Head of Rheumatology Helen Keen is leading a raft of research projects to help diagnose and treat patients experiencing pain that affects their ability to cope with daily activities.

In February 2019, Jane and Rhylan Schulz suffered immeasurable heartbreak when their first born daughter Addison was stillborn at 39 weeks. The couple, who has since gone on to welcome their second baby daughter Hallie in April this year, were able to turn their personal tragedy into a community fundraising effort.

In what was literally a one-in-a-million match and a first for Western Australia, two Fiona Stanley Hospital patients each received a kidney transplanted from the one interstate donor.

Cardiologists and radiation oncologists from Fiona Stanley Hospital and GenesisCare have become the first in Western Australia and only the second in Australia to use radiation therapy to treat a patient with heart disease.