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The Find a Surgeon directory is a listing of active Fellows of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons who meet the requirements of the College's Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Program and have opted to be on the list. This list excludes retired or inactive Fellows.

Last Update: 10/05/2012 09:35

Council meets in February, June and October each year. The Executive Committee of Council meets in the months in between. A summary of each meeting is published as Council Highlights. The Councillors' Information Manual can be viewed by College members.

View a list of past office bearers.

Office holders
Fellowship elected councillors
Specialty elected councillors
Co-opted councillors
Invited observers
Principal advisors to Council

Office Holders

President and Chair of Council and Executive
Associate Professor Michael Hollands

NSW Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon

Vice President
Professor Michael Grigg

Responsible for the Relationships portfolio
VIC Specialty Elected Councillor representing Vascular Surgery

Censor-in-Chief
Mr Simon Williams

Responsible for the Education portfolio
VIC Specialty Elected Councillor representing Orthopaedic Surgery

Treasurer
Associate Professor Marianne Vonau

Responsible for the Resources portfolio
QLD Fellowship Elected Councillor
Neurosurgeon

Chair, Professional Development and Standards Board
Professor David Watters

Responsible for the Fellowship portfolio
VIC Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon

Chair, Board of Surgical Education and Training
Mr Phil Truskett

NSW Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon

Chair, Skills Education Committee
Mr Richard Perry

NZ Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon

Chair, Court of Examiners
Professor Spencer Beasley

Deputy Censor-in-Chief
NZ Fellowship Elected Councillor
Paediatric surgeon

Chair, Professional Standards
Mr Graeme Campbell

VIC Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon

Chair, Professional Development
TBA

Chair, Fellowship Services
Dr Catherine Ferguson

NZ Fellowship Elected Councillor
Otolaryngologist, head and neck surgeon

Chair, Research, Audit and Academic Surgery
Professor Julian Smith

VIC Fellowship Elected Councillor
Cardiothoracic surgeon

Chair, External Affairs
Mr John Batten

TAS Fellowship Elected Councillor
Orthopaedic surgeon

Fellowship Elected Councillors

(in alphabetical order)

Associate Professor Ian Bennett

QLD General surgeon

Associate Professor Phil Carson

NT General surgeon

Dr Lawrence Malisano

QLD Orthopaedic surgeon

Associate Professor Helen O'Connell

VIC Urologist

Mr Barry O'Loughlin

QLD General surgeon

Mr Bruce Twaddle

NZ Orthopaedic surgeon

Specialty Elected Councillors

(in alphabetical order)

Associate Professor Julie Mundy

QLD representing Cardiothoracic Surgery

Mr Alan Saunder

VIC representing General Surgery

Mr Neil Vallance

VIC representing Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

Professor Adrian Nowitzke

QLD representing Neurosurgery

Mr Tony Sparnon

SA representing Paediatric Surgery

Dr David Theile

QLD representing Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Mr Andrew Brooks

NSW representing Urology

Co-opted Councillors

Professor Bettina Cass AO

Expert Community Advisor

Mr Garry Wilson KStJ

Expert Community Advisor

TBA

Councillor representing Western Australian surgeons

Dr Carolyn Vasey

NT RACS Trainees' Association representative

Invited Observers

Mr Richard Martin

Younger Fellows representative

Dr Lindy Roberts

President, Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

Principal Advisors to Council

Professor Bruce Barraclough AO - Dean of Education
Dr John Quinn - Executive Director for Surgical Affairs Australia
Mr Allan Panting - Executive Director for Surgical Affairs New Zealand
Dr David Hillis - Chief Executive Officer

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