On a balmy December evening on the banks of the Swan River CTEC medical faculty joined CTEC's Director and team at a Sundowner to celebrate the conclusion of another jam-packed annual CTEC training calendar. A highlight of the evening was an Awards ceremony acknowledging a cohort of CTEC's long-standing current workshop Convenors and faculty who had dedicated significant time to advancing medical training - CTEC's Distinguished Award recipients.
The event closed a year of particular significance for CTEC with the Centre celebrating its 25th Anniversary of service to the Australian medical community.
These Awardees joined those faculty announced at the March CTEC 25th Anniversary event. All 2025 Distinguished Service Award recipients dedicated significant time over many years in advancing Australian medical and surgical training. CTEC Director Professor Jeff Hamdorf said the central theme of the evening - and of 2025 - was gratitude to those who have contributed to CTEC's success over the past 25 years.
"We hope to continue this tradition as an annual event - a chance to recognise and thank those who have given so much to CTEC's training programs. CTEC's success is built on collaboration, passion and a shared commitment to excellence. On behalf of us all at CTEC I thank all of our recipients for being an integral part of this incredible quarter century journey."
CTEC 2025 Distinguished Service Award Recipients:
Clinical Associate Professor Hairul Ahmad
Associate Professor Mohammad Ballal
Dr Denis Carragher
Dr Tim Cooney
Dr John Croser
Dr Nikki Damen
Dr John Rosser Davies
Dr Jean-Louis deSousa
Professor Stephen Dunjey
Professor Hooi Ee
Adjunct Associate Professor David Gillett
Dr Stephen Hicks
Dr Pedram Imani
Dr Karim Ghanim
Dr Melissa Jennings
Dr Robyn Leake
Professor Yee Leung
Dr Tuan Pham
Clinical Associate Professor Spiro Raftopoulos
Clinical Associate Professor Jeremy Rawlins
Ms Sue Russell
Dr Dev Segarajasingam
Dr Sue Sharpe
Ms Beth Sperring
Dr Mark Strahan
Dr Anand Trivedi
Clinical Associate Professor Dieter Weber
Dr Allen Yeo
Dr Olga Ward
The Sundowner attendees were some of the almost 200 medical specialists who generously gave their knowledge and time to train other medical professionals on CTEC's 2025 workshops. Around 2000 medical professionals received training at CTEC in 2025 over 132 workshops and courses. More than 56,000 people have received training at CTEC since its opening on 1 April 2000.