AFRM Aotearoa New Zealand and Regional Committees

 
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Fellows of the Faculty residing in Aotearoa New Zealand and each State or Territory of Australia constitute the 6 separate AFRM regions.

The AFRM regional committees run training and continuing professional development programs for rehabilitation medicine Fellows and trainees and, develop educational resources for rehabilitation medicine.

Regional committees advise the AFRM Council on matters relevant to their area and prepare committee project proposals for the approval by the Faculty Council. A regional committee will then go on to develop and manage their approved project.

Promoting rehabilitation medicine is an important role of each committee. Each regional committee, under the direction of the Faculty, responds to new and emerging rehabilitation medicine issues and contributes to policy and advocacy activities. Learn more about the AFRM and its activities.

All AFRM members are automatically part of their regional membership. Read the AFRM Regional Committee Terms of Reference (PDF) and Aotearoa NZ AFRM Committee Terms of Reference (PDF).

Aotearoa New Zealand

Members

Dr Toni Auchinvole, Chair Aotearoa NZ AFRM Committee
Dr Michael Dawson, Aotearoa Training Coordinator
Dr Jimmy Chong, AFRM Paediatric representative
Dr Raam Gangisetty, AFRM Trainee Committee representative
Dr Sue Kim, AFRM Assessment Committee
Dr Kellie Nichol, Aotearoa NZ representative on the Faculty Education Committee
Vacant, AFRM Policy and Advocacy representative

View the Aotearoa New Zealand AFRM Committee Terms of Reference (PDF)

Read the Call for a New Zealand Rehabilitation Strategy (PDF) resource for Aotearoa NZ.

Find out more about the Dr Boris Mak Rehabilitation Medicine Trainee Award for best presentation by an Aotearoa New Zealand AFRM trainee.


NSW/ACT | Queensland | SA/NT | VIC/TAS | Western Australia


New South Wales/Australian Capital Territory

Members

Dr Myles Kwa, Chair
Dr Grace Wong, Trainee Representative
Dr Safiyyah Abbass, AFRM Policy and Advocacy Representative
Dr Callum Morse, Fellow
Dr Sitra Siri Pathamanathan, Fellow
Dr Emma Walker, Fellow
Dr Craig Davenport, Fellow
Dr Malcolm Bowman, Fellow
Vacant, Regional Training Coordinator

Queensland

Members

Dr Teresa Boyle, Chair
Dr Harminder Sarai, Regional Training Coordinator
Dr Kelly Dungey, Fellow
Dr Sarah Leeder, Fellow
Dr Sophie Olufson, Trainee representative
Dr Adrienne Corbett, Regional Training Coordinator
Vacant, AFRM Policy and Advocacy representative
Vacant, 3 x Fellows

Read about The Early History of Rehabilitation Medicine in Queensland (PDF)

South Australia/Northern Territory

Members

Dr Cristina Manu, Chair
Dr Anushka Abeywickrama, Trainee representative
Dr Hang Sheng Chow, Regional Training Coordinator
Dr Venugopal Kochiyil, AFRM Policy and Advocacy representative
Dr Howard Flavell, Fellow
Dr Kisani Manuel, Fellow
Vacant, 3 x Fellows

Victoria/Tasmania

Members

Dr Krystal Song, Chair
Dr Lachlan Crowder, Fellow
Dr Jessica Peters, Trainee representative
Dr Faraz Jeddi, Fellow
Dr Muhammad Kashif, Fellow
Dr Edwin Luk, Fellow FPAC representative
Dr Michael Njovu, Fellow
Dr Michael Ponsford, Fellow
Dr Emily Humphrey, Regional Training Coordinator

Western Australia

Members

Associate Professor Jon Ho Chan, Chair
Dr Natalia Magana, Trainee representative
Vacant, AFRM Policy and Advocacy representative
Vacant, Regional Training Coordinator
Vacant, 5 x Fellows


To ensure that RACP processes remain fair and robust, including our reconsideration, review and appeal process, it is important that individual Committee members are not contacted directly regarding any matters that are or potentially under consideration. College members should address all correspondence to the committee secretariat.
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