Final Program – Thursday 20 November
SESSION 1 – SURGICAL PALLIATION
09:30 Surgical Palliation Session
The following cases will be presented to the expert panel:
Non-resolving SBO
Fungating breast wound
Bleeding gastric cancer
Expert Panel:
Surgeon: Prof Matthias Wichmann
Palliative Care Physician: Dr Peter Allcroft
Medical Oncologist: Dr Arwa Abdelmogod
Radiation Oncologist: Dr Peter Penniment
10:30 MORNING TEA WITH INDUSTRY
SESSION 2 – FROM OUTBACK TO PNG
11:00 Rural to Outback; an Indigenous health experience – Dr Phil Argy
11:20 The Darwin experience – Dr Stacey Chamberlain
11:40 Establishing an Outreach Program – A/Prof Rob Parkyn
12:10 PNG independence Prof David Watters
12:30 Bacteriologic Profile and Antibiotic Susceptibility Profile of Diabetic Foot Ulcers at Port Moresby General Hospital – A Prospective Cross-Sectional Study – Dr Raymond Kalai
12:45 – 13:30 LUNCH WITH INDUSTRY
SESSION 3 – Subspecialty Tips & Tricks for Regional & Rural Surgeons
13:30 Influencer of Rural Surgery – Prof Glenn Guest
14:00 Vascular – Dr Andrew Hattam
14:15 Urology – Dr John Miller
14:30 Neurosurgery – Dr Alistaire Jukes
14:45 My experience with abdominoplasty – sharing with rural surgeons – Dr Trevor Collinson
15:0015:30 – AFTERNOON TEA WITH INDUSTRY
SESSION 4 – Rural Experiences
15:30 Trainee Free Paper: Functional gallbladder disorders: are we missing gallstones? Dr Jun Guang – Kendric Tan
15:38 Free Paper: Outcomes of laparoscopic totally extraperitoneal (TEP) inguinal hernia repair in a rural Australian centre: a 7-year single centre retrospective analysis – Dr Katharine Ji
15:50 Rural Surgery Career – My Experience – Dr Tom Bowles
16:15 20 years a rural surgeon in The Mount – All fun and games!?! – Prof Matthias Wichmann
16:30 Influencers of Rural Surgery Keynote – Dr Sue Velovski
17:00 PSA Annual General Meeting