Professor Frank Shann and Professor Garry Warne can now add ‘AMs’ to their titles after being recognised with Australia Day Honours today.

Professor Shann was awarded a Member of the General Division of the Order of Australia for service to medicine as a paediatrician, particularly as a leader in intensive care for children, through contributions to the World Health Organisation and to rural medicine, and as an advocate for child health.

Professor Shann was director of the RCH Paediatric Intensive Care Unit from 1986 to 2006 and continues to work in PICU today.

He spent seven years working in Papua New Guinea, discovering the cause of pneumonia in children.  He has also helped to eradicate pigbel-a common cause of death in children over 12 months of age in PNG.

Professor Warne was awarded a Member of the General Division of the Order of Australia for service to medicine in the field of paediatric endocrinology, and to the improvement of child health care and infrastructure in developing countries.

Professor Warne was director of the RCH Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes from 1980 to 1999.  He specialises in disorders of sexual development in children.

Professor Warne also established RCH International (RCHI) in 1998, which aims to provide international leadership to child health workers in developing countries.  In particular, he has assisted in the upgrading of paediatric skills and infrastructure in the National Hospital of Paediatrics in Vietnam.

Former RCH Director of Neurology Dr Ian Hopkins was awarded a Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division for service to medicine as a paediatric neurologist and through professional improvement.