Professor Alan Cooper AM retires after 40 years of services For more than 40 years, Royal North Shore Hospital’s Head of the Dermatology Professor Alan Cooper AM has treated thousands of patients, as well as trained and mentored many junior doctors. the Order of Australia (AM) for his significant service to
medicine. In 2017, he was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for his contribution to medicine. His colleagues and peers describe him as an incredible mentor with a wonderful sense of humour.
Now Alan has decided to retire but leaves behind a legacy to the hospital. In 1971, Alan was the first dermatology registrar at RNSH and has been involved with the hospital ever since. Alan has played a big part in teaching dermatologists, junior doctors and respiratory physicians throughout his career. Alan has been heavily involved in clinical and laboratory research through RNSH, and as Chairman of Epiderm, the Australian Dermatology Research and Education Foundation, which supports dermatology research centres throughout the country. He also served on the board of the Dermatology Research Foundation of the University of Sydney from 1996 to 2011. His work was recognised in this year’s Queen’s Birthday Honours where he became a Member of
RNSH’s Clinical Director, Division of Medicine Terry Finnegan, Performance Support Team Lead Amanda Harriss with Prof Alan Cooper AM, RNSH’s General Manager Alison Zecchin and Nurse Manager Division of Medicine Tracey Gray.
Royal North Shore Hospital’s general manager Alison Zecchin said Alan is one of the most experienced and well- acknowledged clinicians who will be dearly missed. “We acknowledge his contribution to patient care, education of staff and community,” Alison said. Alan said RNSH was a fantastic place to work because of the people and the great talent. • Alexis Fox - Nursing, Royal North Shore Hospital • Erin Ortado - Dietetics, Ryde Hospital • Kimberley De Ridder - Occupational Therapy, Hornsby Hospital • Dominique Trauer - Operating Theatres, Hornsby Hospital • Adam Tran – ICT, NSLHD • Sarah Crosby – Social Work, Mental Health Drug & Alcohol • Barbara Lucas - Physiotherapy, Royal North Shore Hospital • Jarod Hamilton - Mental Health Drug & Alcohol
“It has been a lot of fun and I have always felt the hospital was 100 per cent behind me and I’m very grateful for their support,’’ Alan said. At his farewell, Alan left his colleagues with some words of advice: “If we can’t look after each other, we can’t look after anyone”.
Farewell Alan.
People Matter at NLSHD Thank you to all the staff who took the time to complete the People Matter Employee Survey. The survey closed on 28 June 2019.
• Paul Taqueban - Primary and Community Health • Aimee Fraser - Physiotherapy, Primary and Community Health • Roshan Pudasaini - Environmental Services, Mona Vale Hospital • Sally Ingram - Nursing, Primary and Community Health For updates on results and further information about the survey, and initiatives implemented as a result of your feedback, please visit the Staff Engagement page on the intranet.
Your feedback is being collated by the survey provider and a report for our district will be generated. Reports for hospital and service units will also be generated where there were over thirty responses. These reports will be available in August. From there, action plans will be developed across the district to implement suggestions from you. Congratulations to the 12 hamper winners who completed their surveys in the month of June.
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