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Information about the ANZ Scholarship & Grant Committee.

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Overview

The Australia and New Zealand Scholarship and Grant Committee (formerly the Board of Surgical Research) is the RACS body that oversees the ANZ Scholarship Program. The Specialist Surgical Training Boards of the following are all represented:

  • Cardiothoracic Surgery
  • General Surgery
  • Neurosurgery
  • Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
  • Paediatric Surgery
  • Urology
  • Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
  • Vascular Surgery
  • Orthopaedic Surgery

The Committee also has a representative from the Section of Academic Surgery. The Chair of the Board of Research, Audit and Academic Surgery and the RACS Censor in Chief are ex officio members.

Objectives

The objectives of the ANZ Scholarship and Grant Committee are:

  • to foster a research milieu within RACS
  • to increase the research profile of RACS among Fellows, Trainees and the wider community
  • to be accountable to RACS Council for reporting on any research related policy or matters
  • to develop and review policy relating to research
  • to ensure fiscal responsibility in maintenance of scholarship bequests
  • to take an active role in directing research funding.

Membership

Dr Sarah Coll - Chair
Associate Professor Niall Corcoran - Deputy Chair

Committee Members
Associate Professor Siven Seevanayagam - Cardiothoracic 
Dr Damien Loh - General (Australia) 
Associate Professor Chris Harmston - General (Aotearoa New Zealand) 
Professor Marcus Stoodley - Neurosurgery
Associate Professor Sam Adie - Orthopaedic (Australia) 
Professor Gary Hooper - Orthopaedic (Aotearoa New Zealand)  
Dr Alkis Psaltis - Otolaryngology Head & Neck (Australia) 
Dr Mark Izzard - Otolaryngology Head & Neck (Aotearoa New Zealand) 
Dr Romi Das Gupta  - Paediatric 
Mr Michael Findlay - Plastic & Reconstructive (Australia) 
Dr Sarah Hulme - Plastic & Reconstructive (Aotearoa New Zealand) 
Associate Professor Jonathan Karpelowsky - Section of Academic Surgery representative
Associate Professor Niall Corcoran - Urology representative
Dr Manar Khashram - Vascular 
Professor Henry Woo - RASC Chair, Ex officio
Dr Adrian Anthony - Censor in Chief, Ex officio

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ANZ Scholarship & Grant Committee Secretariat
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Office: 51-54 Palmer Place, North Adelaide SA
Postal: 199 Ward Street, North Adelaide SA 5006, Australia
North Adelaide SA 5069 Australia

Telephone: +61 8 8219 0924
Email: scholarships@surgeons.org

 

 

 

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