AUSTRALIAN ORTHOPAEDIC REGISTRARS' ASSOCIATION
The Australian Orthopaedic Registrars' Association was formed in 1984 but registrars from around Australia have met annually since 1976 for a scientific meeting, annual general meeting and Ambrose Golf Tournament. The President and CEO of the AOA are invited to attend this meeting.
The elected President of the Association is the Registrar Representative on the Federal Training Committee.
All registrars are encouraged to discuss any issues either with the AORA President or their regional training representative on the AORA National Committee (see contact details below).
MEETINGS
The 2012 AORA Annual Scientific Meeting was held in Sydney, Friday-Sunday, 12-14 October 2012.
The 2013 AORA Annual Scientific Meeting will be held in Darwin in October 2013, 5-6 October 2013
Call for abstracts is open and closed 5 July 2013. For more information visit the website aora.aoa.org.au.
The 2014 AORA Annual Scientific Meeting will be held in Melbourne in October 2014 (dates TBC).
CONTACTS
2012-2013 PRESIDENT Aaron Buckland
C/- Australian Orthopaedic Association
Level 12
45 Clarence Street
Sydney NSW 2000
E aaronbuckland@hotmail.com
2011-2012 NATIONAL COMMITTEE
| Region | Representative | Contact details |
| Western Australia | Andrej Nikoloski | anikoloski@aapt.net.au |
| Queensland | Richard Hanly | hanly_rj@hotmail.com |
| Victoria | Aaron Buckland | aaronbuckland@hotmail.com |
| South Australia | James McLean | dr.jm.mclean@me.com |
| Sydney Northside | Phil Huang | phuang@me.coml |
| Sydney Southside | Ed O'Leary | edmundoleary@hotmail.com |
| Newcastle | Sasha Roshan-Zamir | sasha.roshan-zamir@bigpond.com |
AORA PRESIDENTS
| 1984 Michael Bellemore | 2000 Cameron Cooke |
| 1985 Laurie Giutronich | 2001 Nicole Leeks |
| 1986 Myles Coolican | 2002 Adrian Bauze |
| 1987 Michael Gillespie | 2003 Andrew Hardidge |
| 1988 Michael O'Sullivan | 2004 Peter Papantoniou |
| 1989 Stephen Kemp | 2005 Michael Lutz |
| 1990 Michael Holt | 2006 Vera Kinzel |
| 1991 Andrew Mintz | 2007 Nick Pourgiezis |
| 1992 David Kirwan | 2008 Andrew Oppy |
| 1993 Ross Kennedy | 2009 Nicole Williams |
| 1994 Roger Brighton | 2010 Paul McEniery |
| 1995 Paul Licina | 2011 Jai Kumar |
| 1996 Ian Skinner | 2012 Simon Zilko |
| 1997 Scott Brumby | |
| 1998 Gerard Bourke | |
| 1999 Gareth Long | |