Cunningham Fellows Program
Vital funding providing early-career medical specialists with opportunities to work on innovative research
and patient treatments
The Cunningham Fellows program provides early career clinicians and clinician-researchers the support they need to undertake clinical research and manage trials of new treatments and patient care models. It also provides vital professional development opportunities for younger doctors seeking to grow their knowledge within specialist areas, assisting St Vincent’s Hospitals to recruit and retain the best doctors into the future.
Cunningham Fellows Program Honour Roll 2013-2024
| Year/s | Fellow | Clinical Area | Supervising Clinician |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Dr Lyn Chiem | Inaugural Uspace Registrar Fellow, Mental Health | Prof Elizabeth Scott, Director Uspace |
| 2014 | Dr Richard Baker | Uspace Registrar Fellow | Prof Elizabeth Scott, Director Uspace |
| 2015 | Dr Pal Gupta Dr Aaron Berger | Uspace Registrar Fellow | Prof Elizabeth Scott, Director Uspace |
| 2016 | Dr Candice Jenson Dr Nicole Burston | Uspace Registrar Fellow | Prof Elizabeth Scott, Director Uspace |
| 2017 | Dr Nathan Jacobs Dr Sonali Pandey | Uspace Registrar Fellow | Prof Elizabeth Scott, Director Uspace |
| 2017-2018 | Dr Sam Bolitho | Fellow in Inaugural Movement Disorders | A/Prof Stephen Tisch, Head of Neurology |
| 2018 | Dr Cate McHugh | Uspace Registrar Fellow | Prof Elizabeth Scott, Director Uspace |
| 2019 | Dr Anne Geisser | Uspace Registrar Fellow | Prof Elizabeth Scott, Director Uspace |
| 2020 | Dr Dori Rakusin Dr Karina Karel | Uspace Registrar Fellow | Prof Elizabeth Scott, Director Uspace |
| 2021 | Dr Ben Allard Dr Tessa Neilson | Uspace Registrar Fellow | Prof Elizabeth Scott, Director Uspace |
| 2021 | Louise Lynagh | Fellow in Cancer Genetic Counselling | Prof Allan Spiegelman, Director Cancer Genetics Unit |
| 2021 | Dr Shikha Agrawal Dr Aron Poole | Fellows in Theranostics Clinical Trials | Prof Louise Emmett, Director of Theranostics and Nuclear Imaging |
| 2021-2024 | Dr Kathleen Batty Dr Elizabeth Driscoll Dr Cat Bines | Fellow in Breast Cancer Extension Fellows | Dr Rachel Dear, Staff Specialist Oncology |
| 2021-2024 | Dr Tarcisio de Campos | Fellow in Orthopaedic Clinical Research, St Vincent’s Private Hospital Fellow | Dr Nick Vertzyas and A/Prof Sean Mungovan |
| 2021-2024 | Dr Timothy Lukins | Fellow in Neurosurgery | Dr Mark Winder, Head of Neurosurgery |
| 2021 | Dr James Peters | Fellow in Movement Disorders, St Vincent’s Private Hospital | A/Prof Stephen Tisch, Head of Neurology |
| 2022 | Dr Joel Rabindran | Fellow in Upper Gastro-Intestinal Surgery | Dr Douglas Fenton-Lee, Upper GI Surgeon |
| 2022-2023 | Dr Hannah Kempton | Fellow in Interventional Cardiology (TAVI Program) | Dr David Roy, Cardiologist |
| 2022 | Dr Cameron Grover | Fellow in Mental Health Emergency Department | Dr Lyn Chiem, Clinical Director Mental Health |
| 2022 | Kate Rowley | Fellow in Mental Health Nursing Educator | A/Prof Anna Thornton, Executive Director of Nursing SVHNS |
| 2021 | Dr Belinda Pan Dr Sarah Cohn | Uspace Registrar Fellows | A/Prof Gary Galambos, Director Uspace |
| 2023 | TBA | Fellow in Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression | Dr Mike Millard and Dr Lyn Chiem |
| 2023 | Dr Samantha Shekar | Fellow in Prostate Cancer | Dr Megan Crumbaker, Staff Specialist Oncology |
| 2023 – 2024 | Dr Joel Maamary | AAA St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney Clinical Exchange Program – Cunningham Exchange Fellow in Movement Disorders Extension Fellow | A/Prof Stephen Tisch and Dr James Peters |
| 2023 | Dr Usuma Mohamed | Fellow in Long COVID Rehabilitation Fellow | Prof Steven Faux, Prof Anthony Byrne, |
| 2023 – 2024 | Dr Tristan Cox | Uspace Registrar Fellow | A/Prof Gary Galambos, Director Uspace |
| 2023 – 2024 | Dr Yvonne Nguyen Dr Jemma Cho | Fellow in Mental Health Emergency Department | Dr Jackie Huber and Dr Lyn Chiem |
| 2024 | Dr Shikha Agrawal | Fellow in Theranostics | Prof Louise Emmett Director of Theraistics and Nuclear Medicine |
| 2024 | Dr Stephanie Wiltshire | Fellow in Interventional Cardiology | Prof David Muller/ A/Prof Andrew Roy and Dr David Roy |
| 2024 | Dr Cat Bines Dr Elizabeth Driscoll | Extension Fellow in Oncology Clinical Research Program | Dr Rachel Dear |
| 2024 | TBA | Fellow in Neurosurgery | Dr Mark Winder |
| 2024 | Elena Bartos | Fellow in Orthopaedics Rehab | A/Prof Sean Mungovan, Director of Allied Health Services |
| 2024 | Dr Isabelle Osborne | Fellow in Movement Disorders | A/Prof Stephen Tisch |
