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Educator of Commitment 2025

Thank you to all the SET Supervisors, SIMG Supervisors and Professional Development Faculty who have contributed to surgical education and training in the RACS community. 

Supervisors are acknowledged based on years with service using data provided by their specialist societies and boards, with the exception of AOA who have their own recognition program.

We wish to acknowledge the following educators in achieving these service milestones (as of 30 September 2025):

Those who have served nine years or more
Dr Magdalena Biggar, SET Supervisor
Dr Alexander Brown, SET Supervisor
Associate Professor Matthew Burstow, SET Supervisor
Associate Professor Peter Chin, SET Supervisor
Dr Hsiang Chung, SET Supervisor
Dr Rebecca Cooksey, SET Supervisor
Dr Markus Dahm, SET Supervisor
Dr Shannon Di Lernia, SET Supervisor
Associate Professor Christopher Dobbins, SET Supervisor
Dr Garrath Evans, SET Supervisor
Dr Michael Findlay, SET Supervisor
Dr Daniel Fletcher, SET Supervisor
Dr John Gan, SET Supervisor
Dr Parshotam Gera, SET Supervisor
Dr Keith Gomes, SET Supervisor
Dr Julian Gooi, SET Supervisor
Dr Peter Grant, SET Supervisor
Dr Rohan Hall, SET Supervisor
Dr Damien Holdaway, SET Supervisor
Dr Manish Jain, SET Supervisor
Dr Prashant Joshi, SET Supervisor 
Dr Siddharth Karanth, SET Supervisor
Dr Sanjeeva Kariyawasam, SET Supervisor
Dr Saeed Kohan, SET Supervisor
Dr Govind Krishna, SET Supervisor
Dr Tristan Leech, SET Supervisor
Dr Julian Liew, SET Supervisor
Dr Ewan Macaulay, SET Supervisor
Dr Timothy McCullough, SET Supervisor
Dr Jacqueline McMaster, SET Supervisor
Dr Thirayan Muthu, SET Supervisor
Dr Jonathon Parkinson, SET Supervisor
Dr Alexander Phoon, SET Supervisor
Dr Tharumenthiran Ramanathan, SET Supervisor
Dr Guillermo Regalo, SET Supervisor
Dr Lincoln Rothwell, SET Supervisor
Dr Nicholas Roubos, SET Supervisor
Dr Paul Samson, SET Supervisor
Dr Ian Shaw, SET Supervisor
Dr Natalie Sist, SET Supervisor
Dr John Spillane, SET Supervisor
Dr Peter Stiven, SET Supervisor
Dr Michael Suen, SET Supervisor
Dr Patrick Tan, SET Supervisor
Dr Damon Thomas, SET Supervisor
Dr Andrew Thompson, SET Supervisor
Dr Philip Toonson, SET Supervisor
Dr Perry Turner, SET Supervisor
Dr Jeffrey Van Gangelen, SET Supervisor
Associate Professor Gabriella Vasica, SET Supervisor
Dr Kurt Verschuer, SET Supervisor
Dr Patrick Walsh, SET Supervisor
Dr Mark Westcott, SET Supervisor
Dr Philippe Wolanski, SET Supervisor
Dr Daniel Wong, SET Supervisor
Dr Ian Wong, SET Supervisor
Dr Sze Ling Wong, SET Supervisor
Dr Eva Wong, SET Supervisor
Dr David Ying, SET Supervisor

Those who have served six years
Associate Professor Amal Abou-Hamden, SET Supervisor
Dr Paul Ah-Tye, SET Supervisor
Dr Saad Al-Mahaidi, SET Supervisor
Dr David Anderson, SET Supervisor
Dr Mohan Arianayagam, SET Supervisor
Dr John Atkinson, SET Supervisor
Dr Lyndon Bradley, SET Supervisor
Dr Richard Bunton, SET Supervisor
Dr Nicholas Campbell, SET Supervisor
Dr Andrew Chang, SET Supervisor
Dr Ravi Kumar Cherukuri, SET Supervisor
Dr Jonathan Cho, SET Supervisor
Dr Tae Cho, SET Supervisor 
Dr June Choo, SET Supervisor
Dr Christopher Cole, SET Supervisor
Dr Michael Collin, SET Supervisor
Dr Jason Correia, SET Supervisor
Dr Graeme Crossland, SET Supervisor
Dr Michael Donovan, SET Supervisor
Dr Evan Dyer, SET Supervisor
Professor Behzad Eftekhar, SET Supervisor
Associate Professor Jonathan Fong, SET Supervisor
Dr Timothy Furlong, SET Supervisor
Dr Paul Gassner, SET Supervisor
Dr Susan Gerred, SET Supervisor
Dr Johannes Goossen, SET Supervisor
Dr Samuel Greig, SET Supervisor
Dr Ruth Hardstaff, SET Supervisor
Dr Isaac Harvey, SET Supervisor
Dr Jonathan Heather, SET Supervisor
Dr Jeremy Hunt, SET Supervisor
Dr Pedram Imani, SET Supervisor
Dr Scott Ingram, SET Supervisor
Dr Ajay Iyengar, SET Supervisor
Dr Carolyn Jameson, SET Supervisor
Dr Thomas Jarvis, SET Supervisor
Dr Alister Jones, SET Supervisor
Dr Irene Kaiboni, SET Supervisor
Dr Richard Kennedy, SET Supervisor
Dr Manar Khashram, SET Supervisor
Professor Sebastian King, SET Supervisor
Dr Igor Konstantinov, SET Supervisor
Dr Ilias Kotronakis, SET Supervisor
Dr Askar Kukkady, SET Supervisor
Dr Marco Larobina, SET Supervisor
Dr Stewart Lee, SET Supervisor
Dr Heath Liddell, SET Supervisor
Dr Chandika Liyanage, SET Supervisor 
Dr Patrick Lo, SET Supervisor
Dr Kim Loh, SET Supervisor
Dr Patricia MacFarlane, SET Supervisor
Dr Lachlan Maddock, SET Supervisor
Dr Felicity Meikle, SET Supervisor
Dr David Mitchell, SET Supervisor
Dr Krinalkumar Mori, SET Supervisor
Dr Uvarasen Naidoo, SET Supervisor
Dr Sasikaran Nalliah, SET Supervisor
Dr Pierre Navarre, SET Supervisor
Dr Lisa Osgood, SET Supervisor
Dr Shuo Ou Yang, SET Supervisor
Dr Salil Pandit, SET Supervisor
Dr Jens Peters-Willkev, SET Supervisor 
Dr Anil Prabhu, SET Supervisor
Dr Joseph Ragg, SET Supervisor
Dr Rajay Rampersad, SET Supervisor
Dr Nimala Ratnayake, SET Supervisor
Dr Jens Ritter, SET Supervisor
Dr James Roberts, SET Supervisor
Dr Carolyn Russell, SET Supervisor
Dr Prassannah Satasivam, SET Supervisor
Dr Sivapirabu Sathasivam, SET Supervisor
Dr Alison Scott, SET Supervisor 
Dr Marc Seifman, SET Supervisor
Dr Martyn Sims, SET Supervisor
Dr Garett Smith, SET Supervisor
Dr Jarryd Solomon, SET Supervisor
Dr Yang Sun, SET Supervisor
Dr Robert Tang, SET Supervisor
Dr Shannon Thomas, SET Supervisor
Dr Catherine Thoo, SET Supervisor
Dr David Waterhouse, SET Supervisor
Dr Clair Whelan, SET Supervisor
Dr Eddy Wong, SET Supervisor
Dr Michael Wu, SET Supervisor
Dr Nadya York, SET Supervisor
Dr Katarzyna Zalewska, SET Supervisor
Dr Henry Duncan, SIMG Supervisor
Dr Kym Horsell, SIMG Supervisor 

Those who have served three years
Dr Renata Abraszko, SET Supervisor 
Dr Yahya Al-Habbal, SET Supervisor 
Dr Thomas Arthur, SET Supervisor 
Dr Akbar Ashrafi, SET Supervisor 
Dr Richard Atkinson, SET Supervisor 
Dr Alisha Azmir, SET Supervisor 
Dr John Barker, SET Supervisor 
Dr Levi Bassin, SET Supervisor 
Dr Kieran Beattie, SET Supervisor 
Dr Matthew Beck, SET Supervisor 
Dr Cor na Behrenbruch, SET Supervisor 
Dr Venu Bhamidipaty, SET Supervisor 
Dr Samuel Boase, SET Supervisor 
Dr Catherine Boorer, SET Supervisor 
Dr Brendon Bowkett, SET Supervisor 
Dr Kristian Bulluss, SET Supervisor
Dr Venu Chalasani, SET Supervisor 
Dr Parminder Chandhok, SET Supervisor 
Dr Jared Chang, SET Supervisor 
Dr Melanie Collins, SET Supervisor 
Dr Julia Crawford, SET Supervisor 
Dr Gareth Crouch, SET Supervisor 
Dr John Crozier, SET Supervisor 
Dr Adam Dalgleish, SET Supervisor 
Dr Hamish Deverall, SET Supervisor 
Dr Jim Dimitriou, SET Supervisor 
Dr Joseph Dusseldorp, SET Supervisor
Dr Neshanth Easwaralingam, SET Supervisor 
Dr Toufic El-Khoury, SET Supervisor 
Dr Ilia Elkinson, SET Supervisor 
Dr Richard Evans, SET Supervisor 
Dr David Evans, SET Supervisor 
Dr Nicholas Evennett, SET Supervisor 
Dr Rhys Filgate, SET Supervisor 
Dr James Finkemeyer, SET Supervisor 
Dr Daniel Foley, SET Supervisor 
Dr Larissa Freeman, SET Supervisor 
Dr Natalia Garibotto, SET Supervisor 
Dr Simone Geere, SET Supervisor 
Dr Agneta Geldenhuys, SET Supervisor 
Dr Hettiarachchige Gunawardane, SET Supervisor 
Dr David Gwynne-Jones, SET Supervisor 
Dr David Hogan, SET Supervisor 
Dr Johnson Huang, SET Supervisor 
Associate Professor Pankaj Jha, SET Supervisor 
Associate Professor Alistair Jukes, SET Supervisor 
Dr Simon Keelan, SET Supervisor 
Dr Stephen Kelly, SET Supervisor 
Dr Raymond Kim, SET Supervisor 
Dr Leon Kitipornchai, SET Supervisor 
Dr Robert Knight, SET Supervisor 
Dr Rasika Kotakadeniya, SET Supervisor 
Dr Senthil Kumar, SET Supervisor 
Dr Miu Fei Lam, SET Supervisor 
Dr Adam Landau, SET Supervisor 
Dr Marc Langbart, SET Supervisor 
Dr Catherine Langusch, SET Supervisor 
Dr Michelle Larkin, SET Supervisor 
Dr Mikko Larsen, SET Supervisor 
Dr Yee Chen Lau, SET Supervisor 
Dr James Ledgard, SET Supervisor 
Dr Ya'acov Leigh, SET Supervisor 
Dr Jee-Yoong Leong, SET Supervisor 
Dr Richard Lewis, SET Supervisor 
Dr Matthew Liava'a, SET Supervisor 
Dr Eugene Lim, SET Supervisor 
Dr Chrisanthi Liyanage, SET Supervisor 
Dr Eldon Mah, SET Supervisor 
Dr Paul Manohar, SET Supervisor
Dr Stephen McCombie, SET Supervisor 
Dr Graham McCrystal, SET Supervisor 
Associate Professor Anthony McGuinness, SET Supervisor 
Dr William McMillan, SET Supervisor 
Dr Rosauro Mejia, SET Supervisor 
Dr George Mirmilstein, SET Supervisor 
Dr Yezdi Mistry, SET Supervisor 
Dr April Miu, SET Supervisor 
Dr Benjamin Namdarian, SET Supervisor 
Dr Sally Ng, SET Supervisor 
Dr Vachara Niumsawatt, SET Supervisor 
Dr Kevin Ooi, SET Supervisor 
Dr Robert, Owen, SET Supervisor 
Dr Alpesh Patel, SET Supervisor 
Dr Rajeshbhai Patel, SET Supervisor 
Dr Adrian Praeger, SET Supervisor 
Dr Casper Pretorius, SET Supervisor 
Dr Phoebe Prowse, SET Supervisor 
Dr Anudini Ranasinghe, SET Supervisor 
Dr Siva Ravindran, SET Supervisor 
Dr Rebecca Read, SET Supervisor 
Dr Daniel Reilly, SET Supervisor 
Dr Handoo Rhee, SET Supervisor 
Dr Benjamin Robinson, SET Supervisor 
Dr Anthony Rotman, SET Supervisor 
Dr Jennifer Roy, SET Supervisor 
Dr Shehnarz Salindera, SET Supervisor 
Dr James Sanders, SET Supervisor 
Dr Nikhil Sapre, SET Supervisor 
Dr Matthew Seeley, SET Supervisor 
Dr Michael Seitz, SET Supervisor 
Dr Rebecca Seton, SET Supervisor 
Dr Peter Sharr, SET Supervisor 
Dr Anna Sharrock, SET Supervisor 
Dr Kathleen Soeyland, SET Supervisor 
Dr Bishoy Soliman, SET Supervisor 
Dr Siva Sundararajan, SET Supervisor 
Associate Professor Kiarash Taghavi, SET Supervisor 
Dr Beryl Tan, SET Supervisor 
Dr Sergei Tsakanov, SET Supervisor 
Dr Eliza Tweddle, SET Supervisor 
Dr Leendert Van Schoor, SET Supervisor 
Dr Brecon Wademan, SET Supervisor 
Dr Hayley Waller, SET Supervisor 
Dr Dylan Wanaguru, SET Supervisor 
Dr Ross Warner, SET Supervisor 
Dr Yuki Watanabe, SET Supervisor 
Dr Jurjen Westera, SET Supervisor 
Dr Victoria White, SET Supervisor 
Dr John Wood, SET Supervisor 
Dr Arthur Yang, SET Supervisor 
Dr Zeng Yap, SET Supervisor 
Dr Anne Leditschke, Facilitator
Dr Charles Jenkinson, Facilitator
Associate Professor Jason Chuen, Facilitator
Dr Michael Johnson, Facilitator
Professor Ramesh Nataraja, Facilitator
Associate Professor Rhea Liang, Facilitator
Dr Rosalynd Pochin, Facilitator
Associate Professor Sivendran Seevanayagam, SIMG Supervisor 
Associate Professor Susan Liew, SIMG Supervisor
Dr Cornelius Burger, SIMG Supervisor
Dr David Bradshaw, SIMG Supervisor
Dr Edward Bateman, SIMG Supervisor
Dr George Baido Jr Gayagay, SIMG Supervisor
Dr Harry Stalewski, SIMG Supervisor
Dr Justine O'Hara, SIMG Supervisor
Dr Nicholas Roubos, SIMG Supervisor
Dr Peng Seah, SIMG Supervisor
Dr Prashant Joshi, SIMG Supervisor
Dr Rajendra Kumar, SIMG Supervisor
Dr Taranpreet Singh, SIMG Supervisor
Professor Peter Maitz, SIMG Supervisor

Educator of Commitment 2024

Thank you to all the SET Supervisors, SIMG Supervisors and Professional Development Faculty who have contributed to surgical education and training in the RACS community. 

Supervisors are acknowledged based on years with service using data provided by their specialist societies and boards, with the exception of AOA who have their own recognition program.

We wish to acknowledge the following educators in achieving these service milestones (as of 31 August 2024):

Those who have served nine years or more

Dr Adrian Anthony, Facilitator
Professor Deborah Bailey, Facilitator
Dr Nigel Barwood, SET Supervisor
Dr Kevin Bax, SET Supervisor
Dr Julian Choi, SET Supervisor
Dr Adrian Clubb, SET Supervisor
Dr Simon Dempsey, SET Supervisor
Dr Mark Dexter, SET Supervisor
Dr Anthony Dilley, Facilitator
Dr Jacob Fairhall, SET Supervisor
Associate Professor Augusto Gonzalvo, SET Supervisor
Dr Nishanthi Gurusinghe, SET Supervisor
Dr David Hall, SET Supervisor
Dr Alastair Hepburn, SET Supervisor
Dr Simon John, SET Supervisor
Dr Michael Johnston, SET Supervisor
Associate Professor James King, SET Supervisor
Dr Jen Lee, SET Supervisor
Dr Marianne Lill, SET Supervisor
Dr Timothy Makeham, SET Supervisor
Dr Daniel Marshall, SET Supervisor
Dr Brent McMonagle, SET Supervisor
Dr Steve Merten, SET Supervisor
Dr Mischel Neill, SET Supervisor
Dr Corinne Ooi, SET Supervisor
Dr Halil Ozdemir, SET Supervisor
Ms Deborah Paltridge, Facilitator
Dr Sheen Peeceeyen, SET Supervisor
Dr Franklin Pond, SET Supervisor
Dr Neil Price, SET Supervisor
Associate Professor Faruque Riffat, SET Supervisor
Dr Neil Roberts, SET Supervisor
Dr Mark Romero, SET Supervisor
Dr Matthew Taylor, SET Supervisor
Professor Richard Turner, SET Supervisor

Those who have served six years

Dr Darin Bilish, SET Supervisor
Dr Ruth Bollard, Facilitator
Dr Ronaldo Bova, SET Supervisor
Dr Andrew Bridger, SET Supervisor
Dr Andrew Chang, Facilitator
Associate Professor Douglas Fenton-Lee, Facilitator
Dr Charles Fisher, SET Supervisor
Associate Professor Richard Grills, Facilitator
Dr Raefe Gunerlach, SET Supervisor
Associate Professor Jonathan Hong, SET Supervisor
Dr Sarah Hulme, Facilitator
Dr Michael Kernohan, SET Supervisor
Dr Christopher Lehane, SET Supervisor
Dr Alexander John Lengyel, SET Supervisor
Dr Chon Hann Liew, SET Supervisor
Dr David Logan, SET Supervisor
Dr Damien Loh, SET Supervisor
Dr Seow Loh, SET Supervisor
Dr Andrew Malcolm, SET Supervisor
Professor Anubhav Mittal, SET Supervisor
Dr Juanita Muller, Facilitator
Dr Janelle Munns, SET Supervisor
Associate Professor Yuresh Naidoo, SET Supervisor
Dr Maria-Teresa Nano, Facilitator
Dr Thembekile Ncube, SET Supervisor
Dr Bradley Newell, SET Supervisor
Dr Paul Paddle, SET Supervisor
Associate Professor Nirmal Patel, SET Supervisor
Dr Michael Pether, SET Supervisor
Dr Meron Pitcher, Facilitator
Dr Robert Pucius, SET Supervisor
Dr Devinder Raju, SET Supervisor
Dr Lynette Reece, Facilitator
Dr Angela Robson, SET Supervisor
Dr Sandrine Roman, SET Supervisor
Dr Kieran Rowe, SET Supervisor
Dr Fiona Smithers, SET Supervisor
Dr Daniel Steiner, SET Supervisor
Dr Philip Tan, SET Supervisor
Dr Christopher Thien, SET Supervisor
Dr Neil Thomson, SET Supervisor
Professor Philip Truskett, Facilitator
Dr Alexandra Turner, SET Supervisor
Dr Anna Wilkes, SET Supervisor
Dr Katherine Wilson, SET Supervisor
Dr Edward Yeboah, SET Supervisor
Dr Shinn Yeung, SET Supervisor

Those who have served three years

Dr Vinna An, SET Supervisor
Dr Shane Anderson, SET Supervisor
Dr Farhad Azimi, SET Supervisor
Dr Catherine Banks, SET Supervisor
Dr Eric Boseto, SET Supervisor
Dr Christopher Bourke, SET Supervisor
Dr William Bowes, SET Supervisor
Dr Jennifer Chang, SET Supervisor
Dr Ping-en Chen, SET Supervisor
Dr Daniel Cox, SET Supervisor
Dr Drew Cronin, SET Supervisor
Dr Paromita Das Gupta, SET Supervisor
Dr Trafford Fehlberg, SET Supervisor
Dr Philip Fisher, SET Supervisor
Dr Jason Free, SET Supervisor
Dr Daniel Gilbourd, SET Supervisor
Dr Alethea Grobler, SET Supervisor
Dr Kirsty Hamilton, SET Supervisor
Associate Professor Mitchell Hansen, SET Supervisor
Dr Cheng He, SET Supervisor
Dr Frank Hsieh, SET Supervisor
Dr Harsh Kanhere, SET Supervisor
Dr Melvyn Kuan, Facilitator
Dr Eric Levi, SET Supervisor
Dr Mary Ling, SET Supervisor
Dr Carl Lisec, SET Supervisor
Dr Peter Loder, SET Supervisor
Dr Bernard Luczak, SET Supervisor
Dr Amiria Lynch, Facilitator
Dr Norman Ma, SET Supervisor
Dr Kara McDermott, SET Supervisor
Dr Elizabeth McLeod, SET Supervisor
Dr Kathryn McLeod, Facilitator
Dr Alastair Merrilees, SET Supervisor
Associate Professor Christopher Merry, Facilitator
Dr Linda Monshizadeh, SET Supervisor
Dr Tam Nguyen, SET Supervisor
Dr Briony Norris, SET Supervisor
Dr Kesley Pedler, SET Supervisor
Dr Jonathan Potter, SET Supervisor
Dr David Proud, SET Supervisor
Dr Manikya Senaratne, SET Supervisor
Dr Matthew Shears, SET Supervisor
Dr John Spillane, Facilitator
Dr Giorgio Stefanutti, SET Supervisor
Dr Henry To, SET Supervisor
Dr Edward Travers, SET Supervisor
Dr Hamish Urquhart, SET Supervisor
Dr Joanna Walton, SET Supervisor
Dr Frank Wang, SET Supervisor
Dr Nelson Hao Wang, SET Supervisor
Dr Alasdair Watson, SET Supervisor
Dr Chung-Kwun Won, SET Supervisor
Dr Richard Wong She, Facilitator
Associate Professor Gavin Wright, SET Supervisor