MEMBER (<strong>AM</strong>) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALI<strong>AM</strong>s Jean Maxwell KELSO, Osborne SA 5017For service to <strong>the</strong> perform<strong>in</strong>g arts as a senior soloist, through mentor<strong>in</strong>g roles, as <strong>the</strong>Founder and Director <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Hope and Harmony Choir, and to <strong>the</strong> community.Senior Soloist and Chorus Member, Opera <strong>Australia</strong>, 1985-2005; performed <strong>in</strong> over 75 majoroperatic works; mentor to younger choristers.Life Member, Friends <strong>of</strong> Opera <strong>Australia</strong>.Soloist, many concerts and recitals <strong>in</strong> and around Sydney and Adelaide.Founder and Director, Hope and Harmony Choir, s<strong>in</strong>ce 2008.Leader, <strong>in</strong>formal s<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g groups at a women's centre <strong>in</strong> Stepney, SA and local churches.Resident Adm<strong>in</strong>istrator, low-cost residential units operated by <strong>the</strong> South Sydney Unit<strong>in</strong>gChurch (Redfern/Waterloo area); organised free concerts and o<strong>the</strong>r events <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> units' hall;leader <strong>in</strong> establish<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> church's Eden Community Garden (run by people with HIV/AIDS);<strong>in</strong>strumental <strong>in</strong> establish<strong>in</strong>g a weekly shelter for <strong>the</strong> homeless <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Church Hall; Member,Church Council, for several decades.Fundraises for charities by s<strong>in</strong>g<strong>in</strong>g and play<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> Celtic Harp; enterta<strong>in</strong>s at hospitals andnurs<strong>in</strong>g homes and encourages pr<strong>of</strong>essional music colleagues to jo<strong>in</strong> her.Enterta<strong>in</strong>s at many Scottish celebrations <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g Ceilidhs, Burns Nights, Tartan Days andCaledonian concerts through song, harp play<strong>in</strong>g and story tell<strong>in</strong>g.Awards/recognition <strong>in</strong>clude:Honoured on her retirement by her photo portrait be<strong>in</strong>g hung <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Company Centre <strong>of</strong>Opera <strong>Australia</strong>, 2005.124
MEMBER (<strong>AM</strong>) IN THE GENERAL DIVISION OF THE ORDER OF AUSTRALIAPr<strong>of</strong>essor Anne Margaret KEOGH,Heart Transplant Unit, Xavier 4, St V<strong>in</strong>cent's Public Hospital,Victoria Street, Darl<strong>in</strong>ghurst NSW 2010For service to medic<strong>in</strong>e <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> field <strong>of</strong> cardiac transplantation, advanced heart failureand pulmonary hypertension as a cl<strong>in</strong>ician and researcher, to pr<strong>of</strong>essionalassociations, and to <strong>the</strong> community <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> area <strong>of</strong> animal welfare.Senior Transplant Cardiologist, Heart Transplant Unit, St V<strong>in</strong>cent's Public Hospital, s<strong>in</strong>ce1989; lead<strong>in</strong>g role <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> cl<strong>in</strong>ical evaluation <strong>of</strong> new treatments for primary pulmonaryhypertension, advance heart failure and heart transplant immunosuppression <strong>in</strong> <strong>Australia</strong>.Jo<strong>in</strong>t Head, Cl<strong>in</strong>ical Research Program, Heart Transplant Unit, St V<strong>in</strong>cent's Public Hospital,1990-2012; (Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute).Founder and Head <strong>of</strong> Pulmonary Hypertension Unit, St V<strong>in</strong>cent's Hospital, 1999-2012.Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>in</strong> Medic<strong>in</strong>e, St V<strong>in</strong>cent's Cl<strong>in</strong>ical School, Faculty <strong>of</strong> Medic<strong>in</strong>e, University <strong>of</strong> NewSouth Wales (conjo<strong>in</strong>t), s<strong>in</strong>ce 2006; Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>in</strong> Medic<strong>in</strong>e, 1998-2006; SeniorLecturer, 1991-1999.Visit<strong>in</strong>g Transplant Cardiologist, Pr<strong>in</strong>ce <strong>of</strong> Wales Children's Hospital, 1990-1995.Published over 250 peer-reviewed articles and 300 abstracts, s<strong>in</strong>ce 1984.Founder and Inaugural President, Pulmonary Hypertension Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Australia</strong> and NewZealand, 2010-2012.President, International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation, 2000-2001; BoardMember, 1996-1999.Board Member, Cardiac Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Australia</strong> and New Zealand, 1998-1999; Secretary, NSWBranch, Regional Committee, 1991-1996; Member, Scientific Committee, 1985-1989;Member, Cl<strong>in</strong>ical Trials Work<strong>in</strong>g Party.Member, Transplantation Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Australia</strong> and New Zealand, 1988-2012.Co-Founder and President, Cardiac Club <strong>of</strong> <strong>Australia</strong> and New Zealand, 1986-1987.Honorary Associate Pr<strong>of</strong>essor, Faculty <strong>of</strong> Pharmacy, University <strong>of</strong> Sydney, 1999-2004.Assistant Editor, Journal <strong>of</strong> Heart and Lung Transplantation.Reviewer for multiple <strong>in</strong>ternational journals; author <strong>of</strong> textbook chapters.Trustee, Medical Advances without Animals; research progress without <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> animals,2007-2012.Honorary Scientific Associate, Zoological Parks Board <strong>of</strong> New South Wales (Taronga),1996-2000.Honorary Associate, Great Apes Project, University <strong>of</strong> Sydney.Supporter, Bush Heritage <strong>of</strong> <strong>Australia</strong>, <strong>Australia</strong>n Wildlife Conservancy, and <strong>Australia</strong>n and<strong>in</strong>ternational animal welfare groups.Fellow, Royal <strong>Australia</strong>n College <strong>of</strong> Physicians.Fellow, Cardiac Society <strong>of</strong> <strong>Australia</strong> and New Zealand, 2005.Honorary Fellow, Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute, 2009-2012.Honorary Member, American Society <strong>of</strong> Transplant Physicians.Honorary Member, American Society <strong>of</strong> Transplant Surgeons.Awards/recognition <strong>in</strong>clude:<strong>Australia</strong> Day Ambassador, <strong>Australia</strong> Day Council, 1997-2003.Fullbright <strong>Australia</strong>n American Ambassadorial Scholarship, 1989.125