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Upcoming Council meetings and events
In 2025 both Council Executive and Council meetings will be conducted virtually and face-to-face.
Dates for 2025
Council 2025
Thursday 20 and Friday 21 February 2025
Thursday 26 and Friday 27 June 2025
Thursday 23 and Friday 24 October 2025
Council Executive 2025
Thursday 31 January 2025 - virtual
Friday 28 March 2025 - virtual
Thursday 17 April* 2025 - virtual
*Friday 18th April - Good Friday; 25th April - Anzac Day
Friday 23 May 2025 - virtual
Friday 25 July 2025 - virtual
Friday 29 August 2025 - virtual
Friday 28 November 2025 - virtual
2025 Annual Scientific Congress
Saturday 3 to Tuesday 6 May 2025 (Sydney)
Annual General Meeting -Monday 5 May 2025 (Sydney)
Office bearers
President and Chair of Council and Council Executive
Professor Owen Ung
QLD Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon
Vice President
Professor Raymond Sacks
NSW Specialty Elected Councillor
Otolaryngology Head and Neck surgeon
Censor-in-Chief
Dr Phil Morreau
AoNZ Specialty Elected Councillor
Paediatric surgeon
Chair, Professional Standards and Fellowship Services Committee
Dr Christine Lai
SA Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon
Office holders
Chair, Court of Examiners
Professor Deborah Bailey
QLD Fellowship Elected Councillor
Paediatric surgeon
Chair, Health Policy and Advocacy
Professor Mark Frydenberg AM
VIC Specialty Elected Councillor
Urologist
Chair, Committee of Surgical Education and Training
Dr Richard Wong She CNZM
AoNZ Fellowship Elected Councillor
Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon
Chair, Professional Standards
Professor Mark Ashton
VIC Specialty Elected Councillor
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Chair, ASC Conference & Events
Dr Gregory Keogh
NSW Specialty Elected Councillor
General surgeon
Chair, Prevocational and Skills Education Committee
Dr David King
SA Fellowship Elected Councillor
Vascular surgeon
Chair, Fellowship Services
Professor Henry Woo
NSW Fellowship Elected Councillor
Urologist
Chair, Professional Development
Dr Richard Bradbury
NT Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon
Chair, Research, Audit and Academic Surgery
Associate Professor Andrew Cochrane AM
VIC Specialty Elected Councillor
Cardiothoracic surgeon
Chair, Global Health
Dr Mark Dexter
NSW Specialty Elected Councillor
Neurosurgeon
Chair, SIMG Assessment
Dr Ailene Fitzgerald
ACT Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon
Fellowship elected councillors
Dr Rebecca Jack
QLD Vascular surgeon
Dr Nicola Hill
AoNZ Otolaryngology Head and Neck surgeon
Dr Will Blake
VIC Plastic and Reconstructive surgeon
Associate Professor Matthew Clark
AoNZ General surgeon
Dr Upeksha (Pecky) De Silva
NSW Vascular surgeon
Dr Andrew Ellis OAM
NSW Orthopaedic surgeon
Dr Helen Mohan
VIC General surgeon
Dr Peter Moore
TAS Orthopaedic surgeon
Specialty elected councillors
Dr Roxanne Wu
QLD Vascular surgeon
Associate Professor Susan Liew
VIC Orthopaedic surgeon
Co-opted councillors
Ms Souella Cumming CNZM
AoNZ Expert Community Adviser (non FRACS)
Mr Shane Solomon
VIC Expert Community Adviser (non FRACS)
Dr Ros Pochin
AoNZ General surgeon
Chair AoNZ National Committee
Dr Nicholas Lyons
RACS Trainees' Association representativeInvited observers
Dr Su Mei Hoh
Younger Fellows representative
Principal advisers to Council
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