March 2025
Victorian Trainee Committee news
Elected annually by Victorian (VIC) trainees, the VIC Trainee Committee acts as a conduit between trainees and fellows in the region, and the ANZCA Council. The newly elected VIC Trainee Committee had their first meeting on Monday 27 January 2025. The elected members for 2025 include:
- Dr Imogen Ackerly
- Dr Ryan Adams
- Dr Gaby Bolton
- Dr Alexandra Drucker
- Dr Laura Elliot-Jones
- Dr Daniel Henry
- Dr Sarah Luu
- Dr Queennie Reyes
- Dr Yannick Roosje
- Dr Deniz Tat
- Dr Kelsey Turner
- Dr Bryan Yip
At the meeting, Dr Imogen Ackerly and Dr Alexandre Drucker were elected Co-Chairs and Dr Ryan Adams elected as deputy chair. The VIC trainee committee thanked outgoing members for their commitment and support during their tenure.
Since the first meeting, the VTC have arranged several events for VIC trainees, including a Family picnic on April 5 2025 and a Women in Anaesthesia morning tea on June 8 2025.
If you would like to contact the committee, please email [email protected] OR [email protected]
We also encourage you to join the VIC trainees Facebook and/or Instagram pages:
FACEBOOK: Victorian Anaesthetic Registrars
INSTAGRAM @vtc.anzca
Recent courses & events
The Victorian final exam refresher and final anatomy course ran from Monday 10 February to Friday 14 February and Monday 17 February at ANZCA House, with 72 trainees registering for the final course and 52 trainees registering for the final anatomy course.
We would like to extend our thanks to our Course Convenor Dr Glenn Downey for his continuing support.
We would also like to thank our course presenters for their dedication and support.
Final Refresher course presenters: Dr Lahiru Amaratunge, Dr Maryanne Balkin, Dr Matt Blair, Dr Libby Cawson, Dr Jonathon Chiong, Dr Glenn Downey, Dr Matthew Durie, Dr Steven Gaff, Dr Ron Glick, Dr Doug Hacking, Dr Simon Hendel, Dr Peter Howe, Dr Charles Kim, Dr Josh Lau, Dr Peter McCall, Dr Andrew Melville, Dr Sze Ying Ng, Dr Craig Noonan, Dr Annabel Orr, Dr Andrew Robinson, Dr Earlene Silvapulle, Dr Ben Slater, Associate Professor Neil Strathmore, Dr Joel Symons.
Final Anatomy course presenters: Dr Matt Blair, Dr Elliot Schulberg, Dr Gerard Stainsby
The Victorian Introduction to Anaesthesia course took place on Friday 7 March at ANZCA House. The day comprised a variety of presentations from trainees, fellows and supervisors of training followed by social drinks to conclude the day.
Thank you to all the trainees who attended and a huge thank you to our convenor Dr Lahiru Amaratunge. We would also like to thank our presenters and supervisors who volunteered their time to present:
Introduction to Anaesthesia presenters: Dr Imogen Ackerly, Dr Ryan Adams, Dr Lahiru Amaratunge, Dr Claire Attwood, Dr Adriana Bibbo, Dr Jason Denny, Dr Alexandra Drucker, Dr Laura Elliot-Jones, Dr Mason Habel, Dr Rose Hadden, Dr Peter Howe, Dr Daniel Kratochvil, John Prentice, Dr Matt Richardson, Natalia Sinn, Dr Gareth Symons, Dr Stan Tay, Dr Tarin Ward.
Upcoming events and trainee courses in 2025
- FPM Medico Legal Meeting – 18 March
- Quality Assurance Meeting – 22 March (CANCELLED)
- ANZCA Educators Program (Melbourne) – 27-28 March
- VTC Family Picnic – 5 April
- VIC Primary Exam Practice Viva – 22 April-1 May
- VIC Final Exam Practice Viva – 7-22 May
- VIC Primary Exam Refresher Course – 20 May-31 May
- VTC Women in Anaesthesia morning tea – 8 June
2024 CME events – save the dates!
2025 Victorian ACE Meeting, Melbourne Winter Anaesthetic Meeting, Sofitel Melbourne on Collins, 30-31 August 2025.
Please contact the secretariat should you have any queries and/or to express interest in attending either of our courses/events.
VICTORIAN REGIONAL COMMITTEE
Secretariat:
T: 03 8517 5313
Vic directory
ANZCA House, 630 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
+61 3 8517 5313
The Victoria Trainee Committee is an elected body that acts as a conduit between fellows and trainees in Victoria, and the ANZCA Council to which they report.
The Victorian Regional Committee is an elected body that acts as a conduit between Fellows and trainees in the Victorian region and the ANZCA Council to which it reports.
The FPM Victoria Regional Committee is an elected body that acts as a conduit between fellows and trainees in the Victoria regions, and the FPM Board to which they report.