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Queen's Birthday honours for Dr Richard Travers OAM

29 June 2016

Congratulations to Dr Richard Travers OAM, former Rheumatologist at Melbourne Health and currently an Honorary Associate, who was awarded an Order of Australia Medal at the 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours for service to medical history, to medicine, and to the community.

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The Royal Melbourne Hospital team involved in the New England Journal of Medicine paper “A Prospective, Population-Based Study of Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young” (L-R) Dr Michael Bogwitz, Associate Professor Paul James, Dr Dominica Zentner, Professor

Unlocking the mystery of sudden death

27 June 2016

Sudden cardiac death, with no warning or medical explanation, has become one of the biggest mysteries of modern medicine.

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Professor Geoff Lindeman and Professor Jane Visvader

‘Holy grail’ of breast cancer prevention in high-risk women may be in sight

20 June 2016

Existing medication may hold the key in preventing breast cancer in women carrying a faulty BRCA1 gene.

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Queen’s Birthday honours for Prof John King

15 June 2016

Congratulations to RMH neurologist, Professor John King, who received a 2016 Queen’s Birthday Honours on Monday.

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Closure of Westside Lodge Residential Aged Care Facility

07 June 2016

NorthWestern Mental Health has announced today that it plans to close Westside Lodge residential aged care facility.

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All in a day's work for hospital robots

26 May 2016

It's been more than three months since Peter and Susan joined The RMH family and we now can't image life without them.

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robots, hospitals, vccc, theatre

Heart surgeon's lifetime of work recognised by peers

25 May 2016

Professor James Tatoulis, Department Head of Cardiothoracic Surgery at The Royal Melbourne Hospital was last week honoured by his peers at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons' annual scientific meeting for Excellence in Surgery.

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Julia and Ben with Minister for Health, Jill Hennessy

Top award for Melbourne Health volunteers

19 May 2016

Melbourne Health volunteers Val and Peter Simpson and Julia Gorton and Benjamin Sutu, were recognised at the 8th 2016 Minister for Health Volunteer Awards, held yesterday.

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Interior of the new RMH ICU

New $33 million Intensive Care Unit opens for critically ill Victorians

18 May 2016

Victoria’s first comprehensive Intensive Care Unit (ICU) serving three major Melbourne hospitals has opened at The Royal Melbourne Hospital.

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ICU, Intensive Care Unit, vccc
Associate Professor Julie Miller

One-stop Thyroid Clinic

10 May 2016

Australia’s first public one-stop thyroid clinic is reducing waiting lists for patients being investigated for thyroid cancer.

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