winners
Greenslopes Clinical Unit: Dr Melanie Underwood
Ipswich Clinical Unit: Dr Jane Hoare
Mater Clinical Unit: Professor Sailesh Kumar
Northside Clinical Unit: Dr Eamonn Eeles
PA-Southside Clinical Unit: Dr Kiva Belt
Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit: Professor Soo Keat Khoo
Sunshine Coast Clinical Unit: Dr Anar Taumanova
UnitingCare Health Clinical Unit: Dr Stephen Cook
Rural Clinical School: Dr Jeremy Fernando
Ochsner Clinical School: Dr Sonia Malhotra
John Pearn Medallion Winner
Dr Taraneh (Tara) Khoo from the Greenslopes Clinical Unit
Clinical School and Unit winners
Greenslopes Clinical Unit: Dr Taraneh (Tara) Khoo
Ipswich Clinical Unit: Dr Chris Corney
Mater Clinical Unit: Dr Mazhar Haque
Northside Clinical Unit: Dr Emily Gordon
PA-Southside Clinical Unit: Dr Kellie Tatham
Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit: Dr Tom Hadwen
Sunshine Coast Clinical Unit: Dr Laxmi Camadoo
Rural Clinical School: Dr Roy West
Ochsner Clinical School: Dr Emily Ramee
John Pearn Medallion Winner
A/Professor Leo Nunnink and A/Professor Kersi Taraporewalla from the Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit
Clinical School and Unit winners
Greenslopes Clinical Unit: Drs Barry Hickey and Glen Wood
Ipswich Clinical Unit: Dr Wayne Harris
Mater Clinical Unit: Dr John Bingley
Northside Clinical Unit: Dr Vesna Markovic
PA-Southside Clinical Unit: Dr Raman Parthasarathy
Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit: A/Professor Leo Nunnink and A/Professor Kersi Taraporewalla
Sunshine Coast Clinical Unit: Dr Arif Manji
Rural Clinical School: Ms Julie Bennet
Ochsner Clinical School: Dr Shontell Thomas
John Pearn Medallion Winner
Professor Mark Smithers from PA-Southside Clinical Unit
Clinical School and Unit winners
Greenslopes Clinical Unit: Dr Rohit Gupta
Ipswich Clinical Unit: Dr Nigel Roberts
Mater Clinical Unit: Dr David Taylor
Northside Clinical Unit: Dr Marlon Radcliffe
PA-Southside Clinical Unit: Professor Mark Smithers
Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit: Dr Alex Lehn
Sunshine Coast Clinical Unit: Dr Mark De Wet
Rural Clinical School: Dr Grant Phillips
Ochsner Clinical School: Dr Suma Jain
John Pearn Medallion Winner
Dr Ted Weaver from the Sunshine Coast Clinical Unit
Clinical School and Unit winners
Greenslopes Clinical Unit: Dr Glen Wood and Dr Mathew Joseph
Ipswich Clinical Unit: Dr Thomas Nathow
PA-Southside Clinical Unit: Dr Stephen Elgey
Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit: Professor Soo Keat Khoo
Sunshine Coast Clinical Unit: Dr Ted Weaver
Rural Clinical School: Dr Unine Herbst
Ochsner Clinical School: Dr Rajasekharan Warrier
John Pearn Medallion Winner
Dr Mark Coulthard from the Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit
Clinical School and Unit winners
Greenslopes Clinical Unit: Dr Christopher Corney
Ipswich Clinical Unit: Dr Sayed Shah
Mater Clinical Unit: Dr Ryan Eisemann
Northside Clinical Unit: Dr Lisa Fraser
PA-Southside Clinical Unit: A/Professor Brian Miller
Royal Brisbane Clinical Unit: Dr Mark Coulthard
Rural Clinical School: A/Professor Peter Nolan
Ochsner Clinical School: A/Professor Richard Deichmann