Practicing as a Specialist Doctor in Malta
No person shall practice or hold out himself to be a specialist doctor unless his/her name is entered in the respective specialist register kept for registration of specialist doctors by the Medical Council. Registration as a specialist by the Medical Council is subject to a positive evaluation and recommendation by the Medical Specialist Accreditation Committee.
Law
Chairperson
Prof. Stephen Fava MD, MRCP(UK), FACP, FEFIM, FRCP(Lond), MPhil(Melit), PhD(Exeter)
Members
REPRESENTING SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Prof. Anton Grech MD, PhD(Maas), MSc(Psych)(Lond), FRCPsych(UK)
FACULTY OF MEDICINE & SURGERY (UNIVERSITY OF MALTA)
REPRESENTATIVE: Mr. Mark Schembri MD, LRCP, LRCS, LRCPS, FRCS
SUBSTITUTE: Prof. Josanne Vassallo MD(Malta), MSc(Lond), Dr med(Munster), MRCP(UK), FRCP(Lond), FACP,
FACE, PhD
MEDICAL COUNCIL
REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Daniel Farrugia MD (Malta), DEAA, EDIC
SUBSTITUTE: Dr. Doriella Camilleri MD, MRCP (UK), MSc Family Medicine, MRCP Geriatrics, MA Ageing and Dementia Studies, SCE Acute Medicine
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF MALTA
REPRESENTATIVE; Prof. Stephen Fava MD, MRCP(UK), FACP, FEFIM, FRCP(Lond), M.Phil(Melit), PhD(Exeter)
SUBSTITUTE: Dr. Martin Balzan MD, MRCP(UK), FRCP(Lond), FEFIM
ASSOCIATION OF ANAESTHESIOLOGISTS OF MALTA
REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Anne Marie Camilleri Podesta' MD, EDAC, EDIC, FERC
SUBSTITUTE: Dr. Petramay Attard Cortis MD(Melit.), DESA, MMEd(Dundee)
MALTESE CARDIAC SOCIETY
REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Robert Xuereb MD, FRCP(Lond), FRCP(Edin), FESC, FACC
SUBSTITUTE: Dr. Oscar Aquilina MD, MSc, FRCP, FRCPE, FESC, FEHRA
MALTA ASSOCIATION OF DERMATOLOGY AND VENEREOLOGY
REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Lawrence Scerri MD, FRCP(Lond), FRCP(Glasg), CCST Derm (UK)
SUBSTITUTE: Dr. Susan Aquilina MD, FRCP(UK)
ASSOCIATION OF EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS OF MALTA
REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Agnes Portelli MD, MCEM (UK)
SUBSTITUTE: Dr. Anna Spiteri MD, Dip.IMC RCSEd, FRCSEd(A&E)
MALTA COLLEGE OF FAMILY DOCTORS
REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Edward Zammit MD, MMCFD, MRCGP(INT)
GERIATRIC MEDICINE SOCIETY OF MALTA
REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Mark Anthony Vassallo MD, FRCP(Edin), FRCP(Lond), DGM(Lond) MA(Melit) Bioethics
SUBSTITUTE: Dr. John Cordina MD, FRCP(Edin), CCT(GIM/GER)
MALTA COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS & GYNAECOLOGISTS
REPRESENTATIVE: Mr. Mark Formosa MD, FRCOG
SUBTITUTE: Ms. Katia Vella MD, MRCOG
MALTA ASSOCIATION OF OPHTHALMOLOGISTS
REPRESENTATIVE: Prof. Francis Carbonaro MD, PhD(Lond), FRCOphth, CCT(UK)
ASSOCIATION OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGEONS OF MALTA
REPRESENTATIVE: Mr. Raymond Gatt MD, LRCP, LRCPS, LRCS, FRCS(Edin), FRCS(UK)
MALTA ASSOCIATION OF OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGISTS AND HEAD AND NECK SURGEONS AND ALLIED SPECIALITIES
REPRESENTATIVE; Ms. Alison Abdilla MD, MRCS, DO-HNS, EBE, ORL-HNS, MSc Cancer Therapeutics (Lond)
SUBSTITUTE: Mr. John Cachia MD, MRCS, DO-HNS FEB ORL-HNS MSc(Aud)
MALTESE PAEDIATRIC ASSOCIATION
REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Mark Buttigieg MD, MSc (Lond), MRCPCH
SUBSTITUTE: Dr. Ruth Farrugia MD, MRCPCH, MSc, PEM (Edin)
MALTA COLLEGE OF PATHOLOGISTS
REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. David James Camilleri MD, MRCP(UK), FMCPath, FRCPath CST(UK)
SUBSTITUTE: Dr. Christopher Barbara MD, MSc(Lond), DLSHTM, FMCPath
ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS OF MALTA
MALTESE ASSOCIATION OF PSYCHIATRY
REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Rachel Taylor-East MD, MSc, MRCPsych
SUBSTITUTE: Prof. David Mamo MD, MSc (Lond), MS (UoT), FRCPC, Dip ABPN General Adult & Geriatric Psychiatry
MALTA ASSOCIATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH MEDICINE
REPRESENTATIVE: Prof. Sandra C. Buttigieg MD,
PhD (Aston), FFPH (UK), MSc , MBA, MMCFD
SUBSTITUTE: Dr. Mariella Borg Buontempo MD, MSc (Newcastle), FFPH (UK), CCST(UK)
MALTESE ASSOCIATION OF RADIOLOGISTS AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE PHYSICIANS
REPRESENTATIVE: Dr. Melvin D'Anastasi MD, Dr. med. (Munich), EDiR, Facharzt für Radiologie, Master in Oncologic Imaging (Pisa)
SUBSTITUTE: Dr. Adrian Mizzi MD, MRCP, FRCR, EDiR
ASSOCIATION OF SURGEONS OF MALTA
REPRESENTATIVE: Prof. Joseph Galea MD, LRCS, LRCPS, LRCP, FRCS
SUBSTITUTE: Mr. Gordon Caruana Dingli MD, LRCS, LRCP, LRCP&S, FRCS, FRCSRCP&S
Registrar
Ms. Gillian Mifsud Dip Public Mangt