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2021HOSPITAL WEEK
PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
AUGUST 25th 26th & 27th
2021HOSPITAL WEEK
The Westmead Association
Castaldi/Little Oration – Dr. Michael Skinner1978 - 2021
DAY 1Wednesday 25th August
09.00 - 17.00 Diabetes SymposiumChairperson: Professor Jenny Gunton
(Chair of Medicine, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital) Welcome
Mr. Graeme Loy (Chief Executive, Western Sydney Local Health District)
Pre-pregnancy management of diabetes and obesity
Professor Dharmintra Pasupathy (Chair of Feto-Maternal Medicine, Westmead Hospital)
Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Time for a paradigm shift?
Professor David Simmons (Distinguished Professor, School of Medicine | Director, Diabetes
Obesity and Metabolism Translational Research Unit, Campbelltown Hospital)
Continuous glucose monitoring: tips and tricks for
pregnancy management Dr. Suja Padmanathan
(Staff Specialist, Diabetes and Endocrinology, Westmead Hospital)
Using text messaging and activity monitors to reduce diabetes risk after gestational diabetes
Professor Wah Cheung (Head of Department, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Westmead Hospital)
Tips and tricks for managing diabetes
(diet will be discussed at 4.30pm) Ms. Lauren Stonehill
(CDE, Westmead Hospital)
Pancreas Transplant – When “No” becomes “Yes” Ms. Fifi Hazzouri
(Pancreas Transplant Recipient)
Pancreas transplantation; indications and outcomes Professor Henry Pleass
(Professor of Surgery, Transplant, Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgeon, Westmead Hospital)
Xenotransplantation – What do we need for prime-time?
Professor Wayne Hawthorne (Department of Surgery, Westmead Hospital)
Glucose management options in diabetes – The old and the new
Professor Jenny Gunton
Diet and diabetes – Trends, tips and real-life Professor Vicki Flood
(Chair of Allied Health, University of Sydney, Westmead Hospital)
09.00 - 12.00 Dystonia Symposium
Chairperson: Dr. Florence Chang
Introduction and Welcome Dr. Florence Chang
(Neurologist/ Movement Disorder Specialist, Westmead Hospital)
Phenomenology of dystonia Dr. Laura Williams
(Movement Disorder Fellow, Westmead Hospital)
Genetic test yield in dystonia patients and who should be tested? Dr. Kishore Kumar
(Neurologist, Concord Hospital)
Treatment of dystonia Dr. Sophie Waller
(Movement Disorder Fellow, Westmead Hospital)
History of botulinum injection treatment at Westmead Hospital Dr. Victor Fung
(Director of Neurology and Head of Movement Disorder Unit, Westmead Hospital)
Questions from the audience
Chairperson: Dr. Victor Fung
The role of physiotherapy for dystonia Melanie Boyce
(Physiotherapist, Westmead Hospital)
Deep brain stimulation therapy for dystonia Dr. Neil Mahant
(Neurologist/Movement Disorder Specialist, Westmead Hospital)
Westmead Hospital’s research contribution for dystonia Dr. Florence Chang
Questions from the audience
09.00 - 12.30 Emergency Medicine Symposium
Chairperson: Dr. Kavita Varshney(Deputy Director, Emergency Department, Westmead Hospital)
Code Ecmo
Dr. Andrew Coggins (Staff Specialist, Emergency Department, Westmead Hospital)
CBR
Dr. Farnaz Omidi (Staff Specialist, Emergency Department, Westmead Hospital)
Code Black
Dr. Margaret Murphy (Clinical Nurse Consultant, Emergency Department, Westmead Hospital)
Dr. Joanna Koryzna (Staff Specialist, Emergency Department, Westmead Hospital)
Critical Analysis and Problem Solving of a Complex Problem
– Music Festivals Dr. Satish Mitter
(Staff Specialist, Emergency Department, Westmead Hospital)
Redevelopment – What did we learn? Dr. Kavita Varshney, Dr. Margaret Murphy
Podcast
(Registrars, Emergency Department, Westmead Hospital) Kit Rowe, Caroline Tyers, Shreyas Lyer, Samoda Mudalige
Castaldi/Little Oration Dr. Michael Skinner
13.00 - 14.00
DAY 1Wednesday 25th August
09.00 - 12.00 Haematology Symposium 14.00 - 17.00 Medication Safety Symposium
CELL THERAPIES SYMPOSIUMChairperson: Associate Professor Jenny Curnow
(Director of Clinical Haematology, WSLHD)
Blood stem cell transplant and T cells for immune reconstitution Professor David Gottlieb
(Program Director, Blood Transplant and Cell Therapies, Haematologist, WMH)
Redirecting T cells to attack tumours – How is it done? Dr. Ken Micklethwaite
(Medical Director, Blood Transplant and Cell Therapies Laboratory, Haematologist, WMH) T cells for Blood Cancer – Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cells
(a) Westmead Immune Effector Cell Service (b) CARs of today - what can we give patients now?
Associate Professor Emily Blyth (Clinical Lead Immune Effector Cell Service, Haematologist WMH)
Caring for patients undergoing CAR T therapy
Sr. Karen Maddock (Blood Transplant and Cell Therapies Nurse Practitioner, WMH)
CARs of tomorrow (the next cab off the rank)
– myeloma and other targets in late phase trials Dr. Shafqat Inam (Blood Transplant and Cell Therapies Fellow, WMH)
CARs on Campus – local research on
gene modified cell therapies
New technologies in gene modified cell therapies Professor Patrick Schlegel (Professor and Head of Cellular Cancer
Therapeutics, School of Medical Sciences, University of Sydney)
Beyond CARs – strategies to target myeloid tumours Dr. Kavi Gowrishankar (Post-doctoral Research Fellow, WIMR)
CARs for solid tumours – challenges and optimism
Dr. Rosemary Habib (Oncologist, PhD Candidate University of Sydney)
Conclusion and Questions
Chairperson: Ms. Lorraine Koller(Deputy Director of Pharmacy)
WHO Medication Safety Challenge:
Medication without harm – Where are we now?
Optimising medication review for older inpatients
Professor Sarah Hilmer (Head of Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Senior Staff
Specialist Aged Care, Royal North Shore Hospital. Conjoint Professor of Geriatric Pharmacology
The University of Sydney Northern Clinical School Faculty of Medicine and Health)
Using digital data to optimise anticoagulation
Professor Michael Barras (A/Prof, School of Pharmacy - The University of Queensland
A/Director | Pharmacy - Princess Alexandra Hospital Queensland)
Balancing the Tightrope - Managing Pain and Upholding Opioid Stewardship
Mr. Geoff Wills (Surgical Service Pharmacist, Department of Pharmacy,
Westmead Hospital)
Panel Discussion/Questions
14.00 - 17.00 Brain Injury Symposium
14.00 - 17.00 Interventional Radiology SymposiumChairperson: Dr. Luke Baker
(Senior Staff Specialist and Section Head, Interventional Radiology,Westmead Hospital)
Catheter Directed Intervention for Pulmonary Emboli and the Westmead Hospital PERT experience
Dr. Luke Baker
An Audit of microwave Ablation at Westmead Hospital for Liver Tumours Dr. Ismail Goolam
(Interventional Radiology Fellow, Westmead Hospital)
The Role of Interventional Radiology in Trauma
Dr. Jane Li (Senior Staff Specialist, Interventional Radiology, Westmead Hospital)
Dr. Rafid Al-Asady (Senior Staff Specialist, Interventional Radiology, Westmead Hospital)
Introduction of Quick Start Peritoneal Dialysis at Westmead andBlacktown Hospitals
Dr. Luke BakerDr. John Swinnen
(Vascular Access Surgeon, Westmead Hospital)
History of Interventional Radiology at Westmead HospitalDr. Kai Ping Wong
(Interventional Radiologist, Westmead Hospital)
Chairperson: Dr. Joe Gurka (Head of Department Brain Injury Rehabilitation,
Director of Rehabilitation Medicine, Westmead Hospital)
Pathophysiology and Recovery following Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Dr. Joe Gurka
Outcomes following TBI – A Client Journey
Dr. Stephanie Lam and a TBI client (Rehabilitation specialist, Westmead Hospital)
Physical Rehabilitation following TBI
A/Professor Ian Baguley (Brain Injury Research Team Leader, Westmead Hospital)
Dr. Hannah Barden (Clinical Research Officer, Westmead Hospital)
Concussion and the Adolescent Brain
Professor Gary J Browne (Staff Specialist Sports Medicine, Westmead Children’s Hospital)
Brain Injury Psychiatry Program Professor Leanne Togher
(Professor of Communication Disorders Following Traumatic Brain Injury, School of Health Sciences, University of Sydney)
Ms. Melinda Lyne (Project Manager, iCare Brain Injury Psychiatry Program)
DAY 2 Thursday 26th August
DAY 1Wednesday 25th August
14.00 - 17.00 Cystic Fibrosis Symposium 08.30 - 16.40 Dietetics Symposium
Chairpersons: Dr. Odette Erskine(Staff Specialist, CF Service, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine,
Westmead Hospital) Professor Peter Middleton
(Director, CF Service, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Westmead Hospital)
CF through the ages
Welcome and introduction
Dr. Odette Erskine
CF in the 20th Century – paediatrics Dr. Peter Cooper
(Previous Director, CF Centre, Children’s Hospital Westmead)
Transition Ms. Sharon Hunt
(Co-Director & Clinical Nurse Consultant, CF Centre, Children’s Hospital Westmead)
Adult interventions
Dr. Jimmy Chien (Senior Staff Specialist, CF Service, Dept Respiratory & Sleep Medicine,
Westmead Hospital)
Physiotherapy Ms. Raynuka Lazarus & Ms. Jenny Bishop (CF Physiotherapists, Westmead Hospital)
Dietetics
Ms. Sarah Young (CF Dietitian, Westmead Hospital)
CF in the 21st Century – the future with modulators
Professor Peter Middleton
Questions and Wrap up Dr. Odette Erskine
Practical Counselling Skills for Dietitians
Chairperson: Mr. Peter Talbot (Head, Dietetics and Nutrition, Westmead Hospital)
Practical Counselling Skills for Dietitians – Part 1
Ms. Stephanie Notaras (Dietitian, APD, Master of Social Health and Counselling,
Creator of the Dietitian Counselling Skills Program)
Practical Counselling Skills for Dietitians – Part 2 Ms. Stephanie Notaras
Medico-legal Aspects of Treating a patient with Anorexia Nervosa
Dr. Fran Wilson (Psychiatrist, Westmead Hospital)
Dietitian Counselling including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Patients with Eating Disorders Part 1
Ms. Mellisa Ashley (Clinical Dietitian, APD, Eating Disorders Treatment Service,
Westmead Hospital)
Dietitian Counselling including Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Patients with Eating Disorders Part 2
Ms. Mellisa Ashley
09.00 - 12.00 Pulmonary Embolism Response Team Symposium
Chairperson: Dr. Jimmy Chien
(Senior Staff Specialist, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Westmead Hospital)
What is a Pulmonary Embolism Response Team?
How to form one and how does it all work? Dr. Jimmy Chien
The right ventricle, and role of echocardiography
in risk stratification Professor Liza Thomas
(Clinical lead – non-invasive cardiac imaging at Westmead Hospital)Dr. Paul Geenty
(Cardiology Advanced Trainee, Westmead Hospital)
Anticoagulation in high and intermediate risk PE A/Professor Jennifer Curnow
(Head of Department, Hematology, Westmead Hospital)
Interventional radiology strategies for reperfusion therapy
Dr. Luke Baker (Interventional Radiology Staff Specialist, Westmead Hospital)
The long term challenge of diagnosing and managing chronic thromboembolic
pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) Dr. David Michail
(Clinical Lead, Pulmonary Hypertension, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Westmead Hospital)
The Westmead Pulmonary Embolism Response Team
– PERT Call simulation and case discussion.
13:00 Thursday 26th August
The Great Debate Adjudicator: Mr. Graeme Loy
Negative: David Van Der Poorten Elke Woodhouse Katherine Allsopp
Affirmative: Tony Padley Laura Brown Chameen Samarawickrama
“ NEW WAYS OF “ NEW WAYS OF WORKING – MORE THAN WORKING – MORE THAN
JUST A HOT DESK”JUST A HOT DESK”
DAY 2 Thursday 26th August
09.00 - 12.25 Psychiatry Symposium
09.00 - 12.00 Head And Neck Cancer Symposium
Supporting Patients With Cancer Chairperson: Dr. Catherine Mason
(Senior Staff Specialist, CPM Cancer Care, Westmead Hospital)
Support Groups – What can I expect? How do I find a good one? What makes for success?
Ms. Kim Hobbs (Clinical Specialist Social Worker, Departments of Social Work and
Gynecological Cancer, Westmead Hospital)
Re-entry: How clinical neuropsychology supports young people returning to work or study after cancer
Dr. Jo Fardell (Clinical Neuropsychology Registrar, Youth Cancer Service, Westmead Hospital)
Double Jeopardy:
Care of patients with cancer and severe mental illness Dr. Frances Wilson
(Senior Staff Specialist Psychiatrist, Westmead Hospital) Dr. Catherine Mason
Chairperson: Dr. Jemma Gilchrist
(Senior Clinical Psychologist, CPM Cancer Care, Westmead Hospital)
What if the cancer comes back? Fear of Recurrence and the development of unique psychological
interventions to support patients Professor Jane Turner - via zoom
(Professor of Psychiatry, University of Queensland)
Supporting our frontline staff Dr. Sally Greenaway
(Director of Supportive & Palliative Care, WSLHD) Ms. Baby Foo
(Clinical Psychology Registrar, Supportive & Palliative Care) Dr. Jemma Gilchrist
(Senior Clinical Psychologist, CPM Cancer Centre) Launch of the latest information resources for our patients
Dr. Catherine Mason
Chairperson: Dr Eva Wong(General Head & Neck Surgeon, Westmead Hospital)
Multidisciplinary Management of Patients with Head and Neck Pathology
Management of Locally advance Benign Head and Neck DiseaseProfessor Gary Morgan
(Head and Neck Surgeon, Westmead Hospital)
Empowering the individual: Education and information support in Head and neck cancer
Professor Puma Sunderesan(Radiation Oncologist, Westmead Hospital)
Robotic Surgery for Head and Neck CancerProfessor Faruque Riffat
(ENT Surgeon, Westmead Hospital)
Prosthetic Implant Reconstruction for Head and Neck Cancer Patients Professor Christine Wallace
(Staff Specialist, Oral Restorative Science, Oral Health)
Management of patients with Medication related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw (MRONJ)
Dr. Christian Girgis (Endocrinologist, Westmead Hospital)
09.00 - 12.00 Sustainability & Healthcare Symposium
14.00 - 17.00 Intensive Care Unit Symposium
Chairperson: Professor Stephen Corbett(Director, Population Health, WSLHD)
Going Green: the NHS experience
Dr. David Pencheon (Head, NHS Sustainability Unit, United Kingdom)
Sustainable Health Care in Western Sydney
Mr. Matt Sydenham (Director, Redevelopment and Infrastructure, WSLHD)
Chairperson: Dr. Mark Priestley (Head, Anaesthetics Department, Westmead Hospital)
The Co-benefits of a Sustainable Transport Strategy for WSLHD
Professor Stephen Corbett
Quantitating our Carbon Footprint in Healthcare? Dr. Arunima Malik
(University of Sydney) Chairperson: Dr. Nicky Gilroy
(Head, Infectious Diseases Department, Westmead Hospital)
A Service Approach to Tackling Sustainability Dr. Tejas Chikkerur
(Anaesthetic Registrar, Westmead Hospital) How our Trainees are Supporting Sustainability in Healthcare
Dr. Katherine Chatten (Anaesthetist, Westmead Hospital)
Chairperson: Dr. Vineet Nayyar(Interim Director of Intensive Care Services, Westmead Hospital)
Fluid Therapy And HemodynamicsStarling and Frank Starling – The physiological basis of fluid therapy
Dr. Amit Vaidya(Staff Specialist, Intensive Care Unit, Westmead Hospital)
Does albumin still have a place on a shelf in the ICU?Dr. Ben Davidson
(Staff Specialist, Intensive Care Unit, Westmead Hospital)
Do we have a balanced view of crystalloids as yet?Professor Simon Finfer
(Professor in Critical Care, The George Institute for Global Health)
Too wet or too dry – What is the optimal fluid management in the Peri-operative setting?
Dr. Kate Chatten(Staff Specialist, Anesthetics Department, Westmead Hospital)
Discussion
Why should we be interested in fluid responsiveness?Professor Xavier Monnet
(Professor in Intensive Care Medicine, Bicétre Hospital, Paris)
How do we check for fluid responsiveness in ICU?Dr. Alex Yartsev
(Staff Specialist, Intensive Care Unit, Westmead Hospital)
Advances and controversies in setting the goals of resuscitationDr. Ash Banerjee
(Senior Staff Specialist, Intensive Care Unit, Westmead Hospital)Discussion
DAY 2 Thursday 26th August
14.00 - 16.55 Gynaecologic Oncology Symposium
14.00 - 17.00 Cardiology Symposium
Gynaecologic Oncology in the 21st Century: new developments and
precision treatments Chairperson: A/Professor Alison Brand
(Director, Gynaecologic Oncology, Westmead Hospital)
Addressing inequity in cervical screening: The promise of self-collection Professor Marion Saville AM
(Executive Director, Victoria Cytology Service, Victoria) Expansion of genetic testing for ovarian cancer: Who? What? When?
Dr. Abi Ragunathan (Staff Specialist, Familial Cancer Service, Westmead Hospital)
Precision treatment: Preparing molecular testing for
“prime time” in gynaecologic cancer A/Professor Alison Brand AM
(Director, Gynaecologic Oncology, Westmead Hospital) Professor Anna De Fazio
(Sydney West Chair of Translational Cancer Research, The University of Sydney)Professor Rosemary Balleine
(Principal Research Scientist, Gynaecological Oncology Group, Westmead Institute for Medical Research)
Precision surgery vs radical surgery: evolution of surgical
treatment in Gynaecologic cancers Dr. Michael Burling
(Staff Specialist, Gynaecologic Oncology, Westmead Hospital) Dr. Leon Foster
(Fellow, Gynaecologic Oncology, Westmead Hospital)
The promise of ovarian cancer screening: UKCTOCS trial results Professor Ian Jacobs (Vice-Chancellor, UNSW)
Chairperson: A/Professor Saurabh Kumar(Staff Specialist Cardiac Electrophysiologist, Cardiology, Westmead Hospital)
The promise of curing heart diseaseIntroduction and Welcome Professor Robert Denniss
(Head of Department, Cardiology, Westmead Hospital)
Plenary Lecture: The challenge of curing heart failureProfessor Andrew Coats
(Professor of Cardiology, Director of the Monash Warwick Alliance and Academic Vice-President of the Monash and Warwick Universities; President
Elect of the Heart Failure Association of ESC)
Advanced multimodality imaging will cure heart diseaseDr CJ, Hsu
(Multi-modality Imaging Cardiologist, Blacktown, Westmead and RPA Hospitals) Primary prevention will cure heart disease
Professor Clara Chow (Academic Staff Specialist, Westmead Hospital; Academic Director, Westmead
Applied Research Centre, University of Sydney)
New Technologies are the way forward in curing heart diseaseDr. Pierre Qian
(Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist, Westmead and Blacktown Hospitals)
Genetics and genomics will cure heart diseaseA/Professor Jodie Ingles
(Head, Clinical Genomics Laboratory, Centre for Population genetics; The Garvan Institute of Medical Research & Murdoch Children’s Research Institute)
Curing heart disease with stem cells and biological therapiesA/Professor James Chong
(Head of the Cardiac Regeneration Laboratory, WIMR; Academic Staff Specialist, WH)
Curing heart disease with genetic modulationA/Professor Eddy Kizana
(Group Leader, Gene therapies, WIMR, Academic Staff Specialist, Cardiology, WH)
Questions and Answers and Closing Comments A/Professor Saurabh Kumar
08.30 - 17.00 Covid Symposium
Chairperson: Dr. Nicky Gilroy(Senior Staff Specialist, Head of Department, Infectious Diseases, WH)
Associate Professor Kristina Kairaitis(Senior Staff Specialist, Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Westmead Hospital)
EPIDEMIOLOGY
WHO report on the global outbreak -lessons learnedProfessor Dominic Dwyer
(Medical Virologist, Microbiologist and specialist Infectious Diseases, Director Pathology West Network, NSW)
The initial Australian Response to CODID-19
Professor Ramon Shaban (Associate Director, Engagement and Research, NSW Biocontainment Centre &
Department of Infection Prevention and Dept Infection Prevention & Control, Division of Infectious Diseases and Sexual Health, Westmead Hospital and WSLHD)
NSW – The public health response to COVID-19 – Jan 2020-current
Dr. Shopna Bag(Director Public Health, WSLHD)
DIAGNOSTICS
Genomics – Sars-CoV2Professor Vitali Sintchenko
(Director, Centre for Infectious Diseases and Microbiology (CIDM) Public Health, Sydney West LHD and Pathology West)
Laboratory diagnostics – Sars-CoV2
Dr. Jen Kok (Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist & Virologist, WH)
Serological testing for Sars-CoV2
Dr. Matthew O’Sullivan (Infectious Diseases Physician and Clinical Microbiologist, Westmead Hospital)
PATIENT JOURNEY IN WSLHD
The role of COVID clinic – assessing the symptomatic patient / outbreak support
Dr. Brandon Verdonk (Medical Officer, COVID-19 Clinic & Vaccination Hub, Westmead Hospital)
Integrated care – COVID-19 management in the community
Dr. Geoff Mifsud (Senior Staff Specialist & Director HiTH Services, WSLHD)
ED planning for COVID-19
Dr. Kavita Varshney (Staff Specialist, Emergency Department, Westmead Hospital)
Hospitalised ward-based COVID-19 management
Dr. Nicky Gilroy
ICU management Dr. George Zhou
(Staff Specialist, Intensive Care, Westmead Hospital)
Question and Answer Session
SYSTEMS EFFECTS COVID-19
Gas exchange in patients with COVID-19 Associate Professor Kristina Kairaitis
Respiratory Function testing in COVID-19
Dr. Catherine Farrow (Senior Scientist, Respiratory Function Laboratory, Westmead Hospital)
DAY 3 Friday 27th August
DAY 3 Friday 27th August
Covid Symposium cont.COVID-19 and the heart – what we know
Professor Liza Thomas (Specialist Cardiologist, Westmead Hospital)
Endocrine manifestations and risk factors for COVID-19 Professor Jenny Gunton
(Specialist Endocrinologist, Director Centre for Diabetes, Obesity and Endocrinology, WIMR)
Extremes Of Age Complicated COVID-19 in Paediatrics
Dr. Phil Britton (Specialist, Paediatric Infectious Diseases, The Children’s Hospital Westmead)
RACF outbreak management at New March Dr. Anita Sharma
(Director Geriatric Medicine, Nepean Hospital) Navigating the future
Vaccine Development Professor Tony Cunningham
(Infectious Diseases Physician, Clinical Virologist and Scientist, WIMR) VITT
Associate Professor Jenny Curnow (Senior Staff Specialist & Director Clinical Haematology, Westmead Hospital)
Long COVID Professor David Brown
(Senior Staff Specialist, Immunology, Westmead Hospital) Opening the borders – a way forward
Dr. John Shephard (Deputy Director Clinical Governance and Medical Services SESLHD;
Chief Medical Officer and co-founder, goPassport) Wrap-up
09.00 - 12.00 Dental Symposium
To register to attend any sessions during Hospital Week please email:
REGISTRATION
(Registration is free but is essential for catering purposes)
09.00 - 12.45 Nursing & Midwifery SymposiumChairperson: Ms. Mary Roberts
(Clinical Nurse Consultant, Respiratory Medicine, Westmead Hospital)
Welcome and Introduction Ms. Kate Hackett
(Director of Nursing and Midwifery Services, Westmead Hospital)
A Voice to lead – A vision for future healthcare Professor Trish Davidson
(Vice Chancellor, Wollongong University)
Nursing & Midwifery Oral Presentations Prize Giving
10.00 - 12.30 Allied Health Research Symposium
Chairperson: Dr. Tony Skapetis (Clinical Director Education, Oral Health, Westmead Hospital)
Dry mouth Dr. Ben Karim
(Staff Specialist Oral Medicine / Oral Pathology, Westmead Hospital)
Interceptive management of impacted canine Dr. Rajiv Ahuja
(Staff Specialist Orthodontics, Westmead Hospital)
An introduction to Periodontics Unit Dr. Rohan Rodricks
(Staff Specialist Periodontics, Westmead Hospital)
Introduction and Welcome Professor Vicki Flood
(Professor of Allied Health, Western Sydney Local Health District and School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health,
University of Sydney)
Latest advances in the use of digital technology to improve
Social outcomes of people with acquired brain injury Professor Leanne Togher
(Professor of Communication Disorders Following Traumatic Brain Injury, School of Health Sciences,
Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney)
Oral Allied Health Research Presentations
Prize Giving
Adjunct Associate Professor Jacqueline Dominish (Executive Director of Allied Health, WSLHD)
09.00 - 13.30 Research SymposiumProfessor Clara Chow
(Academic Staff Specialist, Westmead Hospital; Academic Director, Westmead Applied Research Centre, University of Sydney)
Critical infection, precision therapeutics and the restorative power of healthy hospitals
Professor Jon Iredell (Infectious Disease Physician and Microbiologist, Westmead Hospital)
Abstract Research Oral Presentations
The Research DEBATEThe Research DEBATEAdjudicator: Professor Clara Chow
All research will need All research will need AI in the next 10 yearsAI in the next 10 years
Affirmative Negative Professor Tim Shaw Dr. Liliana Laranjo (Professor of Digital Health) (Senior Lecturer, Western Sydney PHN/) Dr. Narenja Gunja Dr. Aravinda Thiagalingam (Chief Medical Info Officer, WSLHD) (Cardiologist, Westmead Hospital) Mr. Ray Messom Associate Professor Jinman Kim (CEO, Western Sydney PHN) (Computer Scientist, University Sydney)
Research and Prize giving
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PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME
