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Volume 12 No 3 I June 2016 55
the radiology department which will be
operational soon.
I look forward to continuing
collaboration between the Branch and
the College in advancing the specialty.
I can be contacted through my work
email
TAS Branch
RANZCR members at the TAS
Branch Meeting at Josef Chromy
Vineyard in Launceston.
The Tasmanian Branch of the College
has been quite active over the last six
months with two clinical meetings held.
On 7 November 2015, a very successful
meeting was held in Hobart The theme
was head and neck and the invited
speakers were A/Prof Andy Whyte and
Dr Gavin Chapeikin. The talks were well
received and attended by radiologists
from across the state and some from
interstate. The College kindly recorded
these talks and they are accessible by
visiting.
The second meeting was held on 7 May
2016 in Launceston in the idyllic setting
of Josef Chromy Winery. It was also very
well attended and excellent talks were
presented by several local members and
included four registrar presentations
of a very high standard. Dr Naomi
Anning won the prize for her talk on a
five-year retrospective review of coiling
of ruptured intracranial aneurysms in
Tasmania.
A further meeting is in the planning
phase for later this year. If it is not held
in Hobart, it may well be held in the
spectacular location of Freycinet.
The registrar training program is going
well with a full complement of trainees
spread across the five years and while
based in Hobart, there are secondments
across the state and interstate and
exposure to private practice radiology.
Dr Jonathan Shulman
RANZCR TAS Branch Secretary
WA Branch
Careers Expo
The RANZCR WA Branch joined 30
organisations including specialty
colleges, sponsors and primary
employing health services at the
Postgraduate Medical Council of
Western Australia Medical Careers Expo
in April 2016. The event was attended by
approximately 350 medical students.
RANZCR Fellow Dr Trina Whittaker
and Radiology trainee Dr Jeremy
Ong representing the WA Branch
Retirement of Prof Turab Chakera
A retirement dinner was held for
Prof Chakera at the University Club,
Nedlands, on Saturday 14 May. We wish
him the very best. There will be more on
this, along with some photos in the next
edition of Inside News.
Prof Chakera Award for Excellence
in Radiology Teaching
Dr Kay-Vin Lam was born in Singapore
and educated in Perth. We are the
beneficiaries of his family’s emigration
to Perth. Presently he is the Senior
Diagnostic and Interventional Thoracic
Radiologist at Royal Perth Hospital. For
many years now I have used Kay-Vin as
the ‘man to go to’ whenever I needed
help with difficult thoracic cases.
He is an excellent teacher to all. His
tutorials are appreciated by students
and our trainees, in particular senior
trainees preparing for the Part 2
Fellowship exams. I am not surprised
that he has been selected the winner
of the Prof Chakera Award, he is a most
deserving recipient.
Prof Turab Chakera