On this page
Upcoming Council meetings and events
In 2022 both Council Executive and Council meetings will be conducted virtually and face-to-face.
Council 2022Thursday 24 and Friday 25 February 2022
Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 June 2022
Thursday 27 and Friday 28 October 2022
Council Executive 2022
Friday 28 January 2022 - virtual
Friday 25 March 2022 -virtual
Friday 29 April 2022 - Brisbane
Late August/early Sept 2022 (tba) - Wellington
Friday 25 November - virtual
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 Council Executive
Dr Sally Langley
AoNZ Fellowship Elected Councillor
Plastic & Reconstructive surgeon
Vice President
Professor Christopher Pyke
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 Advocacy Committee
Professor Andrew Hill
AoNZ Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon
Office holders
Chair, Board of Surgical Education and Training
Dr 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 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
Associate Professor Kerin Fielding
NSW Fellowship Elected Councillor
Orthopaedic surgeon
Chair, Professional Development
Dr Jennifer Chambers OAM
NSW Fellowship Elected Councillor
Vascular 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
Professor Owen Ung
QLD Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon
Chair, Global Health
Dr John Crozier AM CSM
NSW Specialty Elected Councillor
Vascular surgeon
Chair, Prevocational and Skills Education Committee
Mr Philip Morreau
AoNZ Specialty Elected Councillor
Paediatric surgeon
Deputy Treasurer
Dr Rebecca Jack
QLD Fellowship Elected Councillor
Vascular surgeon
Chair, ASC Conference & Events
Professor Mark Ashton
VIC Specialty Elected Councillor
Plastic & Reconstructive surgeon
Fellowship elected councillors
(in alphabetical order)
Professor Deborah Bailey
QLD Paediatric surgeon
Dr Sarah Coll
QLD Orthopaedic surgeon
Dr Nicola Hill
AoNZ Otolaryngology Head & Neck surgeon
Dr Maxine Ronald
AoNZ General surgeon
Specialty elected councillors
Associate Professor Andrew Cochrane
VIC Cardiothoracic surgeon
Dr Mark Dexter
NSW Neurosurgeon
Professor David Fletcher AM
WA General 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 Ailene Fitzgerald
ACT General Surgeon, representing Australian Capital Territory Fellows
Dr Richard Bradbury
NT General Surgeon, representing Northern Territory Fellows
Dr Nishanthi Gurusinghe
TAS General Surgeon, representing Tasmanian Fellows
Dr Sharon Jay
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
Dr 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