SURGIA Newsletter: General Surgery Edition Volume II Issue 1 | Page 6

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT
Welcome to the 2nd Edition of the SURGIA
Newsletter: General Surgery Edition. Following the
success of our Neurosurgery edition, SURGIA has
been hard at work to produce this professional,
educational and inspirational publication.
In 2015, SURGIA produced 25 events across Gold
Coast and Brisbane and was awarded the Most
Outstanding Club Website, a finalist for Cultural Club
of the Year and also placed overall first in the RACS
Surgical Skills Competition. Credit must be given to
SURGIA’s 2015 Executive who were passionate and
talented. Membership peaked at 1000 members,
with over 200 professional members and 800 student
members!
This year, SURGIA has already begun demonstrating
how we are determined to foster surgical interest,
whether it be through networking and socialising
events such as the Mentor Mixer, The Amazing
Race and MS Swimathon, or through academic
interest events such as Pathways, Research and
Professionalism and evidently through practical
workshops such as our Basic Suturing Workshop,
Advanced Surgical Skills Workshop and Clinical
Anatomy Workshops.
We have been planning a more streamlined approach
to SURGIA events, by encompassing events into
major categories, such as SURGIA Neuromonth,
consisting of our Neuroanatomy workshop alongside
a Neurosurgical Walkthrough Seminar and Neurology
Red Flags by GPSN.
By the end of the year, we will have delivered a total
of 4 SURGIA-themed months, including Orthopaedic
Surgery, Head and Neck Surgery and GIT /
Reproductive Surgery. In addition to these, SURGIA
members can expect invitations to Advanced Skills
Workshops, Advanced Life Support Workshops,
Trauma Symposium and Transplant Symposium to
name a few!

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As SURGIA continues to grow, we have a greater
need to communicate with members, reward
members and gain feedback from members. Our
very own Dr David Maletsky has been a pioneer of
SURGIA’s professional marketing from the creation
of the website to the newly developed mobile
application. With this application, all members have
access to exclusive membership benefits such as
discounts and deals at Burger Urge, Charlie Lovett,
Café Rossa, Sushi1 and Doctor’s Orders Canteen!
Furthermore, this provides members with a tailored
communication system, so that they may receive
notifications about events that truly interest them.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Gold
Coast Private Hospital and Griffith University, our
Corporate Partners, who have supported SURGIA
from the beginning. Their support has been critical
in allowing us to deliver incredible events and invest
more into the future of surgery.
I am very proud of SURGIA’s past achievements and
I am determined to drive SURGIA towards achieving
the goals of our founders. We continue to be one
of the leading surgical society’s in Australasia and
will endeavour to promote the profession of surgery
through the provision of networks, education and
inspiration.

President of SURGIA