Committee of Surgical Education & Training

The Committee of Surgical Education and Training [CSET] is responsible for the regulation and administration of the nine RACS Surgical Education and Training programs in Australia and New Zealand and in some regions in Asia.

CSET is also responsible for the assessment of Specialist International Medical Graduates [SIMG] seeking Fellowship with RACS for specialised practice in Australia and New Zealand.

CSET is accountable to Council through the Education Committee [EC].

Dr Philip Morreau  - Chair 
Associate Professor Kerin Fielding - President (ex-officio)
Dr Adrian Anthony  - Censor in Chief
Dr Sarah Coll  - Chair, SIMG Committee
Professor Raymond Sacks - Chair, Court of Examiners
Dr David Andrews - Chair, Board of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Dr Robert Whitfield - Chair Australian Board in General Surgery
Dr Jeremy Rossaak  - Chair, Aotearoa New Zealand Training Sub-Committee in General Surgery
Dr Sarah Olson - Chair, Board of Neurosurgery
Dr Chris Kondogiannis - Chair, Australian Orthopaedic Association Federal Training Committee
Dr Timothy Gregg - Chair, New Zealand Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr Andrew Foreman - Chair, Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery 
Dr Paul Joice  - Chair, NZ Sub-committee of Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery (non-voting)
Dr Sarah Giutronich  - Chair, Board of Paediatric Surgery
Dr Dan Rowe - Chair, Australian Board of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Dr Fiona Smithers - Chair, New Zealand Board of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Dr Lydia Johns Putra - Chair, Board of Urology
Dr Thomas Daly - Chair Board of Vascular Surgery
Dr Patricia MacFarlane - Chair, Surgical Science and Clinical Examination Committee
Dr David King - Chair, Prevocational and Skills Education Committee
Dr Nigel Willis - NZ Censor
Dr Sue Hui Ong  - RACS Trainees Association Representative (non FRACS)

Committee of Surgical Education and Training Secretariat
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
250-290 Spring Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002 Australia

Telephone: +61 3 9276 7402
Email: [email protected]

The specialty boards/committees are responsible for the regulation and delivery of the Surgical Education and Training (SET) Program which includes:  

• curriculum, content and duration of training;
• accreditation and content of SET programs including integration between programs with overseas posts and the inspection of posts;
• selection of Trainees;
• eligibility of Trainees to present for the Fellowship Examination;
• assessment of satisfactory completion of training;
• provision of information to maintain a register of Trainees;
• maintenance of surgical standards in each specialties' SET training program.