Program

Full Day Programme

Friday, 19 August 2016

8:00 AM - 8:45 AMRegistration

Refreshments will be served and an opportunity to meet with our sponsors

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8:45 AM - 9:00 AMIntroduction and Overview

Professor Gab Kovacs

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9:00 AM - 9:30 AMCord Blood Banking

Special Guest Speaker: Dr Paul Fogarty

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9:30 AM - 10:30 AMSession 1 - Obstetrics: Psychosocial aspects of pregnancy

A stitch in time saves nine! Early intervention in perinatal mental health
Dr Raju Lakshmana 

Psychotropic medications in pregnancy 
Dr Martien Snellen

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10:30 AM - 11:00 AMMorning Tea

Refreshments will be served and an opportunity to meet with our sponsors

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11:00 AM - 12:30 PMSession 2 - Obstetrics: Reducing perinatal morbidity and mortality

The global still birth epidemic – what are we going on about? 
Dr Paul Fogarty 

Still births
A/Prof Vicki Flenady 

Detection and management of late onset IUGR, and foetal well-being assessment in the third trimester  
Dr Liz McCarthy

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12:30 PM - 1:30 PMLunch

Working lunch and an opportunity to meet with our sponsors

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1:30 PM - 3:30 PMSession 3 - Gynaecology

The new Pap smear
Dr Deborah Neesham 

Use of mesh in urogynaecology
Dr Paul Fogarty 

Outpatient hysteroscopy services  
Dr Kate McIlwaine 

The role of metformin in 2016
Dr Myra Yeo 

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3:30 PM - 4:00 PMAfternoon Tea

Refreshments will be served and an opportunity to meet with our sponsors

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4:00 PM - 5:20 PMSession 4 - Robotic Surgery

History and development of robotics, current indications for gynaecological oncology
Dr Tom Manolitsas

Robots in urogynaecology
Dr Marcus Carey

Robots in benign gynaecology, is there a role?
Dr Ken Leong

The evidence of robotic surgery
Dr Karen Kong

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5:20 PM - 5:30 PMClosing comments - Symposium conclusion

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6:00 PM - 10:00 PMPost-Symposium Dinner and Presentation

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