Sam Shales (’04)
- 1997 – 2004
- Bachelor of Biomedical Science, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from Notre Dame University
To me, the opportunity of an Aquinas education enabled me to achieve all of the above and it enabled my parents to afford the cost of sending my younger brother to Aquinas. There is no way I thought I would end up being a surgeon, but Aquinas gave me the tools and the moral values to strive and succeed in the real world.Sam Shales (’04)
Following in the footsteps of his father, grandfather, uncles and cousins (from both sides of the family), Sam came to Aquinas as a day student in Year 5 and was subsequently awarded the Old Aquinians’ Association Scholarship for Years 8 – 12. At school, Sam was heavily involved in most aspects of school life: representing the College in 1st XVIII Football and the school Athletics Team; performing in multiple school productions and receiving Music and Drama awards; participating in the Peer Support Program; serving as a Eucharistic Minister, and undertaking many hours of community service.
Sam is currently a doctor at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and is training to be an Orthopaedic Surgeon. Over the years, Sam has travelled to Papua New Guinea as well as multiple Australian rural and remote locations to provide medical services to people in need. He has presented research at national and international meetings. In his spare time, he has managed to satisfy his dramatic side with some small television and movie roles, as well as stage musicals.
