Singapore Medical Council visits Monash

Members of the Singapore Medical Council (SMC) visited Monash University’s Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences earlier this month to discuss plans for the new Monash Medicine MD.

Hosted by Professor Michelle Leech, Deputy Dean, MBBS, the SMC delegation learnt about the exciting Monash degree that integrates both the direct entry and graduate entry MBBS programs into one medicine course.

Congratulations to 2014 Robert Power Surgical Prize winner Lukas Sahhar

Lukas being congratulated by Professor
Jeffrey V. Rosenfeld, HOD Surgery,Alfred

Congratulations to final year Monash University Medicine student Lukas Sahhar, who was recently awarded the winner of the 2014 Alfred Hospital Robert Power Prize in Surgery. This final year medical student prize involved both written assessment and a viva voce examination on surgical knowledge and skills. Lukas has thoroughly enjoyed his surgical rotations at the Alfred Hospital and said, "The Alfred offers excellent surgical learning opportunities. I am very grateful for the teaching my rotations' teams have offered."

The award will be presented at the Alfred Staff dinner in 2015. Lukas is looking forward to commencing his internship at the Alfred in January 2015.

Congratulations! First Australian to receive new MS grant

L-R: PhD student Jae Lee
with Dr Steven Petratos

Congratulations to Monash University’s Dr Steven Petratos, who is the only Australian recipient of the International Progressive MS Alliance first round of grants. Dr Petratos, Department of Medicine, is doing research into new therapies to stop progressive Multiple Sclerosis (MS), a chronic condition that worsens over time disrupting the flow of information within the brain and body. Progressive MS takes away vision, mobility, cognition, and the ability to work. See Monash story. For more photos of Steven's lab group and students, see Photo gallery.