Professor Marion Saville AM

Professor Marion Saville is a New Zealand medical graduate who trained in Anatomic Pathology at Northwestern University in Chicago. She went on to complete a fellowship in Cytopathology at East Carolina University and a research fellowship at Georgetown University, focussing on HPV. She has held the position of Executive Director of the Australian Centre for the Prevention of Cervical Cancer since 2000. Marion has served on cervical screening advisory committees in Australia, New Zealand and Ontario. She currently chairs the working group to review Australia’s Guidelines for the management of screen-detected abnormalities in the National Cervical Screening Program. Marion is interested in how culturally safe screening can meet the needs of disadvantaged groups who have poorer cancer outcomes, in Australia and New Zealand. She has also focused on research and implementation projects demonstrating that it is possible to deliver high quality, acceptable cervical screening in a range of resource poor settings, collaborating with investigators in Malaysia, leading to the establishment of the ROSE Foundation. On behalf of the C4 Centre for Research Excellence, Marion is also jointly leading a major new initiative on cervical cancer elimination in the Western Pacific supported by a landmark $8.1 million investment from the Minderoo Foundation. This investment will join forces with the Asia Development Bank, industry biotechnology partner Cepheid, and the Frazer Family Foundation, with in-kind contributions from the governments of PNG and Vanuatu, to provide almost $30 million for the program in Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. Marion was appointed as a member (AM) of the Order of Australia on Australia Day 2020 for her significant service to women’s health through cervical screening initiatives.

Dr Fong Seen Koh

Dr Fong Seen Koh graduated with an MBBS from The University of Adelaide and obtained her FRCPA in 2019. She was trained in Anatomical Pathology predominantly at The Wollongong Hospital. She is passionate with medical student education and has been involved as a Clinical Examiner and Lecturer at the Post Graduate Medical Program, The University of Wollongong. She worked in various public hospitals and private laboratories with experiences in gynaecological and non-gynaecological cytology, and surgical pathology.

Reshma Pujari

Reshma Pujari is an anatomical pathologist who commenced her first specialist role at VCS Pathology in January 2023. Graduating with her MBBS from the University of Queensland in 2012, Reshma went on to complete her internship and residency across hospitals in New Zealand and Queensland, Australia. She attained her Postgraduate Diploma in Obstetrics and Medical Gynaecology from the University of Auckland in 2014. She completed her training in anatomical pathology and cytopathology with rotations across New South Wales (Orange Base Hospital and Nepean Hospital) and Victoria (Royal Women’s Hospital, Royal Children’s Hospital, Australian Clinical Labs Geelong and Austin Hospital), obtaining fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia in 2021. Reshma went on to complete a fellowship year at Austin Hospital in 2022, focusing on gynaecologic pathology.

Dr Prudence Russell

Dr Prudence Russell has been a pathologist for over 20 years working mostly in the public system, first at the Alfred Hospital then at St Vincent’s Hospital, and more recently in private pathology. Prue was a Fellow at the VCS in 2001 and it was during that time that she developed an interest in cytopathology. She has remained actively involved in reporting both gynae and non-gynae cytology specimens following her first time at the VCS, attending work-shops and conferences in Australia and overseas to further her knowledge. Whilst at St Vincent’s, Prue was also involved in research and teaching, which she plans to continue to be involved with whilst working as a diagnostic pathologist at the VCS.

Dr Yi Qiu Sun

Dr Yi Qiu Sun completed her medical degree from the University of Melbourne and a Postgraduate Diploma in Surgical Anatomy from Monash University prior to gaining comprehensive clinical experiences in major public hospitals in Melbourne and regional Victoria. She completed her training in anatomical pathology and cytopathology, gathering experience from major centres in Sydney (Westmead Hospital, Liverpool Hospital and Prince of Wales Hospital) and in Melbourne (Royal Women’s Hospital, Royal Melbourne Hospital and Royal Children’s Hospital), with a fellowship year in St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and a Certificate in Molecular Pathology from the Virginia Commonwealth University. She is a senior lecturer at the University of Melbourne and founded the Apollo Health Music Society in 2002 to encourage health science students to engage the community in promoting health through music.

Dr Karen Talia

Dr Karen Talia is an anatomical pathologist with expertise in gynaecological pathology and cytopathology. She completed a Fellowship in Cytopathology at VCS in 2002 and has subsequently worked in public teaching hospitals in Melbourne, with current appointments at The Royal Women’s Hospital and ACPCC. She is actively involved in teaching and mentoring trainees and collaborates in research with local and international pathologists. Her research interests include cervical and vaginal epithelial neoplasia, and she has published on this topic in international peer-reviewed journals. Dr Talia served on the expert committee for the International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting (ICCR), contributing to the 4th edition of the cervical cancer dataset and is co-lead author for the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (RCPA) Structured Pathology Reporting of Cancer Project, revising datasets for cervical and endometrial cancer. Dr Talia has served as the State Councillor for the Australian Society of Cytology and is a current member of the ISGyP LiVE Working Group, co-moderating Australian episodes of the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists live online Journal Club. She is a board member of the Australian and New Zealand Vulvovaginal Society (ANZVS) and serves as an Associate Editor for the journal Pathology.

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