The APFPR is managed by the Clinical Outcomes data Reporting and Research Program part of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University. The operational team is led by Professor Susannah Ahern. Clinical oversight and registry support is provided to the operational team by the APFPR Clinical Advisory Committee. The strategic direction and development of the registry is overseen by the APFPR Steering Committee which monitors activities such as data quality, and establishes policies to address issues of clinical interest or significance that may arise, including those relating to quality of care and patient privacy. The Steering Committee meets quarterly and includes project investigators and stakeholder representatives from the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing; Therapeutic Goods Administration; New Zealand Ministry of Health; jurisdictional representatives consumers; and senior clinicians from key medical specialist societies and medical colleges involved in mesh procedures and removal.
The APFPR is managed by the Clinical Outcomes data Reporting and Research Program part of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University. The operational team is led by Professor Susannah Ahern and Project Manager, Ms Joanne Dean. Clinical oversight and registry support is provided to the operational team by the APFPR Steering Committee. The strategic direction and development of the registry is being overseen by the Steering Committee which monitors activities such as data quality, and establishes policies to address issues of clinical interest or significance that may arise, including those relating to quality of care and patient privacy. This committee meets quarterly and includes project investigators and stakeholder representatives from the Australian Government Department of Health; Therapeutic Goods Administration; Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care; consumer; and senior clinicians from key medical specialist societies and medical colleges involved in mesh procedures and removal.
STEERING COMMITTEE
The APFPR has a Steering Committee of experts who assist with making strategic decisions for the project and provide guidance to the operational team. The Steering Committee is responsible for assessing external applications for data from the registry.
Chair & Academic Lead Head, Registry Science & Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
Specialty: Clinical Registries
Affiliation(s): Monash University
DR AILSA WILSON EDWARDS
Urological Surgeon, Better Bladders, Calvary North Adelaide Hospital
Lead of the Functional Urology service at Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN)
Specialty: Urology
Affiliations: Northern Adelaide Local Health Network, Calvary North Adelaide Hospital
Head of Department of Urogynaecology, Director of Pelvic Floor Unit, Westmead Hospital
Specialty: Urogynaecology
Affiliation(s): Westmead Hospital
DR ANTHONY KIOSOGLOUS
Consultant Urological and Reconstructive Surgeon
Director of Urology, QE II Jubilee Hospital
Specialty: Urology
Affiliations: USANZ representative
MR JAMES KECK
General Surgeon
Specialty: Colorectal Surgery
Affiliation(s): St Vincent’s Private Hospital Melbourne
DR FIONA BACH
Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
Specialty: Urogynaecology
Affiliations: RANZCOG/UGSA representative
MR GIOVANNI LOSCO
Clinical Director of Urology, Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Waitaha Canterbury
National Co-lead – New Zealand Female Pelvic Mesh Service
Specialty: Urology
Affiliations: NZ urology representative
KERRY BROWN
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Affiliation(s): Commonwealth of Australia
DR AMANDA CUSS
Affiliation(s): Therapeutic Goods Administration
