Our Special Angels in our 40th Anniversary Year
The 'Angels' below have been officially honoured by Kidney Health Australia in its 40th year. Operation Angel Awards gives recognition to the diverse range of people from so many walks of life, revealing the many faces of Kidney disease which affects one in three Australians. See extended profiles for all our Angels under their individual State listings and links below.
Nominees | Award Ceremonies
Presented in 2008
Barbara Harvie works tirelessly for chronic kidney disease and transplant patients at Canberra Hospital.
Sheila Perryman is a volunteer speaker for who was diagnosed with a renal problem in 1962 but never needed dialysis or a transplant.
Presented in 2008
Professor Jeremy Chapman was involved in establishing the NSW Renal Services Network.
Ray Cox is a carer who brings his wife to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital for dialysis and helps patients, relatives and staff.
Elizabeth Craig is a dialysis nurse at Sydney Children’s Hospital and assists with Kidney Kids Camps.
Jill Farquhar is a dialysis nurse at Westmead Children’s Hospital and has assists with Kidney Kids Camps.
Dr Stephen May of the Hunter New England Area Health Service in Tamworth has been the lynch pin of Renal Services for the past 18 years.
Derani Morgan is a retired nurse who worked in the renal units at Sydney Hospital and Royal North Shore Hospital.
Jane Nicholson has worked at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital for close to 25 years and is the renal case manager.
Dr Shelley Tranter is a dedicated nephrology nurse consultant and has a Doctoral in Nursing.
Christine Pollock is the manager of the Renal Unit at Tweed Heads Hospital.
Geoff Youdale is a transplant recipient who has served on committees for many years.
Presented in 2006
Heather Edgell
Lisa Forbes
Dr John Mahony
Presented in 2008
Joan Allen has been involved in caring for transplant patients at the Princess Alexandra Hospital for most of her nursing career.
Angel Flight is a charity that co-ordinates free non-emergency flights for financially and medically needy people.
Ken Chiplin is a volunteer at the Wesley Hospital Dialysis Unit.
Keri-Lu Equinox is a clinical nurse at Cairns Base Hospital.
Nick Farley is a transplant recipient, a volunteer speaker, and advocate of organ donation.
Moy Sweetman is a transplant recipient who established a charity to help others with chronic diseases.
Presented in 2008
Steve Attard is the chair of the South Australian Consumer Participation Committee and is on the National Council.
Kirsten Dermody is a clinical nurse consultant at Flinders Medical Centre and President of the SA and NT branch of the Renal Society of South Australia.
Nancy Douglas-Irving and Enzo Scipioni and are kidney transplant recipients who established Dialysis Escape Line Australia.
Di Godfrey was one of Australia’s first renal technicians and assisted in setting up the Renal Unit at Berri.
Jeff Lang is a long time volunteer at Kidney Health Australia as a peer support person and guest speaker.
Roxanne Perry assists with the Kids Camps and is the nursing unit manager at the renal unit of the Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
Presented in 2006
Gerry Hancock
A/Professor Mohan Rao
Dianne Schultze
Presented in 2008
Margaret Binns is renal transplant coordinator at Royal Hobart Hospital and has been a dialysis nurse for more than 20 years.
Michael Dewis is a carer at the Launceston General Hospital Renal Unit.
Jennifer Reynolds is a nurse attached to the satellite Renal Unit of the Launceston General Hospital in Burnie.
Kerry Walker is a transplant recipient and advocate for public awareness of chronic kidney disease.
Presented in 2008
Bernie Farrell works tirelessly in representing Victorian consumers of renal health.
Tom Lonergan is a Geelong Cats player who had a kidney removed after a football injury and made a triumphant return to the game in 2007.
Eunice Luker has been a volunteer coordinator within the Geelong Dialysis Unit for more than 12 years.
Yogarani Jeyakumar has provided years of service to Kidney Kids Camps held in Victoria and is respected in paediatric and adult renal nursing.
Alan Rawson has run two Dialysis Holiday Homes at Yarrawonga and Rosebud for 15 years.
Kath Retallick brings her full care dependant husband to dialysis three days a week and provides support to other clients.
Rosemary Simmonds has worked in home nocturnal haemodialysis since its inception in Geelong in 2000.
Presented in 2006
Peter Auld
Freda Kingsland
Jimmy Little AO
Tamaryn Stevens
Presented in 2008
Paul Andrews MLA is the ALP Member for Southern River and works to raise community awareness of kidney disease.
Professor Paolo Ferrari is a Director at the Department of Nephrology at Fremantle Hospital and pioneered Paired Exchange in Australia.
Graham Herbert initiated the Dialysis Unit Guide and has been a volunteer for more than 10 years.
Paul Kitson has been a volunteer for 14 years and is a member of the WA Consumer Participation Committee.
Dr Mark Thomas is a renal physician at Royal Perth Hospital and a long-term supporter of Kidney Health Australia.
Presented in 2006
Laurie Birchall
Sue Bird
Margaret Cassell