From 2017 – 2019 SOMANZ issued the Obstetric Medicine Certificate to eligible physicians in recognition of contributions to work, education and research in obstetric medicine, and training in obstetric medicine undertaken prior to 2013. As with the issuing of the Certificate to an Advanced Trainee or Post Fellowship trainee, the issuing of the Obstetric Medicine Certificate to a physician is recognition by SOMANZ of the physician’s contributions to obstetric medicine and is not a separate qualification recognised by RACP, AHPRA or MCNZ. This is still a significant accomplishment for SOMANZ in its aim to enhance the role of obstetric medicine in Australia and New Zealand.
Since the closure of the grandparenting mechanism in 2019, we have received many requests for SOMANZ to have a pathway by which we recognise prior training and competency in Obstetric Medicine. We are pleased to advise you that the SOMANZ Executive Council and training committee have developed the Post-Fellowship Recognition in Obstetric Medicine pathway which will be open for applications after the 8th October 2023. Post-Fellowship Recognition in Obstetric Medicine is the process by which RACP Fellows (Divisions, Faculties or Chapters) or those with equivalent qualifications can apply to SOMANZ for Obstetric Medicine Certification and subsequent recognition by SOMANZ as an Obstetric Physician. When you apply for post-Fellowship recognition in Obstetric Medicine, the SOMANZ Council will assess whether your competence, knowledge, skills and experience are at or above the level expected of someone who has completed the relevant requirements for the SOMANZ Certificate. SOMANZ will issue the Obstetric Medicine Certification if sufficient points are met from specific criteria. Post-Fellowship Recognition in Obstetric Medicine is not designed to replace post-Fellowship training in Obstetric Medicine. Post-Fellowship training is the standard pathway available to Fellows who wish to be recognised in Obstetric Medicine in addition to their other fellowship/s. Post-Fellowship training is prospectively approved and supervised in accordance with the requirements for training in Obstetric Medicine.
SOMANZ Post-Fellowship recognition in Obstetric Medicine Policy
SOMANZ Post-Fellowship recognition in Obstetric Medicine Application Form and Guide
SOMANZ Post-Fellowship recognition in Obstetric Medicine Referee Report Form
A list of the current SOMANZ members who have been awarded the SOMANZ Obstetric Medicine Certificate either through the grandparenting process or through completing the appropriate supervised training are posted here. This list will be updated as further trainees are awarded.
William (Bill) | Jeffries | SA | Kunwarjit Singh | Sangla | QLD | |
Catherine | Marnoch | NZ | Anuradha | Sakthivel | VIC | |
Paul | Champion de Crespigny | VIC | Thomas | Schulz | VIC | |
Mark | Morton | SA | Rebekah | Shakhovskoy | QLD | |
Penny | Wolski | QLD | Vasant Vasudeva | Shenoy | QLD | |
Helen | Barrett | QLD | Bronwyn Anne | Sinclair | NZ | |
Jason | Denman | QLD | Denise | Aitken | NZ | |
Dorothy | Graham | WA | Amy | Crosthwaite | VIC | |
Lucille | Wilkinson | NZ | Carl | Eagleton | NZ | |
Leonie | Callaway | QLD | Eugene | Estella | QLD | |
Helen | Robinson | QLD | George | Mangos | NSW | |
Josephine | Laurie | QLD | Raymond | Naden | NZ | |
B Kingsley | Nirmalaraj | NZ | Shalini | Nilajgi | SA | |
David | Cole | NZ | Franzika | Pettit | NSW | |
Narelle | Fagermo | QLD | Sarah | Price | VIC | |
Angela | Makris | NSW | Amanda | Mather | NSW | |
Janelle | Nisbet | QLD | David | Langsford | VIC | |
Marie Claire | McLintock | NZ | Fiona | Britten | QLD | |
Sophie | Poulter (nee Clarke) | QLD | Dean | Fourie | NZ | |
Vernon | Heazlewood | QLD | Christine | Sammartino | VIC | |
H David | McIntyre | QLD | Amanda | Beech | NSW | |
John | Katsoulis | VIC | Madeline | Spooner | QLD | |
Karin | Lust | QLD | Jane | Rigg | NSW | |
Elise | Gilbertson | QLD | Katherine | Poulsen | QLD | |
Adam | Morton | QLD | Ian | Kando | NZ | |
Erin | Clark | SA | Stephanie | Cox | NZ | |
Peter | Davoren | QLD | Kylie | Gilmore | NZ | |
Ian | Forbes | VIC | Julie | Chemmanam | SA | |
Sandra | Lowe | NSW | Meg | Henze | WA | |
Annemarie | Hennessy | NSW | Annabelle | Lamprecht | QLD | |
Eileen | Bass | NZ | Elissa | McNamara | VIC | |
M Peter | Moore | NZ | Renee | Eslick | NSW | |
Katherine | Griffiin (Scott) | QLD | Nely Shrestha | Kharti | WA | |
Briony | Cutts | VIC | Naomi | Eastwood-Wilshere | NSW | |
May Ching | Soh | NZ | Angela | Teh | SA | |
Winnifred | Lee | QLD | Jessica | Gehlert | SA | |
Natalie | Harrison | VIC | Stephanie | Teasdale | QLD | |
Alison | Nankervis | VIC | Lucy | McBride | VIC | |
Mark | Brown | NSW | Natalie | Cromer | NSW | |
Ann-Maree | Craven | QLD | Jane | Tellam | QLD | |
Suet-Wan | Choy | VIC | Bianca | Nightingale | QLD | |
Matthew | Farrant | NZ | Ana | McCarthy | SA | |
Eddy Ronald | Fischer | NSW | Michelle | Bardin | VIC | |
Christine | Houlihan | VIC | Lee Keng | Tan | SA | |
Ruth | Hughes | NZ | Michelle | Cole | QLD | |
Irena | Idel | VIC | ||||
Elizabeth | Jarvis | QLD | ||||
Shantha | Joseph | SA | ||||
Vicki | Levidiotis | VIC | ||||
Nicole | McGrath | NZ | ||||
Lawrence | McMahon | VIC | ||||
Nirjhar | Nandi | QLD | ||||
Parul | Nigam | QLD | ||||
Cynthia | Ong | QLD | ||||
Katherine | Paizis | VIC |
From 2017 – 2019 SOMANZ issued the Obstetric Medicine Certificate to eligible physicians in recognition of contributions to work, education and research in obstetric medicine, and training in obstetric medicine undertaken prior to 2013. As with the issuing of the Certificate to an Advanced Trainee or Post Fellowship trainee, the issuing of the Obstetric Medicine Certificate to a physician is recognition by SOMANZ of the physician’s contributions to obstetric medicine and is not a separate qualification recognised by RACP, AHPRA or MCNZ. This is still a significant accomplishment for SOMANZ in its aim to enhance the role of obstetric medicine in Australia and New Zealand.
Since the closure of the grandparenting mechanism in 2019, we have received many requests for SOMANZ to have a pathway by which we recognise prior training and competency in Obstetric Medicine. We are pleased to advise you that the SOMANZ Executive Council and training committee have developed the Post-Fellowship Recognition in Obstetric Medicine pathway which will be open for applications after the 8th October 2023. Post-Fellowship Recognition in Obstetric Medicine is the process by which RACP Fellows (Divisions, Faculties or Chapters) or those with equivalent qualifications can apply to SOMANZ for Obstetric Medicine Certification and subsequent recognition by SOMANZ as an Obstetric Physician. When you apply for post-Fellowship recognition in Obstetric Medicine, the SOMANZ Council will assess whether your competence, knowledge, skills and experience are at or above the level expected of someone who has completed the relevant requirements for the SOMANZ Certificate. SOMANZ will issue the Obstetric Medicine Certification if sufficient points are met from specific criteria. Post-Fellowship Recognition in Obstetric Medicine is not designed to replace post-Fellowship training in Obstetric Medicine. Post-Fellowship training is the standard pathway available to Fellows who wish to be recognised in Obstetric Medicine in addition to their other fellowship/s. Post-Fellowship training is prospectively approved and supervised in accordance with the requirements for training in Obstetric Medicine.
SOMANZ Post-Fellowship recognition in Obstetric Medicine Policy
SOMANZ Post-Fellowship recognition in Obstetric Medicine Application Form and Guide
SOMANZ Post-Fellowship recognition in Obstetric Medicine Referee Report Form
A list of the current SOMANZ members who have been awarded the SOMANZ Obstetric Medicine Certificate either through the grandparenting process or through completing the appropriate supervised training are posted here. This list will be updated as further trainees are awarded.
Amanda
Renal Physician
Amanda
Angela
NSW
Annemarie
NSW
Eddy
NSW
Franziska
NSW
George
NSW
Jane
NSW
Mark A
NSW
Naomi
NSW - Haematologist and Obstetric Physician
Natalie
ACT
Renee
NSW
Sandra
Adam
Ann-Maree
Gold Coast University Hospital, Queensland
Annabelle
QLD
Bianca
QLD
Cynthia
QLD
David
QLD
Elise Louisa
QLD
Elizabeth
QLD
Eugene
QLD
Fiona
NSW
Helen
QLD
Helen Louise
QLD
Jane
QLD
Janelle Cherie
Toowoomba QLD
Jason
QLD
Josephine Gwyneth
QLD
Karin
QLD
Katherine
QLD
Katherine Adele
QLD
Kunwarjit Singh
QLD
Leonie Kaye
QLD
Madeline
QLD
Michelle
QLD
Narelle D.
QLD
Nirjhar
QLD
Parul
QLD
Penny
QLD
QLD
Rebekah Elizabeth
QLD
Sophie
QLD
Stephanie
QLD
Vasant
QLD
Vernon James
QLD
Winnifred
SA
Ana
Angela
SA
Erin
SA
Jessica
SA
Julie
SA
Lee Keng
SA
Mark R
SA
Shalini
SA
Shantha
SA
William S
Endocrinologist
Alison
Amy Ashton
VIC
Anuradha
VIC
Briony Ann
VIC
Christine Maree
VIC
David
VIC
Elly
VIC
Ian
VIC
Irena
VIC
John
VIC
Kathy
VIC
Lawrence
VIC
Lucy
VIC
Michele
VIC
Natalie
VIC
Paul J
VIC
Sarah
VIC
Suet-Wan
VIC
Thomas Ray
VIC
Vicki
WA
Dorothy
WA
Meg
WA
Nely
NZ
Bronwyn
NZ
Carl
NZ
Catherine
Claire
NZ
David
NZ
Denise
NZ
Eileen
NZ
Ian
NZ
Kingsley
NZ
Lucille
Obstetric Physician and Rheumatologist based at Middlemore Hospital
May Ching
NZ
Nicole
NZ
Ray
NZ
Ruth
NZ
Stephanie