Clinical Professor Ian Hammond AM

Professor Ian Hammond was a Gynaecologic Oncologist working at the Western Australian Gynaecologic Cancer Service, King Edward Memorial Hospital and St John of God Hospital, Perth, WA, from 1984-2012.  He was Director of Gynaecology at King Edward Memorial Hospital, Director of the WA Cancer and Palliative Care Network, Chair of the Australian Society of Gynaecologic Oncologists and served on numerous state and national committees involved in gynaecologic oncology and women’s health. He is an Adjunct Professor in the School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology and Clinical Professor in the School of Women’s and Infants’ Health, University of Western Australia.

He was actively involved in postgraduate surgical education, the training of specialist trainees in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and subspecialty trainees in gynaecologic oncology.  Professor Hammond was responsible with Mr John Taylor and Professor Paul McMenamin for the development and implementation of the Anatomy of Complications Workshop in Perth and the international workshops in Singapore, Hong Kong and New Zealand.  He was the co-director of the workshop in Perth from inception in 2000 until 2010.

Professor Hammond chaired the Group that developed the NHMRC guidelines for the management of abnormal Pap smears in Australia.  Since 2012 he has been involved in the renewal of the Australian National Cervical Screening Program, and is Chair of the Steering Committee for the Renewal Implementation Project that has oversight for bringing these changes into practice in Australia by 2017.  He recently chaired the Guidelines Working Party, Cancer Council Australia that developed the new National Cervical Screening Program: Guidelines for the management of screen detected abnormalities, screening in specific populations and investigation of abnormal vaginal bleeding, that will underpin the new program.  In 2011 he was awarded the RANZCOG President’s Medal for Services to Women’s Health.