Associate Professor Susan Neuhaus CSC, MBBS, PhD, FRACS

Susan Neuhaus is a General Surgeon and Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS). In 2004 she was awarded the Lumley Exchange Scholarship and undertook a Fellowship in Surgical Oncology Royal at the Royal Marsden Hospital in the United Kingdom. She has a Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) in mechanisms of tumour spread during laparoscopy.

As Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery, Susan works in private and public as with special interests in melanoma and sarcoma. She chairs the Surgical Oncology Group of the Clinical Oncological Society of Australia (COSA), is a Director of the Australasian Sarcoma Study Group (ASSG), member of the Australian Melanoma Trials Group (ANTMTG) and on the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Court of Examiners in General Surgery. She in actively involved in teaching, research and clinical trials and has published extensively on a broad range of topics, served as a journal editor and reviewer and authored a textbook ‘Radiology in Surgical Practice’.

In addition to academic and clinical practice Susan has completed an Army career spanning over 20 years. During this time she served in Cambodia, Bougainville and most recently in Afghanistan. In 2009 she was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in recognition of her leadership in Army Health. Susan remains actively involved in Veterans health issues, and has published extensively on strategic defence health issues. Susan is appointed to the Veterans Health Advisory Council (SA), is on the Board of Directors of Foundation Daw Park and is an Ambassador for Defence Reserves.