GP Conference Notes

Following each GP Conference, presentations and notes are provided for download upon consent of the individual speakers.  These are usually in PDF format, and may be very large files.

 

2011 Conference Presentations & Notes

OPTHALMOLOGY CONFERENCE FOR GPS & OPTOMETRISTS (SAH, SDSH & DAH) - 9 November 2011

  • Ocular Surface Lesions - Dr Nikhil Kumar BMed, MPH, FRANZCO
  • Common Anterior Segment Eye Conditions; Their Diagnosis, Management & When to Refer - Dr John Males MBBS(Hons), BSC(Med)(Hons), MMED(Clin Epi), FRANZCO
  • Laser Assisted Cataract Surgery - Assoc Professor Geoffrey Painter MBBS, FRANZCO, FRACS
  • Glaucoma in our Community - Dr Raymond Ryan LRCRI, LRCSI, FCS Oph SA, FRC.Ophth.FRANZCO

DIAGNOSTICS GP CONFERENCE - 23 August 2011

  • EOS Low-dose, High Contrast, 2-D and 3-D Digital Skeletal Imaging - Dr William Sears
  • Coeliac Disease: Testing & Diagnosis - Michelle Keir BSc (Hons Class l) PhD, Grad. Dip. LS
  • Imaging the Pregnant Patient - Dr David Smit MB.BCh FF.Rad(D)(SA) FRANZCR

EMERGENCY CARE GP CONFERENCE - 26 July 2011

  • Wound Care & Antibiotic Prophylaxis - Dr Greg McDonald MBBS, FACEM - Presentation
  • Management of Common Paediatric & Adult Upper Limb Fractures - Dr Matthew Sherlock MBBS (SYD), FRACS (Ortho) - Presentation
  • Approach to Chest Pain in General Practice - Dr Justin Bowra MBBS FACEM CCPU - Presentation

CARDIAC GP CONFERENCE - 30 June 2011

  • Update in Valvular Heart Disease for Primary Care - Dr Jason Kaplan MBBS (Hons), FRACP - Notes
  • New Imaging Techniques - Dr Charles Nelson MBBS, MPhil, FRACP, FCSANZ - Presentation
  • New Evidence In Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Prevention - Dr Hosen Kiat MBBS, FRACP, FACP, FACC, FCCP, FCSANZ, DDU
  • Current Management of Cardiac Patients - Dr Athula Gunasekara MBBS, FRACP, FCSANZ

UROLOGY GP CONFERENCE - 8 June 2011

  • Prostate Cancer - Dr Philip Bergersen MBBS, FRACS(Urol)
  • What’s New in Urology - Dr Max Dias MBBS, BSc (Med), FRACS (Urol)
  • Pelvic Floor Dysfunction - Dr Ruth Collins BMBS, BMedSci, MD, FRCS(Urol)(UK), FRACS (Urol)

ONCOLOGY GP CONFERENCE - 4 May 2011

  • Current Management of Leukaemia - Dr Jane Freeman MBBS, FRACP, FRCPA, MPhil, MAppSc, BA - Presentation
  • Modern Anti-Cancer Agents: Managing the Side-Effects - A/Prof Gavin Marx BSc (Med), MBBS (Hons), FRACP - Presentation
  • Lung Cancer - Dr Pirooz Poursoltan MD, MSc(Med), FRACP

 

2010 Conference Presentations & Notes

SPINAL GP CONFERENCE  - 15 November 2010 (Combined Sydney Adventist Hospital & Dalcross Adventist Hospital)

  • Incidence and Prevalence of Surgery at Segments Adjacent to a Previous Posterior Lumbar Arthrodesis - Dr William Sears MBBS, FRACS - Presentation
  • Vertebroplasty Update - Dr Walter Kos MBBS, FRANZCR - Presentation
  • Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion (TILF) for Spinal Stenosis: An Alternate Approach - Dr Davor Saravanja BMed, FRACS - Presentation

ORTHOPAEDICS GP CONFERENCE - 31 August 2010

  • Kyphosis, Scholiosis, Lordosis in school age children - Dr Andrew Cree MBBS (Hons), FA. ORTH.A - Presentation

NEUROSCIENCES GP CONFERENCE – 28 July 2010

  • Multiple Sclerosis Update - Dr Jean Pierre Halpern MBBS (Hons), PhD, FRACP - Presentation
  • Stroke and Transient Ischaemic Attack - Associate Professor John Watson DPhil, MB, BS (Hons I), BSc (Hons I), FRACP - Presentation
  • Back to the Future - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Dr Andrew Kam MBBS FRACS (Neurosurgery) - Take Home Notes

ONCOLOGY GP CONFERENCE – 29 June 2010

  • Genetics of Breast Cancer - Dr Pirooz Poursoltan MD, MSc(Med), FRACP - Presentation
  • Ovarian Cancer - Dr Josie Rutovitz MB Ch.B., FRACP - Presentation
  • Common side effects of Radiotherapy - Dr Richard Foster BSc, BmedSci, MB, BS, Franzcr - Presentation
  • Complementary medicine for Cancer Care - Dr Byeongsang Oh BSc, MAppSc, PhD - Presentation

CARDIAC GP CONFERENCE – 27 April 2010

  • Coronary Artery Disease – Dr Christopher Flood BMedSc, MBBS (Hons), FRACP - Presentation
  • Pulmonary Oedema & Cardiac Failure – Dr Graham Tanswell MBBS, FRACP, FCSANZ – Presentation
  • Home Monitoring of Implantable Pacemaker & Defibrillator Devices – Dr Peter Illes MBBCh,DCH (SA), FRACP - Presentation

WOMEN'S HEALTH GP CONFERENCE - 30 March 2010

  • Update in Prolapse & Incontinence - Dr Bruce Farnsworth MBBS, FRANZCOG - PresentationTake-home Notes
  • HRT Update 2010 - Dr Cathy Lee MBBS, FRANZCOG 
  • Postmenopausal Wellbeing - Dr Peter Wood MBBS, FRANZCOG  Presentation
  • Postmenopausal Bleeding - Dr Philippa Ramsay MBBS, FRANZCOG, DDU, COGU  Take-home Notes

Details of GP Conferences held in previous years are available here.