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New beginnings feature
Open house at RACS South Australia
While 2020 was a difficult year, it ended on a positive note in South Australia as the state office hosted an open house event to welcome Fellows, Trainees and Specialist International Medical Graduates (SIMGs) to the College’s new purpose-built office at 24 King William Street in Kent Town. The open house provided attendees with the opportunity to tour the building, which has been designed to host a wide variety of meetings, symposia, workshops, courses, exams, receptions, dinners and other social functions. The building also houses all South Australianbased staff, who previously worked out of two separate office buildings in North Adelaide. In attendance at the open house were RACS President, Dr Tony Sparnon, and RACS South Australia Chair, Mr David King,
as well as several past state chairs. Dr Sparnon spoke at the ceremony to thank all those involved in the move, and said that he was looking forward to the next exciting chapter for the College in South Australia. Mr King also spoke at the event and said that the College in South Australia had come a long way since he first commenced his training, when the South Australia office operated out of a small office at the Australian Medical Association South Australia building. Mr King thanked the many past chairs in attendance for their foresight in purchasing the previous South Australia building in Palmer Place North Adelaide, as well as those who contributed to the move into the new office. An official opening for the building will occur in early 2021, with more details
to follow. In the meantime, Fellows, Trainees and SIMGs are welcome to visit the building at any stage during office hours and familiarise themselves with the facilities. The building has three available rooms on level one and six rooms on level two. All rooms will be equipped with the latest technology. An online booking system will be implemented shortly. In the meantime, if you would like to confirm any bookings in 2021 please contact the South Australia office via email at college. sa@surgeons.org. Image: L-r: Gayle Bradbrook, John Biviano, Lesley Dunstall, Mark Morgan, Maria Cogman, Travis Dawe, Daniela Ciccarello, Etienne Scheepers and Allan Chapman at the launch of the new office.
