President

Associate Professor Rodney Cooter, MBBS, MD (Adel), FRACS

2011 - current

Associate Professor Rodney Cooter works as a private plastic surgeon in Adelaide where he performs a range of cosmetic and reconstructive surgical procedures but has a specialty interest in breast surgery.

Completing medical school in 1983, he undertook research in the Australian Craniofacial Unit and was awarded his Doctorate in Medicine in 1991.  After completing further training here and abroad, he gained a Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) in plastic and reconstructive surgery in 1993.  Associate Professor Cooter has worked as a senior lecturer in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the University of Adelaide, and as Head of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.  From 1997 to 2002 he was the Director of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, and an Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide.

He has maintained an interest in education and research with over 50 publications including two books and book chapters.

Over the past six years Associate Professor Cooter has been closely involved with both the Australasian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (Councillor 2005-2008) and the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons (Councillor 2005-present, President 2011-present).  Since 2007 Associate Professor Cooter has been Chairman of the Development Committee for the Australasian Plastic Surgical Education and Research Foundation.

Former Presidents

1970-73……………...E. Gibson

1973-75……………...G. Gunter

1975-78……………...F. Ham

1978-80……………...R. Rieger

1980-81……………...B. Taylor

1981-83……………...P. Brown

1983-85……………...T. Harris

1985-87……………...P. Thompson

1987-89……………...C. Williams

1989-91……………...H. Hansen-Knarhoi

1991-93……………...J. Anstee

1993-95……………...I. McDougall

1995-97……………...R. Sach

1997-00……………...R. Barnett

2000-02……………...K. Mutimer

2002-04……………...A. Lewis

2004-05……………...N. Olbourne

2005-07……………...W. Cockburn

2007-09……………...H. Webster

2009-11……………...P. Callan

2011-    ……………...R. Cooter