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UROLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND 2009 Annual Report 2009 Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand | Annual Report 2009 www.usanz.org.au

UROLOGICAL SOCIETY OF

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

2009 Annual Report

2009

Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand | Annual Report 2009

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UROLOGICAL SOCIETY OF

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

Suite 512 Eastpoint, 180 Ocean Street, Edgecliff NSW 2027 Australia

Tel: +61 2 9362 8644 Fax: +61 2 9362 1433

Email: communication@usanz.org.au Web: www.usanz.org.au

Board of Directors:

President: David Malouf Vice President: Stephen (Steve) Ruthven

Patrick (Pat) Bary, Andrew Brooks, Stephen Brough, David Cook, Paul Kovac, Helen O’Connell,

Alex Malley, Paul McRae, John Miller, David Winkle, Michael Nugara (CEO)

Contents

USANZ Committees 2009 4

President’s report 7

Chief Executive Officer’s report 8

Secretary’s report 11

Treasurer’s report 12

2009 Financial report 13

TA&E/Board of Urology report 32

Continuing Professional Development report 34

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons report 34

Annual Scientific Meetings 35

Gold Coast 2009 35

Western Australia 2010 35

Christchurch 2011 36

Section reports 36

New South Wales 36

New Zealand 37

Northern 37

Western Australia 37

South Australia/Northern Territory 38

Tasmania 38

Victoria 38

Australasian Urological Foundation report 39

Prizes and awards 41

USANZ Annual General Meeting agenda 42

Minutes from the 62nd USANZ Annual General Meeting 43

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USANZ Committees 2009

Board of Directors

President: David Malouf

Past-President: Patrick Bary

Vice-President: Stephen Ruthven

Honorary Secretary: Patrick Bary

Honorary Treasurer: Patrick Bary

VIC: David Cook

NSW: David Malouf

SA: John Miller

WA: Paul McRae

NZ: Patrick Bary

TAS: Stephen Brough

Northern/QLD: David Winkle

Chairman, TA&E: John Miller

Chairman, ANZAUS: Paul Kovac

Rep on RACS Council: Helen O’Connell

(Andrew Brooks replaced Helen O’Connell from 1 February 2009-1 February 2010)

Policy Chair: Andrew Brooks

External Director: Alex Malley

External Director: vacant at time of writing

Chief Executive Officer: Michael Nugara

Following the adoption of USANZ’s new Constitution at the 2009 AGM,

the Executive Committee re-constituted as a Board of Directors from 1 July 2009.

TA&E/Board of Urology

John Miller, Chairperson

David Malouf, President

Stephen Mark, Senior Examiner

Lachlan Dodds

Prem Rashid

Andre Westenberg

Jerard Ghossein

Kym Horsell (retired 2009)

Peter Mactaggart (commenced 2009)

Nigel Dunglison (retired 2009)

Dan Spernat, Trainee representative

Philip Dundee, Trainee representative (retired 2009)

Mark Lloyd (commenced 2009)

Michael Nugara, Chief Executive Officer (ex-officio)

Katrina Milbourne (Jurisdictional representative)

Special Advisory Groups (SAGs)

Sanjeev Bandi (Andrology SAG)

Simon Bariol(Endourology SAG)

Samantha Pillay (Female urology SAG)

Peter Gilling (Male lower urinary tract SAG)

Mark Frydenberg (Genitourinary oncology SAG)

David Winkle (Paediatric urology SAG)

Stephen Mark (Reconstructive urology SAG)

Australasian Urological Foundation

Michael Rochford, Chairman

William Lynch, Secretary/Treasurer

Pat Bary

Russell McIlroy

Adrian Porter

Z Stan Wisniewski

Stephen Ruthven

Michael Nugara, Chief Executive Officer (ex-officio)

Scientific Advisory Committee

Z Stan Wisniewski, Chairman

Damien Bolton

Peter Davidson

Robert ‘Frank’ Gardiner

David Eisinger

Andrew Kennedy-Smith

Board of Directors 2009

From left to right: P Kovac, S Ruthven (Vice President), J Miller, D Malouf (President), M

Nugara (CEO), P McRae, S Brough, P Bary (Past President)

Absent: D Cook, D Winkle, A Brooks, A Malley

Vision

The Society’s vision is to continue to work for its community to ensure the best access to the quality urological

care its members provide.

Mission

The Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand is committed to clinical excellence, education, the

promotion of research and the dissemination of information on urological topics for the benefit of the community.

Values

• Excellence in professional standards

• Ethical standards of the highest order

• Patient safety

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December 2009

To all Members

Your Board of Directors has pleasure in submitting its report for the year ending 31 December 2009.

David Malouf

President

Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand

President’s report

David Malouf

It gives me great pleasure to present to you the

President’s Report for 2009-2010. It has been

a challenging and exciting year for USANZ,

underpinned by the adoption of the revised

constitution and the implementation of the 2009-

2011 Strategic Plan.

The new constitution came into effect on 1 July

2009. The Executive was renamed the Board

of Directors, reflecting its revised contemporary

structure whilst acknowledging its fiduciary

responsibilities. The reduced size of the Board

maintains Section representation and allows the

appointment of up to two External Directors. The

newly established Board position of Policy Chair will

facilitate the development of policies in conjunction

with the Board and the general membership.

Any discussion of the strategic plan would be

incomplete without acknowledging the contribution

of the members of the old Executive, the many

“elders” of USANZ who contributed to weekend

workshops, and to Pat Bary and Alex Malley who

in concert oversaw the formulation of the plan. It

is a privilege to work with both of them, and Alex’s

decision to accept one of the External Director’s

positions whilst on leave from the role of CEO

has been to USANZ’s benefit. The leadership

model developed in recent years, involving regular

communication between the Past President, the

President and the Vice-President continues to serve

USANZ well, and the Board has welcomed the

contributions of Steve Ruthven in his role of Vice-

President. It is also timely to acknowledge the work

John Miller has already put in as the Chair of the

Board of Urology. It is one of the most challenging

and important positions within the organisation,

given our fundamental role as urological educators.

Our traditional alliances with the AUA, EAU and

BAUS have consolidated with regular dialogue and

meetings over the year. Many of the challenges we

face are also issues for our international colleagues,

and the exchange of ideas with regards to training,

education, policy and interaction with external

bodies benefits us all. We enter the third year of

affiliate membership of the Urological Association

of Asia (UAA) with an invitation to each of the

Presidents of the national societies of the UAA

Annual reports

to attend the Perth ASM. USANZ looks forward

to hosting the inaugural International Dinner at

the Perth ASM, and expects that it will become

a regular feature of the ASM program. There are

20,000 urologists within a few hours flying time of

our northern borders, and the opportunities for our

organisation through interaction with urologists in

Asia are substantial.

In 2009 the BJUI was formally adopted as the

USANZ journal. With this relationship comes a

dedicated Australasian editor, currently David Nicol,

whose role is to work with authors of manuscripts at

an early stage and to provide support and direction

to increase the likelihood of acceptance when

formally submitted to the BJUI review process.

Domestically USANZ has focused on building

relationships with those organisations who share

common interests and aspirations. Andrology

Australia, the Australia and New Zealand Urogenital

and Prostate Cancer Trials Group (ANZUP), the

Faculty of Radiation Oncology Genito-urinary

Group (FROGG), the Australasian Brachytherapy

Group (ABG) and the urological nurses interact with

USANZ with regular dialogue and/or the exchange

of representatives.

USANZ remains well represented and well regarded

within RACS and Andrew Brooks has served us well

in his capacity as RACS representative standing in

for Helen O’Connell in 2009. Steve Ruthven serves

on the Post-Fellowship Education and Training

Committee (PFETC) and Pat Bary represents

USANZ on the Professional Development and

Standards Board (PDSB) as well as the Academy

of Surgical Educators Advisory Committee. The

contributions of these members and others to RACS

committees ensure that USANZ has a voice as

College policy is formulated.

One of the cornerstones of the Strategic Plan is

the development and implementation of a media

presence and a brand strategy for USANZ. The

Board of Directors has engaged a media consultant

who has worked successfully to position USANZ as

a proactive body and as the thought leader in our

domain. The release of the 2009 Position Statement

on PSA Testing and the USANZ contribution to the

Australian House of Representatives Roundtable

Forum into the sale and marketing of Impotence

Medications are the more obvious examples,

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though there have been numerous other occasions

where USANZ has featured prominently in the

electronic and print media. The Board expects

that the appointment of a brand consultant will be

finalised before the end of 2009 and the process of

developing a brand strategy will involve members of

USANZ throughout 2010.

Another focus of the Strategic Plan relates to

the financial well-being of the organisation. It

is now clearly evident that the traditional model

of funding our educational activities through

corporate sponsorship cannot be relied upon in the

future. There is increasing regulation both within

and external to the pharmaceutical and device

industries and there is competition for sponsorship

funds through non-USANZ educational meetings,

the activities of other medical groups and public

advocacy organisations. The Board of Directors will

explore options for diversifying our income stream

to ensure USANZ is positioned to continue its work

as an effective educational and representative body.

USANZ’s strength lies not only with its members

and their professional skills and reputations, but

also with its support staff. I have had the pleasure

of working closely with Alex, Michael, Nick, Louise,

Deborah, Wendy and Vaughan throughout the year

and am constantly impressed by their loyalty and

commitment to our organisation. In the latter part

of 2009, Michael Nugara took on the role of acting

CEO and has worked capably and professionally in

this capacity.

I would like to express my appreciation to the

Directors of the Board for their support and effort

over the past year. USANZ would not be in the

strong position it is without the selfless contributions

of each Director. Finally I would personally like to

thank the members for the warm welcome and

hospitality extended to Clare and myself during our

Section Meeting travels at the end of 2009. It has

been an honour and a pleasure to serve as your

President for the past year, and with the support

of the Board of Directors I look forward to guiding

USANZ in its endeavours for a second year. ■

Chief Executive Officer’s report

Michael Nugara

USANZ began an exciting phase of it’s evolution

in 2009 as the implementation of the 2009- 2011

Strategic Plan commenced. For most of 2009 Alex

Malley was in the CEO position and I worked with

Alex to begin the implementation of the plan and to

date we are very pleased with the progress.

This year we engaged a media consultant who

has guided USANZ to create and capitalise on

opportunities where we can be seen as the authority

on urological matters. The appointment of a brand

consultant will be finalised before the end of 2009

and the development of a brand strategy will be an

exciting and significant project for USANZ in 2010.

During 2009 members and staff have contributed

across several areas;

Education and Training

• The online application system was enhanced

this year and was well received by applicants.

The system has generated efficiencies in

administrative processes and improved

workload management within the USANZ office.

A total of 114 applications were submitted.

•

Trainee Week held in Perth this year was again,

a great success. The content of the program

was well received by the participants and our

thanks go to Jerard Ghossein for his work

as Convenor and to all other members who

contributed to the event.

Ongoing support and guidance to trainees and

IMGs to assist them in complying with training

requirements.

The content of the USANZ Online program

(previously known as IOTA) is currently under

review. A weekend workshop was held to review

the content of the various program modules

which highlighted areas requiring rewriting.

A Content Editorial Board is currently being

established to facilitate this process.

•

USANZ greatly appreciates the significant

contribution by John Miller in the role of Urology

Board Chair and the contribution by members of

the Board of Urology. I also wish to acknowledge

Deborah Klein’s ongoing support to the Board of

Urology and the trainees.

Governance

• Following the constitutional changes that came

into effect this year, the Board of Directors

restructure is almost complete with the

appointments of Andrew Brooks as Policy Chair

and Alex Malley filling one of the two External

Director positions.

•

Internal processes and controls were

reviewed during the year as well as significant

improvements in the budgeting process. USANZ

also carried out work on the development of

an efficient online payment system which is

expected to be commissioned in 2010.

The appointment in September of Nick

Danes as Chief Operating Officer has further

strengthened the governance structure of

USANZ. One of Nick’s key responsibilities is the

management of the strategic alliance with the

Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic

Surgeons.

committee members.

David Malouf’s leadership and determination to

achieve the best possible outcomes for USANZ has

been outstanding. The achievements in David’s

first year as President have been significant and I

look forward to working with David to maintain the

momentum in the second year of his term.

Given my involvement with the development of

the 2009- 2011 Strategic Plan, the transition to the

acting CEO role has been seamless. However,

David’s support and guidance has been invaluable

in my ability to execute my responsibilities.

I also wish to acknowledge my colleagues Deborah

Klein, Louise Reeson, Nick Danes, Vaughan

Parkinson and Wendy Frazer for their individual

tireless efforts during 2009. ■

Continuing Professional Development

• USANZ managed several workshops during the

year with an increasing number of events during

the year and planned for 2010.

•

Coordination and provision of administrative

support to SAGs.

Coordination of audits throughout the year in

support of SAGs.

Thanks go to SAG contributors and Wendy

Frazer for their efforts this year.

Membership and Communication

• We continue to improve the USANZ newsletter

and ENews, the brand strategy development will

further enhance these important communication

mediums.

•

The utilisation of the USANZ website by

members continues to grow and the overall

number of site visitors is also increasing. We

anticipate this trend will continue as the USANZ

brand strategy is developed in concert with our

media presence.

Acknowledgements

I would like to acknowledge the enormous

contribution by David Malouf, the other members

of the Board of Directors and all the working

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Secretary’s report

Pat Bary

The Board of Directors (previously the Executive,

pre 1 July 2009) of the Society met in the Gold

Coast on 8 March 2009 and subsequently at the

USANZ office in Sydney on 17 May, 16 August and

15 November 2009.

The Board of Directors is now composed of 12

members of the Society. The President, Vice

President, Past President, RACS representative

and the ANZAUS representative are elected by

the membership. The Policy Chair is nominated

by the membership and elected by the Board of

Directors (ratified by AGM). There are now two (2)

external positions on the Board of Directors, one

of them being filled by Alex Malley. Applications for

the second position are currently being reviewed,

following advertisement in the press.

Each Section nominates and elects a representative

who is ratified at the AGM, except where Section

representation is already fulfilled by one of the

above positions. The Secretary and Treasurer are

selected from this group.

Membership

Since the last Annual Report, the following changes

have occurred:

Full Member:

Jane MacDonald

Lik-So (Carlo) Yuen

Raymond Tong

Peter Chong

Sris Baskaranathan

Alison Blatt

Janelle Brennan

Katherine Gray

Andrew Hadley

Malcolm Lawson

Peter Liodakis

Mark Louie-Johnsun

Benjamin Martin

Arvind Vasudevan

Richard Wells

Full Member Overseas:

Malcolm Lawson

Full Member Senior:

Richard Nugent

Geoffrey Buckham

Laurence Harewood

Trainee Member:

Ahmad Ali

Trenton Barrett

Conrad Bishop

Rick Catterwell

Yi Yi Chen

Janice Cheng

Adam Davies

Renu Eapen

Martin Elmes

Rachel Esler

Ashani Fernando

Daniel Gilbourd

Ahmed Saeed Goolam

Alistair Hepburn

Paul Manohar

Daniel Marshall

Kevin McMillan

George Mirmilstein

Bradley Newell

David Pan

Imogen Patterson

Handoo Rhee

Kapil Sethi

Shekib Shahbaz

Philip Smith

Daniel Steiner

Yang Sun

Rachel Thomson

Matthew Threadgate

Isaac Thyer

Simon Van Rij

Christopher Vernon

Philippe Wolanski

Eddy Wong

Chew-Lin Yip

Nadya York

Homi Zargar Shoshtari

Kamran Zargar Shoshtari

Richard Johnston

Ashani Fernando

Charles Han

Associate Member – Urological:

Jon-Paul Meyer

Siva Prasad Gourabathini

Associate Medical Member:

Warick Delprado

Branimir Rajcik

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Associate Member – Scientific/Research:

Colleen Nelson

Mr Malte Wellhausen

Provisional Member:

Gias Ahmed

Joseph Schoeman

Santoshi Nagaonkar

Christophe Chemasle

Resignations:

Greg Watters

Reynold Noronha

Ian Fletcher

Petr Macek

Kenneth Opeskin

Alastair Tulloch

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Treasurer’s report

Pat Bary

The consequences of the global financial crisis

were felt throughout 2009. Despite this, USANZ

produced a healthy operating result in 2009. For the

large part, this was a timing matter with most of the

financial support from the medical industry locked in

and paid before the global financial crisis took hold

in early 2009. In future years the support from the

medical industry may decline as medical companies

prune their marketing budgets to extract the best

possible value they can. In such circumstances,

the support by the USANZ members at USANZ

functions is critical to maintaining industry support.

Operations

USANZ generated an operating surplus of

$547,268.16. This is down compared to last years

operating performance of $750,714.07. The decline

in overall profitability is attributable to additional

expenditure related to the implementation of the

2009-2011 Strategic Plan, which included the

engagement of a media advisor and work on

brand development. Other contributing factors

were increased IT costs related to streamlining

back office processes along with PAYWAY Net

and shopping cart web development. Legal fees

were also increased following the rewriting of the

Constitution as well as a conservative provision

for doubtful debts. In addition, costs of conducting

USANZ activities have also increased but have

been moderated by efficiency gains obtained over

the year. It is anticipated that as USANZ continues

to grow increasing costs will erode hard won

efficiency gains.

Financial Position

During course of 2009 USANZ maintained

its conservative cash investment strategy. As

at 31 December 2009 our cash assets were

$5,920,681.19 compared to $5,327,286.00 at

the same time last year. There was an increase

of $803,404.15 in interest bearing funds and the

proportion of interest bearing funds earning 4%

or better increased from 37.5% to 46.1% of cash

assets. Total assets were up from $7,127,976.89 to

$7,800,282.52 and net assets from $5,548,825.47

to $5,894,582.11. Factored into the numbers above

is a unrealised gain from our Portfolio Investment of

8.40% from $616,809.92 to $668,626.47, recovering

some of last year’s loss (this investment has been

in place since 1999); and a restatement of the

treatment of ANZAUS net assets.

Cash Flow

Net cash from operations has decreased from

$1,530,875.16 in 2008 to $440,953.18 in 2009.

Interest earnings have declined from $213,638.78 to

$184,292.02 over the fiscal year. The surplus from

the Gold Coast 2009 ASM was $555,672.36.

Overall

For 2009 members can be well pleased with the

performance and accountability of the USANZ

management team. In future years USANZ will face

new challenges in the form of reduced financial

support from the industry and increasing demands

to produce and run high quality events with

increasing delegates. USANZ has budgeted for a

tough year in 2010 with expected falls in revenue

streams including sponsorship which may be

offset marginally by possible increases in interest

earnings. Cost growth of approximately 2% in

overall terms is expected. Member subscriptions will

increase by the CPI as approved by the Board.

I take this opportunity to acknowledge the work

of Alex Malley, Michael Nugara and Vaughan

Parkinson during 2009 and to welcome Nick Danes

to the USANZ team. ■

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TA&E/Board of Urology report

John Miller

The last 12 months has continued to be a year of

change and increasing demands on the Board of

Urology and those involved in training. The ongoing

management of the Surgical Education and Training

Programme has continued to create challenges that

have consumed considerable time and energy.

I would like to acknowledge the difficult and superb

efforts of the former Board Chairman, Philip Sprott,

in terms of establishing many protocols that have

streamlined many of the Board’s processes and

procedures.

Board of Urology Membership

At this time, I would like to acknowledge the

substantial and valuable contributions of the

members of the Board of Urology whose terms

concluded in 2009:

Stephen Ruthven (NSW)

Stephen Mark (NZ)

Kym Horsell (SA)

Nigel Dunglison (Northern Section)

These members were replaced by:

Prem Rashid, NSW TA&E Chairperson

Andre Westenberg, NZ TA&E Chairperson

Mark Lloyd, SA TA&E Chairperson

Peter Mactaggart, Northern Section TA&E

Chairperson

Philip Dundee was also a valued and enthusiastic

contributor to the Board in his role as trainee

representative over the last two years and I thank

him for his efforts. In 2010 we will welcome onto the

Board a new Trainee Representative, Alexandra

Hockings, a SET4 trainee from WA.

I am extremely grateful for the continuing dedication

and commitment from all members of the Board and

others who have provided their guidance, knowledge

and input throughout the year. Our achievements

over the last 12 months are testament to this

combined effort.

Trainees

At the end of 2009, there were 126 trainees

participating in the SET Programme in Urology. The

distribution was as follows:

SET 1: 18

SET 2: 16

SET 3: 23

SET 4: 21

SET 5: 19

SET 6: 22

Interruption: 4

Fulltime Research: 3

Selection

Urology continued to attract a large number

of applicants with 114 applications processed.

Applications were processed via a urology specific

online application and assessment system accessible

from the USANZ website. The Board of Urology

utilsed the College referees report which streamlined

the workload involved in the distribution and return

of referees reports. As applicants needed to be

interviewed by two separate panels, all interviews

were held in Sydney.

The Board appointed the following 19 new trainees

who will commence in 2010.

• SET 1

NZ – Imran Ali, James Johnston

VIC – Kevin Chu, Briony Norris, Nieroshan

Rajarubendra, Nikhil Sapre, Mahesha Weerakoon

QLD – Anuj Gupta, Kieran Hart

NSW – Gregory Kiss, Petar Penkov, Amanda Tan

• SET 3

NSW – Stuart Collins, Norbert Doeuk, Kesley Pedler,

Mariolyn Raj, Richard Savdie

SA – Alexander Jay

NZ – Stefan Antoniou

The Board of Urology also appointed the following

five trainees, who have deferred commencing clinical

training in order to undertake full time research.

Urology maintains a high profile in research.

NZ - Arman Adam Kahokehr

VIC – Matthew Hong, Philip Tan, Anthony Ta

NSW – James Symons

Earlier in the year, the Education & Training Manager,

Victorian TA&E Chairperson and I participated in a

Selection Workshop at the College facilitated by an

international expert in selection. The current selection

processes across all specialties were discussed in

terms of validity, robustness and the ability to select

applicants with the best attributes to train.

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SET Urology Trainees Occupying General

Surgical Posts

A Service Agreement drafted and circulated by the

Board in General Surgery (BiGs) in relation to the

appointment and allocation of non General Surgical

trainees into SET1 and SET2 posts generated a

significant amount of work and discussion regarding

the ongoing allocation of urology trainees into general

surgical posts. Discussions have been held with the

Board in General Surgery and College leadership

to formulate a workable solution for 2010 and the

future. The Board of Urology has appreciated the

acknowledgement by BiGs and the College that

SET Urology registrars cannot be completely trained

in urology units and as such require exposure and

training in general surgical units. Progress is being

made in developing a platform for accommodating

SET1 and SET2 Urology trainees in posts providing

adequate exposure.

Hospital Inspections

There were 12 hospital posts inspected and

accredited 2009. Again, this was only achieved with

the selfless contributions of Board and non-Board

members of our Society, for which I and the Board

are deeply grateful.

Payments For Hospital Training Post Inspections

The College has revisited the policy regarding

charging for hospital inspections. As hospital

administrators and State Departments of Health have

refused to pay such invoices, the College accepts

they have little power to force the jurisdictions to

pay. The College now insists that new training post

inspections can only occur if the nominated post

pays the inspection fee. No new training posts

can be inspected or accredited without payment.

Inspections of pre-existing posts can occur, however

these posts will also be invoiced but will not receive

a final report or certificate of accreditation until the

invoice is paid. As such, there will be no interference

with the training of current trainees and the Board will

continue to appoint to the posts that are known to be

appropriately accredited. The College opinion is that

the policy will carry more weight when hospitals are

required to submit accreditation certificates at the

time of their federal accreditation. A lack of surgical

post accreditation certificates may result in nonaccreditation

with the national standards body and

loss of federal and other funding for the respective

hospital.

Fellowship Examinations

In 2009, a number of trainees and IMGs passed the

Fellowship Examination and the Board would like to

congratulate the following on their success:

Nazim AHMAD, Kevin BAX, Adrian CLUBB, Niall

CORCORAN, Elizabeth DALLY, Adam DAVIES,

Philip DUNDEE, Andrew FULLER, Hans GOOSSEN,

Tanya HA, Anthony HUTTON, Said JABOUB,

Richard JOHNSTON, Akshay KOTHARI, Benjamin

KWOK, Anna LAWRENCE, Scott LESLIE, Pascal

MANCUSO, Sue-Min OOI, Christopher TRACEY, Lih-

Ming WONG

Urology had the highest pass rate of any specialty

in the May examinations which is a tribute to the

candidates, their supervisors and the training

program.

Admissions To Fellowship

The Board wishes to congratulate the following

USANZ members who completed their training in

2009 and received their FRACS (Urol):

NSW – Peter Chong, Clair Whelan, Said Jaboub,

QLD – Benjamin Martin, David Dangerfield, Akshay

Kothari, Carlo Yuen

VIC – Dennis Gyomber, Mark Forbes, Peter Liodakis,

Raymond Tong

NZ – Ahmad Al-Sameraaii

Skills And Education Workshops

In 2009, the Board of Urology conducted three

substantial workshops for trainees.

The Anatomy of Complications workshop was

conducted in late November at CTEC in Perth for

SET 5 trainees.

The Introductory Skills Workshop, for SET 2

trainees about to enter their first year of clinical

urology training, was conducted in late November

at the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in

Melbourne.

Trainee Week was held in Perth in late November.

The Board of Urology extends sincere gratitude to

Jerard Ghossein for developing an educationally

stimulating programme with a team of expert

facilitators. Highlights included practice vivas, a site

visit to Uropath, an interactive presentation by a male

infertility expert and case discussions facilitated by

senior trainees. As part of a reciprocal arrangement

with the European Association of Urology and the

Urological Association of Asia, USANZ hosted Dr

Vlad Petcu (Romania), Dr Martin Haydter (Austria)

Dr Prabhjot Singh (India) and Dr Pei-Yu Lin (Taiwan).

Each of them provided complimentary feedback

regarding the programme and the hospitality

extended to them by USANZ and the trainees.

Education Programme

• Education Programme Matrix – Section/

Trainee Week

An educational matrix of topics based on the

training programme and the current curriculum is

under construction with emphasis on depth of topic

knowledge to be covered at a hospital, sectional and

trainee week level.

• USANZ Online Educational Program

The Board of Urology and Urology Executive,

AstraZeneca representatives, educational online

specialists and nominated members of USANZ and

senior trainees reviewed the content and format

of the on-line educational program at an intensive

weekend workshop in August. Progress is being

made with a planned re-launch of a more meaningful

and useful product taking place in 2010.

Finally I wish to thank Anita Clarke for her hard work

with RACS, on our behalf. ■

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Continuing Professional Development

Pat Bary

The USANZ online project is advancing. It

is nearing the finish of a gap analysis before

continuing with expansion and inclusion of

appropriate radiology to create an excellent tool for

education of trainees and urologists in the Society.

The RACS PDSB met on 27 October. This is a

summary of the meeting:

1. A working party to establish guidelines for digital

imaging methods has now completed its work,

providing recommendations for the delivery,

access and viewing of diagnostic quality images

for providers and clinicians.

2. The correct patient, side, procedure, site

document put up by the WHO has been adopted

by RACS, has as yet only been mandated by the

NZMC, but not any Australian body.

3. CPD reporting online has continued to grow,

now 21% of Fellows.

4. Australian Day Surgery Council – made up

representatives of many different groups

– RACS; hospitals; private health insurance;

nurses; anaesthetists, etc. There are now 280

Day Care hospitals in Australia. Questions were

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asked why a separate entity needs to exist as

it is a major part of surgery and should come

under RACS aegis. Day Care hospitals should

be seen as untapped teaching resource for

trainee surgeons.

5. Policies for admission to and retirement from

Fellowship were updated.

6. Policies for breaches of RACS code of conduct

were tabled.

7. CPD policy for 2010-2012 to include compulsory

participation in the Australian and NZ Audit of

Mortality where an audit is available. Verification

will increase from 2.5% to 3.5% of Fellows.

8. PDSB endorses use of Younger Fellows’ logo

but discussion as to whether should be with

RACS Coat of Arms.

9. Continue to improve % of supervisors and

trainers who receive training in medical

education (25% so far).

10. Ethnicity box in Fellows’ transcript to be to

identify Maori or ATSI only – NZ section of

RACS thought should be all ethnicities – not

changed.

11. Vascular surgery audit developing well. Looks

good but is expensive - >$100K. Not available

for PDAs yet.

12. ASERNIP-S has undergone review with a

recommendation that it be associated with

the University of Adelaide to allow full funding

(including ancillary benefits it does not at this

time get) to pass to it, the university being happy

to simply act as the conduit and therefore to

have its books look better by the amount passed

on.

13. NZOA joint registry now 10 yrs old. 98% of

surgeons enter cases on registry. It enables

NZOA to notify surgeons whose outcomes fall

outside parameters. Anonymous to begin with,

they have a number of steps that mean they

first must present to their local M&M meeting, ie:

identify themselves. If not helped by that, their

name will be notified to the NZOA that can then

dictate to them what they need to do. It looks

robust and fair and could possibly be adapted by

USANZ. ■

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Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Andrew Brooks

Helen O’Connell took leave of absence from her

position as Elected Councillor for Urology for the

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS),

from 1 February 2009 for a period of 12 months. As

such I was asked to stand in Helen’s place and was

duly appointed as a co-opted member of the Council,

with limited voting rights.

In the term of 2010, a number of issues of relevance

to urologists have come before the Council of RACS.

RACS has decided to form an Academy of Surgical

Educators. The purpose of this is to act as an

educational resource within RACS to support both

the training and continuing professional development

(CPD) programs. The terms of reference have been

set and applications for appointment to the Academy

have been requested from the membership. There

will be limited representation from the specialist

societies.

USANZ offered some objection to the constituency

of the Academy, though not to the formation of the

Academy in principle. The major objection was the

lack of adequate representation for those bodies

which actually deliver RACS’ educational program.

The Academy has yet to start functioning and it

will be in the fullness of time that we will see how it

interacts with our own urological training programs.

RACS has developed a Code of Conduct with

respect to its membership’s association with the

medical industry. It is a little stricter than that

developed by USANZ and I would urge all members

to visit the RACS website: www.surgeons.org and

appraise themselves of the Code of Conduct.

National registration is pending and the legislation

governing national registration is currently before

Federal Parliament. It would appear that while there

will be national registration, the disciplinary arms of

the current state registration committees will remain

state-based, but will interact with the federal body.

There will also be a requirement for documentation of

CPD to retain national registrations.

RACS has supported the World Health Organisation

(WHO’s) protocol in regards to operative procedures.

This is meant as a template to be customised and

added to as each individual jurisdiction applies the

protocol to its relevant practice. The protocol is

available on the RACS website. ■

Annual Scientific Meetings

Gold Coast 2009

Mark Frydenberg

The 2009 USANZ ASM was well attended with 437

USANZ delegates, 178 ANZUNS delegates and 176

Trade, but only 25 accompanying partners - many

of whom were partners of the organising committee

and guests. This trend may need investigating, as if

it continues it may not be viable to have accompanying

partner activities as part of the ASM program.

We were fortunate to listen to a truly memorable

Harry Harris Oration from Julian Burnside QC, on

the very topical issue of human rights and refugee

status in Australia. The delegates were also fortunate

to have heard many excellent presentations

from the invited guests Urs Studer, Michael Blute,

Joel Sheinfeld, Dean Knoll, Phillippe Zimmern and

Richard Gaston as well as from several local experts,

both urological and non-urological.

I would want to extend my sincere thanks to the

Trade for all their sponsorship of the meeting. I

also thank Daniel Moon - Scientific Convenor for

his enormous efforts; the unit from Southern Health

(Monash) for their support in organising the meeting;

to my wife Barb for her assistance with all the social

activities; Michael Nugara and Alex Malley for providing

financial guidance for the project, and lastly

to Kelly Logan and her team from Events Planners

who helped arrange the meeting in a most professional

fashion.

It was a wonderful experience being the ASM convenor

and I would encourage any urologist to volunteer

for this task in the future as it is enormously

rewarding to successfully contribute to USANZ and

to your colleagues. ■

Western Australia 2010

Andrew Tan

The organising committee of the 2010 USANZ ASM

is looking forward to warmly welcoming delegates

to Perth from 21-24 February 2010. An exciting

and educational scientific program has been put

together including topics such as prostate and renal

cancer, reconstructive and plastic surgery in urology,

paediatric urology, incontinence and BPH.

The scientific meeting will conclude with a session on

Controversies in The Provision of Urology Services

- not to be missed! This year we are dispensing with

a formal sports afternoon, partly because the level of

participation in the past has not always justified the

time and expense involved in organising this. The

scientific program and trade displays will continue to

the end of the meeting on Wednesday. There will

be no session on the Thursday morning.

Sponsorship this year has been harder to come

by. This is a work in progress but the likelihood of

a shortfall is high compared with previous years.

This had been anticipated to some degree because

of economic conditions but here is no doubt that

other factors are important, including an increasing

number of USANZ sanctioned meetings which are

diluting the pool of money available for the ASM. This

will however be a great meeting, with new features

such as video poster boards and Twitter updates. As

always there will be plenty of opportunities for social

interaction against the stunning backdrop of Perth.

I look forward to seeing you in Perth ■

Christchurch 2011

Jane MacDonald

The Christchurch urologists and New Zealand

Urology Nurses group are hosting our scientific

meeting in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2011,

commencing on 20 February. We are getting the

framework together and obviously we will pick up

momentum this year.

Our venue is the Christchurch Convention Centre

which is a modern, purpose built facility in central

Christchurch. The team there have hosted

large international medical and non-medical

conferences. It will be an ideal venue for our event.

The associated hotels have also been booked in

advance, as have the social venues. Kelly Logan

from Events Planners and Michael Nugara are

coming over for a site visit after the Perth ASM in

February 2010.

Our scientific themes will include spinal/

neurourology, bladder cancer, paediatric urology,

female urology, training and education and hopefully

andrology. This depends somewhat on successfully

appointing keynote speakers and that process is

underway. We will ensure subtopics do not overlap

with the Perth program.

I note that the sports day has been omitted at the

Perth ASM and given the reduced interest in recent

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years, I can understand this. However, we are very

keen to feature Canterbury’s great outdoors as a

theme of this conference and planned to use the

sports day as a Big Day Out and a highlight of the

conference. It will be a sports day with a difference

and we will be really disappointed if this has to be

cancelled. I am sure we can discuss this further at

some stage.

I am keen to appoint our speakers as soon as

possible but other than that I think we have the

bones in place ■

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Section reports

New South Wales

Fin Macneil

The section has undertaken a change in

governance with the executive now comprised of

Past Chair (Henry Woo), Vice Chair (congratulations

to Mohamed Khadra on his election), current Chair

(Finlay Macneil) and Secretary (Michael Wines).

This structure will enable the section to develop a

“corporate memory” and thereby avoid re-inventing

the wheel each year.

The thrust of Henry Woo’s chairmanship has been

to re-invigorate the educational role of the section

with mid year meetings on emerging technology and

closer co-operation with UOP as well as co-badging

some of their meetings.

The mid-year meeting this year was a dinner

meeting on emerging technology and the diagnosis

of prostate cancer – the use of genotyping, PCA3,

other serum markers, PET and MRI. Frank Gardiner,

Damien Bolton and Kris Rasiah gave excellent

distillations of the ‘state of the art’ in these areas.

We plan to continue this format in the future. There

are now also plans for further educational meetings

at the beginning of the year as well, so watch this

space.

The NSW section annual meeting was held in Shoal

Bay on Port Stephens and continued the recent

trend of increased participation by members of the

section. The invited experts, Prof Judd Moul from

Duke and A/Prof Helen O’Connell, entertained

and enlightened registrars and consultants alike.

The meeting tried a new mode of presentation of

registrars’ research in response to the increased

number of registrars now in the section. The

esearch was displayed as a poster as well as

giving a three minute podium presentation and two

minutes of questions from the audience. This format

will be retained with slightly longer for questions in

2010.

The Section’s congratulations goes to all the

registrars who passed the fellowship exams. We

wish them all the best in their fellowships and look

forward to them re-joining us after the fellowships. ■

New Zealand

Peter Davidson

The NZ Section has been through a process of reevaluation.

A weekend of discussion about future

direction and activity has been productive. As part of

this a monthly teleconference has been established

with representatives from all centres being involved.

Three New Zealand Urology Trainees passed their

exams, and to be congratulated are Anna Lawrence,

Adam Davies and Richard Johnston.

This year’s annual section meeting was held in

Napier. This was a successful meeting with David

Quinlan being an invited guest from Ireland. Frank

Gardiner joined us from Queensland and there

were many local contributors. One of the highlights

of the meeting was a Petcha Kutcha session with

fast-fire presentation related to events that had

changed the practice of Urologists. David Mason

and Kim Broome are to be congratulated for the

success of this meeting. The NZ Section meeting in

2010 will be held on 11-12 November in Nelson -

Andy Malcolm is confirmed as the Convenor for this

meeting.

Finally, the Chairmanship of the Section changes

according to the Constitution at the Perth meeting

in February 2010. Mark Fraundorfer is the incoming

Chairman. ■

Northern

Roger Hinsch

The section voted almost unanimously to gift the

Urological Cancer Research Society $10,000

towards the running of their Annual Scientific

Meeting held in Port Douglas this year.

The year was tumultuous in that we lost David Nicol

to the Royal Free Hospital in London, there were

two robotic prostatectomy units commissioned,

one at Greenslopes Private Hospital and one

at Royal Brisbane Hospital, directed by Geoff

Coughlan. Details are being finalised to commence

a prospective trial through the RBH examining

the relative benefits of Robotic prostate surgery

compared with traditional approaches in a scientific

fashion. Hopefully this research will receive the

support it deserves.

Our ASM was held in Byron Bay in October. We

welcomed David Malouf, and Michael Nugara from

USANZ. Our guests included local histopathology,

medical oncology, radiation oncology and medical

imaging experts. The meeting was multidisciplinary

and well received.

At our AGM at Byron Bay, several members of

our section expressed dismay at how the USANZ

position statement regarding PSA assessment had

been formulated and rolled-out. These members

felt the statement did not represent their views

regarding the issue, and after intense debate, no

compromise could be reached, and it was asked

that David Malouf relay the disappointment some of

the section felt in this regard.

We look forward to 2010 being relatively less

unsettled than 2009. ■

Western Australia

Paul McRae

The WA section meeting has just concluded and

was very successful. The section appreciated

the effort of David Malouf to attend the meeting,

which include a three hour drive to Smith’s Beach

near Margaret River. The new Forest Hwy has just

opened, reducing the journey by 30-40 minutes.

There have been four successful candidates for

the Fellowship examination, Adrian Clubb, Hans

Goossen, Akshay Kothari, and Chris Tracey. The

winners of travelling fellowships were: Stuart

Philip - Hospira, Sanjeev Bandi - Abbott, and Nigel

Dunglison and David Hussey - AstraZeneca.

Section members have been busy organising the

2010 ASM here in Perth. East coast visitors can

try the highway for themselves and sample all that

Margaret River has to offer!

The da Vinci robot is busier than ever, six surgeons

are now using this regularly. I may be forced to

start using it for my vasectomies, just to remain

competitive! The WA prostate cancer data base

continues to grow, all section members submit

specimens to a central pathology service which

greatly assists a sensible audit.

We look forward to seeing as many USANZ

members as possible at the ASM. ■

South Australia

Kim Moretti

first offered and the irony of Michael’s success in the

Victorian ballot was greatly appreciated. Michael is

subsequently unable to attend the 2010 AUA, and at

the time of writing, Abbott is conducting a re-draw of this

grant.

Former Launceston registrar Lih-Ming Wong passed

the FRACS Part 2 examination earlier this year. He will

travel to Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge next year

on Fellowship and then on to Toronto the year after. We

wish him every success in his career. ■

The SA Section had a very successful State meeting

at the National Wine Centre, with a star contingent

of Australian invited guests including Howard Lau,

Ronnie Cohen, David Malouf and Daniel Moon. We

departed from the usual golf and tennis sporting

afternoon and instead opted for dragon boat

races on the River Torrens. Many local members

displayed talents and abilities they were unaware

of! Mark Lloyd was presented with the award for

the best paper. Trainees Kevin Bax and Andrew

Fuller passed the second part examination. During

the year all major teaching hospitals in SA were

equipped with prostatectomy capable Holmium

Lasers which should benefit the public health

system in the future. Adrian Porter was elected

as the new State Chairman, and Brian Landers

continues his appointment as Secretary/Treasurer. ■

Tasmania

Stephen Brough

The Annual Scientific Section Meeting was held at the

Hobart Convention Centre on 13-14 November and

was convened by Frank Redwig. Our principal guest

speaker was Stephen Mark from Christchurch who

spoke most eloquently on group urological practice,

making services cost effective and the work-life balance.

We were pleased to welcome David Malouf and

Michael Nugara from the USANZ office.

At the Annual Business Meeting of the Section,

members unanimously awarded Tasmanian Section

Life Memberships to Alan Holmes, Don Moss, DI

“Robbie” Roberts and James Wong in recognition of

their outstanding contributions to Tasmanian Urology

over many years.

Michael Vaughan was successful in obtaining an Abbott

travelling fellowship to the AUA next year. Section

members were a little disappointed to be ignored

by Abbott when these fellowships were generously

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Victoria

Richard McMullin

The 2009 Victorian Section Annual State Meeting

was held in Ballarat from 6-9 November, at the

Mercure Lodge. In commemoration of the 15 th

anniversary of the publication of “The Origin of

Species” by Charles Darwin in 1859, the theme of

the meeting was evolve.

Our main scientific guest was Professor Mike

Wallace from the Urology department of the Queen

Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, UK. Mike shared

his time with the WA State Meeting, which had

been held in Margaret River two weekends earlier.

An additional guest was Professor Dallas English,

a cancer epidemiologist from the University of

Melbourne. Finally, Professor Bob Morrison, from

Flinders University, a zoologist and broadcaster

rather than a medical doctor, spoke on Charles

Darwin. We were honoured to have Past-President

Pat Bary and USANZ CEO Alex Malley in

attendance.

The weekend began with a registrars’ dinner, giving

us the chance to meet Prof and Mrs Wallace and

relax before the meeting. Friday morning was

spent in an interactive registrar education session,

organised by Lachlan Dodds, focusing on bladder

cancer. A contentious case was presented and

various registrars presented discussion points

related to clinical management. Expert commentary

was provided by Mike Wallace, with repeated

interruptions from the Ballarat urologists.

The nurses’ educational meeting was held on the

Friday. Attendance was high and the feedback

excellent. Many nurses stayed for the urologists’

meeting over the weekend.

The meeting proper comprised four scientific

sessions, each of about two hours. Two were held

on Saturday morning and two on Sunday morning.

The scientific sessions were excellently organised

by Rob Forsyth. Mike Wallace spoke on the West

Midlands Bladder Cancer research project, the case

for open partial nephrectomy and the evolution of

urology subspecialisation in the UK. Dallas English

gave an epidemiological perspective on prostate

cancer screening and Rob Morrison presented an

extended, witty poem on an Australian perspective

on the prolonged illness of Charles Darwin.

Numerous Victorian urologists, trainees and others

presented papers on a variety of urological subjects.

Saturday afternoon was spent in recreation at

Sovereign Hill, on a local winery tour or at the Forest

Resort golf course at nearby Creswick.

On Saturday night, the annual dinner was held

at the conference venue. We were entertained

by Australian humorist and folk musician Greg

Champion, followed by brassy Ballarat ensemble,

the “Biggish Band”.

The meeting was magnificently put together by

Professional Conference Organiser Jacqui Muir,

whom I strongly recommend to future convenors.

The artwork surrounding the evolve theme was well

presented. Many aspects of the organisation of the

meeting were internet-based, including liaison with

the trade, registration, presentation of abstracts and

a weekly email reminder system.

I would like to pass on many thanks to the Trade

for their generous support of the meeting, and to

the Victorian urologists, trainees and nurses who

attended. ■

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Australasian Urological Foundation

Michael Rochford

During 2009 the principle activity of the Foundation

continues to be the provision of grants for urological

research carried out by members of the Urological

Society of Australia and New Zealand.

the investment income from cash investments, term

deposits and bank bills decreased due to the fall in

interest rates. Also in 2009 our donations from the

medical companies for the research grants were not

forthcoming.

Therefore the Board has had to reduce the amount

of funding available for 2010. The Bruce Pearson

fellowship has been set at up to $75,000. The three

research grants have been set at up to $30,000

each. These will be fully funded by the Foundation.

The Foundation continues to support a PhD fellow

at the University of Queensland and has paid the

fees of trainees attending the CLEAR Course in

2009.

Fellowship and Grants for Tenure in 2010

•

The Bruce Pearson Fellowship continues to

be our principle research grant. This grant is for

up to $75,000 and is funded by the Australasian

Urological Foundation.

The Bruce Pearson Fellowship, for tenure in 2010,

was awarded to Damien Bolton for the project:

“Prostate Cancer in BRCA2 Mutation Carriers”

• AUF Research Grants: Three awards for research

were made in 2009, for tenure in 2010.

These grants are for up to $30,000 each and were

funded by the Australasian Urological Foundation in

2009. The recipients were:

a) Paul Sved for the project:

“Relationship between Arachidonic Acid and Protein

Kinase B Signalling Pathways in Prostate Cancer”

b) Kapil Sethi for the project:

“Ischaemic Preconditioning of the Kidney through

HIF1a”

c) Benjamin Namdarian for the project:

“Steroid synthesis in castrate resistant prostate

cancer tissue”

The financial position of the Foundation has been

affected by the Global Financial Crisis in three

respects. In 2008 and 2009 there has been a capital

loss in on investments in managed funds. In the

financial statement for 2008 the operating profit of

$214,024 was countered by a loss on investments

of $392,989 giving a deficit of $178,965. This loss

for 2009 will be much less and will be reflected in

the accounts to 31 December 2009. During 2009

All applications for research grants are considered

and adjudicated by a Scientific Committee appointed

by the Trustee of the Foundation.

Travel Grants

Travel grants for laparoscopic preceptorships were

not available in 2009 because of changes in staff at

the Cleveland Clinic.

PhD Scholarship

The Foundation has awarded a scholarship for a

trainee to complete a PhD as part of their urological

training. The scholarship is for $25,000 per year for

three years, subject to annual review.

Dr Vela has completed his PhD at the end of 2008.

A new award has been made to Dr Morgan Pokorny

to commence in 2009. Again this project is in conjunction

with the University of Queensland.

Registrar Grants for CLEAR Course

A grant was paid to those registrars who attended

the Critical Literature Evaluation and Research

(CLEAR) Course in 2009 and have applied Foundation

for reimbursement. The current cost of the

CLEAR Course is AUD $1075.00. The cost to the

Foundation for 2009 was $9244.00

Funding

The Foundation during 2009 has made all funds

available from its own resources. Total funds

awarded for tenure in 2009- 2010 being in excess of

$155,000

Donations from members of the Urological Society

of Australasia totaled $2480.50 for 2009. A list of

donors is appended:

Mark Frydenberg; Trung Pham; Edward Korbel;

John Miller; Richard McMullin; Henry Woo; Andres

Estrugo; Simon Bariol; Glen Coorey; Kwok Kee

Wong; Lawrence Hayden; William Lynch; Daniel

Marshall; David Van Der Straaten; Michael Rochford;

Peter Maher; Bertram Canagasingham;

Vignarajah Subramanian; J Yates

As previously stated, in keeping with recent changes

in conditions of awarding research grants the

Foundation requires each recipient to enter into an

Intellectual Property agreement with the Foundation.

The Foundation is not seeking any returns but

needs to protect the Foundation and it directors as

required by the companies act.

The Financial Statement to 31 December 2009 will

be prepared in early 2010 but may not be available

for presentation at the AGM in Perth. The Foundation

has been affected by the world financial crisis.

The extent has been significant enough to force a

re-evaluation of some future projects.

The Board would like to thank all members who

make donations to the Foundation, which is for the

benefit of all members of the Society. We also wish

to thank the Board of Directors of the Urological

Society for providing management and secretarial

services. In particular we thank Louise Reeson and

Michael Nugara for their ongoing help and assistance

during 2009.

We welcome Steve Ruthven as a new director of the

Foundation being the Vice President of the Urological

Society of Australia and New Zealand.

Directors

The present directors of the Trustee (Australasian

Urology Pty Limited) are:

MJ Rochford (Chairman), WJ Lynch (Secretary

Treasurer),

R McIlroy, AJ Porter, S Wisniewski, P Bary,

S Ruthven. ■

Fellowship and Grants 2010

With the present loss of participation of the medical

companies, the level of funding for grants will be

reviewed from 2010 both in number and value.

All awards will continue to be advertised via the

Society Newsletter, website and email.

All applications will be forwarded to the Academic

Committee of the Foundation for consideration.

Closing date will be 31 May 2010.

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USANZ Prizes and Awards 2009

Keith Kirkland Prize,

including a Karl Storz Travelling Fellowship

Lih-Ming Wong

Villis Marshall Research Prize,

including a Karl Storz Travelling Fellowship

Joseph Ischia

BAUS Trophy

David Sofield

Alban Gee Poster Prize

Pamela Russell

AMS Travelling Fellowship

Jeremy Grummet

Society Medal

Andrew Brooks

Agenda for the 63rd

Annual General Meeting

UROLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

Agenda for the 63rd Annual General Meeting of the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand, to be

held at 4.30pm on Wednesday 24 February 2010

at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, Western Australia

1. Present

2. Apologies

3. Minutes of the 62nd Annual General Meeting held at 12.35pm, Thursday 12 March 2009 at the Gold

Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast , Australia

4. Business arising from the minutes

5. President’s report

6. Report of the Chief Executive

7. Secretary’s report

8. Treasurer’s report

9. Annual reports of the Society

9.1: TA&E/Board of Urology (J Miller)

9.2: Continuing Professional Development Committee (P Bary)

9.3: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (A Brooks)

9.4: Annual Scientific Meeting 2009 (M Frydenberg)

9.5: Annual Scientific Meeting 2010 (A Tan)

9.6: Annual Scientific Meeting 2011 (J Macdonald)

9.7: Australasian Urological Foundation (M Rochford)

10. General business

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Minutes of the 62nd

Annual General Meeting

UROLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

Minutes of the 62nd Annual General Meeting held at

12.35pm, Thursday 12 March 2009

at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Gold Coast, Australia

1. Present:

D Steele; P Heathcote; L Cleeve; A Crosthwaite; P Meffan; M Rice; R Millard; S English;

T Shar; P Mactaggart; T Nathan; B Barth; M Frydenberg; D Ende; P Kovac; H O’Connell;

R Samali; D Cook, C Love; N Redgrave; D Elder; P McDougall; D Kerle; R Robinson; S

Brough; D Splatt; P Bary; D Clarke; K Vaux; E Lazzaro; D Moon; T Nicholson; A Eaton; J

Miller; D Webb; F Gardiner; A Tan; B Canagasingham; D Malouf; P Kovac; D Ende; T Skyring;

S Ruthven; R McMullin; A James

In attendance: A Malley (CEO); L Reeson (Communication Manager - Minutes); M Nugara

(Operations and Compliance Manager); V Parkinson (Commercial Manager); D Klein (Education

and Training Manager; Wendy Frazer (CPD Manager)

2. Apologies: J Russell; L Hayden; I Middleton; D Delaney; N Gordon; Alan Stapleton; G

Coombes; Jamie Kearsley, S Mark; J Boulton; P Davidson; K Rasiah; K Moretti; J Alexander;

N Smith; M Lloyd; G Wood; G Malone; P Burke; R McIlroy; A Cameron-Strange; R

Farnsworth; R Hinsch; D Golovsky; A Troy; Y Chan; M Chamberlain; A Kennedy-Smith; R

Studd

Proxies: 40 in total

Appointing Chairman to vote (34): M Cresswell; J Leyland; A Westenberg; L Wilson; J Mac-

Donald; D Mason; B Wright; G Devcich; P Davidson; S Wisniewski; P McRae; C Chabert;

D Winkle; P Cozzi; P Aslan; H Woo; D Agarwal; W Lynch; L Dodds; M White; N Awad; T

Dean; M Patel; T Pham; D Angus; J Kourambas; J Rogerson; C Dowling; A Brooks; P

Langdon; A Eaton; J Peters; P Gilling; Mark Fraundorfer

Appointing Michael Rice to vote (2): M Holmes; I Mundy

Appointing David Malouf to vote (2): S Pillay; L Harewood

Appointing Kim Moretti to vote (1): D Steele

Appointing John Miller to vote (1): T Gianduzzo

Welcome: The Chairman declared the meeting opened at 12.58pm

Eligibility to Vote

All current financial Full members and Fellows of the Society are eligible to vote at the Urological

Society of Australia and New Zealand’s Annual General Meeting.

Provisional members are eligible to vote except on changes to the Society’s Articles of Association.

Declaration of Conflict of Interest

“Any member who has a direct or indirect pecuniary or non-pecuniary interest in a matter

being considered, or about to be considered at the Annual General Meeting shall, as

soon as practicable after the relevant facts come to the member’s knowledge, disclose the

nature of that interest.

The Chair must cause the declaration to be recorded in the Minutes of the meeting.

A member who has a conflict of interest in a matter must not be present during any deliberations

by on the matter and is not entitled to vote on the matter.”

3. Minutes from the previous Annual General Meeting: 61st Annual General Meeting held

at the Hong Kong Convention Centre, Hong Kong, China on Wednesday 27 February

2008.

Resolution:

That the minutes of the 61st Annual General Meeting held at the Hong Kong Convention

Centre, Hong Kong, China on Wednesday 27 February 2008, be approved as a true and

accurate record of the meeting, pending the following amendment:

ITEM 11: GENERAL BUSINESS

There being no further business, the chairman declared the meeting closed at 5.05pm.

Moved: D Malouf Seconded: F Gardiner CARRIED

4. Business Arising from the Minutes

Nil

5. President’s Report

Resolution:

That the President’s report be taken as read.

Moved: J Miller Seconded: H O’Connell CARRIED

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6. Report of Chief Executive Officer

Resolution:

That the Chief Executive Officer’s report be taken as read.

Moved: J Miller Seconded: F Gardiner CARRIED

7. Secretary’s Report

Resolution:

That the Secretary’s report be taken as read.

Moved: J Miller Seconded: F Gardiner CARRIED

8. Treasurer’s Report

Resolution:

That the Treasurer’s report be taken as read.

Moved: J Miller Seconded: F Gardiner CARRIED

9. Annual Reports of the Society

Resolution:

That the reports in items 9.1-9.7 below be taken as read.

Moved: J Miller Seconded: F Gardiner CARRIED

9.1: TA&E/Board of Urology

Report taken as read

9.2: Continuing Professional Development Committee

Report taken as read

9.3: Royal Australasian College of Surgeons

Report taken as read

Discussion:

Helen O’Connell advised that Andrew Brooks is replacing her as RACS Representative

Councillor for a period of 12 months.

Helen O’Connell also advised her intention to stand for a general position on Council and

discussed the voting process with members.

9.4: Annual Scientific Meeting 2010

Report taken as read

9.5: Annual Scientific Meeting 2009

Report taken as read

9.6: Annual Scientific Meeting 2008

Report taken as read

9.7: Australasian Urological Foundation

Report taken as read

10. Election of Office Bearers

The President thanked the retiring members of the Society Executive for their contributions

during their terms:

David Ende

Tony James

Philip Sprott

Michael Vaughan

Les Thompson

The President announced the incoming members of the 2009 Executive Committee, based

on the new nominations, as follows:

Vice President

Stephen Ruthven

Tasmanian Representative:

Stephen Brough

Board/TA&E Chair:

John Miller

Northern Section Representative:

Awaiting ratification

RACS Representative:

Andrew Brooks to fill this position for a period of 12 months.

Western Australian Representative:

Paul McRae (appointed post 2008 AGM)

Victorian Representative:

David Cook (appointed post 2008 AGM)

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11. Discussion of strategic directions and approval of proposed Special Resolution:

Note: In order for a Special Resolution to be carried, a favourable vote of 75% of those

present is required.

Voting is to be by show of hands. If the show of votes does not clearly indicate that 75% of

votes are favourable, a written poll will be conducted.

Proposed Special Resolution:

“That the existing Constitution of the Urological Association of Australia and New Zealand

be and is hereby repealed and that the new Constitution tabled at the meeting and, for the

purposes of identification, signed by the chair of the Meeting, be and is hereby substituted

and adopted as the Constitution of the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand”.

Moved: D Malouf Seconded: S Ruthven CARRIED

For: 42

Against: 1

Abstentions: 3

Discussion:

David Splatt: What are the terms of new external Directors to the Board?

The CEO advised the Constitution provides for appointment for a first term up to three

years, with a provision for an additional term.

Pat Meffen: Asked questions regarding the composition and size of Executive and

the Board.

The CEO advised the Executive will become a Board of Directors. The new model is rolebased

and skill-based.

David Webb: Isn’t it going to be difficult to source skill-based directors who will

work pro-bono?

The CEO advised this is standard practice in not for profit organisations.

Helen O’Connell: Advised that a similar process has been undertaken at RACS and has

proven very successful.

Tim Skyring: How will member concerns be taken to Executive with external directors

on the Board?

The CEO advised management will formally communicate with members following future

quarterly Executive meetings. Further, the appointment of a Policy Chair on the Board of

Directors would ensure interaction with members on relevant policy issues.

12. General Business

The President reiterated the 2010 ASM will be held 20-25 February 2010 at the Perth Convention

Centre, Western Australia.

The President acknowledged the input of the CEO throughout the past year. The President

also thanked the USANZ staff for their contributions to the organisation.

The President thanked the membership for his term as President and acknowledged David

Malouf as incoming 2009 President.

David Malouf – Incoming President acknowledged Pat Bary’s contributions during his 2008

term.

Helen O’Connell acknowledged Philip Sprott as outgoing Board/TAE Chair for his enormous

contributions during his three year term.

The CEO also acknowledged the outgoing President and the Incoming President and Vice

President

There being no further business, the chairman declared the meeting closed at 1.43pm.

Minutes prepared by:

Louise Reeson

Communication Manager

Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand

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