College Council
The Board established the College Council in 2015 to act as its peak advisory body on strategic and cross-College issues.
The College Council responds to issues the Board refers to it and raises issues to the Board that the College Council feels need consideration.
The composition of the College Council enables a variety of member and non-member perspectives to be heard in a single forum.
The Council is a representative body of up to 47 Fellows and trainees that includes:
- a Fellow appointed by the Aotearoa New Zealand Committee
- a representative from each of the 26 identified Education Pathways (including Chapters) within the College
- a Fellow appointed by each RACP Division Council
- a Fellow appointed by each RACP Faculty Council
- up to 4 trainees appointed by the College Trainees’ Committee
- a Fellow appointed by each of the 7 Australian Regional Committees
- a Māori representative and an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander representative, who may be Fellows, trainees or non-members of the RACP
- a consumer representative from the RACP appointed Consumer Advisory Group or an approved delegate
- the Chair of the College Education Committee
For more information, read the College Council By-law (PDF).
The College Council has established two working groups to further key initiatives:
Council composition
RACP Board Directors may attend Council meetings.
Members
| Chair |
Associate Professor Catherine O'Connor |
| Deputy Chairs |
Dr Hashim Abdeen
Professor Tony Rahman |
-
Australian regional
representatives
-
College Bodies, member
and other representatives
-
Education pathway
representatives
| College Bodies, member and other representatives |
| Adult Medicine Division |
Professor Graeme Maguire |
| Paediatrics & Child Health Division |
Professor Nitin Kapur |
| Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
Dr Warren Harrex |
| Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine |
Professor Jeanette Ward |
| Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine |
Dr Jennifer Mann |
| Aotearoa New Zealand |
Dr Tom Wilkinson |
| College Education Committee Chair |
vacant |
| Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander representative |
vacant |
| Māori representative |
Dr Jade Tamatea
|
| 4 x Trainee representatives |
Dr Edward Cliff, Dr Hashim Abdeen |
| Consumer representative |
vacant |
| Education pathway representatives |
| Addiction Medicine |
Professor John Saunders |
| Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine |
Professor Susan Sawyer AM |
| Cardiology |
vacant |
| Clinical Genetics |
Dr Bernadette Hanna |
| Clinical Pharmacology |
Dr Catherine Lucas |
| Community Child Health |
vacant |
| Dermatology |
vacant |
| Endocrinology and Chemical Pathology |
Dr Cherie Chiang |
| Gastroenterology |
Dr Yoon-Kyo An |
| General and Acute Care Medicine |
vacant |
| General Paediatrics |
vacant
|
| Geriatric Medicine Representative |
Dr Robert O'Sullivan |
| Haematology |
Dr Hui-Peng Lee |
| Immunology and Allergy |
Professor Michaela Lucas |
| Infectious Diseases and Microbiology |
Professor Katie Flanagan |
| Medical Oncology |
Dr James Lynam |
| Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine |
vacant |
| Nephrology |
Dr Tom Forbes |
| Neurology |
Dr Manjo Menezes |
| Nuclear Medicine |
Dr Elizabeth Clingan |
| Paediatric Emergency Medicine |
Dr Veevek Thankey |
| Palliative Medicine |
Professor Leeroy William |
| Respiratory Medicine |
Professor Hubertus Jersmann |
| Rheumatology |
vacant |
| Sexual Health Medicine |
Associate Professor Catherine O'Connor |
| Sleep Medicine |
Associate Professor Sutapa Mukherjee |
| Australian regional representatives |
| New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory |
Dr Sayontonee Ghosh |
| Northern Territory |
vacant |
| Queensland |
Professor Tony Rahman |
| South Australia |
Associate Professor Andrew Lee |
| Tasmania |
vacant |
| Victoria |
Associate Professor Annabel Martin |
| Western Australia |
Dr Poh-Kooi Loh |
2024 Meeting dates
Tuesday 19 March 2024 | Zoom
Thursday 6 June 2024 | Zoom
Thursday 19 September 2024 | In person Board and Council Strategy Day
Friday 1 November 2024 | Zoom
For all College Council enquiries, contact the Council Secretariat at council@racp.edu.au