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RACS 2020 elections to Council - voting

Voting for election to RACS Council opens on Friday 25 September and closes on Monday 12 October 2020 at 5.00pm AEDT.

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Voting for election to RACS Council opens Friday 25 September and closes Monday 12 October 2020 at 5.00pm AEDT.

All Fellows are strongly encouraged to vote. On 25 September 2020 you will receive an email from our external provided BigPulse with your personal access code (please also check your spam/junk folder).

Fellowship Elected Councillors are elected by all Fellows.

Specialty Elected Councillor positions can be filled only by a member of that specialty and are elected only by the Fellows in their specialty.

In total, we have six vacancies as detailed below.

Election for Fellowship Elected Councillors

There are four vacancies in the category of Fellowship Elected Councillor.
All Fellows are asked to vote for the Fellowship Elected Councillors.


Election for Cardiothoracic Surgery Specialty Elected Councillor

There is one vacancy in this specialty.
Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellows are asked to also vote for their Specialty Elected Councillor.


Election for Paediatric Surgery Specialty Elected Councillor

There is one vacancy in this specialty.
Paediatric Surgery Fellows are asked to also vote for their Specialty Elected Councillor.

As there was only one candidate for General Surgery and Vascular Surgery, no election is required.

Candidates are in alphabetical order by last name.

Fellowship elected Councillors

(in alphabetical order – four vacancies)

 

First name

Last name

State

Specialty

Deborah Bailey

Deborah

Bailey

QLD

Paediatric Surgery

Christine Castle

Christine

Castle

NSW

Orthopaedic Surgery

Nicola Hill

Nicola

Hill

NZ

Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery

Andrew Hill

Andrew

Hill

NZ

General Surgery - standing for re-election

Christine Lai

Christine

Lai

SA

General Surgery - standing for re-election

Michael Leung

Michael

Leung

VIC

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Arend Merrie

Arend

Merrie

NZ

General Surgery

Minoo Patel

Minoo

Patel

VIC

Orthopaedic Surgery

Raffi Qasabian

Raffi

Qasabian

NSW

General & Vascular Surgery

Martin Richardson

Martin

Richardson

VIC

Orthopaedic Surgery

Maxine Ronald

Maxine

Ronald

NZ

General Surgery - standing for re-election

Mahiban Thomas

Mahiban

Thomas

NT

General Surgery

 


Specialty elected Councillors

Cardiothoracic Surgery - in alphabetical order (one vacancy)

Andrew Cochrane

Andrew

Cochrane

VIC

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Adam El-Gamel

Adam

El-Gamel

NZ

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Robert Larbalestier

Robert

Larbalestier

WA

Cardiothoracic Surgery

 

Paediatric Surgery - in alphabetical order (one vacancy)

Craig McBride

Craig

McBride

QLD

Paediatric Surgery

Philip Morreau

Philip

Morreau

NZ

Paediatric Surgery

   

Candidates are also expected to observe the Campaigning in RACS Elections Guidelines (PDF 58.47KB) and RACS Social Media policy (PDF 67.13KB).

The current Council members are listed on Council page of the RACS website .

The three-year term of office commences at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 13 May 2021.

For more information please contact College.President@surgeons.org.
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