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Upcoming Council meetings and events
For 2021 both Board of Council and Council meetings will be conducted virtually and face-to-face.
Council 2021
Thursday 24 and Friday 25 June 2021
Thursday 28 and Friday 29 October 2021
Board of Council 2021
Friday 18 June 2021 - virtual
Friday 30 July 2021 - virtual
Wednesday 1 September 2021 - Queenstown, AoNZ
Friday 26 November 2021 - Melbourne
2022 Annual Scientific Congress
Monday 2 to Friday 6 May 2021 (Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre)
Monday 2 May: Convocation
Thursday 5 May: Annual General Meeting
Office bearers
President and Chair of Council and Executive
Dr Sally Langley
AoNZ Fellowship Elected Councillor
Plastic & Reconstructive surgeon
Vice President
Dr Lawrence Malisano
QLD Fellowship Elected Councillor
Orthopaedic 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 Advocacy Committee
Professor Andrew Hill
AoNZ Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon
Office holders
Chair, Board of Surgical Education and Training
Miss Annette Holian
VIC Fellowship Elected Councillor
Orthopaedic surgeon
Chair, SIMG Assessment
Ms Ruth Bollard
VIC Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon
Chair, Court of Examiners
Professor Christopher Pyke
QLD Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon
Chair, Health Policy and Advocacy
Professor Mark Frydenberg AM
VIC Specialty Elected Councillor
Urologist
Chair, Professional Standards
Associate Professor Kerin Fielding
NSW Fellowship Elected Councillor
Orthopaedic surgeon
Chair, Professional Development
Dr Maxine Ronald
AoNZ Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon
Chair, Fellowship Services
Dr Christine Lai
SA Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon
Chair, Research and Academic Surgery
Professor Henry Woo
NSW Fellowship Elected Councillor
Urologist
Chair, Surgical Audit
Dr John Crozier AM CSM
NSW Specialty Elected Councillor
Vascular surgeon
Chair, Global Health
Professor Owen Ung
QLD Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon
Chair, Prevocational and Skills Education Committee
Dr Jennifer Chambers OAM
SW Fellowship Elected Councillor
Vascular surgeon
Deputy Treasurer
Dr Sarah Coll
QLD Fellowship Elected Councillor
Orthopaedic surgeon
Chair, ASC Conference & Events
Professor Mark Ashton
VIC Specialty Elected Councillor
Plastic & Reconstructive surgeon
Fellowship elected councillors
(in alphabetical order)
Dr Rebecca Jack
QLD Vascular surgeon
Dr Nicola Hill
AoNZ Otolaryngology Head & Neck surgeon
Specialty elected councillors
Associate Professor Andrew Cochrane
VIC Cardiothoracic surgeon
Dr Mark Dexter
NSW Neurosurgeon
Professor David Fletcher AM
WA General surgeon
Mr Philip Morreau
AoNZ Paediatric 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
AoNZ Expert community advisor (non FRACS)
Dr Nishanthi Gurusinghe
TAS General Surgeon, representing Tasmanian Fellows
Dr Charles Jenkinson
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
Ms Sarah Rennie
Surgical Adviser Aotearoa New Zealand
Professor Spencer Beasley ONZM
Surgical Adviser Aotearoa New Zealand
Professor Guy Maddern
Surgical Director of Research & Evaluation
Mr John Biviano
Chief Executive Officer