Dr Austin Curtin AM

Austin has served on the Board of St Vincent’s Hospital Lismore since 1992 and on the Board of the Northern NSW Local Health District from 2011 to 2012.   He was the inaugural Chair of the NSW Institute of Rural Clinical Services and Teaching (now, absorbed into the NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation and The Health Education and Training Institute.)

Austin grew up and was educated in Sydney. He represented NSW in the sport of rowing, both nationally and internationally, and has a University Blue in Boat. He trained in Surgery in Sydney and in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He has been in practice as a surgeon on the North Coast since 1985.  He has been in full time surgical practice with appointments to Lismore Base Hospital, St Vincent’s Hospital and Casino Hospital.

He was the supervisor of surgical training in Lismore from 1995 to 2001. He has also been involved with teaching medical students in Lismore since 1995 and was appointed Sub-Dean (Lismore) of the Northern Clinical School, University of Sydney in 2001. He is currently attached to The University Centre for Rural Health in Lismore.

Austin has served on the Board of St Vincent’s Hospital Lismore since 1992 and on the Board of the Northern NSW Local Health District from 2011 to 2012.   He was the inaugural Chair of the NSW Institute of Rural Clinical Services and Teaching (now, absorbed into the NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation and The Health Education and Training Institute.)