DRIVEN BY PURPOSE, DEFINED BY GENEROSITY AND GUIDED BY A VISION FOR BETTER HEALTH
With
Adrian Cosenza, CEO
Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA) &
CEO, AOA Research Foundation & Co-CEO
Australia New Zealand College of Orthopaedic Surgeons (ANZCOS) &
Chair, Australian Ethical Health Alliance (AEHA) &
Chair, Australia and New Zealand Sarcoma Association (ANZSA)
PEOPLE IN HEALTH CARE SEGMENT
Filmed in Sydney | November 2026
Adrian Cosenza is an experienced Chief Executive Officer and seasoned director, having served in an executive capacity in three industries including medical education, technology, and banking and finance and in a director capacity on over 15 boards across five industry sectors in four country jurisdictions.
Adrian is the Chief Executive Officer and Company Secretary of the Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA), having joined AOA in July 2010 and is also the Chief Executive Officer and Company Secretary of AOA Research Foundation, chair of the Australia and New Zealand Sarcoma Association and chair of the Australian Ethical Health Alliance (AEHA). Since 2016 Adrian has served as the Australasian ambassador for the International Medical Education Leaders Forum convened by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Adrian is also the first national CEO CookOff Brand Ambassador for OzHarvest.
Over the past ten years, Adrian has led the modernisation of AOA into a vibrant and respected leader in the field of orthopaedics while also leading the establishment of Australian Ethical Health Alliance (AEHA), Australia’s consensus framework group with over 76 signatories representing over 1 million healthcare professionals and over 25m patients/consumers. Adrian was elected inaugural Chair of AEHA in 2019 and re-elected for a second term in 2023.
Adrian has three degrees, a Bachelor Commerce and Masters of Commerce from the University of New South Wales and an MBA from IMD Lausanne Switzerland. Adrian is a fellow of three professional bodies Australian Institute of Company Directors, Financial Services Institute, and CPA Australia
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Strong primary care nursing solutions for a healthier Australia
The CEO of Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA), Ken Griffin spoke with Australian Health Journal about the following:
– APNA President Karen Booth representing Primary Care Nursing in the Australian Government led Strengthening Medicare Task Force
– The current key challenges in primary care nursing
– Programs on diversity and student placement proposed in APNA’s pre-budget submission to Federal Government
– A proposed initiative called Nurse-Supported Self-Care, with broadening role primary care nursing would play in the community
– Hopes for other health priorities addressed in the Federal BudgetIn the lead up to the Australian Federal Budget in May 2023, Australian Health Journal reached out to peak health industry bodies to hear about their priorities, either noted in pre-budget submissions lodged with Federal Government in January 2023 or in recent forums such as the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce.
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WA and QLD RSV Immunisation programs show drops in infant hospitalisations
RSV is the number one cause of hospitalisation of Australian children under five years of age, according to the Immunisation Foundation of Australia (IFA). There are mounting concerns that Australians at greatest risk of severe Respiratory Syncytial Virus, or RSV will miss out on protection against the lung infection, with the Federal Government failing to commit to a national RSV immunisation program.
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Substantial increase in allied health funding for veterans through DVA
The Australian Federal 2026–27 Budget included several significant announcements relating to allied health services for veterans, largely tied to the Government’s response to recommendations from the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide.
