APFPR governance

GOVERNANCE

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 Management 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; Therapeutic Goods Administration; Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care; consumers; and senior clinicians from key medical specialist societies and medical colleges involved in mesh procedures and removal.

GOVERNANCE

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.

PROFESSOR SUSANNAH AHERN

Chair & Academic Lead Head, Registry Science & Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University

Specialty: Clinical Registries

Affiliation(s): Monash University

PROFESSOR HELEN O’CONNELL
Urological Surgeon, Epworth Healthcare

President, Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand

Honorary Urologist, Western Health, Footscray

Specialty: Urology

Affiliations: Urology Lead APFPR; Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne

A/PROFESSOR JESSICA YIN

Surgeon

Specialty: Urology

Affiliation(s): Holywood Medical Centre (WA)

DR JENNY KING

Head of Department of Urogynaecology, Director of Pelvic Floor Unit, Westmead Hospital

Specialty: Urogynaecology

Affiliation(s): Westmead Hospital

DR ELIZABETH GALLAGHER
Visiting Medical Officer (specialist) at The Canberra Hospitals Specialty: Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Affiliation(s): Calvary John James, Canberra Private and Canberra Hospital

MR JOHN SHORT
President, UGSA
Specialty: Obstetrics and Gynaecology Affiliation(s): Christchurch Women’s Hospital & Southern Cross Hospital – Invercargill

VACANCY

Australian Commission for Safety and Quality in Health Care

MR JAMES KECK
General Surgeon
Specialty: Colorectal Surgery
Affiliation(s): St Vincent’s Private Hospital Melbourne

PIP BRENNAN
Consumer Representative, Consumer advocate
Affiliation(s): Health Consumer’s Council WA

JENNY LESLIE

Lived Experience Consumer Representative

Background in nursing and medical practice management

Affiliation(s): NSW Health Mesh Advisory Group

DR FIONA BACH
Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
Specialty: Urogynaecology
Affiliations: RANZCOG/UGSA representative

SALLY RAYNER
Director, Department of Health and Aged Care
Affiliation(s): Commonwealth of Australia

DR AMANDA CRAIG
Director, Devices Post Market Reforms and Reviews
Section, Medical Devices Surveillance Branch
Specialty: Devices
Affiliation(s): Therapeutic Goods Administration

KIRSTINE SKETCHER-BAKER
Executive Director, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Service. Clinical Excellence Division, Queensland Health
Specialty: Safety and Quality
Affiliation(s): Queensland Health

DR HAMISH GRAY
Clinical Chief Advisor, Office of the Chief Clinical Officers
Affiliation(s): Ministry of Health New Zealand