Top trauma surgeon humbled to receive Christiaan Barnard Memorial Award By Karishma Dipa Share Professor Jacques Goosen might have recently been bestowed with the Christiaan Barnard Memorial Award for his lifelong dedication to trauma medicine, but he insists that it has all been in a day’s work. “I feel grateful but also and some embarrassment because I merely did my job and tried to contribute to the well-being of patients in the trauma units in which I worked,” he told The Saturday Star this week. “While I accept this award on behalf of others, I dedicate it to the patients and their families who say, ‘Thank you, doctor,’ not only in the moment of recovery, but also in the moment of ultimate grief.”