Board of Surgical Research

The Board of Surgical Research is the College body that oversees the Scholarship Program. The Specialist Surgical Training Boards of:

• Cardiothoracic Surgery
• General Surgery
• Neurosurgery
• Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
• Paediatric Surgery
• Urology
• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
• Vascular Surgery
• Orthopaedic Surgery

are all represented on the board.

The board also has representatives from the Council and the Surgical Research Society.

Objectives

These are the objectives of the Board of Surgical Research:

• to foster a research milieu within the College
• to increase the College's research profile amongst Fellows, Trainees and the wider community
• to be accountable to the College Council for reporting on any research related policy or matters
• to develop and review policy relating to research
• to ensure fiscal responsibility in maintenance of scholarship bequests
• to take an active role in directing research funding.

Chair - Catherine Ferguson FRACS 

Contact

Board of Surgical Research Secretariat
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
199 Ward Street
North Adelaide SA 5069 Australia

Telephone: +61 8 8219 0900
Fax: +61 8 8219 0999
Email: Surgical.Research.Board@surgeons.org