King’s Birthday Honours 2025

Congratulations to the 11 RACP Fellows recognised in the 2025 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

Companion of the NZ Order of Merit (CNZM) 

• Dr Mark Greenslade Thomas FRACP
  For services to people living with HIV/AIDS and antibiotic research.

Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM)

• Dr Susan Parry FRACP
  For services to gastroenterology.

Australia

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

• Professor Jodie McVernon FAFPHM
  For distinguished service to medical research, in the field of epidemiology and infection prevention, to tertiary education, and to public health.
• Professor Richard Lewis Prince FRACP
  For distinguished service to endocrinology as a researcher and clinical physician, to tertiary education, and to professional societies.

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

• Professor Michael John Abramson FAFPHM, FRACP
  For significant service to medicine as a respiratory physician, and as a researcher.
  
• Dr John Kevan Healy FRACP
  For significant service to medicine as a practitioner and researcher.
  
• Professor Timothy William Jones FRACP
  For significant service to medical research, particularly to paediatric endocrinology and diabetes.

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

• Associate Professor Jeffrey Lefkovits FRACP
  For service to medicine as a cardiologist.

Public Service Medal (PSM)

New South Wales

• Dr Srinivas Bolisetty FRACP
  For outstanding public service to NSW health particularly in neonatal services.

Queensland

•  Associate Professor Carol Mary Douglas FAChPM
  For outstanding public service in palliative medicine.

South Australia

• Dr Lawrence Robert Palmer FAChPM
  For outstanding public service in palliative medicine.