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Mentoring the next generation of Pacific neurosurgeons
1 July 2026
The Alfred is pleased to host Dr Samuela Nanovu as he completes eight weeks of mentorship under neurosurgeon Dr Ron Jithoo OAM, having been conferred this year’s RACS Surgeons International Award.
education
neurosurgery
training
Transforming intent into action
16 June 2026
Alfred Mental and Addiction Health (AMAH) staff, including clinicians and lived/living experience workers, gathered at the Victorian Pride Centre to launch the new Cultural Safety Equity and Access (CSEA) Strategic Direction 2026-2028.
addiction
cultural safety
education
mental health
patients
For Chelsey: Elisha raises money in memory of her sister
6 March 2026
For Elisha King, raising money in memory of her sister, Chelsey, was in part about raising awareness of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) through The Alfred and partly a healing process for herself.   
bleeding & clotting
blood
education
fundraising
patients
research & innovation
the alfred foundation
100 percent of the class, pass!
24 July 2025
Congratulations to our Alfred Health basic physician trainees, all of whom have passed their Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) clinical examinations.
education
training
It’s time to talk about SUDEP
4 December 2024
Alfred Health has teamed up with the Epilepsy Foundation and Monash University in the creation of a video to improve clinicians’ awareness of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP).
education
epilepsy
P.A.R.T.Y. program educating students from Sandringham College in October 2023
“Even if only one student is listening, it’s a success”: P.A.R.T.Y. returns to The Alfred
3 November 2023
The in-hospital education program that places high school students face-to-face with the life-changing reality of trauma has returned to The Alfred for the first time since the Covid pandemic.
education
emergency & trauma
trauma