Royal Perth Hospital was the first hospital established in Western Australia in 1855 and is the largest teaching hospital, providing a full range of emergency services for adults (except obstetrics) and serving the State Referral Centre for many supers-specialities. Areas of excellence include interventional cardiology, cardiac and lung transplant, burns management, bone marrow transplantation, rehabilitation medicine and trauma services.
Royal Perth Hospital has always been a world-leader in medical technology and research and is the home of respected health care professionals such as our burns surgeon, and the 2005 Australian of the Year, Clinical Professor Fiona Wood.
The Hospital has been home to many significant breakthroughs in medical research - significantly, research into the bacterium Helicobacter pylori, which was found to cause stomach ulcers. This research work won the 2005 Nobel Prize for former staff members Dr Robin Warren and Professor Barry Marshall.





