Outstanding Achievement Award

2022: Doug Symonds, Medtronic

Over the last two years, Doug Symonds has played a leading and crucial role in supporting the industry through driving PL Reforms.

Doug is an active member of the Reimbursement Committee – and has led critical work involving the committee and it’s multiple workstreams/groups. This included supporting the MTAA with its negotiations on PL reforms objectives and most recently, the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding for the policy parameters of the Prostheses List Reforms.

He also worked with the Department and the MTAA on the PL assessment pathways, PL re-grouping, and bundling work to help determine alternative funding mechanisms with respect to general use items being taken off the PL.

In addition to his role on the Reimbursement Committee, he is also an active member of the MTAA Cardiac Forum at which he played a key role in helping establish an additional review on technical services.

Doug’s knowledge, experience, expertise and passion as well as his contributions over the last two years demonstrate that he is a strong advocate of the Medical Technology Industry’s goals and objectives. 

2021: Warren Bingham, MedTech International

Warren is being recognised for his role in improving the lives of thousands of people, expanding clinical practice for hundreds of Gastroenterologists helping them to save lives and enhance human health.

Warren has been a representative for several industry groups including the AusMedtech’s National Advisory Committee, chair of the Medtech and Life-science committee of the Australia/Israel Chamber of Commerce and currently a Board member of Research Australia.

2020: Professor Lyn Griffiths, Queensland University of Technology