Board and Governance

The RMSA is constituted as a not for profit organisation, registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) The following excerpts from the Association’s Constitution demonstrate its commitment to the not-for-profit status:

7. The income and property of the Association shall be applied solely towards the promotion of the Objects as set forth in this Constitution; and no portion thereof shall be paid or transferred … to the Members and no remuneration … shall be paid or given by the Association to any person who holds any office.

10. If upon the winding up or dissolution of the Association there remains … any property whatsoever the same shall not be paid to or distributed among the members of the Company but shall be given or transferred to some other institution which:

  1. has similar objects to the Objects;
  2. is approved by the Commissioner of Taxation as a Health Promotion Charity and endorsed by the Australian Taxation Office as a Deductible Gift Recipient; and
  3. is an institution whose objects prohibit the distribution of its income and property among its members to an extent at least as great as is imposed on the Association. 

Directors are elected for two year terms and are eligible for re-election at the completion of each term. Office bearers are elected by the membership.

Board meetings are held at least twice a year, usually more often. As a national body with directors in multiple regions, we hold most Board meetings by videoconference.

Financial statements are prepared and independently audited yearly. 

Board Members

RMSA Michelle McRae

dr. Michelle McRae

Dr Michelle McRae is a University of Sydney graduate in Chemical Engineering and of the Postgraduate Medical Program. As a NSW Rural Doctors Network Cadet, Michelle had a strong desire to return to Western NSW. A very keen interest in skin resulted in achieving a position in the Australasian College of Dermatology training program. Since completing her dermatology training and obtaining her fellowship in 2014, Michelle is based full time in Orange. As one of the few full time dermatologists in rural Australia, Michelle draws patients from a large and diverse region, and the need to find appropriate and accessible treatments for all rural patients is always at the forefront of her practice.

Dr. Steve Flecknoe Brown

Dr. Steve Flecknoe-Brown

Steve is a Monash graduate who completed his post-graduate training in internal medicine and special pathology at Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, finishing with a 2-year Fellowship at the University of California, Los Angeles.

After establishing a specialist haematology practice in Sydney, he moved to Broken Hill in 1999. He has lived and worked as a rural general physician and Board Chairman in rural and regional Australia since then, now living in Port Macquarie.

RMSA Bill Boyd

Dr. Bill Boyd

Bill has had a long career in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, largely in Mackay in Central Queensland. In addition to the usual clinical duties, he has chaired a variety of committees and boards, mostly in the not-for-profit sector. He served on the AMAQ Branch Council for a number of years, including a year as Secretary, two years as Chair, one year as Vice-president, one year as President and one as Immediate Past President. He has been heavily involved in the social fabric of the Mackay community. Bill and his wife Julie have travelled extensively both in Australia and overseas.

Dr. Brent Skippen in suit

Dr. Brent Skippen

B Med Sci MBBS (Hons) FRANZCO MPHTM

Brent was born in Sydney and graduated from medicine at Sydney University in 2004. He completed ophthalmology training at Sydney Eye Hospital with further oculoplastic subspecialty training in the United Kingdom and Italy.

Brent has lived and worked full time in Wagga Wagga since 2016. He is involved with the training of ophthalmology registrars from Sydney and is a Conjoint Associate Professor with the University of New South Wales Medical School. He teaches medical students at both UNSW Medical School and the University of Notre Dame Medical School and is actively involved with clinical research. Brent’s wife grew up in Wagga and they have four boys together.

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RMSA Founding Committee

Founding Board

Looking after the professional interests of all medical specialists who work in and care forRegional Australia

Founding Committee (L-R): Adrian Aitken, General Surgeon, Sale, VIC; Mark de Souza, Paediatrician, Nowra, NSW; Geoffrey Chu, Gastroenterologist, Orange, NSW; Henry Hook, upper GI surgeon, Orange, NSW; Martin Ching, Facio-Maxillary Surgeon, Geelong, VIC; Robert Gray, Anaesthetist, Toowoomba, QLD; Peter Hinchcliffe, Opthalmologist, Tamworth, NSW.

Founding Board

RMSA Founding Committee

Looking after the professional interests of all medical specialists who work in and care forRegional Australia

Founding Committee (L-R): Adrian Aitken, General Surgeon, Sale, VIC; Mark de Souza, Paediatrician, Nowra, NSW; Geoffrey Chu, Gastroenterologist, Orange, NSW; Henry Hook, upper GI surgeon, Orange, NSW; Martin Ching, Facio-Maxillary Surgeon, Geelong, VIC; Robert Gray, Anaesthetist, Toowoomba, QLD; Peter Hinchcliffe, Opthalmologist, Tamworth, NSW.