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Upcoming Council meetings and events
In 2023 both Council Executive and Council meetings will be conducted virtually and face-to-face.
Council 2023Thursday 23 and Friday 24 February 2023
Thursday 22 and Friday 23 June 2023
Thursday 19 and Friday 20 October 2023
Council Executive 2023
Friday 27 January 2023 - virtual
Friday 24 March 2023 - virtual
Friday 28 April 2023 - Adelaide
Friday 26 May 2023 - virtual
Friday 28 July 2023 - virtual
Wednesday 30 August 2023 - Wellington, AoNZ
Friday 24 November 2023 - virtual
2023 Annual Scientific Congress
Monday 1 to Friday 5 May 2023 (Adelaide Convention Centre)
Monday 1 May: Convocation
Thursday 4 May: Annual General Meeting
Office bearers
President and Chair of Council and Council Executive
Dr Sally Langley
AoNZ Fellowship Elected Councillor
Plastic & Reconstructive surgeon
Vice President
Professor Christopher Pyke
QLD Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon
Censor-in-Chief
Dr Adrian Anthony
SA Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon
Treasurer
Dr Greg Witherow
WA Specialty Elected Councillor
Orthopaedic surgeon
Chair, Professional Standards and Fellowship Services Committee
Professor Andrew Hill
AoNZ Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon
Office holders
Chair, Committee of Surgical Education and Training
Dr Annette Holian
VIC Fellowship Elected Councillor
Orthopaedic surgeon
Chair, SIMG Assessment
Dr Ruth Bollard
VIC Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon
Chair, Court of Examiners
Professor Raymond Sacks
NSW Specialty Elected Councillor
Otolaryngology Head and Neck surgeon
Chair, Health Policy and Advocacy
Professor Mark Frydenberg AM
VIC Specialty Elected Councillor
Urologist
Chair, Professional Standards
Associate Professor Kerin Fielding
NSW Fellowship Elected Councillor
Orthopaedic surgeon
Chair, Professional Development
Dr Jennifer Chambers OAM
NSW Fellowship Elected Councillor
Vascular surgeon
Chair, Fellowship Services
Dr Christine Lai
SA Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon
Chair, Research and Academic Surgery
Professor Henry Woo
NSW Fellowship Elected Councillor
Urologist
Chair, Surgical Audit
Professor Owen Ung
QLD Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon
Chair, Global Health
Dr John Crozier AM CSM
NSW Specialty Elected Councillor
Vascular surgeon
Chair, Prevocational and Skills Education Committee
Dr Philip Morreau
AoNZ Specialty Elected Councillor
Paediatric surgeon
Deputy Treasurer
Dr Rebecca Jack
QLD Fellowship Elected Councillor
Vascular surgeon
Chair, ASC Conference & Events
Professor Mark Ashton
VIC Specialty Elected Councillor
Plastic & Reconstructive surgeon
Fellowship elected councillors
(in alphabetical order)
Professor Deborah Bailey
QLD Paediatric surgeon
Dr Sarah Coll
QLD Orthopaedic surgeon
Dr Nicola Hill
AoNZ Otolaryngology Head & Neck surgeon
Dr Maxine Ronald
AoNZ General surgeon
Specialty elected councillors
Associate Professor Andrew Cochrane
VIC Cardiothoracic surgeon
Dr Mark Dexter
NSW Neurosurgeon
Professor David Fletcher AM
WA General surgeon
Co-opted councillors
Ms Souella Cumming
AoNZ Expert community advisor (non FRACS)
Dr Ailene Fitzgerald
ACT General Surgeon, representing Australian Capital Territory Fellows
Dr Richard Bradbury
NT General Surgeon, representing Northern Territory Fellows
Dr Nishanthi Gurusinghe
TAS General Surgeon, representing Tasmanian Fellows
Dr Justin Parr
RACS Trainees' Association representative
Invited observers
Dr Shehnarz Salindera
Younger Fellows representative
Dr Chris Cokis
President, Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
Principal advisors to Council
Dr John Quinn AM
Executive Director for Surgical Affairs Australia
Dr Sarah Rennie
Surgical Adviser Aotearoa New Zealand
Professor Spencer Beasley ONZM
Surgical Adviser Aotearoa New Zealand
Professor Guy Maddern
Surgical Director of Research & Evaluation
Mr John Biviano
Chief Executive Officer