Board committees 2022–23


Board of Directors

Chris Morrey – Chair
Michael A Johnson
Scott Fletcher
Ken Cutbush
Chris Kondogiannis
Christopher Vertullo
Andrew Wines
Nicole Leeks
Susan Liew
David Kelly
Danielle Wadley
Adrian Cosenza (CEO)

Greg Witherow (observer)

Support Contact
Assumpta O'Brien
assumpta.obrien@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8046


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ABC Travelling Fellowship

Phong Tran – Chair
Luke Johnson
David Little
Michael Mcauliffe
Chris Morrey
Paul Smith
Richard de Steiger
Piers Yates

Support Contact
Bev Hughes 
bev.hughes@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8055

Accreditation

Sindy Vrancic – Chair
Peter Smitham
John Cunningham
Prue Fitzpatrick
Luke Johnson
David Lunz
Nick Maister
Nic Frost
Ben Miller
David Nicholson
Amanda Reilly
Kate Stannage
Mayuran Suthersan
Sean Suttor

Support Contact
Kayleigh Gates
kayleigh.gates@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8003

Asia-Pacific

Ton Tran – Chair
Christine Castle
Paul della Torre
Brian Loh
Ridzwan Namazie
Danielle Wadley
Michael Wren

Support Contact
Bev Hughes 
bev.hughes@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8055

Audit and Risk Management

Chris Morrey – Chair
Michael A Johnson
Chris Vertullo
Nathan Patrick

Support Contact
Chris Macris
chris.macris@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8041

President and State Chairs'

Chris Morrey – Chair
Michael A Johnson
Scott Fletcher
Nicole Leeks
David Penn
David Bade
Rob Wallace
Maurizio Damiani
Adrian Trivett
Rob Molnar

Regional committees

Support Contact
Evelyne Tadros
evelyne.tadros@aoa.org.au

Continuing Orthopaedic Education

Kenneth Cutbush – Chair
Chris Morrey
Richard Page
Juliette Gentle
Ben Jeffcote
Bruce Love
Andrew Oppy
Minoo Patel
Nicolaos Pourgiezis
Adrian Cosenza

Support Contact
Alison Fallon
alison.fallon@aoa.org.au
0403 652 145

Federal Training

Chris Kondogiannis – Chair
Annette Holian 
Bryan Ashman (AOA Dean of Education)
John Estens (NC NSW RTC Chair)
Juliette Gentle (OWL Chair)
Ben Gooden (NS NSW RTC Chair)
Jegan Krishnan (SA RTC Chair))
Greg Hogan (WA RTC Chair)
David Kelly (AORA President)
John Radovanovic (QLD RTC Chair)
Peter Moore (VIC RTC Chair)
Greg Hogan (incoming WA RTC Chair)
Brett Oliver (Jurisdictional Representative)
Vera Sallen (SIMG Chair)
Jai Sungaran (SS NSW RTC Chair)
Susi Tegen (External Representative)
Sindy Vrancic (Accreditation Chair)
Alison Taylor (Senior Examiner)

Support Contact
training@aoa.org.au

Observers
Chris Morrey (AOA Vice-President)
Michael A Johnson (AOA Second Vice-President)

Advertising Complaints Subcommittee

Chris Morrey – Chair
John Bare
Alexander Burns
David Campbell
Dermot Collopy
Annette Holian 
Andrew Leicester
David Liu
Steve McMahon
Jonathan Mulford
John O’Donnell
Marinis Pirpiris
Michael Solomon

Support Contact
Evelyne Tadros
evelyne.tadros@aoa.org.au

Clinical Quality

Richard Page – Chair
Michelle Atkinson
Peter Cundy
Brian Freeman
David Hale
Jason Harvey
Matt Lyons
Chris Morrey
Orso Osti
Marinis Pirpiris
Amy Touzell
Janet Wale

Support Contact
Kathy Hill
kathy.hill@aoa.org.au
0409 833 786 

Clinical Trials Data Safety Monitoring

Peter Myers – Chair
Justin Roe
David Wood (WA)
David Mitchell
Sarah Shumborski (OWL)
Peter Smitham

Support Contact
Durga Bastiras
kathy.hill@aoa.org.au
08 8128 4155

Continuing Professional Development

Sue Liew – Chair
Annette Holian 
Drew Dixon
Katherine Gordiev
Toby Leys
Janak Mehta
Richard Page
Marinis Pirpiris
Chris Vertullo
Rob Wallace
Andrew Wines
Leo Zeller

Support Contact
Vicky Dominguez
cpd@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8000

Digital Radiology

John Cunningham – Chair
Jit Balakumar
Charlie Lin
Bruce Love
Peter McCombe (QLD)
David Dilley
Chris Wainwright

Support Contact
Michelle White
michelle.white@aoa.org.au

Ethics

Annette Holian – Chair
Neil Bergman
Roy Carey 
Scott Fletcher 
Angela Hatfield
Greg Janes
Michael A Johnson
Sue Liew
Nick Maister
Suzie May (Consumer Representative)
Catherine McDougall 
Chris Morrey
Michael Schuetz
Andrew Sefton
Nicole Williams 
Andrew Wines
Steve Lawrie
Peter Viiret

Support Contact
Evelyne Tadros
evelyne.tadros@aoa.org.au

Fellowships

Ken Cutbush – Chair
Libby Anderson
Roger Bingham
Phong Tran
Travis Falconer
Price Gallie
Luke Johnson
Peter McEwan (AKS)
Ralph Stanford

Support Contact
Kirsty Osborn
kirsty.osborn@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8014

Honours and Nominations

Chris Morrey – Chair
Michael A Johnson
Scott Fletcher

Support Contact
Bev Hughes 
bev.hughes@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8055

Mentoring Advisory Subcommittee

Tim Musgrove – Chair
Tanya Burgess
Peter D’Alessandro
Price Gallie
Marinis Pirpiris
Nick Pourgiezis
Alison Taylor
Danielle Wadley
Rob Wallace

 

Support Contact
Elizabeth Burrell
elizabeth.burrell@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8050

AOA Registry

Neil Bergman – Chair
Chris Morrey – President
Michael Johnson – Vice President
Paul Smith – Interim Registry Clinical Director
Richard de Steiger – Registry Deputy Clinical Director
Peter Lewis – Registry Deputy Clinical Director
James Stoney – Assistant Registry Deputy Clinical Director
Richard Page – Clinical Advisor (Shoulder & Elbow)
Peter Stavrou – Clinical Advisor (Foot & Ankle)
Rob Kuru – SSA
Bill Walter – ASA
Peter McEwen – AKS
Michael Schuetz – Research
Joshua Petterwood – TAS
David Wysocki – WA

Support Contact
Kathy Hill
kathy.hill@aoa.org.au
0409 833 786 

AOA National Joint Replacement Registry Academic Editorial Advisory Panel

Don Howie – Chair
Sam Adie
David Campbell
Simon Journeaux
David Sonnabend
Chris Wilson

Support Contact
Sophie Rainbird
srainbird@aoanjrr.org.au
08 8128 4282

AOA Registry Nested Clinical Studies Review Panel

MinJae Lee
Chris Wilson
Greg Wernecke
Rajat Mittal
Wilson Lee
Scott Brumby

 

Support Contact
Durga Bastiras
dbastiras@aoanjrr.org.au
+618 8128 4155

Registry Review

Julie Garland – Chair
Annette Holian
Chris Morrey
Michael Johnson
John Owen
Michael Schuetz
Richard Page
Richard de Steiger

Support Contact
Kathy Hill
kathy.hill@aoa.org.au
0409 833 786 

Orthopaedic Women's Link (OWL)

Danielle Wadley – Chair
Megan Cain
Sarah Farrell
Ian Incoll
Eleanor Houghton
Madeleine Jolley
Christopher Morrey
Lynette Reece
Rebecca Tang 
Andrew Wines

Support Contact
Michelle White
michelle.white@aoa.org.au

Patient Education

Orso Osti – Chair
Lachlan Batty
Anthony Cadden
Richard de Steiger
Amrita Deshpande
Jeff Hughes
Vera Kinzel
Justin Roe
Jonathan Spencer

Support Contact
Talysa Trevallion
talysa.trevallion@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8000

Professional Conduct and Standards

Sue Liew – Chair
Annette Holian
David Bade
Maurizio Damiani
Nicole Leeks
David Penn
Adrian Trivett
Rob Wallace
Andrew Wines

Support Contact
Evelyne Tadros
evelyne.tadros@aoa.org.au

Research

Michael Schuetz – Chair
Ross Crawford
Nick Croker
Peter D'Alessandro 
Peter Lewis
Rajat Mittal
Jonathan Mulford
Richard Page
Arvind Puri
Peter Smitham
Annabelle Stabler
Dominic Thewlis

Support Contact
Belinda Balhatchet
belinda.balhatchet@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8024

Rural Surgeons

Richard Angliss – Chair
Russell Furzer
Evan Jones
Chris Morrey
Arvind Puri
Simon Smith

Support Contact
Talysa Trevallion
talysa.trevallion@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8000

SIMG Assessment

Vera Sallen – Chair
Jon Smith – QLD
Surjit Lidder – VIC/TAS
Kanishka Williams – SA/NT
Kim Latendresse – Consumer Representative
Richard Lawson – NSW Northside
Max Leibenson – NSW Newcastle
Dave Kelly – Trainee Representative
Simon Matthews – NSW Southside
Simon Wall – WA

Support contact
Anna Shotam
anna.shotam@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8077

Spinal PFET

Jonathon Ball (NSA) – Chair
Mark Davies (NSA)
Kris Lundine
Ralph Stanford
Myron Rogers (NSA)
Peter Woodland

Support Contact
Kirsty Osborn
kirsty.osborn@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8014

Subspecialty Presidents

Chris Morrey – Chair
Ivan Astori
Bill Walter
Richard Carey Smith
Drew Dixon
David Lunz
David McCombe
Hayden Morris
Andrew Oppy
Nathan Pavlos
Mark Ross
Rob Kuru
Kevin Tetsworth

Support Contact
Bev Hughes 
bev.hughes@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8055

Workforce

Michael A Johnson – Chair
Peter Berton
Nick Maister
David Gill (WA)
David Mitchell
Chris Morrey
Grant Pang
Amy Touzell
Richard Walker
Rob Wallace
Greg Witherow

Support Contact
Michelle White
michelle.white@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8000 

Ad Hoc Committees and Working Groups

Champions of Change

Andrew Wines – Chair
Anita Boecksteiner
Richard Carey Smith
Alice Chang
Jennifer Green
Mike Gross
Michael Lutz
Rob Pianta
Andrew Saies
Meenu Shunmugam

Support Contact
Michelle White
michelle.white@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8000

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Cultural Inclusion

Marinis Pirpiris – Chair
Ashraf Chehata
Ruth Mitchell
Peter Moore
Chris Morrey
Chris Mulligan
Anthony Murray
Buki Oloruntoba
Travis Perera
Martin Richardson
Aman Singh
Dolapo Sotade
Jai Sungaran

Support Contact
Michelle White
michelle.white@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8000

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Continuing Professional Development Working Group

For the CPD Committee, please see the Continuing Professional Development Committee.

Sue Liew – Chair
Richard Page
Marini Pirpiris
Andrew Wines
Leo Zeller

 

Support Contact
Rania Ali
rania.ali@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8045

Masters and Co-Badging

Peter Choong – Chair and Research Committee representative
Zsolt Balogh – NOADs representative
Omar Khorshid – FTC representative
Susi Tegen – FTC representative


Support Contact
Belinda Balhatchet
belinda.balhatchet@aoa.org.au
02 8071 8024