Leadership and Engagement
National/International:
Invited Chapter Lead for NHMRC Surveillance Guidelines Revision 2015-current
Invited member NHMRC panel for the review of Colorectal Cancer Guidelines 2015-current
Invited team member of Colorectal Cancer Think Tank, Melbourne 2015
Invited team member on the DOH-led panel for Colonoscopy Categorisation 2015
Invited team member ACSQH panel for A national safety and quality model for colonoscopy services 2015
Cancer Council Australia, Working Party for the development of Guidelines for Surveillance
Invited reviewer Cancer Council Australia booklet “Understanding Bowel Cancer”
State:
The Colorectal Research Collaborative (CoResC)
Clinical Network Gastrointestinal Cancer Committee for Cancer Council Victoria
Victorian Colorectal Tumour Stream Working Party
Invited participant McKinsey-led review of Victorian Cancer Services
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons:
Examiner for the RACS
Reviewer Australian-New Zealand Journal of Surgery
Reviewer of medicolegal reports
First and Second Line assessor for the Victorian Surgical Audit of Morbidity and Mortality
Chair for the Short-Papers Research session of the Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Congress 2014
University of Melbourne:
Examiner
Lead for Surgical MD2 curriculum redesign
Research Academic Co-ordinator Northern Clinical School
Discovery Project Advisory Group Member
Research Advisory Group Member
Academic Support Team Member
Medical student lecturer (surgery, EHR, long cases, professional practice, research methods)
Multiple areas of collaboration with Departments within the University of Melbourne and Clinical Schools
Demonstrator Melbourne Medical School, Department of Surgery research videos
NHTTRP Teaching and Research Working Group member
Examiner for Honours and Scholarly Selective Students 2012-
Northern Health:
Acting Head of the Academic Department of Surgery 2015
Specific decision to invite collaboration with another specialty on all research projects
Specific decision to foster collaborative relationships amongst disciplines and institutions
Collaboration with UoM other Academics in order to create a collaborative environment
Northern Health Centre for Health, Education and Research, Working Party Member
Northern Health Ethics Committee member 2012-2015
Northern Health Research Group
Low-risk Ethics Committee reviewer 2012-2015
Colorectal MDM Chair and team member
Northern Health Strategic Working Party group
Surgical representative on the Clinical Review Panel
Senior Medical Staff Association member
I have been active in the development of clinical pathways for pre-operative anaemia, post-operative orders documentation and early discharge initiatives.
I led a multi-disciplinary team for those involved in the care of colorectal patients with the aim of optimising peri-operative care
