Welcome to the 2021 Awards of Excellence
The ASUM Awards of Excellence has long been established to recognise those working beyond their employment duties to benefit the ultrasound profession. These awards provide the opportunity for colleagues and peers to nominate and promote each other, acknowledge outstanding performance for the benefit of the profession and ultimately patient care. These awards also align with the values of ASUM, including the vision and mission.
Vision: Ensuring quality health outcomes when using ultrasound
Mission: Fostering a collaborative multi-disciplinary community of highly competent health professionals who deliver ultrasound excellence
The overarching criteria is designed to recognise those who;
- Continually ensure quality service and health outcomes when using ultrasound
- Promote ultrasound excellence
- Provide leadership
- Foster collaboration across ultrasound disciplines
- Consistently demonstrate exceptional performance, significantly above that which might reasonably be expected for their position/grade.
- Acknowledged by their peers as consistently demonstrating excellence in the field of medical ultrasound
- Hold a current ASUM members
The Board of Directors acknowledge the outstanding work of those shortlisted in the awards for 2021.
Name | Nomination | Discipline | Institute |
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A/Prof Andy Gill | Educator of the Year | Neonatology | King Edward Memorial Hospital |
Dr Carl Henman | Sonologist of the Year | Obstetrics and Gynaecology | Riverina Family Medicine |
Dr Jan Klimek | Educator of the Year | Neonatology | Westmead Hospital |
Karen Dorsett | Sonographer of the Year | Radiology | Wagga Wagga Base Hospital |
Dr Leanne Hartnett | Educator of the Year | Emergency Medicine | Fiona Stanley Hospital |
Dr Robyn Brady | Educator of the Year | Emergency Medicine | Lady Cilentro Childrens Hospital and Lismore Base Hospital |
Dr Stephen Dunjey | Educator of the Year | Emergency Medicine | Royal Perth Hospital |
A/Prof Sam Orde | Sonologist of the Year | Critical Care | Nepean Hospital |
Dr Samantha Thomas | Sonographer of the Year | Research, Radiology and Obstetrics and Gynaecology | Perinatal Imaging Research Group UNSW, Ultrasound Care and PRP radiology |
Wendy Wackrow | Sonographer of the Year | Radiology | Waikato Hospital |