Pride of Concord winner named
Dr Cameron Korb-Wells is the 2024 winner of prestigious prize.
Dr Cameron Korb-Wells, Medical Director of the National Centre for Veterans’ Healthcare (NCVH), has been named the winner of the 2024 Pride of Concord Medal.
Dr Korb-Wells said he was humbled and surprised to receive the award, which is designed to recognise valuable contributions, outstanding achievements, and significant service to Concord Hospital.
“To be nominated by a member of my team for this award is a humbling experience and I'm just grateful that I can continue to contribute and support the services we all deliver,” he said.
Sydney Local Health District Chief Executive Deb Willcox AM presented Dr Korb-Wells with the medal at a special ceremony at the Concord Medical Education Centre on Tuesday 10 December.
In her speech at the ceremony, Ms Willcox said she was thrilled to learn who had been selected to receive the award.
“Congratulations Cameron, I'm so thrilled that you're the winner this year,” she said.
“I was struck from the moment I met you by your commitment to the veterans and your drive to create a very special service for these very important members of our community.
“This is just a fantastic outcome and I hope it gives you some sense of the value and recognition we place on you, so thank you and congratulations.”
Dr Korb-Wells started at Concord Hospital as an intern in 2010, before going on to become a staff specialist in 2018 and later the hospital’s Deputy Director of Medical Services.
The geriatrician was instrumental in founding the NCVH and its innovative model of care for Australian military veterans. His work has led him to be appointed a subject matter expert on government committees on veterans’ strategy and on the development of a Single Digital Patient Record.
Dr Korb-Wells said Concord Hospital had been “a wonderful place to learn and develop” and it was a pleasure to celebrate with peers from different disciplines whom he had worked with, been trained by and some who had been trained by him.