Past SUSS Events

Introduction to Surgery: SET and Beyond

Sydney University Surgical Society is excited to host the annual seminar "Introduction to Surgery: SET and Beyond". The event aims to educate students about surgery as a career and pathways for gaining entry to Surgical Education and Training (SET) programs. This year...

SUSS Annual General Meeting 2018

Dear Members, Notice is hereby given for the Annual General Meeting of the Sydney University Surgical Society which will be held on the 5th July 2018 at 6pm in New Law School Lecture Theatre 104, at the University of Sydney. The agenda will include: 1) President's...

Mental Illness, Burnout and Welfare in Surgery

Director of Trauma at St George Hospital Nephologist, SMP Wellbeing program designer. Mental health is a topical issue in medicine, with many students, junior doctors, registrars and consultants experiencing burnout and suffering from mental illness. With suicide...

Academic Surgery Symposium 2018

Sydney University Surgical Society and RPA Institute of Academic Surgery present... What is an Academic Surgeon? The event will begin with an introduction to the field of academic surgery presented by Professor Paul Bannon. This discussion will include what it means...

The Great Debate: Physicians vs Surgeons

SUMS and SUSS are proud to be hosting the ultimate medical turf war, pitching six of Sydney’s brightest minds against one another with the hopes of answering medicine’s eternal question: Which specialty is better, surgery or medicine? More information to follow....

SUSS & Global Home: Global Surgery Grand Rounds

SUSS & Global Home: Global Surgery Grand Rounds

The Sydney University Surgical Society and Global Home are proud to present their first joint event, the Global Surgery Ground Rounds. This is an opportunity to hear from the inspiring surgeons and aid workers who are at the front lines of war, extreme poverty,...

SUSS March Journal Club: Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.

The theme of this months SUSS Journal Club is Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. Oral & Maxillofacial surgery is a highly specialised field in which surgeons are trained in both medicine and dentistry to treat problems that require expertise in both fields....

SUSS February Journal Club: Neurosurgery

The theme of the February SUSS Journal Club is Neurosurgery/Neuro-Oncology. Glioblastomas are the most common primary malignant brain tumour in the adult population and the prognosis is currently very poor - with median survival from diagnosis often reported at under...

Australasian Students’ Surgical Conference 2018

Australasian Students’ Surgical Conference 2018

The Australasian Student’s Surgical Association (ASSA) is a not-for-profit association dedicated to representing the student surgical societies across Australia and New Zealand. The highlight of the ASSA’s calendar is the Australasian Students’ Surgical Conference...