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The Surgical Student Society of Melbourne is an organisation led by medical students from The University of Melbourne Medical School. As a subdivision representing the Northern Clinical School, we are passionate about fostering our medical students' interest in surgery. Whether it is through educational lectures, skill-based workshops or research opportunities, we aim to provide an exciting program that cultivates interest in the different surgical specialities and establish professional networks with surgeons and surgical societies.

27/03/2026

Thank you everyone for coming to our very first event of the year‼️
We hope you all enjoyed our suturing workshop and went home with strong suturing skills🪡
A HUGE THANKS to Stephen, Matt, Win, and Patrick who came even in this rainy weather to teach us how to suture like a surgeon🏆Truly learning from the best🙂‍↕️

Get excited for more events to come!
See you guys next time🫵

16/03/2026

Hello Northerners‼️

We are pleased to announce our first workshop of the year😆 Join us on Thursday before the Easter break to learn and practice suturing skills🪡 Our Northern surgical registrars will be walking us through basic techniques!

Feeling hungry after a long day at placement? Come grab some pizza 🍕 and meet your peers too!

📆 Thursday, 26th Mar | 3-5:30 PM
📍Tute Room 10, NCHER

Sign up to grab your spot!
https://forms.gle/LU9K9jAtYy2bpZvJ9

See you there🫵

08/03/2026

‼️NORTHERN SSSM IS RECRUITING‼️👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️🧑‍⚕️

Hello Northerners! Hope everyone’s enjoying the long weekend🥰

Interested in developing your surgical skills, exploring career pathways, and connecting with other Northerners across different year levels?

We are excited to announce that applications are now open for the Surgical Students’ Society of Melbourne - Northern Health (SSSM-NH) Subcommittee 2026. Northern SSSM hosts various hands-on workshops including suturing and plastering, mentorship opportunities, and educational events such as careers night.

We would love for you to join the team and help deliver engaging workshops and events for the Northern cohort 🫂

Full position descriptions can be found via the link below and on our bio:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/10tcyNtCf2B7PFpD8XqBOZR2UUfPgW8aH/view?usp=sharing

📅Applications close at 11:59PM, Thursday 12th March
📝Send your applications to northern.sssm@gmail.com

Looking forward to hearing from you! 🫵

16/09/2025

✨Join us on Thursday, 2nd of October to sharpen your surgical skills and impress your future rotation teams and consultants!

Northern & Western Health proudly present the Advanced Surgical Skills Development Day, a hands-on event designed to prepare you early for your surgical career.

You will receive an official certificate upon completion, plus access to an online course you can revisit🤓

⚡️Spots are limited so get your tickets NOW🚨‼️

See you there🫵🧑‍⚕️👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️

12/09/2025

📣 CASH PRIZE ANNOUNCED for AI in Surgery Poster Competition!

1st prize: $500
2nd prize: $300
3rd prize: $200

If you are still on the fence about coming to watch, how about getting off of that fence 🫵 🤪 And come along, support the participants, and be inspired by their innovative work 🤝

If you need some more incentive, how about some FREE FOOD 🥘🍲🍕🤩
👉 Fill in the attendee registration form here: https://forms.gle/8PVjzheuV4eD7hyp8

11/09/2025

🎉That’s a wrap on our first Surgical Careers Night🎉

A huge thank you to all the amazing surgeons who spared their time to deliver such inspiring talks!🙏
We’d also like to extend our deepest gratitude to Avant for their generous sponsorship, without whom this event wouldn’t have been possible.

Thank you to everyone who attended and made the event such a success! We hope you walked away with new insights, goals, and inspiration for your dream career in surgery🧑‍⚕️👩‍⚕️

If you missed out this time, don’t worry! There are more exciting events and workshops coming your way, brought to you by Northern SSSM.🙂‍↕️

Follow us to stay updated‼️

10/09/2025

You asked, we delivered🥳
Not to gloat but we won 🤪 now who wants to be on the winning team for the laparoscopic competition next year⁉️

06/09/2025

We are proud to announce Avant as the sponsor for our event!

If you still haven't signed up yet, now is our final call:
👉 Claim Your Free Ticket Here: https://events.humanitix.com/surgical-careers-night
(Or click the link in our bio to secure your spot!)

Free food? Networking opportunity? Potential research? Say less, come join us!
📍 Latham, Lowe and Medley Theatres, Redmond Barry Building, Parkville Campus, University of Melbourne
📅 Tue 9th Sep
⏰ 5:30-9 pm
🕺 open to MD students of all year levels, clinical school and uni

03/09/2025

FEW REMAINING FREE TICKETS (limited spots)

If you are a current Unimelb MD student:
👉 Claim Your Free Ticket Here: https://events.humanitix.com/surgical-careers-night
(Or click the link in our bio to secure your spot!)

If you are new to us, we have the amazing lineup of NINE surgeons from NINE surgical specialties where they will shed light on the training pathway and lifestyle of their specialty. AND maybe even some potential research opportunities 🤩

There will be 3 sessions on the night, with each specialist’s talk hosted concurrently in separate rooms (MDSC symposia style iykyk):
⭕️ Session 1 (6-7 pm): Prof Kate Drummond from neurosurgery, Dr Krinal Mori from general surgery, Dr Keith Choong from ENT;
⭕️ Session 2 (7-8 pm): Prof Peter Choong from orthopaedics, Dr Alison Bryant-Smith/Dr Ekaterina Jovic from obs and gyn, and Dr Dan Wilks from plastics;
⭕️ Session 3 (8-9 pm): Prof Justin Yeung from colorectal, Dr Bernard Allard from vascular and Dr Edward Burato of paediatric cardiothoracic surgery

If you are looking to network with some of the greatest of their field, this is the event you DON‘T wanna miss out on!
📍 Latham, Lowe and Medley Theatres, Redmond Barry Building, Parkville Campus, University of Melbourne
📅 Tue 9th Sep
⏰ 5:30-9 pm
🕺 open to MD students of all year levels, clinical school and uni

It will be a FIRST COME FIRST SERVED basis, so if you are particularly keen on a specialty, come in early to make sure you get your spot! We will unfortunately have to turn away people when the room is at capacity 😫 AND there WILL be catering on the night, served between session 2 and session 3.

What are you waiting for? Come join us 😜

31/08/2025

Thank you to those who came to our Burns & Wounds Management workshop!!🩹🩹❤️‍🔥

Hope you enjoyed the hands-on experience and learned lots of useful information for the future‼️Looking forward to see you guys again at our upcoming events😁

21/08/2025

📸 Laparoscopic simulation workshop - 19/08/2025

Happy gaming! Thank you to everyone who came. We hope you enjoyed the session! Looking forward to seeing more of you at our next event🤩

21/08/2025

UPDATE: FREE TICKETS (limited spots) NOW RELEASED

Hey guys, AMAZING NEWS, SSSM is now releasing FREE tickets (limited spots) for the Surgical Careers Night to everyone!

If you are NOT a current Unimelb MD student:
👉 Register Your Attendance Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc6NtK0eBE4bRL55_EZeUt096PL6Aj34yRNNykjB5IwesVXIw/viewform?fbclid=IwY2xjawMYvblleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHjke21JgOLmdvbuenkWF-gc49xIlD2l7ulLW8AO5XJGoFhbNT6H02nNZsqyG_aem_AE-WlrKWTXFmlEeufclgKg

If you are a current Unimelb MD student:
👉 Claim Your Free Ticket Here: https://events.humanitix.com/surgical-careers-night

If you are new to us, we have the amazing lineup of NINE surgeons from NINE surgical specialties where they will shed light on the training pathway and lifestyle of their specialty. AND maybe even some potential research opportunities 🤩

There will be 3 sessions on the night, with each specialist's talk hosted concurrently in separate rooms (MDSC symposia style iykyk):
⭕️ Session 1 (6-7 pm): Prof Kate Drummond from neurosurgery, Dr Krinal Mori from general surgery, Dr Keith Choong from ENT;
⭕️ Session 2 (7-8 pm): Prof Peter Choong from orthopaedics, Dr Alison Bryant-Smith/Dr Ekaterina Jovic from obs and gyn, and Dr Dan Wilks from plastics;
⭕️ Session 3 (8-9 pm): Prof Justin Yeung from colorectal, Dr Bernard Allard from vascular and Dr Edward Burato of paediatric cardiothoracic surgery

If you are looking to network with some of the greatest of their field, this is the event you DON'T wanna miss out on!
📍 Latham, Lowe and Medley Theatres, Redmond Barry Building, Parkville Campus, University of Melbourne
📅 Tue 9th Sep
⏰ 5:30-9 pm
🕺 open to MD students of all year levels, clinical school and uni

It will be a FIRST COME FIRST SERVED basis, so if you are particularly keen on a specialty, come in early to make sure you get your spot! We will unfortunately have to turn away people when the room is at capacity 😫 AND there WILL be catering on the night, served between session 2 and session 3.

All in all, this is a great event for those of you who are even a little bit curious of what a surgeon does. So get ready and bring all your burning questions and maybe a couple of friends😜

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