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RACS have provided the Society with a Progress Report detailing their work in 2016 to address discrimination, bullying and sexual harassment (DBSH) in the practice of surgery in Australia and New Zealand. Highlights of RACS progress against their Building Respect,...

National Geographic have interviewed two Australian Cardiothoracic Surgeons, Dr Emily Granger and Dr Paul Jansz, as part of their documentary series Miracle Hospital at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney.   See link below for the interview with Dr Emily Granger:...

Selected presentations from the recent Annual Scientific Meeting 2016 in Cairns are now available to watch (login required). The presentations are in the new Resources section, along with other helpful & educational videos. If members have any other videos or...

The Summer 2016 Newsletter from the ANZSCTS President, Trevor Fayers, is now available. Click below to view.

The Patient Blood Management Guidelines progress update for the July - November 2016 quarter is now available on the National Blood Authority website and the pdf below. Any questions about this update can be sent to guidelines@blood.gov.au. Download Update

Dear Members, Avant have developed a grants programs for doctors wishing to undertake quality improvement projects. Avant are glad to announce now that they have launched their Quality Improvement Grants program. The program offers up to $100,000 in funding for...

The RACS Library runs a great alerting service with Cardiothoracic Surgery recently added to the available e-journal subject sets. eTOCs = “electronic Table of Contents” alerts by email. Keep up-to-date with the latest articles. Alerts already in place. To join, just...

The Autumn 2016 Newsletter from the ANZSCTS President, Prof Paul Bannon is now available to download here.

Dear Associate and Affiliate Members, Please refer below to the Avant offer to fund full-time, part-time and short-term research projects to support life-changing research to promote better patient outcomes and advance the careers of some of Australia’s promising...