Board committees 2018–19

Standing Committees

Board of Directors

David Martin – Chair
Andrew Ellis
Michael Gillespie
Maurizio Damiani
Ian Harris
Omar Khorshid
Christopher Conyard
Chris Morrey
Marinis Pirpiris
Colin Whitewood
Jennifer Green
Greg Witherow

 

Support Contact
Assumpta O'Brien
assumpta.obrien@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8046

ABC Travelling Fellowship

Bill Donnelly – Chair
Luke Johnson
David Little
Michael Mcauliffe
Chris Morrey
Michael Sandow
Paul Smith
Richard De Steiger
Phong Tran
Piers Yates

Support Contact
Elaine Dixon
elaine.dixon@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8003

Accreditation Committee

Christos Kondogiannis – Chair
Paul Allcock
Chris Conyard
John Cunningham
Prue Fitzpatrick
Christos Kondogiannis
David Lunz
Clem McCormack
Ben Miller
David Nicholson
Amanda Reilly
Kate Stannage
Sindy Vrancic

Support Contact
Bev Hughes 
bev.hughes@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8055

Asia-Pacific

Andrew Beischer – Chair
Jit Balakumar
Bruce Caldwell
Max Esser
Sue Liew
Ted Mah
John North
Kush Shrestha
Des Soares
Ton Tran
Michael Wren

 

Support Contact
Bev Hughes 
bev.hughes@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8055

Audit and Risk Management Committee

Andrew Ellis – Chair
Michael Gillespie
Maurizio Damiani
Nathan Patrick

 

Support Contact
aoa@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8000

President's and State Chairs' Committee

David Martin – Chair
Andrew Ellis
Michael Gillespie
Greg Janes
Marinis Pirpiris
Scott Mackie
Tim McMeniman
Roger Paterson
Paul Smith
Alison Taylor
Andrew Wines

Support Contact
Kathy Hill
kathy.hill@aoa.org.au
02 8002 1062

Continuing Orthopaedic Education

Chris Vertullo – Chair
David Martin (AOA President)
Ian Harris (AOA Scientific Secretary)
Sarah Coll
Ben Jeffcote
Bruce Love
Andrew Oppy
Minoo Patel
Nicolaos Pourgiezis
Adrian Cosenza

Support Contact
Alison Fallon
alison.fallon@aoa.org.au
0403 652 145

Federal Training Committee

Omar Khorshid – Chair
Nicole Williams – Deputy Chair
David Martin
Richard Angliss
Chris Conyard
Price Gallie
David Gill
Ian Incoll
Chris Kondogiannis
Li-On Lam
Brett Oliver
Sean Suttor
Susi Tegen
Sindy Vrancic

 

Support Contact
Anna Shotam
anna.shotam@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8077

Clinical Quality Interim Committee

Michael Gillespie – Chair
Nigel Broughton
Peter Cundy
David Hale
Ian Harris
Jason Harvey
Richard Page
Marinis Pirpiris

Support Contact
Kathy Hill
kathy.hill@aoa.org.au
02 8002 1062

Continuing Professional Development

Colin Whitewood – Chair
Philip Brook
Michael Gillespie
Ian Harris
Omar Khorshid
Lawrence Malisano
Andrew Oppy
Marinis Pirpiris
Leo Zeller

Support Contact
Vicky Dominguez
cpd@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8000

Fellowships

David Dickison – Chair
Roger Bingham
Bill Donnelly
Travis Falconer
Robert Fassina
Price Gallie
Mark Ross
Ralph Stanford

Support Contact
Susie Obeid
susie.obeid@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8027

Honours and Nominations

Lawrence Malisano – Chair
David Martin
Andrew Ellis

Support Contact
Bev Hughes 
bev.hughes@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8055

IMG Assessment Committee

Ian Incoll – Chair
Christopher Bell – QLD
Neelika Dayananda – VIC/TAS
Cathie Hibberd – Trainee Representative
Bhavin Jadav – SA/NT
Richard Lawson – NSW Northside
Max Leibenson – NSW Newcastle
Simon Matthews – NSW Southside
Gary Prosser – WA
Vera Sallen – Consumer Representative

Support Contact
Anna Shotam
anna.shotam@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8077

AOA National Joint Replacement Registry

David Hale – Chair
Andrew Beischer
Neil Bergman
Roger Brighton
Al Burns
David Campbell
Richard de Steiger
Bill Donnelly
Russell Furzer
Stephen Graves
Ian Harris
Peter Lewis
Peter Myers
Richard Page
John Radovanovic
Matthew Scott-Young
James Stoney
Sean Williams

Support Contact
Cindy Turner
cturner@aoanjrr.org.au
08 8128 4284

AOA National Joint Replacement Registry Academic Advisory Panel

Don Howie – Chair
Sam Adie
David Campbell
Simon Journeaux
Andrew Shimmin
David Sonnabend

Support Contact
Sophie Rainbird
srainbird@aoanjrr.org.au
08 8128 4282

Orthopaedic Women's Link (OWL)

Jennifer Green – Chair
Andrew Ellis
Ian Incoll
Avanthi Mandaleson
Catherine McDougall
Katherine Stannage

 

Support Contact
Susie Obeid
susie.obeid@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8027

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Professional Conduct and Standards

Colin Whitewood – Chair
Michael Gillespie
Greg Janes
Tim McMeniman
Roger Paterson
Paul Smith
Alison Taylor
Andrew Wines

Support Contact
Kathy Hill
kathy.hill@aoa.org.au
02 8002 1062

Research

Peter Choong – Chair
Ken Cutbush
Peter D'Alessandro
Richard de Steiger 
David Dickison
Ian Harris 
Ian Incoll
Paul Smith
Bogdan Solomon

Support Contact
Susie Obeid
susie.obeid@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8027

Rural Surgeons

Chris Morrey – Chair
Henry Forbes
Russell Furzer
Nick Hartnell
Richard Kjar
Arvind Puri
Simon Smith

Support Contact
Kathy Hill
kathy.hill@aoa.org.au
02 8002 1062

Spinal PFET

Myron Rogers (NSA) – Chair
John Cunningham
 Mark Davies (NSA)
Michael A Johnson
Ralph Stanford

Support Contact
Susie Obeid
susie.obeid@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8027

Subspecialty Presidents

David Martin – Chair
Bruce Caldwell
Drew Dixon
Michael Johnson
Stephen McMahon
Egon Perilli
Marinis Pirpiris
Michael Sandow
Kate Stannage
Peter Steadman
Alison Taylor
Allan Wang

Support Contact
Bev Hughes 
bev.hughes@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8055

Ad Hoc Committees and Working Groups

Code of Conduct Review

Colin Whitewood – Chair
David Campbell
Dermot Collopy
Scott Fletcher
Michael Hayes
Andreas Loefler
Tim Musgrove
Gary Nielsen
Marinis Pirpiris
George Sikorski
Paul Smith

Support Contact
Kathy Hill
kathy.hill@aoa.org.au
02 8002 1062

Digital Imaging

David Mitchell – Chair
Jit Balakumar
Bill Donnelly
Keith Holt
Matt Lyons
Scott Mackie
Michael Sandow

Support Contact
Kathy Hill
kathy.hill@aoa.org.au
02 8002 1062

Patient Education Committee

Andrew Beischer – Chair
Zsolt Balogh
Leo Donnan
David Martin
Rob Pattison
Martin Richardson
David Stabler
Richard de Steiger

Support Contact
Kathy Hill
kathy.hill@aoa.org.au
02 8002 1062

Workforce Working Group

Lawrence Malisano – Chair
Brett Halliday
Roger Patterson
John Tuffley
Greg Witherow
David Mitchell
Peter Berton

Support Contact
Kathy Hill
kathy.hill@aoa.org.au
02 8002 1062