Council membership
The Minister appoints the Council Chair and members. Members are appointed for a three (3) year term and may serve a second term if renominated and subsequently reappointed. The Council may form working groups and commission other activities as necessary. Non-Council members may be co-opted to Council or its working groups in order to assist in addressing issues that may require specific expertise.
Members are currently appointed for the period 1 December 2008 to 30 November 2011.
|
Member |
Position |
|
Mr Jonathan Rush (Chair) |
Orthopaedic Surgeon |
|
A/Prof David Allen |
Chief Medical Officer, Gynaecologist - Mercy Hospital for Women |
|
Dr Richard Cade |
VMO/Head of Unit General Surgeon, Eastern Health |
|
Dr Heather Cleland |
Director, Burns Unit Plastic Surgeon - Bayside Health |
|
Mr Stephen Clifforth |
Surgeon |
| A/Prof Bruce Davis | Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeon |
|
Mr Peter Field |
Vascular Surgeon - Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne Health |
|
Dr Jane Fox |
General Surgeon, Southern Health |
|
Mr Tony Heinz |
General Surgeon, Goulburn Valley Health |
|
A/Prof Michael Henderson |
Deputy Head, Division of Surgical Oncology, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre |
|
Dr Kevin Holwell |
Senior Medical Advisor/ Surgeon, Wodonga Regional Health Service |
| Ms Eleanor Hughes | Nursing Coordinator, Operating Suite Services - Austin Health |
| Dr Heather Mack | Ophthalmologist |
|
Prof Ian McInnes |
General Surgeon, Clinical Associate Professor, Monash University |
|
Mr Peter Mortensen |
Consultant Urologist |
|
Mr John Owen |
Senior Visiting Consultant Surgeon, Orthopaedic Surgeon |
| Dr Robert Rattray | Deputy Director of Anaesthesia |
|
Dr Andrew Rosengarten |
Emergency Physician |
|
Prof John Royle |
Gastroenterologist/Surgeon |
|
A/Prof Colin Russell |
Clinical Director of the Victorian Audit of Surgical Mortality. Surgeon |
|
Dr Kevin Siu |
Surgeon |
|
A/Prof Dominic Vellar |
Head of Unit, Upper GI and Hepatoiliary Surgery, St Vincent's Hospital |
|
Dr Arlene Wake |
Executive Director of Medical Services, Western Health |
|
Prof Bruce Waxman |
Director Monash University- Academic Surgical Unit, Surgeon, Southern Health |
|
Dr Noel Woodford |
Senior Forensic Pathologist, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine |