Awarded for the first time in 1958 by the Faculty of Anaesthetists, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, the prize is named after Dr Douglas Renton, who was elected as the founding dean of the faculty in 1953.
The prize, which takes the form of a medal, will be presented at the ANZCA Annual Scientific Meeting.
Eligibility criteria
The prize is open to all candidates admitted to the primary exam. Read regulation 17 for full details.
Past recipients
Year | Name | Location |
| 2023.1 | Hannah Mary Bruce | NSW NZ |
| 2022.2 | John Peter Webster | Vic |
| 2022.1 | Alexandra Lauren Carle | WA |
| 2021.2 | Mason Ross Habel | Vic |
| 2021.1 | Natalie Sarah Elizabeth Smith | WA |
| 2020.2 | Boris Waldman | NSW |
| 2020.1 | Laura Elizabeth Staples | Qld |
| 2019.2 | Nathaniel John Hiscock | Vic |
| 2019.1 | Andrew Wesley Thomas Burch | SA |
| 2018.2 | Grace Breanna Hollands | Vic |
| 2018.1 | Brian Nee Hou Chee | Vic |
| 2017.2 | Jana Ludmila Vitesnikova | Tas |
| 2017.1 | Blagoja Alampieski | Qld |
| 2016.2 | Andrew Peter Melville | Vic |
| 2016.1 | John Anthony Newland | NZ |
| 2015.2 | Daniel Reto Frei | NZ |
| 2015.1 | Kaylee Anne Jordan | Tas |
| 2014.2 | Steven Michael De Luca | WA |
| 2014.1 | Adam John Mahoney | Tas |
| 2013.2 | Adam Isaac Mossenson | WA |
| 2013.1 | Duncan John Macgregor Brown | NZ |
| 2012.2 | Mark Philip Plummer | SA |
| 2012.1 | Ing-Kye Sim | WA |
| 2011.2 | Wong Ong Yat | HK |
| 2011.1 | Katrina Pamela Pirie | Vic |
| 2010.2 | Vivian V Nguyen | Vic |
| 2010.1 | Lachlan Fraser Miles | Vic |
| 2009.2 | Tung Hoi Ying Queenie | HK |
| 2009.1 | Alexander Smirk | Vic |
| 2008.2 | Stanley Tay | Vic |
| 2008.1 | Ann-Lynn Kuok | WA |
| 2007.2 | Siu Wah Sylvia Au | HK |
| 2007.1 | Amanda Kruys | SA |
| 2006 | Raymond Tiong Chin Hu | Vic |
| 2006 | Damien Wallman | WA |
| 2005 | Shannon James Matzelle | WA |
| 2005 | Pedro Diaz | SA |
| 2005 | Luke Emanuel Torre | WA |
| 2005 | Daniel James Faulke | WA |
| 2004 | Jamie Paul Stevens | WA |
| 2003 | Tamara Joan Culnane | WA |
| 2003 | Markus Helmut Schmidt | WA |
| 2002 | Michael Stratos Paleologos | NSW |
| 2002 | James Nicholas King | NZ |
| 2001 | Michael Peter Clifford | Vic |
| 2001 | Andrew Hugh Jackson | NSW |
| 2000 | Gary Lewis Hopgood | NZ |
| 2000 | Ben Jon Di Luca | Vic |
| 1999 | Tyron Robert Crofts | Vic |
| 1999 | Nicole Annette Healy | QLD |
| 1998 | Craig Hargreaves | NSW |
| 1998 | Brian Shaune Cowie | Vic |
| 1997 | Stephen Bruce Gibson | NSW |
| 1997 | David Raoul Rivlin Lardner | NZ |
| 1996 | Anthony Neville Coorey | QLD |
| 1996 | Angela Gay Playoust | NSW |
| 1995 | KWOK Wing Hong | Hong Kong |
| 1995 | Catherine Susan Downs | NSW |
| 1994 | Peter Anthony Watt | QLD |
| 1994 | Ai Yu Cheng | Hong Kong |
| 1993 | Shane Christopher Townsend | QLD |
| 1992 | Brian Thomas Spain | WA |
| 1992 | Andrew John Patrick | Vic |
| 1991 | Rex Anthony Smith | NZ |
| 1991 | Anton Ellis Loewenthal | QLD |
| 1990 | Lam Kwok Key | Hong Kong |
| 1990 | Keith Bradford Laubscher | NZ |
| 1989 | Neale Norman Mushet | NZ |
| 1988 | Philip Gregory Ragg | Vic |
| 1988 | Linda Jane Cass | Vic |
| 1988 | Bruce Graeme Marks | Vic |
| 1987 | Ian Richard Jenkins | WA |
| 1987 | Elizabeth Margaret Ashwood | SA |
| 1986 | Roger Michael Owen Hall | NZ |
| 1986 | John Hamilton Reeves | Vic |
| 1986 | Anthony Kevin Long | NSW |
| 1985 | Terence Buckman | NSW |
| 1985 | Alexandra Deborah Moore | NZ |
| 1984 | Simon Christopher Body | NZ |
| 1984 | Jeremy Ormond Cooper | NZ |
| 1984 | Ian Meehan McKenzie | Vic |
| 1983 | Keith James Kelly | NSW |
| 1983 | Tan Lee Choo | Vic |
| 1983 | Anne Maree Cunningham | QLD |
| 1982 | Roger Edward Traill | NSW |
| 1982 | David Anderson Scott | Vic |
| 1981 | Jeremy Aylwin Foate | NZ |
| 1980 | Rusli Arshad | Malaysia |
| 1980 | Keith Arthur Streatfeild | NSW |
| 1979 | Robert Harold Woog | NSW |
| 1979 | Christopher Dudley Clay | WA |
| 1978 | Jacob Boon | Vic |
| 1977 | Helen Jilanne Bridgman | NSW |
| 1977 | Geoffrey Ronald Cutfield | NZ |
| 1976 | David Kault | QLD |
| 1976 | Bin Bin Lee | NSW |
| 1975 | Raymond Teo Cheng Soon | Singapore |
| 1975 | John Leith Moran | SA |
| 1974 | Ivan Paul Sergejev | NSW |
| 1974 | Francis John Augustus | NSW |
| 1973 | Roderick Joseph Bramston Tiernan | Vic |
| 1973 | Harry Kay | NSW |
| 1972 | Victor Ian Callanan | QLD |
| 1972 | Richard Woodley Davis | SA |
| 1971 | Terence Francis Little | Vic |
| 1971 | George Richard John McEwin | SA |
| 1970 | Isobel Alice Ann Perry-Keene | QLD |
| 1970 | Aleksander Joost | Vic |
| 1969 | William John Herlihy | NSW |
| 1969 | Barbara Gwenyth Burrows | Vic |
| 1968 | Eric Jack Micklethwaite | QLD |
| 1968 | Dennis Lloyd Fitzsimmons | QLD |
| 1968 | Colin Robert Brown | NSW |
| 1967 | Peter George Thomson | NSW |
| 1967 | Michael Hunter Harpur | NSW |
| 1966 | Walter Wyndham Biggs | QLD |
| 1966 | Richard Gun | NSW |
| 1965 | Robert McKay Hare | Vic |
| 1965 | David Komesaroff | Vic |
| 1963 | Warren Henry Millist | NSW |
| 1962 | Michael Francis O'Rourke | NSW |
| 1960 | Ian Ronald Philpott | Vic |
| 1959 | James Loughman | NSW |
| 1959 | Bryan Edmund Sharkey | NSW |
| 1958 | Vera Gallagher | NSW |
Related resources
The Renton Prize, established in 1956, is awarded as a medal to candidates who achieve a high standard in the ANZCA Primary Examinations for Fellowship. In the case of a tie among top candidates, Examiners may take additional steps to determine a single winner or may consider a joint award.