What is the ANZHNCS?

The Australian and New Zealand Head and Neck Cancer Society (ANZHNCS) was formed in 1998 with the simple goal to promote quality care for all head and neck cancer patients

What is the ANZHNCS?

The Australian and New Zealand Head and Neck Cancer Society (ANZHNCS) was formed in 1998 with the simple goal to promote quality care for all head and neck cancer patients

What is the ANZHNCS?

The Australian and New Zealand Head and Neck Cancer Society (ANZHNCS) was formed in 1998 by a group of head and neck oncologists from the disciplines of surgery, radiation oncology and medical oncology. Their goal was simple: to promote quality care for all head and neck cancer patients.

Today, the membership of the ANZHNCS continues to expand and work towards that same goal.

Through leading a multi-disciplinary approach to education, research, care and advocacy, the ANZHNCS has been able to minimise the impact of head and neck cancer for thousands of patients. In order to help even more, it aims to:

  • Continue to improve our high quality Australian / New Zealand annual head and neck cancer multidisciplinary scientific meeting with invited international luminary speakers from a diversity of specialties who treat head and neck cancer.
  • Use the annual scientific meeting and the other gatherings of the society to promote collaboration and interdisciplinary team building between medical and allied health specialists with a major interest in managing head and neck cancer throughout Australia and New Zealand.
  • Be a pathway of contact and building collaborative relationships with multidisciplinary international head and neck cancer societies.
  • Support research in head and neck cancer, and the sharing of knowledge.

How the Society will deliver on its aims

  • Promote and advance throughout Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region the multi-disciplinary practice of head and neck oncology
  • Promote and encourage standards of practice that aim to achieve optimal outcomes for patients with tumours of the head and neck.
  • Encourage and assist in participation in research related to tumours of the head and neck.
  • Educate patients, the community, health professionals and key stakeholders in relation to tumours of the head and neck.
  • Promote high quality and timely care consistent with internationally agreed standards. Promote accurate, prospective data collection related to head and neck oncology. Actively promote preventative health measures.
  • Advocate for public policy and practice that reduces the impact of head and neck cancer, including advice to governments and policy makers, and media commentaries.
  • Ensure organisational relevance and growth through a broadened membership base.

Members of the Executive Committee

President

Dr Julia Crawford, Otolaryngologist Head & Neck Surgeon, Sydney

Vice President

Professor Camile Farah, Oral Medicine Specialist, Perth

Secretary

Dr Aoife McGarvey, Physiotherapist, Newcastle

Treasurer

Dr Felix Sim, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon, Melbourne

Immediate Past President

Professor Eng H. Ooi, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgeon, Adelaide

Executive

  • Dr Eric Khoo, Radiation Oncologist, Gold Coast
  • Ms Tracey Nicholls, Nurse Practitioner ENT, Adelaide
  • Associate Professor Merran Findlay, Executive Research Lead, Oncology Dietetics Clinical Research Fellow, Sydney
  • Ms Sophie Fleming, Anaplastologist, Alstonville
  • Dr Sally Ng, Plastic Surgeon, Melbourne
  • Ms Paloma Chehade, Speech Pathologist, Melbourne
  • Mr Glen Ramos, Independent Adviser, Sydney
  • Dr Kerwin Shannon, Head and Neck Surgeon, Chair Australian Research Foundation, Sydney
  • Professor Swee Tan, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon, Chair New Zealand Research Foundation, New Zealand

ANZHNCS Corporate Governance

To assist in ensuring that a high standard of corporate governance is developed and maintained within the Australian and New Zealand Head and Neck Cancer Society, a constitution has been developed and agreed which sets out the fundamental principles to which the organisation is to be governed.

Click here to download the ANZHNCS Constitution.

Click here to download the ANZHNCS Corporate Governance Charter.

ANZHNCS Previous Presidents

2023 – Eng Ooi

2022 – Eng Ooi

2021 – Tsien Fua

2020 – Brian Stein

2019 – Brian Stein

2018 – Julia Maclean

2017 – Julia Maclean

2016 – Martin Batstone

2015 – Martin Batstone

2014 – Kerwin Shannon

2013 – Janelle Heywood

2012 – Janelle Heywood

2011 – Benedict Panizza

2010 – David Wiesenfeld

2009 – Swee Tan

2008 – Swee Tan

2007 – June Corry

2006 – Suren Krishnan

2005 – Del Hinckley

2004 – Robert Smee

2003 – Chris O’Brien

2002 – Randall Morton

2001 – Lester Peters

2000 – Michael Poole

1999 – Pat Bridger