David Lam

Senior Lecturer (Teaching Specialist (Acad))

College of Medicine and Public Health

place Flinders Rural Health SA - Murray Bridge
PO Box 723, VICTOR HARBOR, SA, 5211

Roles

  • Director, Flinders South Australia Regional Training Hub
  • Year 4 MD Rural Stream Topic Coordinator
  • Volunteer tutor for Aboriginal medical students
Qualifications
  • Rural Generalist Anaesthetist MBBS FRACGP-RG FACCRM RGA
  • Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors GAICD
Honours, awards and grants
  • Professor Derek Frewin AO Clinical Teaching Citation, University of Adelaide 2013
  • Best Rural Teacher Award, University of Adelaide 2018
  • RACGP National General Practitioner of the Year 2019
  • InDaily 40Under40 2020
  • General Practitioner Procedural Training Support Program (Anaesthesia) 2022
  • University of Adelaide Distinguished Alumni Award 2023
  • Qantas Regional Grant 2024
  • FUSA College of Medicine and Public Health Teaching Award 2025
  • FMSS Burns-Alpers Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching 2025
Topic coordinator
MMED9450 MD Rural Stream Year 4
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