Council

In 2024 and 2025 both Council Executive and Council meetings will be conducted virtually and face-to-face.

Remaining dates for 2024:

Council 2024
Thursday 17 and Friday 18 October 2024

Council Executive 2024
Friday 26 July 2024 - virtual
Friday 30 August 2024 - virtual 
Friday 29 November 2024 - virtual

Dates for 2025

Council 2025
Thursday 20 and Friday 21 February 2025
Thursday 26 and Friday 27 June 2025
Thursday 23 and Friday 24 October 2025

Council Executive 2025
Thursday 31 January 2025 - virtual
Friday 28 March 2025 - virtual
Friday 17 April* 2025 - virtual *Friday 18th April - Good Friday; 25th April - Anzac Day
Friday 23 May 2025 - virtual
Friday 25 July 2025 - virtual
Friday 29 August 2025 - virtual 
Friday 28 November 2025 - virtual

2025 Annual Scientific Congress
Saturday 3 to Tuesday 6 May 2025 (Sydney)
Annual General Meeting - date TBC

President and Chair of Council and Council Executive
Associate Professor Kerin Fielding
NSW Fellowship Elected Councillor
Orthopaedic surgeon

Vice President
Professor Owen Ung
QLD Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon

Censor-in-Chief
Dr Adrian Anthony
SA Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon

Treasurer
Dr Rebecca Jack
QLD Fellowship Elected Councillor
Vascular surgeon

Chair, Professional Standards and Fellowship Services Committee
Dr Christine Lai
SA Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon

 
Chair, Committee of Surgical Education and Training
Dr Phillip Morreau
AoNZ Specialty Elected Councillor
Paediatric surgeon

Chair, SIMG Assessment
Dr Sarah Coll
QLD Fellowship Elected Councillor
Orthopaedic 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
Professor Henry Woo
NSW Fellowship Elected Councillor
Urologist

Chair, Professional Development
Dr Richard Bradbury
NT Fellowship Elected Councillor
General surgeon

Chair, Fellowship Services
Professor Mark Ashton
VIC Specialty Elected Councillor
Plastic & Reconstructive surgeon

Chair, Research, Audit and Academic Surgery
Dr Nicola Hill
AoNZ Fellowship Elected Councillor
Otolaryngology Head & Neck surgeon

Chair, Global Health
Dr Mark Dexter
NSW Specialty Elected Councillor
Neurosurgeon

Chair, Prevocational and Skills Education Committee
Dr David King
SA Fellowship Elected Councillor 
Vascular surgeon

Deputy Treasurer
Associate Professor Andrew Cochrane
VIC Specialty Elected Councillor
Cardiothoracic surgeon

Chair, ASC Conference & Events
Professor Deborah Bailey
QLD Fellowship Elected Councillor
Paediatric surgeon

(in alphabetical order)

Dr Ruth Bollard
VIC General surgeon

 
Dr Ailene Fitzgerald
ACT General surgeon

Dr Annette Holian
VIC Orthopaedic surgeon

Professor Christopher Pyke
QLD General surgeon

Dr Richard Wong She
AoNZ Plastic & Reconstructive surgeon

Dr Greg Witherow
WA Orthopaedic surgeon

Dr Gregory Keogh
NSW General surgeon

Dr Roxanne Wu
QLD Vascular surgeon

Ms Souella Cumming
AoNZ Expert Community Adviser (non FRACS)

Mr Shane Solomon
VIC Expert Community Adviser (non FRACS)

Dr Will Blake
VIC Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon,
representing Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Fellows   

Dr Su Mei Hoh
Younger Fellows representative

Dr John Quinn AM
Executive Director for Surgical Affairs Australia

Dr Sarah Rennie
Surgical Adviser Aotearoa New Zealand

Professor Guy Maddern
Surgical Director of Research & Evaluation