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Medical Staff Association

Medical Staff Association

  • The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) Medical Staff Association (MSA) represents and supports the senior medical staff (SMS) of the hospital. Consultant staff (medical, surgical, dental) and senior fellows are eligible for membership - we encourage consultants and fellows to support the MSA, and each other, by becoming members and attending MSA meetings and social events.

    The MSA is a focus for:

    • Communication with the RCH Executive and the Chair of the RCH Board
    • Staff wellbeing
    • SMS education, including masterclasses sessions, the Vernon Collins oration (June) and the annual medico-legal seminar
    • Quality patient care and systems issues - including representation on the Sabbatical, EBA, Conflict of Interest, and Medical Appointment Committees
    • Peer recognition and support - through welcoming new staff, the Elizabeth Turner Medal, The Barnes-Hutson Medal and the MSA scholarship
    • Social functions - with a mid-year and end-of year dinner and The Barnes-Hutson Medal

    Membership of the MSA is $15 per fortnight- this can be paid as a fortnightly payroll deduction (which is the preferred means of subscription payment). To sign up please complete a MSA Application Form and email it to msa.secretary.org.au.

    All SMS (regardless of MSA membership) are welcome to join the MSA Mailing List.  

    Welcome to new senior medical staff

    As of end-May 2020, the SMS group includes 551 clinicians, employed across 594 roles, in approximately 281 EFT - with 137 full-time staff, and 404 part-time senior staff. Please feel free to contact any of the MSA executive group when you start at RCH - for a quick coffee or catch-up. 

    MSA news

    Congratulations to:

    Australia Day Honours 2024

    Medal of the Order of Australia

    • A/Prof Jenny Louise Hynson 

    Member of the Order of Australia

    • A/Prof Nicola Mary Kilpatrick

    Australia Day Honours 2023

    Officer of the Order of Australia

    • Professor George Patton AO

    Member of the Order of Australia

    • Dr Doug Bryan AM
    • A/Prof Peter Downie

    Medal of the Order of Australia

    • Dr Don Cameron OAM
    • Dr Hugo Gold OAM

    Monarch's Birthday Honour 2023

    Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division

    • Professor Margaret Zacharin OAM AM
    • Dr David Hill AM

    Queen’s Birthday Honour 2021

    Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division

    • Dr Igor Konstantinov OAM


    Queen’s Birthday Honours 2020

    Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia

    • Mr Alex Auldist AO

    • Professor Graeme Barnes AO

    • Professor George Werther AO

    Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia

    • Professor Susan Sawyer

    Queen’s Birthday Honours 2019

    Officer (AO) in the General Division of the Order of Australia

    • Professor Christine Kilpatrick
    • Professor David Mackey
    • Professor Lex Doyle

    Member (AM) in the General Division of the Order of Australia

    • Professor Lynn Gillam
    • Professor Winita Hardikar
    • Dr David McCredie
    • Professor Jim Wilkinson
    • Professor Andrew Heggie
    • Dr James Lucas

    Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division

    • Associate Professor Georgia Paxton

    Monarch's Birthday Honours 2024

    Medal (OAM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division

    • A/Prof James Elder

    Member of the Order of Australia

    • Prof Sharon Goldfeld 
    • A/Prof Christine Rodda

    New HODs:

           New appointments (2023)


    MSA -  updated October 2020. Contact amanda.moody@rch.org.au or julian.kelly@rch.org.au