2026 King's Birthday Honours List

Congratulations to the 26 RACP Fellows recognised in the 2026 King's Birthday Honours list. These awards highlight the outstanding work RACP members do and the importance of that work in local, national and international communities.

Aotearoa New Zealand

Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM)

• Associate Professor Nicola Cecile Austin FRACP
  For services to children’s health.

Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (MNZM)

• Emeritus Professor Gilbert Olivier (Gil) Barbezat FRACP
  For services to gastroenterology.

Australia 

Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) in the General Division  

• Professor William David Rawlinson AM FRACP
  For eminent service to the medical sciences as a virologist, to clinical research and education, and to national and international public health.

Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the General Division  

• The late Professor Katrina Jane Allen FRACP
  For distinguished service to medical research as a paediatric allergist and gastroenterologist, and to the people and Parliament of Australia.
• Professor Timothy Mark Davis FRACP
  For distinguished service to medicine as a consultant physician, to clinical research into diabetes and infectious diseases, and to tertiary education.
• Professor Elizabeth Jane Elliott AM FRACP
  For distinguished service to paediatric medicine, to women's health, and to medical and social understanding of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.
• Emeritus Professor Harold David McIntyre FRACP
  For distinguished service to medicine as a clinician, to medical research and education, to policy development, and to allied health administration.

Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the General Division 

• Dr Peter Ross Elliott FRACP
  For significant service to gastroenterology, and to fundraising for research into inflammatory bowel diseases.
• Professor Noel Edward Hayman FAFPHM
  For significant service to medicine, particularly to Indigenous health care and medical education.
  
• Dr David John Joske FRACP
  For significant service to haematology, and to pioneering the use of integrative oncology.
• Professor Richard Alan Macdonell FAFRM, FRACP
  For significant service to neurology, to clinical electrophysiology, and to tertiary education.
• Dr Helen Mackie FAFRM
  For significant service to rehabilitation medicine, and to research and treatment of lymphoedema.
• Professor John Kevin Olynyk FRACP
  For significant service to the health sciences, and to gastroenterology and hepatology.
• Professor Bernard Edward Tuch FRACP
  For significant service to endocrinology, and to medical research.

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

• Dr Wesley Cormick FRACP
  For service to ultrasound and general practice medicine.
• Dr Luke Anthony Coyle FRACP
  For service to haematology.
• Dr Dov Aharon Degen FRACP
  For service to medicine, and to mental health support.
• Professor Suran Loshana Fernando FRACP
  For service to medicine in the field of immunology.
• Dr Noemi Horvath FRACP
  For service to haematology.
• Dr Paul Ignatius Jenkins FRACP
  For service to medicine as a paediatrician.
• Dr Gabor Attilla Major FRACP
  For service to rheumatology.
• Associate Professor Christopher Stephen Pokorny FRACP
  For service to community health.
• Dr Wayne John Spring FRACP
  For service to medicine as a general consultant physician.

MERITORIOUS AWARDS

Awarded the Public Service Medal (PSM)

New South Wales

• Dr Jan Fizzell FAFPHM
  For outstanding public service to health in NSW.

Victoria

• Associate Professor Andrew Michael Wilson FRACP
  For outstanding public service in clinical leadership and patient safety.

Queensland

• Associate Professor Helen Irving FRACP
  For outstanding public service to paediatric health care in Queensland.