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HSANZ LIFE MEMBERS 







Honorary Life Members
a) These shall be men and women, distinguished in the field of haematology, at home or abroad, who have made material contributions to the advancement of haematology and who, in the opinion of the Council, are worthy of such distinction

b) Honorary Life Members shall be elected only on the recommendation of the Council and at an Annual General Meeting by the affirmative vote of three-quarters of the Members present and voting thereat

NameYear Awarded 
Ed Sage
David Penington AO AC
 
Margaret Baikie AM


Jim Biggs AM 
Ruthven Blackburn 
Neil Hicks
Harry Kronenberg AM

John Buchanan 
Peter Castaldi AO 
Ruth Lilian OAM
Richard Kimber AM
 
Margaret Garson AO
 
Donald Metcalf AO AC
2006
Ruth Guss2006 
James Isbister2007
Eva Raik AM
2008 
Ray Lowenthal AO
2008
Frank Firkin
2009 
Vladimir Lovric
2009
Graham Young
2010
Alison Street AO
2012
Doug Joshua AM AO
2013
Richard Herrmann2014 
Bik To2015
Donald Bowden
2016
Jeffrey Szer
2017
Kenneth Bradstock
2017
 Lynda Campbell 2020
 Kathryn Crosier 2020
 Paul Vincent 2020
 Merrole Cole-Sinclair 2021
 Harry Iland AM
 2021
 Ann Gillett
 2022
 Andrew Grigg
 2022
 Ruth Spearing CNZM
 2023
 Michael Harvey
 2023

          

PRESIDENTS OF HSANZ

Past Presidents, Haematology Society of Australia
1961 - 1963 Professor H Norwood Robson
1963 - 1965 Dr John McLean
1965 - 1967 Professor John Walsh
1967 - 1969 Dr James Bonnin
1969 - 1971 Professor Albert Baikie
1971 - 1973 Dr Harry Kronenberg
1973 - 1975 Dr James Biggs
1975 - 1977 Professor David Penington
1977 - 1979 Professor Peter Castaldi
1979 - 1981 Dr Ian Cooper
1981 - 1983 Dr Kevin Rickard
1983 - 1985 Dr Margaret Baikie
1985 - 1987 Professor Martin Van Der Weyden
1987 - 1988 Dr Colin Grace
1988 - 1989 Dr Margaret Garson
1989 - 1991 Professor Alec Morley
1991 - 1993 A/Professor Doug Joshua
1993 - 1995 Dr Frank Firkin
1995 - 1997 Dr Ed Sage
 1997 - 1999Dr Alison Street

Past Presidents of New Zealand Society for Haematology
1978 - 1980 Professor Bruce Howie
1980 - 1982 A/Prof John Buchanan
1982 - 1984 Dr Jack Hamer
1984 - 1986 Dr John Pettit
1986 - 1988 Dr Michael Beard
1988 - 1990 Dr David Heaton
1990 - 1993 Dr Paul Ockelford
1993 - 1996 Dr John Carter
1996 - 1998 Dr Peter Browett


Presidents of HSANZ
1998 - 1999 Dr Alison Street
1999 - 2001 Dr Kerry Taylor
2001 - 2003 A/Professor Timothy Hughes
2003 - 2005 A/Professor Mark Hertzberg AM
2005 - 2007 Dr Andrew Roberts
2007 - 2009 Professor David Gottlieb
2009 - 2011 Professor Andrew Spencer
2011 - 2013 Professor David Ritchie
2013 - 2015 Professor P. Joy Ho AM
2015 - 2017A/Professor Stephen Opat
 2017 - 2019A/Professor William Stevenson
 2019 - 2021
 Dr Leanne Berkahn
 2021 - 2023
 Professor Steven Lane
 2023 - 2025
 Dr Hui-Peng Lee


CARL DE GRUCHY ORATORS

Carl de Gruchy, trained in medicine at the University of Melbourne and was appointed University of Melbourne Professor
of Medicine at St Vincent's Hospital in 1962, continuing in the position until 1970. He was a pioneer in Australian and
New Zealand haematology and was instrumental in its development from a fledgling discipline into one which is now a
major clinical and laboratory-based speciality. The Carl de Gruchy Oration was established in his honour.

 Year Orator
1977Professor Barry G Firkin
1978Dr Bryan Rush 
1979Professor David Todd
1980Professor Peter A Castaldi
1981Dr O Margaret Garson
1982Professor John Buchanan
1983Dr James A Bonnin
1984Dr Fred W Gunz
1985Professor David G Penington
1986Professor W Robert Pitney
1987Professor Donald Metcalf
1988Professor Jack Hirsh
1989Professor James C Biggs
1990Professor Alan Waters
1991Professor Paul Vincent
1992Dr Max Whiteside
1993Professor Alec Morley
1994Professor Colin Chesterman
1995Professor Michael Keating
1996Professor Douglas Joshua
1997Professor Ron Trent
1998Dr Frank Firkin
1999Professor Ray Lowenthal
2000Professor James Isbister
2001Associate Professor Ed Sage
2002Professor Alex Gallus
2003Professor Robin Carroll
2004Associate Professor Graham Young
2005Professor James Wiley
2006Associate Professor Ken Bradstock
2007Professor Michael Berndt
2008Associate Professor Alison Street AO
2009Professor Luen Bik To
2010Professor Helen Heslop
2011Professor Hatem Salem
2012Professor Jeff Szer
2013Dr Trevor Olsen
2014Associate Professor Lynda Campbell
2015Professor Timothy Hughes
2016Professor Harry Iland AM
2017Professor David Gottlieb
2018Associate Professor Kerry Taylor
2019Professor David Joske
 2021

Associate Professor Bryone Kuss

 2022 Professor P Joy Ho AM
 2023 Professor Andrew Roberts AM

W. R. (BOB) PITNEY TRAVELLING FELLOWSHIP

The Robert Pitney Travelling Fellowship is awarded to a distinguished Australian or New Zealand Haematologist
to lecture around Australia and New Zealand for a maximum of two years. It provides an opportunity to educate
haematologists and trainees in a specific area of expertise, in addition to establishing a collegial relationship with
advanced trainees in the discipline.

Pitney Fellows
1989 - 1990 Professor Barry G Firkin
1991 - 1992 Professor Peter A Castaldi AO
1993 - 1994 Dr Bryan Rush
1995 - 1996 Professor Douglas Joshua AM AO
1997 - 1998 A/Professor Alex Gallus
1999 - 2000 Dr James Isbister
2001 - 2002 Professor Alec Morley
2003 - 2004 Professor Graham Young
2005 - 2006Professor Ray Lowenthal AO
2007 - 2008A/Professor Andrew Grigg
2009 - 2010A/Professor John Carter
2011 - 2012A/Professor Alison Street AO
2013 - 2014Professor Luen Bik To
2015 - 2016Professor Harry Iland AM
2017 - 2018Professor Peter Browett

2019 - 2020

A/Professor Merrole Cole-Sinclair

 2021 - 2022 Professor Mark Hertzberg AM
 2023 - 2024
 Professor Paula Marlton



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