Sydney University Surgical Society

04/09/2026

Are you a final-year surg keen student starting to think about your next big hurdle - The GSSE?

Not sure where to start?

Don’t rely on Reddit for your advice, come along to GSSE 101 Webinar - Your Headstart to GSSE Prep, a collaboration with SUSS & UNSW Surg Soc.

We’ll be covering
- Exam overview
- Pros/Cons of different sitting times
- How to build a study plan
- Pitfalls that contribute to the ~41% fail rate
- Practically work through various study approaches

The session is led by Dr Yusuf Hassan, a General Surgical Registrar + Founder of GSSE Roadmap who has been through the overwhelm, the false starts, and the trial-and-error of figuring out what actually works.

SUSS/UNSW Surg Soc attendees will be provided an exclusive medical student offer to full GSSE Roadmap access to maximise your chances of passing first-time!

📅 Event details: Online, Wednesday September 9th 7:00-8:30pm AEST. Session link will be available upon registration

🎯 Who it’s for: Primarily final year medical students - however all are welcome!

💡 What you’ll get: Honest advice — the kind you’d hear post–paper rounds — on how to tackle the dreaded GSSE with clarity and confidence

Sign-up link: https://platform.gsseroadmap.com.au/ #/webinar-signup
(Make sure to select SUSS or UNSW Surg Soc )

04/09/2026

Are you a final-year surg keen student starting to think about your next big hurdle - The GSSE?

Not sure where to start?

Don’t rely on Reddit for your advice, come along to GSSE 101 Webinar - Your Headstart to GSSE Prep, a collaboration with SUSS & UNSW Surg Soc.

We’ll be covering
- Exam overview
- Pros/Cons of different sitting times
- How to build a study plan
- Pitfalls that contribute to the ~41% fail rate
- Practically work through various study approaches

The session is led by Dr Yusuf Hassan, a General Surgical Registrar + Founder of GSSE Roadmap who has been through the overwhelm, the false starts, and the trial-and-error of figuring out what actually works.

SUSS/UNSW Surg Soc attendees will be provided an exclusive medical student offer to full GSSE Roadmap access to maximise your chances of passing first-time!

📅 Event details: Online, Wednesday September 9th 7:00-8:30pm AEST. Session link will be available upon registration

🎯 Who it’s for: Primarily final year medical students - however all are welcome!

💡 What you’ll get: Honest advice — the kind you’d hear post–paper rounds — on how to tackle the dreaded GSSE with clarity and confidence

Sign-up link: https://platform.gsseroadmap.com.au/ #/webinar-signup
(Make sure you select SUSS or UNSW Surg Soc )

14/08/2026

🚨 NSW Surgical State Hub 2026 – Registrations Open! 🚨

Are you a penultimate or final-year medical student with an interest in surgery?

Join us for the NSW Surgical State Hub, hosted by the Australasian Student Surgical Association (ASSA), for a full day of hands-on surgical skills, interactive workshops, and networking with surgeons from across NSW.

📅 Date: Saturday, 29 August 2026
🕗 Time: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
📍 Location: Macquarie University

🩺 Hands-on skills stations across multiple surgical specialties
🤖 Experience cutting-edge surgical technology
👨‍⚕️ Learn from surgical trainees and consultants
🤝 Network with surgeons and students from medical schools across NSW

Places are limited, so register early to avoid missing out.

We can’t wait to see you there!

https://campus.hellorubric.com/?eid=72343

11/08/2026

Thanks to all who attended and helped out at the Westmead Clinical School suturing workshops held by our rep Charlotte Alexander! We hope you all enjoyed learning and had a great time at the workshop ☺️

10/08/2026

Great to see so many come to SurgSoc’s annual ‘The Unforgettable Case’! 🌟

This year, we were delighted to have A/Prof Damian Marucci, Sydney based Plastic, Reconstructive & Craniofacial surgeon share his most memorable and challenging cases of his surgical career, followed by Q&A in all things surgical with A/Prof Marucci and Dr Daniel Wang, final-year plastics registrar.

Thank you to our lovely attendees and speakers for coming! 😊

09/07/2026

✨Calling all Women in Surgery! 👩‍⚕️✨

EMPoWER: “Empowering and Motivating Pre-SET Women in surgERy” is officially BACK for 2026 in collaboration with Sydney University Surgical Society (SUSS) and Australian National University Surgical Society (ANUSS).

Ever wondered what really goes on behind the scenes in the lives of female leaders in surgical fields? Curious to hear more about the highs, the setbacks and everything about them? Got questions you’ve always wanted to ask but never had the chance to? Now’s your time 🫵 No gatekeeping, no silly questions, just come along and fire your questions 🔥

Register your interest now to receive the link and stay updated with EMPoWER 2026 !!

https://forms.gle/qiUNWjVTDxCJBzPL6

🗓️ Saturday 18th of July
⏰ 10:00 AM AEST
💻 Event on Zoom

Can’t wait to see you there 🎉 Be there or be ⬛

08/07/2026

✨ MOA x SUSS Research Night 2026 🔬✨

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our first-ever collaborative MOA x SUSS Research Night, hosted at Northern Clinical School!

We hope you enjoyed an evening of insightful discussion, practical career advice, and honest conversations about research and its role in both surgical and physician medical training. Thank you to the wonderful doctors who shared their experiences and pearls of wisdom.

A massive thank you to Prof. Margaret Schniztler (Head of Northern Clinical School) for graciously supporting us in this event, and to Wootack Hong (Research Officer) and Olivia Loukas (ICT Officer) for your huge efforts in organising the event, making sure the night ran smoothly, and for being such wonderful hosts!

We’ll see you at our next event!

02/07/2026

Surgical Grand Rounds – International Invited Speaker

We’ve got a huge HPB event coming up at Royal North Shore Hospital.

Professor Goro Honda from Tokyo Women’s Medical University – a pioneer of the Glissonean approach and minimally invasive liver surgery – will be giving a Grand Rounds on how to turn detailed liver anatomy into safe, reproducible hepatectomy.

Topic
The Glissonean Approach for Hepatectomy
Converting anatomical mastery into safe, reproducible technique.

Date: Monday 27 July 2026
Time: 5:00 pm (AEST)
Venue: Kolling Auditorium, Level 5, Kolling Building, Royal North Shore Hospital
Format: In person, with live online stream (Teams link after registration)

Who’s it for?

Medical students interested in surgery or HPB

Junior doctors, registrars, fellows

Anyone keen on laparoscopic and robotic liver surgery

It’s open to people within and outside NSLHD. To register, just scan the QR code on the flyer (Google Form)

29/06/2026

And that’s a wrap on Mixer Night!

We hope you all enjoyed our biggest and best Mixer - a night where aspiring surgeons met inspiring surgeons.

An enormous thank you to our inquisitive attendees, our generous speakers and our hard-working executives who all ensured that the night ran smoothly. A particular thanks to our keynote speaker A/Prof Anthony Glover.

As a final note, we would appreciate if you could please fill out the below survey to participate in Prof Glover’s research project on ‘Factors impacting surgical subspecialty preference’.

https://redcap.sydney.edu.au/surveys/?s=4PL43NRRMNHPYYXK

Thanks again, and stay tuned for our next event!

22/06/2026

The Friends of the Library presents: The Hodgkinsons' Gifts event

Book your spot here: https://usyd.libcal.com/calendar/library/hodgkinsons-gifts

The Friends of the Library warmly invite you to a special talk, 'The Hodgkinsons' Gifts: a collection of medical works and surgical items', celebrating the extraordinary generosity of Darryl Hodgkinson and Katherine Hassler-Hodgkinson to our Library. The Hodgkinsons will share the remarkable story behind a collection built over decades, exploring how their gifts of over 140 rare and significant books to Rare Books and Special Collections have enriched scholarship and research across generations. Among the highlights on display will be Vesalius' De Humani Corporis Fabrica, pivotal in understanding human anatomy; the first edition of French military surgeon Ambroise Paré's collected works, which revolutionised surgery; Tagliacozzi's De Curtorum Chirurgia per Insitionem, innovating the technique of skin grafting; and Carpue's 1816 account of successful operations for reconstructing a lost nose. ______
🗓️ Wednesday, 24 June ⏰ 5:30 – 7 pm
📍 Fisher Seminar Room (218), level 2, Fisher Library
🔗 Register here: https://usyd.libcal.com/calendar/library/hodgkinsons-gifts
Registration for this event is free and open to all. Light refreshments will be provided. Please note that this event may be photographed.

The Friends of the Library warmly invite you to a special talk, 'The Hodgkinsons' Gifts: A collection of medical works and surgical items', celebrating the extraordinary generosity...