Rodney joined VESV, now Dying with Dignity Victoria in 1991, and served 12 years as president. Rodney Syme is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons and for many years has worked as a urological surgeon. Rodney considers himself an advocate for physician-assisted dying and has been president of Dying With Dignity Victoria for ten years. He is the author of A Good Death and Time to Die, where he extends the right to die to those who are suffering