2018 Gala Dinner

Alumni Gala Dinner 2018 The RCH Alumni Gala Dinner 2018 Once again the dinner was held at Kew Golf Club, on Tuesday November 20th 2018. There were 79 members and partners present and four guests. An excellent dinner was followed by a stimulating presentation by Prof Jeffrey Rosenfeld focussing on developments in neurosurgery that he had been involved … Continued

Recent seminar: “Child health, children’s rights and the law”

The third seminar in our medico-legal series “Child health, children’s rights and the law”, jointly convened by the RCH Alumni and Children’s Rights International, took place on the first day of the 10th National Paediatric Bioethics Conference on Wednesday, September 5th. A large audience in the Ella Latham Auditorium listened attentively to a paper delivered … Continued

Lunchtime meeting August 14th

The recent meeting, in the RCH Foundation, was attended by about 40 Alumni members and guests. Dominic was introduced by Dr Kevin Collins, standing in for the President Dr Hugo Gold who was away. Dr Collins reminded the audience of Dominic’s well remembered performance in a Residents’ Show at RCH in early 2003, when he … Continued

Vale John McNamara 27.7.1936 – 18.6.2018

The Royal Children’s Hospital Alumni were sad to learn of the death of Dr John McNamara on June 18th2018. John McNamara graduated from Melbourne University in 1959 and joined the Children’s Hospital staff as a Junior Resident in 1964. In 1968-69 he worked at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, London, as a Resident … Continued

Birthday Honours – New Zealand List

We congratulate Spencer Beasley on being created an “Officer in the New Zealand Order of Merit” (ONZM) in the recent Queen’s Birthday Honours. The award was for services to Paediatrics.

Congratulations on recent Honours

We congratulate Prof Andrew Kemp on his award of AM (Member in the  General Division) in the birthday honours list “For significant service to medicine, and to medical education, in the field of paediatric allergy and immunology as a clinician, academic and researcher.” and Margaret Sahhar on her award of AM (Member in the  General Division) “For significant … Continued