The Department of Paediatric Surgery provides surgical services for all children in metropolitan Melbourne and specialised services for children with complex diseases from a wide region of Southern Australia. To facilitate these surgical services the Royal Children’s Hospital has six trainee positions. Trainees have the opportunity to be involved in a wide range of paediatric surgical specialties including trauma, burns, urology, hepatobiliary, oncology and thoracic surgery. There is also the involvement in general paediatric surgical care including neonatal surgical conditions. Of the registrar group four positions are available to trainees within the RACS Paediatric Surgery Program and the other two positions are available to international medical graduates.  

As the busiest paediatric surgical service in Australasia the role of a Paediatric Surgical Registrar is a demanding one, but one that provides a great exposure to a wide variety of paediatric surgical conditions and an opportunity to greatly enhance ones paediatric surgical training. It provides a great platform for future paediatric surgeons and urologists.

2023 Registrars and Fellows

Back Row: Dr Gayathri Panabokke, Dr Kate Barnes, Dr Mariana Antunes Morgado and Dr Jessica Rayner

Front Row: Dr Benjamin O'Sullivan, Dr Mithila Sivasubramaniam and Dr Robert McCusker

2022 Registrars and Fellows

From left to right: Dr Adelene Houlton, Dr Mariana Antunes Morgado, Dr Vivek Meiyappan (Senior Registrar), Dr Delphine Arni, Dr Jessica Rayner, Dr Jana Muraliharan, Dr Mithila Sivasubramaniam, Dr Robert McCusker

2021 Registrars and Fellows

From left to right: Dr Colin Brook, Dr Vivek Meiyappan, Dr Mariana Morgado, Dr Sharman Tan Tany, Dr Annette Chang, Dr Phil Urquhart, Dr Matt Jones, Dr Liesel Porrett (Senior Registra), Dr Roberta Iacona

2020 Registrars and Fellows

From left to right: Dr Kiarash Taghavi, Dr Liam Quinn, Dr Shareena Lala, Dr Brendan O'Connor (Senior Registrar), Dr Mithila Sivasubramaniam, Dr Phil Urquhart, Dr Sheryer Naqvi, Dr Jan Miguel Deogracias, Dr Liesel Porrett

2019 Registrars and Fellows

Back Row: Dr Shareena Lala, Dr Phil Urquhart, Dr Liam Quinn, Dr Sarah Marshall Niles
Front Row: Dr Sharman Tan Tanny, Dr Kiarash Taghavi (Senior Registrar), Professor John Hutson, Dr Victoria Forsdick, Dr Colin Brooks

2018 Registrars and Fellows

Back Row: Dr Shazad Akram, Dr Matt Jones, Dr Colin Brook, Dr Kiarash Taghavi
Front Row: Dr Flo Ngu,  Dr Bernadita Troncoso Solar Professor John Hutson, Dr Eilen Saekang, Dr Giorgio Steffanuti

2017 Registrars and Fellows

Back Row: Dr Annie Roberts, Dr Giorgio Steffanuti, Dr Prabhu Sekeran, Dr Flo Ngu
Front Row: Dr Bernadita Troncoso Solar, Dr Nicole Avery, Dr Kate Burnand

2016 Registrars and Fellows

Back Row: Dr Tanvir Chowdhury, Dr Lefteris Stathopoulos, Dr Jose Campos
Front Row: Dr Margaret Mutch, Dr Annie Roberts, Professor John Hutson, Dr Jennifer Ah Toy, Dr Puntharee Taisab
Absent: Mr Hemal Kodikara

2015 Registrars and Fellows

Back Row: Dr Annie Roberts, Dr Aurore Bouty, Dr Mohammed Bader, Dr Allison Scott, Dr Jennifer Ah Toy
Front Row: Dr Sergei Vavilov, Professor John Hutson, Dr Hemal Kodikara