Last Update: 30/01/2013 17:20
The Professional Development and Standard Board (PDSB) is
responsible to Council for providing the policy framework to:
- ensure maintenance of competence of Fellows
- provision of high quality surgical care to patients.
The PDSB meets in February, June and October each year.
Committees reporting to PDSB include:
Members
Chair - Professor David Watters
Mr Graeme Campbell
Chair - Professional Standards
Professor Julian Smith
Chair - Professional Development
Dr Catherine Ferguson
Chair - Fellowship Services
Associate Professor Ian Bennett
Chair - Research and Audit
Mr John Batten
Chair - External Affairs
Mr Simon Williams
Censor-in-Chief
Specialty society representatives
Mr Hugh Martin
Australian and New Zealand Association of Paediatric Surgeons
Dr Ravi Huilogl
Australian and New Zealand Society of Vascular Surgery
Dr Andreas Loefler
Australian Orthopaedic Association
Mr Andrew Newcomb
Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons
Mr Malcolm Baxter
Australian Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Mr Alan Saunder
General Surgeons Australia
Mr Malcolm Giles
New Zealand Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
Dr Heather Cleland
Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons
Mr Stephen Vallance
New Zealand Association of General Surgeons
Mr Chris McEwan
New Zealand Association of Plastic Surgeons
Mr Alex Rutherford
New Zealand Orthopaedic Association
Mr Glenn McCulloch
Neurosurgical Society of Australasia
Mr David Malouf
Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand
Co-opted members
Dr Tony Green
Chair - Surgical Audit Committee on Health Care
Standards
Mr Phillip Truskett
RACS representative on Australian Council on Healthcare
Standards
Mr Philip Truskett
Chair - Annual Scientific Congress Planning and Review
Committee
Executive Director of Surgical Affairs (Australia)
Dr John Quinn
Executive Director of Surgical Affairs (New Zealand)
Mr Alan Panting
Dean of Education
Associate Professor Stephen Tobin
Contact
Professional Development and Standards Board Secretariat
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
College of Surgeons Gardens
250-290 Spring Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002 Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9276 7425
Fax: +61 3 9249 1219
Email: pdsb.secretariat@surgeons.org