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).
Council composition

RACP Board Directors may attend Council meetings.
Members
Chair |
Professor Nicholas Buckmaster |
Deputy Chair |
Associate Professor Catherine O’Connor |
-
Australian regional
representatives
-
College Bodies, member
and other representatives
-
Education pathway
representatives
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 |
* Approval to be confirmed at the September Board meeting
Meeting dates
2021 meetings are scheduled for:
Thursday 18 March 2021
Thursday 1 July 2021
Friday 10 September 2021
Thursday 4 November 2021
For all College Council enquiries, contact the Council Secretariat at council@racp.edu.au