
23/07/2025
We're excited to announce the two latest recipients of our MDA National and RDAA Bursary for 2025 - Dr Sophie Fontaine and Dr Morgan See!
As always, huge thanks to our long-term and top-level (Platinum) partner, MDA National, for continuing to support not only RDAA but also these important bursaries!
Sophie is a medical intern with the Gippsland Rural Generalist Intern Training Program at the Bairnsdale Regional Health Service. She has key interests in Rural Generalist Medicine and Expedition Medicine.
Growing up on a bush property in Gippsland, Victoria, she always felt most at home in rural settings. Ultimately, she envisages working primarily as a Rural Generalist doctor while incorporating seasonal expedition work into her schedule.
Sophie plans to use her Bursary to complete the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) Rural Emergency Obstetric Training course which will help equip her with essential skills to manage obstetric emergencies in rural settings with greater confidence.
Next year, however, she’ll be stepping away from Clinical Medicine temporarily to complete rescue specialist training with the Danish Military!
Morgan is a medical intern at Orange Health Service in Central West NSW (part of the Western NSW Local Health District). He has key interests in Rural Medicine and Rural Ophthalmology.
Morgan was raised in Brisbane but his interest in Rural Medicine was first inspired by visits to his grandparents who were all from different areas of country Queensland.
He was then further inspired when undertaking a 12 month longitudinal placement at Grafton and Maclean Hospital in Northern NSW, and a university-sponsored four week placement with Lions Outback Vision in the Kimberley, WA.
He ultimately plans to live and work as an Ophthalmologist somewhere in regional Australia.
Morgan will be using his Bursary to regularly attend and assist at the Dubbo Public Eye Clinic over the next 12 months. This clinic is NSW’s main public eye clinic outside of Sydney.
You can read more about Sophie and Morgan here:
http://bit.ly/4nWVBwV
Congratulations once again to both Sophie and Morgan, and huge thanks to MDA National for their ongoing support! 🤩
⚠️ And junior doctors, remember - there are still 3 bursaries on offer for the remainder of 2025! Be quick and apply! More details via the link above or the QR code below.