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Medical Specialist Accreditation Committee

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
Health Care Professions Act (2003): english / malti 
 
 
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. Marc Gingell Littlejohn MD(Malta), MD(Glasgow), FEBS, FRCSEd, Dip. Lap Surg.(Strasbourg)
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. Maryanne Caruana MD(Melit.), PhD(Melit.) FRCP(Edin), FESC
SUBSTITUTE: Dr. Oscar Aquilina MD, MSc, FRCP, FRCPE, FESC, FEHRA
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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
SUBSTITUTE: 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 Cutajar 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
REPRESENTATIVE: Vacant
 
 
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  
REPRESENTATIVEProf. 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: Mr. Gordon Caruana Dingli MD, LRCS, LRCP, LRCP&S, FRCS, FRCSRCP&S​
SUBSTITUTE:  Prof. Joseph Galea MD, LRCS, LRCPS, LRCP, FRCS
 
Registrar
Ms. Gillian Mifsud Dip Public Mangt