Council

In 2024 both Council Executive and Council meetings will be conducted virtually and face-to-face.

Council Executive 2023
Thursday 25 January 2024 - virtual
Friday 22 March 2024 - virtual
Friday 26 April 2024 -virtual
Friday 31 May 2024 - virtual
Friday 26 July 2024 - virtual
Friday 30 August 2024 - virtual 
Friday 29 November 2024 - virtual

2023 Annual Scientific Congress
Monday 6 to Friday 10 May 2024 (Te Pae Christchurch Convention Centre)
Monday 6 May: Convocation
Thursday 9 May: Annual General Meeting

President and Chair of Council and Council Executive
Associate Professor Kerin Fielding
NSW Fellowship Elected Councillor
Orthopaedic surgeon

Vice President
Professor Owen Ung
QLD Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon

Censor-in-Chief
Dr Adrian Anthony
SA Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon

Treasurer
Dr Greg Witherow
WA Specialty Elected Councillor
Orthopaedic surgeon

Chair, Professional Standards and Fellowship Services Committee
Dr Christine Lai
SA Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon

 
Chair, Committee of Surgical Education and Training
Dr Annette Holian
VIC Fellowship Elected Councillor
Orthopaedic surgeon

Chair, SIMG Assessment
Dr Ruth Bollard
VIC Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon

 
Chair, Court of Examiners
Professor Raymond Sacks
NSW Specialty Elected Councillor
Otolaryngology Head and Neck surgeon

Chair, Health Policy and Advocacy
Professor Mark Frydenberg AM
VIC Specialty Elected Councillor
Urologist

Chair, Professional Standards
Professor Christopher Pyke
QLD Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon

Chair, Professional Development
Dr Jennifer Chambers OAM
NSW Fellowship Elected Councillor
Vascular surgeon

Chair, Fellowship Services
Professor Mark Ashton
VIC Specialty Elected Councillor
Plastic & Reconstructive surgeon

Chair, Research and Academic Surgery
Professor Henry Woo
NSW Fellowship Elected Councillor
Urologist

Chair, Surgical Audit
Dr Nicola Hill
AoNZ Fellowship Elected Councillor
Otolaryngology Head & Neck surgeon

Chair, Global Health
Dr John Crozier AM CSM
NSW Specialty Elected Councillor
Vascular surgeon

Chair, Prevocational and Skills Education Committee
Dr Philip Morreau
AoNZ Specialty Elected Councillor
Paediatric surgeon

 
Deputy Treasurer
Dr Rebecca Jack
QLD Fellowship Elected Councillor
Vascular surgeon

Chair, ASC Conference & Events
Professor Deborah Bailey
QLD Fellowship Elected Councillor
Paediatric surgeon

(in alphabetical order)

Dr Sarah Coll
QLD Orthopaedic surgeon


Professor Andrew Hill
AoNZ General Surgeon

Dr Maxine Ronald
AoNZ General surgeon

Associate Professor Andrew Cochrane
VIC Cardiothoracic surgeon

Dr Mark Dexter
NSW Neurosurgeon

Professor David Fletcher AM
WA General surgeon

Ms Souella Cumming
AoNZ Expert Community Adviser (non FRACS)

Mr Shane Solomon
VIC Expert Community Adviser (non FRACS)

Dr Ailene Fitzgerald
ACT General Surgeon, representing Australian Capital Territory Fellows   

Dr Nishanthi Gurusinghe
TAS General Surgeon, representing Tasmanian Fellows

Associate Professor Andrew MacCormick
AoNZ General Surgeon, representing AoNZ Fellows

Dr Shehnarz Salindera
Younger Fellows representative

Dr Chris Cokis
President, Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

Dr John Quinn AM
Executive Director for Surgical Affairs Australia

Dr Sarah Rennie
Surgical Adviser Aotearoa New Zealand

Professor Guy Maddern
Surgical Director of Research & Evaluation