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Chair - Nicholas Lyons (General Surgery AU)

Deputy Chair/Education portfolio - Ronald Murambi (Neurosurgery)

Training portfolio - Ben Thomson (Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery AoNZ)

Support and advocacy portfolio - Helen Buschel (Paediatric Surgery)

Communications portfolio - Ken Chow (Urology)

Immediate Past Chair - Sue Hui Ong (General Surgery AoNZ)

State/Territory/Aotearoa New Zealand representatives

Australian Capital Territory - Siobhan Clayton (General Surgery AU)
New South Wales - Ernest Cheng (General Surgery AU)
Queensland - Alistair McCombe (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery AU)
South Australia/Northern Territory - Victoria Lu (General Surgery AU)
Tasmania - Alex Britcliffe (General Surgery AU)
Western Australia - Amelia Davis (General Surgery AU) 
Victoria - Teagan Fink (General Surgery AU)
Aotearoa New Zealand - Cameron Wells (General Surgery AoNZ)

Specialty representatives

Cardiothoracic Surgery - Damian Gimpel
General Surgery (Australia) - Joan Tefay
General Surgery (Aotearoa New Zealand) - Emma Wehipeihana
Neurosurgery -Vignaraja Thirunavukarasu 
Orthopaedic Surgery (Australia) - Sianne Toemoe
Orthopaedic Surgery (Aotearoa New Zealand) - Tyler Campbell
Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (Australia) - Matthew Noussair
Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery (Aotearoa New Zealand) - Ben Thomson
Paediatric Surgery - Holly Campbell
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Australia) - Edward Riordan
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (Aotearoa New Zealand) -Tea Williams
Urology - Christian Robinson
Vascular Surgery - James Elliott

Co-opted members

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Cherrelle George (Orthopaedic Surgery AoNZ)

Matthew Watson (General Surgery AU)

Sarah Cowan (General Surgery AoNZ)

Chris Selvaraj (General Surgery AU)

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Contact RACSTA Committee representatives:
Email: [email protected]
Telephone: +61 3 9249 1212

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