NSLHD News - 16 May

NSLHD Board Chair named Fellow of University of Technology Sydney

NSLHD Board Chair Trevor Danos AM has been named a Fellow of the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in recognition of his extraordinary service to health, science and public policy. Trevor was recognised with the honorary award in a graduation ceremony on Tuesday 6 May at the university’s Great Hall.

He was acknowledged for being an advocate for the UTS Faculty of Health, helping create strategic partnerships and improve clinical placements for student nurses. Historic cabinets now on display at RNSH

UTS Chancellor Catherine Livingstone AC, NSLHD Board Chair Trevor Danos AM and UTS Vice Chancellor Andrew Parfitt at the ceremony

Four historic display cabinets from the former Nicholson Museum at the University of Sydney have found a new home on the ground floor of the Vanderfield Building at Royal North Shore Hospital, thanks to the efforts of Trevor Danos AM. The cabinets are now being used to showcase rotating historical displays celebrating RNSH’s proud heritage, supported by Dr Catherine Storey OAM, former neurologist and current honorary archivist. Dr Storey, who

photographs, reports, clippings—selected to show the breadth of the RNSH archives and how the hospital has developed over the decades. The cabinets are located on the ground floor of the Vanderfield Building. Tours of the hospital’s medical archives can be arranged by contacting Dr Storey at Catherine.Storey@ health.nsw.gov.au.

has spent decades caring for patients and preserving the hospital’s legacy, said the displays are a powerful way to honour RNSH’s evolution. “They help connect staff, patients and visitors with the extraordinary stories and history of the hospital,” she said. The first display features a collection of items from the Centenary Museum, also located in the Vanderfield Building. Another cabinet highlights RNSH’s role in the paraplegic games and its contribution to the International Paralympic movement. A third cabinet includes a variety of archival materials, including

Dr Catherine Storey with the newly homed cabinets

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