Associate Professor Kerin Fielding was the first female Orthopaedic Surgeon in NSW and has established a successful career in rural specialist surgery over the past 30 years working at the Wagga Wagga Base Hospital and Calvary Healthcare Riverina. Kerin has special interests in surgery of the Hip, Knee, Spine, and Trauma. She has led the Rural Health Equity Strategy at Royal Australasian College of Surgeons from 2020. Associate Professor Kerin Fielding was the first female Orthopaedic Surgeon in NSW and has established a successful career in rural specialist surgery over the past 30 years working at the Wagga Wagga Base Hospital and Calvary Healthcare Riverina. Kerin has special interests in surgery of the Hip, Knee, Spine, and Trauma. She has led the Rural Health Equity Strategy at Royal Australasian College of Surgeons from 2020. Associate Professor Fielding is the Clinical Lead for specialty surgery Notre Dame University, Wagga Wagga Campus. She is also a senior course director of the Early Management of Severe Trauma course for the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) and serves on the National EMST committee (RACS). Associate Professor Fielding is a strong advocate for improvements in rural health care. She has campaigned for better treatment of osteoporosis, chairing the working party for the establishment of an Osteoporosis Liaison service (Greater Southern Area Health Service). She has been a member of the National Scientific Committee of Osteoporosis Australia and is on the executive of the National Hip Fracture Registry. Associate Professor Fielding was the Chair of Prevocational Surgery training for the Health Education and Training Institute of NSW Health for two decades ending in 2023. In 2015, Associate Professor Fielding was elected to the Council of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and has been re-elected twice. In 2023 she was elected by Council to the role of President. She chairs and is involved in multiple committees at national level to collaborate for improved health outcomes throughout Australia and Aotearoa, New Zealand.