College Council

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).

Council composition

College Council composition diagram

RACP Board Directors may attend Council meetings.

Chair	Professor Nicholas Buckmaster
Deputy Chair	Associate Professor Catherine O’Connor

Australian regional representatives
New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory	Dr Adrian Lee
Northern Territory	Dr Richard Budd
Queensland	Professor Nicholas Buckmaster
South Australia	Associate Professor Andrew Lee
Tasmania	Dr Evelyn Bowles-Funk
Victoria	Professor Judith Savige
Western Australia	Dr Helen Rhodes

College Bodies, member and other representatives
Adult Medicine Division	Professor Don Campbell
Paediatrics & Child Health Division	Professor Catherine Choong
Australasian Faculty of Occupational and Environmental Medicine	Professor Malcolm Sim
Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine	Professor Robyn Lucas
Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine	Dr Greg Bowring
Aotearoa New Zealand	Dr John Holmes
College Education Committee Chair	Associate Professor Mitra Guha
Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander representative	Professor Ngiare Brown
Māori representative	Dr Tane Taylor
4 x Trainee representatives	Dr Davina Buntsma, Dr Edward Cliff, Dr Aimee Wiseman, Dr Vanessa Wong
Consumer representative	Hamza Vayani

Education pathway representatives
Addiction Medicine	Professor John Saunders
Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine	Professor Susan Sawyer AM
Cardiology	Associate Professor Sudhir Wahi
Clinical Genetics	Dr Kathy Wu
Clinical Pharmacology	Dr Catherine Lucas
Community Child Health	Dr Chris Pearson
Dermatology	Dr Paul Jarrett
Endocrinology and Chemical Pathology	Associate Professor Diana Learoyd
Gastroenterology	Dr Malcolm Arnold
General and Acute Care Medicine	Dr Tony Ryan
General Paediatrics	Dr Jacqui Dalby-Payne
Geriatric Medicine Representative	Professor Vasikaran Naganathan
Haematology	Dr Leanne Berkahn
Immunology and Allergy	Dr Melanie Wong
Infectious Diseases and Microbiology	Professor Cheryl Jones
Medical Oncology	vacant
Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine	vacant
Nephrology	Professor Neil Boudville
Neurology	Professor Bruce Taylor
Nuclear Medicine	Dr David Farlow
Paediatric Emergency Medicine	Dr Gary Browne
Palliative Medicine	Professor Greg Crawford
Respiratory Medicine	Professor John Upham
Rheumatology	Dr Steven Sawyers
Sexual Health Medicine	Associate Professor Catherine O'Connor
Sleep Medicine	Associate Professor Fergal O'Donoghue