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About CSSANZ Foundation

The purpose of the CSSANZ Foundation is to promote research programs within the specialty of colorectal surgery in Australia and New Zealand to enhance the quality of life of patients and their families.  This Foundation aims to promote, support and develop projects and to raise the profile of colorectal surgery as a specialty so as to engender financial support in order to facilitate essential and innovative research.

The CSSANZ Foundation is an incorporated company not for profit organisation and has been accorded Research Industry status which registered with the Australian Charities and Not-For-Profits Commission (ACNC).  It has a unitary Shareholder (to ensure the affairs and funds of the Foundation remain under the control of that shareholder).  The shareholder is the (membership of the) Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand. Donations to the CSSANZ Foundation are tax deductible in Australia.

Meet our Foundation Board

The CSSANZ Foundation is managed by a Board, chosen by the membership of the Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand on the recommendation of the CSSANZ Council.

Dr Damien Petersen

Chair

QLD  Australia 

Prof Konrad Richter

Board Member

  New Zealand 

Dr Susan Shedda

Board Member

VIC  Australia 

Dr Tamara Glyn

Board Member

  New Zealand 

Dr Ryash Vather

Board Member

SA  Australia 

Dr Elizabeth Murphy

Co-opted Chair - CSSANZ President

SA  Australia 

Dr Raymond Yap, FCSSANZ

Co-opted Chair - RACS Section

VIC  Australia 

Prof Stephen Smith

Co-opted Chair - Foundation Research Committee

NSW  Australia 

Dr Chris Gillespie

CSSANZ Hon. Treasurer

QLD  Australia 

A/Prof Cherry Koh

CSSANZ Hon. Secretary

NSW  Australia 

Foundation Research Committee

The CSSANZ Foundation Research Committee operates under the direction of the CSSANZ Foundation Board and is responsible for the collation and analysis of submitted projects, making its recommendations to the CSSANZ Foundation Board for financial support.

Prof Stephen Smith

Chair

NSW  Australia 

A/Prof Anil Keshava

Member

NSW  Australia 

Dr Michelle Thomas

Member

SA  Australia 

Prof Konrad Richter

Member

  New Zealand 

A/Prof Tarik Sammour

Member

SA  Australia 

A/Prof Elizabeth Dennett

Member

  New Zealand 

A/Prof Graham Radford-Smith

Member

   

A/Prof Mary Theophilus

Member

WA  Australia 

Dr Rachel Purcell

Member

   

Prof Peter Gibbs

Member