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The Australian Medical Council is an organisation whose work impacts across the lands of Australia and New Zealand.

The Australian Medical Council acknowledges the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the original Australians and the Māori People as the tangata whenua (Indigenous) Peoples of Aotearoa (New Zealand). We recognise them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.

We pay our respects to them and to their Elders, both past, present and emerging, and we recognise their enduring connection to the lands we live and work on, and honour their ongoing connection to those lands, its waters and sky.

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AMC Directors

Category	Director
President elected by Council	Professor Geoff McColl
Deputy President elected by Council	Professor Papaarangi Reid
Directors elected by Council	Dr Tammy Kimpton
	Dr Liz Rushbrook
	Mr Tom Symonds
Chair of the AMC Standing Committees	Professor Shaun Ewen Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori Committee
	Professor Cheryl Jones Assessment Committee
	Professor Jane Dahlstrom OAM Medical School Accreditation Committee
	Associate Professor Andrew Singer AM Prevocational Standards Accreditation Committee
	Professor Robyn Langham AM Specialist Education Accreditation Committee

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The postal address for the following AMC office bearers above is:

Australian Medical Council
PO Box 4810
Kingston ACT 2604
Australia

Alternatively, you can contact us via our Contact Form.

Council Members

Category of Membership	Member
President	Professor Geoff McColl*
Deputy President	Professor Papaarangi Reid*
Members of a State and Territory Board of the Medical Board of Australia or members of a medical council of a state or territory[1]	Dr Tessa Ho
	Professor Dianne Stephens OAM
Registered Practitioner Members nominated by the Council of Presidents of Medical Colleges	Dr Sarah Chalmers
	Dr Jacki Small
Registered Practitioner Member nominated by the Australian Medical Association Federal Council	Vacant
Registered Practitioner Member nominated by the Confederation of Postgraduate Medical Education Council	Professor Kevin Forsyth
Current or recent Prevocational Trainee Member	Dr Jasmine Davis
Current or recent Vocational Trainee Member	Dr Hash Abdeen
Registered Practitioner Member who is an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person	Dr Tammy Kimpton
Current or recent Medical Student Member	Haseeb Riaz
Member who is a senior academic staff member of a medical school or medical faculty of an Australian university nominated by Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand	Professor Michelle Leech
Member who is a senior academic staff member of an Australian university nominated by Universities Australia	Professor Lisa Jackson Pulver AM
Consumer Members	Dr Shyamsundar Muthuramalingam
Consumer Members	Debra Letica
Community Members of a State or Territory Board of the MBA	Tom Symonds*
Community Members of a State or Territory Board of the MBA	Amanda Wilson AM
Member with experience as a Senior Executive of an Australian Public Hospital	Dr Liz Rushbrook*
Member with experience as a Senior Executive of an Australian Private Hospital	Dr Cassandra Host
Member with current or recent experience of the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care	Dr Heather Buchan
Member who is an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person	Associate Professor Nicole Mercer
Member who is a Māori person	Professor Papaarangi Reid*
Member whose registration is general or specialist registration, and who has completed any international medical graduate pathway	Dr Alexis Lara-Rivero
Member whose registration is general registration, and who has completed the Australian Medical Council’s standard assessment pathway	Dr Tina Zafari
Chair of AMC Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori Committee	Professor Shaun Ewen*
Chair of AMC Assessment Committee	Professor Cheryl Jones*
Chair of AMC Medical School Accreditation Committee	Professor Jane Dahlstrom OAM*
Chair of AMC Prevocational Standards Accreditation Committee	Associate Professor Andrew Singer AM FACEM FIFEM*
Chair of AMC Specialist Education Accreditation Committee	Professor Robyn Langham AM*

*Current Director of the AMC

Observers

Organisation and Position	Name
Medical Board of Australia Chair	Dr Susan O’Dwyer
Council of Presidents of Medical Colleges Chief Executive	Jodie Long
Medical Deans Australia and New Zealand Chief Executive Officer	Kate Lynch
Medical Council of New Zealand Chair	Dr Rachelle Love
Medical Council of New Zealand Chief Executive Officer	Joan Simeon
Nexia Australia	Garry Murphy
AMC Finance, Audit and Risk Management Committee Chair	Kerry Phillips

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The Australian Medical Council is an organisation whose work impacts across the lands of Australia and New Zealand. The Australian Medical Council acknowledges the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples as the original Australians and the Māori People as the tangata whenua (Indigenous) Peoples of Aotearoa (New Zealand). We recognise them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands. We pay our respects to them and to their Elders, both past, present and emerging, and we recognise their enduring connection to these lands on which we live and work every day, and honour their ongoing connection to those lands, its waters and sky.