Recognition
Dr. Hamlin has been awarded honorary fellowships in the medical associations of Australia, England and the United States. On 26 January 1983, she was appointed as a Member of the Order of Australia for her services to gynaecology in developing countries and on 26 January 1995, Dr. Hamlin was awarded Australia's highest honour, being promoted to the grade of Companion of the Order of Australia. On 1 January 2001, she was awarded the Centenary Medal for "long and outstanding service to international development in Africa". She is the author of the best-selling book The Hospital by the River: a story of hope. She has been described as a modern day "Mother Teresa" in an editorial by Pulitzer Prize winning writer Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times. Dr. Hamlin appeared on the Oprah Winfrey television show in January 2004 and the episode was included in Ms. Winfrey's 20-year anthology collection. Ms. Winfrey travelled to the hospital and filmed another episode for her show, broadcast in December 2005. The 2007 documentary, "A Walk to Beautiful" featured five Ethiopian women who were treated and cured by Dr. Hamlin and her team at the Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital In 2009 she was awarded the Right Livelihood Award, also called the "Alternate Nobel Prize".
Dr Hamlin was among 50 prominent Australians invited by the Governor-General of Australia, Quentin Bryce, to take lunch with Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh at Government House, Canberra on 23 October 2011.
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