Candidate Summary
Prof Peter Cosman, FRACS*
New South Wales
*current Director, required to retire by rotation, seeking a further three-year term
Qualifications
1994: BA/MBBS, University of Sydney
2005: FRACS, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
2008: PhD, University of Sydney
2024: FCHSM, Australian College of Health Services Management
Committee / Board Representative Positions
2021-current: Director, General Surgeons Australia
2017-2021: Member, RACS NSW State Committee
2017-2019: Chair, RACS Clinical Examination Committee
2013-2018: Executive Committee Member, Sydney Upper Gastrointestinal Surgical Society
2014-2018: Chair, SWSLHD/ISLHD Low Volume Oncology Research & Governance Committees
Appointments
2023-2024: Director of Surgical Services, Royal Darwin & Palmerston Hospital, TEHRS, NT
2021-2022: Medical Director, Surgical Services Line; Redcliffe Hospital, MNHHS, QLD
2017-2018: Professor of Surgery, Faculty Head of Discipline; University of Wollongong/ISLHD
2008-2011: Director, Skills Division; Sydney Clinical Skills & Simulation Centre
2007-2017: VMO, UGI/HPB/General Surgery; Liverpool Hospital, SWSLHD, NSW
Clinical Interests
- Oesophagogastric Surgery
- Pancreatic Surgery
- Bariatric Surgery
- Hernia Surgery
- Advanced Laparoscopic & Robotic Surgery
- Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Research/Interests
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Oesophagogastric Motility & Reflux
- Obesity & Bariatric Surgery
- Surgical Education & Human Factors in Medicine