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Voting opens for RACS 2022 elections to council

Voting for election to RACS Council opens Friday 23 September and closes Monday 10 October 2022 at 5.00pm AEDT. 

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All Fellows are strongly encouraged to vote. On 23 September 2022 you will receive an email from our external provider BigPulse with your personal access code (please also check your spam/junk folder).

Fellowship Elected Councillors are elected by all Fellows. Specialty Elected Councillors are elected by the Fellows of the Specialty.

In total, there are seven (7) vacancies as detailed below.

Election for Fellowship Elected Councillors
There are three (3) vacancies in the category of Fellowship Elected Councillor.
All Fellows are asked to vote for the Fellowship Elected Councillors.

Election for Specialty Elected Councillor - Neurosurgery
There is one (1) vacancy in the category of Specialty Elected Councillor - Neurosurgery.
All Neurosurgical Fellows are asked to vote for their Specialty Elected Councillor.

As there was only one candidate nominated for each of the following Specialty Elected positions in Otolaryngology, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Urology, no election is required.  Consequently, these three (3) positions have been filled.

Candidates are in alphabetical order by last name.
 

Fellowship elected Councillors

Richard Bradbury

NT

General Surgeon

Rebecca Jack

QLD

Vascular Surgery – 
standing for re-election

Ralph Higgins

NSW

Opthamology

Gregory Keogh

NSW

General Surgery

David King

SA

Vascular Surgery

Anantha Ramanathan

NY, USA*

Vascular Surgery
(*Not currently registered with Ahpra or MCNZ)

Owen Ung

QLD

General Surgery - 
standing for re-election

 

Specialty elected Councillors

Mark Dexter

NSW

Neurosurgery – 
standing for re-election

Mark Sheridan

NSW
Neurosurgery

Candidates are also expected to observe the campaigning during RACS elections guidelines and the RACS social media policy

The current Council members are listed on Council page of the RACS website. 

The three-year term of office commences at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 4 May 2023.

For more information, please contact College.President@surgeons.org

 

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