Note:  Dates in italics flag the dates of recent changes to the regulation, e.g., 10/04 indicates a change made to the following paragraph in October 2004.

The Gilbert Brown Prize was established by the Faculty of Anaesthetists, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, in 1961.

13.1   The Prize shall be awarded to the Fellow judged to make the best contribution to the free research paper session named the Gilbert Brown Prize Session at each Annual Scientific Meeting.
  10/02

13.2   The Prize shall take the form of a medal and will be accompanied by a grant of up to $1,000 for educational purposes upon presentation of receipts.  The Gilbert Brown Prize winner will also receive a certificate recognising the award.
  11/05

13.3   Eligibility for the Prize shall be limited to Fellows of the College and its Faculties within eight years of admission to Fellowship, except that Elected Fellows must be within eight years of admission to their original Fellowship.

Any problems related to eligibility for the Prize shall be referred to the President for delegation to the most appropriate Committee.

13.4   The Council shall, from time to time, appoint three adjudicators for the Prize in addition to the Chairman of the Research Committee who will Chair the Adjudication Panel.  This task may be delegated to the Chairman of the ASM Committee.  Adjudicators shall have the power to co-opt at the Annual Scientific Meeting should one or more of the adjudicators be unable to attend.
  2/03

13.5   If in the opinion of the adjudicators no paper reaches a sufficiently high standard, the Prize will not be awarded.

13.6   If necessary, the Scientific Convenors will pre-select papers for the Gilbert Brown Prize Session on the basis of the submitted abstracts.
  10/03

 
GILBERT BROWN PRIZE WINNERS

1963  Bruce Warren Gunner
New South Wales
Particulate matter in intravenous solutions

1964  Trevor Talbot Currie
Victoria
The Cardiac and peripheral vascular effects of methoxyflurane

1965  John Francis Mainland
Victoria
Electromyography of the respiratory muscles in the postoperative surgical patient

1966  M R Milne
Western Australia
Effects of modern gas anaesthesia on the middle ear

1967  Teresa Rita Brophy
Queensland
Blood gas studies during cerebral angiography

1968  Trevor Talbot Currie
Victoria
Penicillin epilepsy

1969  Not awarded
 
1970  Alexander Waddell Squire
New Zealand
Oxygen consumption in cardio-pulmonary bypass perfusion and hypothermia in man

1971  Not awarded
 
1972  John Michael Gibbs
New Zealand
The effect of ketamine on cerebro-spinal fluid pressure

1973  Frank David Pilditch
Queensland
The effects of modified electro-convulsive and different induction

Anthony John Newson
New Zealand
The clinical significance of elevated CPK levels

1974  Neville James Davis
Western Australia
Experience with the fibreoptic laryngoscope

1975  Thomas Andrew Gabriel Torda
New South Wales
Effects of intravenous anaesthesia on synaptic currents

1976  Malcolm McDougal Fisher
New Zealand
Histamine medicated reactions to reactions to intravenous drugs used in anaesthesia

1977  Thomas Christopher Kenneth Brown
Victoria
Management of cardiovascular complications of tricyclic anti-depressant overdosage

1978  Karl Douglas Alexander
Victoria
Anaesthesia and immunity

William Ben Runciman
South Australia
An evaluation of cardiac output measurement using the Swan-Ganz Catheter

1979  Robert Oliver Edeson
Western Australia
Enhancement by gentamycin of non-depolarising neuromuscular blockade in the cat

1980  Walter John Russell
South Australia
Cardiac responses to different autonomic stimuli

1981  Richard Woodleigh Davis
South Australia
The rational use of blood for surgery

1982  Session not held
 
1983  Peter Edgeworth Lillie
South Australia
Site of action of intravenous regional anaesthesia

1984  Charles Marcel Domaingue
Victoria
Comparison of muscle relaxant drugs in anaesthesia for coronary artery surgery

1985  Navaratnam Sivaneswaran
New South Wales
A new portable resuscitation system

1986  Michael Martyn
Tasmania
Computerisation – implementation and benefits

Craig Nancarrow
South Australia
Duration depression of renal drug clearance after general anaesthesia in sheep

1987  Stevenson Philip Petito
South Australia
Does cricoid pressure prevent gastric inflation?

1988  Edward John McArdle
Queensland
Anaesthesia for maxillo-facial surgery

1989  Mark Robert Upton
South Australia
Intravesical lignocaine – a new anaesthetic technique for transurethral surgery

1990  David Bruce Frederick Cottee
New South Wales
The effects of isoflurane and coronary vascular tone are venticular rate dependant and territory specific

1991  Tony Gin
Hong Kong
Postpartum gastric emptying

1992  Neil Raymond Warwick

New South Wales
Atracurium Kinetics Using A Dynamic-Kinetic Modelling Technique

1993  Suen Ka Lok
Hong Kong
Ondansetron 4 mg IV for the Prophylaxis of Nausea and Vomiting After Gynaecological Laparoscopic Surgery

1994  Alexander Leslie Garden
New Zealand
Anaesthesia Information - What Patients Want to Know: A Pilot Study

1995  Katherine Leslie
Victoria
The Effect of Spinal Block Heights on the Core Tempreature Triggering Shivering

1996  Paul Stewart Myles
Victoria
Haemodynamics and Timing of Extubation with Propofol Analgesia for CABG Surgery

1997  Warwick Dean Ngan Kee
Hong Kong
Addition of Adrenaline to Epidural Pethidine

1998  John Thomas Moloney
Victoria
Outcome After Tonsillectomy: LA Filtration vs IV Opioid – A Randomised Controlled Trial

1999  Philip Bruce Cornish
New Zealand
Supraclavicular Regional Anaesthesia Revisited
  
2000  Adam Philip Tucker
Victoria
The Antinociceptive Effect of Ketamine in Acute Pain Models in Humans
  
2001  Winifred Jeannette Burnett
Victoria
The effects of rilmenidine on cerebral blood flow and autoregulation in rabbits
  
2002  Richard Anthony French
New Zealand
Work of breathing with paediatric anaesthetic circuits
  
2003  Kwok Ming Ho
Hong Kong
Clinical predictors of acute renal replacement therapy in patients with acute renal injury
  
2004  Timothy McCulloch
New South Wales
Cerebral autoregulation and isoflurane: effect of hyperventilation
  
2005  Paul John Wrigley
New South Wales
Spinal mechanism of thermal nociceptive processing
  
2006  Ashley R Webb
Victoria
The addition of a ketamine infusion to tramadol for postoperative analgesia: a double-blinded, placebo-controlled, randomised trial after abdominal surgery
  
2007  Sui Cheung Yu
Hong Kong
Cost effectiveness of intrathecal morphine for postoperative analgesia after caesarean section: a randomised controlled trial