Dr Knight wins Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM)

Date: January 26, 2024

Dr. Anne Knight, our esteemed Senior Lecturer in Medicine has been named on the Australia Day 2024 Honours list and awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her outstanding "service to medicine through a range of roles."

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

Dr Anne Therese Knight, Taree NSW 2430 - For service to medicine through a range of roles.

Manning Base Hospital, Hunter New England Local Health District

• Co-Director, General Medicine, since 2020
• Senior Specialist Physician, current
• Consultant Physician, General and Respiratory, Taree, since 1992
• Chair, General Clinical Training Committee for Junior Medical Officers, since 2004 and 1992-1996
• Member Quality Use of Medicines Committee since 2008, and Chair 2023
• Director of Clinical Training, 1992-1998

Department of Rural Health, University of Newcastle

• Senior Lecturer in Medicine, since 2008
• Clinical Dean, Manning Rural Clinical School, 2014-2015

Professional - Other

• Chair, Editorial Executive Committee, Australian Prescriber, 2014-2017 and Member, 2008-2017
• Member, Workforce and Allocation Committee, Post-graduate Medical Council of New South Wales, 1998-2004
• Member, Steering Committee for the Development of Drug Use Indicators, Australian Hospitals, 1997-1998

Internal Medical Society of Australia and New Zealand

• President, 2020-2022
• Immediate Past President, since 2022
• Committee Member, 2017-2020

Royal Australian College of Physicians

• Fellow, since 1990
• Member, Gender Equity in Medicine Working Group, since 2020
• Member, Advanced Training Committee in General and Acute Care Medicine 2020 -2022
• Member, Adult Medicine Division Council, 2020-2022
• Professional Development Advisor in Adult Medicine for Basic Trainees, since 2017

Join us in extending heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Knight for this prestigious achievement!