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Office Bearers
Dr Harsheet Sethi - Chair - General Surgery
A/Prof Bhavesh Patel - Secretary - Paediatric Surgery

Elected Members
Dr Ashvini Shekhar - General Surgery
Dr Daniel Carroll - Paediatric Surgery
Dr Evan Matthews - Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery
Dr Jason Papacostas - Neurosurgery
Dr Kieran Rowe- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Dr Manish Mathew – Cardiothoracic Surgery
Dr Roger Hinsch - Urology
Dr Thomas Arthur - General Surgery

Co-opted Members
Dr Raja Sawhney - Plastics, Papers Prizes & JDOCs
Prof Martin Wullschleger- Queensland Trauma Representative - General Surgery
Dr John Quinn - Executive Director of Surgical Affairs - Vascular Surgery
Dr Pamela Caleo - Queensland Younger Fellows Representative - General Surgery
Prof Justin Gundara - QASM Clinical Director
Dr Alistair McCombe - RACSTA Representative
Dr Timea Jurth - Cardiothoracic Surgery
Dr Adrian Westcott - General Surgery

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Adj. Professor Deborah Bailey - Paediatric Surgery
Dr Roxanne Wu - Vascular Surgery

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