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Upcoming Council meetings and events
For the remainder of 2020 both Board of Council and Council meetings will be conducted virtually or face-to-face when and where the COVID-19 restrictions allow.
Council 2020
Thursday 29 and Friday 30 October 2020
Board of Council 2020
Friday 18 September 2020
Friday 27 November 2020
Council 2021
Thursday 25 and Friday 26 February 2021
Thursday 24 and Friday 25 June 2021
Thursday 28 and Friday 29 October 2021
Board of Council 2021
Friday 29 January 2021 - Melbourne
Friday 26 March 2021 - Canberra
Friday 30 April 2021 - Hobart/Launceston
Friday 28 May 2021 - virtual
Friday 30 July 2021 - virtual
Wednesday 1 September 2021 - Queenstown, NZ
Friday 26 November 2021 - Melbourne
Annual Scientific Congress - Postponed to 2021
Monday 10 to Friday 14 May 2021 (Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre)
Monday 10 May: Convocation
Thursday 13 May: Annual General Meeting
Office bearers
President and Chair of Council and Executive
Dr Anthony Sparnon
SA Specialty Elected Councillor
Paediatric surgeon
Vice President
Associate Professor Julie Mundy
QLD Specialty Elected Councillor
Cardiothoracic surgeon
Censor-in-Chief
Associate Professor Phillip Carson
NT Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon
Treasurer
Dr Greg Witherow
WA Specialty Elected Councillor
Orthopaedic surgeon
Chair, Professional Development and Standards Board
Dr Sally Langley
NZ Fellowship Elected Councillor
Plastic & Reconstructive surgeon
Office holders
Chair, Board of Surgical Education and Training
Mr Adrian Anthony
SA Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon
Chair, SIMG Assessment
Associate Professor Kerin Fielding
NSW Fellowship Elected Councillor
Orthopaedic surgeon
Chair, Court of Examiners
Professor Christopher Pyke
QLD Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon
Chair, Professional Standards
Professor Andrew Hill
NZ Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon
Chair, Professional Development
Dr Lawrence Malisano
QLD Fellowship Elected Councillor
Orthopaedic surgeon
Chair, Fellowship Services
Ms Ruth Bollard
VIC Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon
Chair, Research and Academic Surgery
Professor Mark Frydenberg AM
VIC Specialty Elected Councillor
Urologist
Chair, Surgical Audit
Mr John Crozier AM CSM
NSW Specialty Elected Councillor
Vascular surgeon
Chair, Global Health
Dr Annette Holian
VIC Fellowship Elected Councillor
Orthopaedic surgeon
Chair, Prevocation & Skills Education Committee
Dr Jennifer Chambers OAM
NSW Fellowship Elected Councillor
Vascular surgeon
Deputy Treasurer
Dr Christine Lai
SA Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon
Chair, ASC Conference & Events
Professor Owen Ung
QLD Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon
Fellowship elected councillors
(in alphabetical order)
Dr Sarah Coll
QLD Orthopaedic surgeon
Dr Rebecca Jack
QLD Vascular surgeon
Dr Maxine Ronald
NZ General surgeon
Professor Henry Woo
NSW Urologist
Specialty elected councillors
Professor Mark Ashton
VIC Plastic & Reconstructive surgeon
Dr Mark Dexter
NSW Neurosurgeon
Professor David Fletcher AM
WA General surgeon
Professor Raymond Sacks
NSW Otolaryngology Head & Neck surgeon
Co-opted councillors
The Hon Rob Knowles AO
VIC Expert community advisor (non FRACS)
Ms Souella Cumming
NZ Expert community advisor (non FRACS)
Dr Nishanthi Gurusinghe
TAS General Surgeon, representing Tasmanian Fellows
Dr James Churchill
NSW RACS Trainees' Association representative
Invited observers
Dr Upeksha (Pecky) De Silva
NSW Younger Fellows representative
Dr Vanessa Beavis
President, Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
Principal advisors to Council
Dr John Quinn AM
Executive Director for Surgical Affairs Australia
Mr Richard Lander
Executive Director for Surgical Affairs New Zealand
Professor Guy Maddern
Surgical Director of Research & Evaluation
Mr John Biviano
Chief Executive Officer