Meet the College Trainees’ Committee Executive:

Dr Kristof Wing
Chair & Tasmanian representative

I am a Basic Trainee in nipaluna/Hobart and am Chair of the College Trainees’ Committee. I am also Co-Chair of the Victorian-Tasmania Trainees’ Committee and am a member of several key bodies of the College, where I strive to advocate strongly for the interests of trainees. Education is at the core of the College’s identity and with Trainees making up almost one-third of the membership of the College we are well-placed to initiate and shape changes in the College.

I have a particular interest in seeing improvements in work and training culture, the responsiveness of the College to trainee requests, and material improvements in member wellbeing throughout training and fellowship. I intend to complete training in Infectious Diseases and General Medicine, and to combine my love of immunogenomics, health system reform, and the red earth country to improve the health status of First Nations people in Australia, Aotearoa, and the Pacific. If at any time you think the CTC or I might be able help you, please do contact us.

Dr Rachel Debono
Deputy Chair & New South Wales Representative

Rachel is a General Paediatric Advanced Trainee working in Western Sydney and recently completed her Paediatric Endocrinology Training. She is one of 3 Deputy Co-Chairs of the College Trainee Committee and the Paediatric Co-Chair of the NSW/ACT Trainees Committee. She lives and works on Darug land.

Rachel had a long history of advocacy (dating at least as far back as high school) and a strong commitment to improving the experience of trainees, who are fundamental within the health system and represent both the present and future of the College. She is particularly interested in well-being and the environment.

Rachel is happy to challenge the status quo if she sees a better way (or tries to find one when the status quo isn't working). She is happy to hear any ideas you might have, so please reach out to us with ideas or concerns.

Dr Timothy Hopgood
Deputy Chair & Aotearoa New Zealand Representative

Tim (he/him) is of Tongan, Maori (Ngāti Rereahu ki Ngāti Maniapoto) and European descent and brings a background of demonstrated leadership and advocacy through his training across Aotearoa. He is a life member of the New Zealand Resident Doctors Association and a member of the Institute of Directors of New Zealand. Currently, within RACP he is deputy co-chair of the CTC, Paediatrics & Child Health co-chair of the Aotearoa New Zealand Trainees Committee, on the Aotearoa-New Zealand Committee and on the General Paediatrics Advanced Training Committee.

He has trained in several sites across Aotearoa and maintains links to both rural and urban training sites. He is currently a senior registrar in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, having added Psychiatry training onto his General Paediatric training. His research interests are the broader determinants of health and addressing inequalities for Aotearoa New Zealand children.

Dr Alice Rogers
Deputy Chair & South Australia Representative

Alice is a Deputy Co-Chair of the RACP College Trainees' Committee (CTC), as well as the co-Chair of the South Australian Trainees Committee, and SA representative for Paediatrics and Child Health on the CTC. She holds a diploma of child health from the University of Sydney, and currently works as a paediatric registrar at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital, completing her final year of Advanced Training in Clinical Genetics.

She is an honorary clinical lecturer at the Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, and is actively involved in research with multiple first author publications, particularly in the fields of paediatric and reproductive genetics. She's passionate about promoting trainee wellbeing, gender equity, and quality patient care within the medical field.

Dr Aidan Tan
Trainee Director

Aidan is an ex-officio member of the College Trainees’ Committee as the trainee director of the RACP. Outside of the RACP, he’s a paediatric registrar with a broad range of involvement in clinical, research, academic and governance service, and is deputy chief resident medical officer at Sydney Children’s Hospital, with interests in infectious disease and general paediatrics. He’s a research affiliate at the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre and Sydney Children’s Hospital, with experience in meta-research and open science.

Aidan is also an adjunct lecturer at the University of Sydney and conjoint associate lecturer at the University of New South Wales and Western Sydney University, with expertise in evidence-based medicine. He's also a board director of the Association for Interdisciplinary Meta-research and Open Science (AIMOS), with a diverse set of expertise across the health, research, education and not-for-profit sectors.

Committee members

Dr Georgia Buddle, Aotearoa New Zealand Representative

Dr David Carroll, Northern Territory Representative

Dr Cassandra Cooke, Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine Representative

Dr Ashok Doraiswamy, Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine Representative

Dr Amanda Goh, Queensland Representative

Dr Shane McKenna, Victoria Representative

Dr Ahthaven Narendren, Victoria Representative 

Dr Emily Rice, Western Australia Representative  

Dr Alice Terrett, South Australia Representative

Dr Pallavi Thite, Queensland Representative

Dr Virginia Wong, New South Wales Representative