Susan Neuhaus
Susan Josephine Neuhaus AM CSC FRACS (née Evans[1]) is an Australian general surgeon and surgical oncologist with specialty interests in melanoma and sarcoma surgery.[2] Neuhaus was one of three finalists for the South Australian nomination for Australian of the Year in 2012.[3]
Susan Neuhaus | |
|---|---|
| Born | Susan Josephine Evans |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Occupation | surgical oncologist |
| Notable work | Not for Glory: A Century of Service by Medical Women to the Australian Army and its Allies with Sharon Mascall-Dare |
| Alma mater | University of Adelaide |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | oncology – melanoma and sarcoma |
| Thesis | Tumour metastasis and dissemination during laparoscopic surgery (2000) |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
| Service/ | Army, Army Reserve |
| Years of service | 1990–2010 |
| Rank | Colonel |
| Awards | Conspicuous Service Cross |
Education
Neuhaus graduated with MB, BS in 1989 from the University of Adelaide. She completed her PhD in 2000 also at the University of Adelaide, in the mechanisms of the spread of cancer.[3]
Career
Military
Neuhaus served in both the Australian Army and Australian Army Reserve. Her operational experience included postings to Cambodia, Bougainville and Afghanistan[4] She was the first female doctor to be posted overseas from Australia as regimental medical officer in 1993 when she spent 9 months with the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia followed four years later by several months with the Peace Monitoring Group in Bougainville as an officer in the Army Reserve.[5] She later served as Clinical Director of the multinational NATO hospital in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan in 2009.[3] She retired from the Army in 2010 with the rank of colonel.
After retirement from military service
Since retiring from military service in 2010, Dr Neuhaus has researched and written extensively on women in the Australian Defence Force, from the experiences of mothers on deployment, to the female military surgeons of World War I and the health needs of servicewomen and female veterans.[6] As Associate Professor Conflict Medicine, Susan leads a developing national research collaborative approach investigating the gender specific effects of military service and deployment. This included the landmark study: Mothers in the Middle East Area of Operations (MEAO) -The health impacts of maternal deployment.[7] In 2018, Colonel Neuhaus (Ret) became the first woman to deliver the ANZAC Day Australian War Memorial dawn service address.[6]
Medical career
She was admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons in 2003.[4] She received the Lumley Surgical Scholarship in 2004 and worked in the Melanoma and Sarcoma Unit at Royal Marsden Hospital in London.[3]
In 2016, Neuhaus is a staff specialist in Surgical Oncology at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Adelaide. Her publications include work on medical ethics and surgery in war zones, as well as the spread and treatment of cancer.[8]
Awards and honours
- Conspicuous Service Cross in the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours for "outstanding achievement in the provision of medical support as the Commanding Officer of the 3rd Health Support Battalion."[9]
- Finalist for the South Australian nomination for Australian of the Year in 2012.
References
- Neuhaus & Mascall-Dare 2014, p. 175.
- "Dr Susan Neuhaus". Australian Medical Association. 4 April 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- "Susan Neuhaus". Australian of the Year. Archived from the original on 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- "Susan Neuhaus – Associate Professor of Surgery, University of Adelaide". The Conversation. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- Candy Gibson (Winter 2011). "A cut above the average surgeon". Lumen - The University of Adelaide Magazine. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- Baker, Emily (25 April 2018). "First woman to speak at ACT dawn service to highlight role of women". Canberra Times. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- "Graeme Shirtley Oration – Dr Susan Neuhaus CSC – AMMA 2017".
- "Breast Endocrine & Surgical Oncology Clinical Associate Professor Susan Neuhaus, CSC". Royal Adelaide Hospital. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- "NEUHAUS, Susan Josephine". It's an Honour. Government of Australia. 8 June 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
Bibliography
- Neuhaus, Susan; Mascall-Dare, Sharon (2014). Not for Glory: A Century of Service by Medical Women to the Australian Army and its Allies. Salisbury, Queensland: Boolarong Press. ISBN 9781925046663.