Celebrating our top-performing students at the 2025 Medicine Awards
Sophie Davis Memorial Prize winners - Daniel Ameen, Amara Vivekanantham, Ethan Prabaharan
Our high-achieving medicine students were celebrated at the 2025 Medicine Awards, held at the Monash Clayton campus last week and hosted by Deputy Dean of Medicine Professor Michelle Leech AM. Students were awarded across 42 categories for a wide range of achievements, including scoring the highest overall subject marks, making humanitarian contributions and providing support to their fellow medicine students.
The Sophie Davis Memorial Prize, awarded annually to the student who attained the highest overall marks in the medicine degree, was awarded to three students - Daniel Ameen, Amara Vivekanantham and Ethan Prabaharan. Sophie Davis’s son and grandson, Dr Alan Davis and Mark Davis, attended the ceremony to present the award.
Deputy Dean of Medicine, Professor Michelle Leech AM, congratulated the students. “On behalf of the Monash Medical School and the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, I am absolutely delighted to congratulate each and every one of you on your awards. To achieve this in a cohort of medical students is remarkable,” she said. “We hope that this prize and recognition may help you in your future career and we hope that you stay connected to the Monash Medical School and continue to inspire future generations of Monash doctors.”
Thank you to our generous prize sponsors who make these awards possible. Our prize winners and sponsors include:
Name | Prize | Description |
Diluni Christeen Fernando | Australian and New Zealand Society for Geriatric Medicine Prize for Excellence in Geriatric Medicine | Awarded to the most outstanding Monash 5D student in Aged Care, nominated on behalf of their Clinical School who attains the highest end-of-year Aged Care exam results. |
Brienna Allman | Robert Mohr Humanitarian Award | Awarded to the Medicine student submitting a project report and being judged as having made a significant contribution to an indigenous, remote or underprivileged community locally or abroad. |
Sachila Hirunjith Herath | Sir Edward Hughes Medal and Prize in Surgery | Awarded to the Medicine student, from the Clayton program, nominated on behalf of their Clinical School who attains the highest Year 3B and 5D surgical results. |
Daniel Ameen | Sophie Davis Memorial Prize | Awarded to the student who attains the highest overall marks in the award of the Medicine degree. |
Ethan Prabaharan | Alfred Hospital Residents’ and Graduates’ Association Prize | Awarded to the final year student from the Alfred Hospital who achieved the best overall mark for the course. |
Billy James Quirk | Harriet Power Prize in Medicine | Awarded to a final year Medicine student from Alfred Health (Alfred, Caulfield, Sandringham) as determined by a written examination, followed by a vive voce for selected candidates. |
Shambhavi Srivastava | Harry Hindlip Green Prize in Medicine | Awarded to the student completing fifth year from Alfred Health who performed best in their Year 3B OSCE. |
Zachary Angus | Robert Power Prize in Surgery | Awarded to a year 5D Medicine student from Alfred Health as determined by a written examination, followed by a vive voce for selected candidates. |
Khy Yie Choo | The Hatem Salem Award for Medical Student Research Excellence | Awarded to the final year Medicine student whose BMedSc(Hons) (undertaken at the School of Translational Medicine) is determined to have made a significant impact on their field of study. |
Xireaili Feierdaiweisi | The Nip Thomson Award for Medical Student Clinical and Research Excellence | Awarded to a student who has completed a BMedSc(Hons) at the School of Translational Medicine and a fifth year medical rotation at the Alfred. The winner is the student meeting this criteria who has the highest overall mark for the course. |
Jason Wu Kai Chan | Laila Rotstein Scholarly Intensive Project Prize | The final year student who completed their Scholarly Intensive Project (SIP) at the School of Translational Medicine who attains the highest overall result, as determined by overall SIP mark and judging panel. |
Olivia Imogen Donaldson | Alfred Health Clinical Dean's Prize | Awarded to the final year student who has made an outstanding contribution to the clinical school environment with respect to professionalism, academic achievement and approach to learning |
Georgia Emily Lyras Musgrave | Peninsula Health Clinical Dean's Prize | Awarded to the final year student who has made an outstanding contribution to the clinical school environment with respect to professionalism, academic achievement and approach to learning. |
Yue Ming Loi | Prince Henry’s Prize in Surgery | Awarded to the best student as determined by a viva voce examination by invitation. Shortlisted students are determined based on completion of a minimum of one semester in year 5D at the School of Clinical Sciences, including a rotation in Surgery, who obtain the highest aggregate marks in Surgery as determined by the results of their Year 3 examinations. |
Manveen Kaur | School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health Board of Management Prize | Awarded to the final year student from the School of Clinical Sciences who obtains the highest aggregate marks in all five years of the MD. |
Yan Ying Chrislyn Ng | School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health Emergency Medicine Prize | Awarded to the highest performing final year student in an Emergency Medicine written essay after nomination for this award by Monash Health Emergency staff. |
Li Xie | School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health Senior Medical Staff Prize for Excellence in Student Internship | Awarded to the final year student from the School of Clinical Sciences based on the combination of results of the Year 5 preparednesss for practice exam and commendations from the Safe Practice Assessment - Practical; and a minimum of two clinical supervisor recommendations. |
Arghavan Shafiei | School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health Student Intern Awards for Excellence | Awarded to one or more students who receive supervisor nominations for student intern awards; results of the Year 5 preparedness for practice exam and commendations from the Safe Practice Assessment - Practical. Awardees will demonstrate excellence in one or more rotations at Monash Health based on PIA assessment. |
Filip Pesevski | School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health Student Intern Awards for Excellence | Awarded to the final year student from the School of Clinical Sciences based on the combination of results of the Year 5 preparednesss for practice exam and commendations from the Safe Practice Assessment - Practical; and clinical supervisor recommendations. |
Yvette Christina Raymond | School of Clinical Sciences at Monash Health: Ellice Jane Hammond Prize for Excellence in Student Internship | Awarded to the SCS graduating student producing the highest quality project report, oral presentation and reflection. |
Nethum Devendra | School of Clinical Sciences Exemplary Scholarly Intensive Award | Awarded to the SCS graduating student producing the highest quality project report, oral presentation and reflection. |
Angela Lin | Shaun Summers Award for Medical Student Research | Awarded to the BMedSc(Hons) student who achieves the highest grade in the SCSMH BMedSc(Hons) cohort. |
Cyrus Raki | Stephen Holdsworth Prize for Medical Student Research | Awarded to the graduating student with the most important publication(s) to arise from their BMedSc(Hons). |
Daniel Ameen | Eastern Health Clinical School Pre-Internship Prize | Awarded to the year 5D student who was on placement at EHCS for a minimum of one semester in year 5D who performed best in the MED5103 Patient Safety and Preparation for Practice Unit and exemplified MSP values. |
Amara Shae Vivekanantham | Eastern Health Clinical School, Year 5D Student Award | Awarded to the year 5D student who was on placement at EHCS for a minimum of one semester in year 5D who received the highest overall grade and on recommendation by Medical Student Programs. |
Jay Kim Dingle | Eastern Health Clinical School, Scholarly Intensive Project Research Award | Awarded to the EHCS final year medical student who is deemed, by an independent judging panel, to have given the best Scholarly Intensive Project presentation. |
Jemima Winifred Allen | Faculty of Pain Medicine - Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists Prize in Pain Medicine | Awarded to the best Medicine student in Pain Medicine in either of the final two years of the Clayton program. |
Zachary Angus | Hector Maclean Ophthalmology Prize | Awarded to the Medical student selected from a group of candidates across Deakin University, University of Melbourne, Monash University and Notre Dame University, with the highest mark in a written and clinical exam. |
Daniel Mahini | Monash Medical Alumni Prize | Awarded to the final year student who is judged by his or her colleagues as the student who contributed the most support to fellow students during the course of the Medicine degree. |
Emil Lahiru Edirisinghe | Monash Medical Alumni Prize | Awarded to the final year student who is judged by his or her colleagues as the student who contributed the most support to fellow students during the course of the Medicine degree. |
Jessica Mary Vereker | MUMUS President Award | Awarded to the MUMUS President in recognition of their work. |
Emil Lahiru Edirisinghe | MUMUS Vice-President Award | Awarded to the MUMUS Vice-President in recognition of their work. |
Anusha Hassan | MUMUS Vice-President Award (Graduate) | Awarded to the Monash Graduate Medicine student lead who has shown leadership and consistent advocacy for medical students in the graduate program. |
Daniel Ameen | Christine McMenamin Professionalism Award | Awarded to the final year Graduate, Direct entry and Monash University Malaysia Medicine student who demonstrates very high levels of professionalism and respect in their interactions with patients, peers and educators as judged by senior staff and Associate Deans, Professionalism. |
Daniel Calvin Patchett | Christine McMenamin Professionalism Award | Awarded to the final year Graduate, Direct entry and Monash University Malaysia Medicine student who demonstrates very high levels of professionalism and respect in their interactions with patients, peers and educators as judged by senior staff and Associate Deans, Professionalism. |
Lachlan John Kesting | Extended Rural Cohort Graduate Prize | Awarded to the final year Medicine student from the Extended Rural Cohort who attains the highest aggregate marks in the Medicine degree. |
Amara Shae Vivekanantham | School of Rural Health (Churchill) Graduation Prize | Awarded to the final year student from the Graduate Program who attains the highest aggregate mark in the award of the Medicine degree. |
Oreoluwa Lois Segun-Beloved | Teresa Neale Award | Awarded to the Medicine student who has made the most significant contribution to rural, remote and Indigenous health awareness through their commitment to the promotion of rural and Indigenous health. |
Lily Li | Monash Rural Health Graduate Prize | Awarded to the student across all campuses who has completed the majority of their placements at a rural site in Victoria and obtains the highest aggregate marks in the award of Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine (MD) |
Daniel Calvin Patchett | Dr Tim McArdle Graduate Prize | Awarded to Final Year student who has completed the majority of their placements at a Gippsland rural site in Victoria and obtains the highest aggregate mark in the award of Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine (MD) |
Jordan Louise Hendy | Monash Rural Health SIP Prize | Awarded to the most deserving Final Year Monash Rural Health student for their enthusiasm, motivation, independence, commitment, professionalism and scholarly work, during their Scholarly Intensive Placement. |
Lily Li | End-to-End Rural Cohort (RE2E) Prize | Awarded to the Final Year student from the End to End Rural Cohort who obtains the highest aggregate mark in the award of Bachelor of Medical Science and Doctor of Medicine (MD) |
Jasmine Ng | Bryan Hudson Prize in Medicine | Awarded to the best student from the School of Clinical Sciences as determined by the results of a viva voce examination by invitation at the end of the final year. |
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