2022 HPMI NEWCASTLE WEEKEND PROGRAM
SATURDAY 6 AUGUST 2022
8.00am - Registration Desk opens
8.45am - Welcome & Introduction - Dr Ehsan Mozafari, HPMI Medical Education Co-ordinator
8.55 AM
Plenary - FAECAL TRANSPLANT AND THE GUT
Dr Steven Bollipo, Director Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, John Hunter Hospital
OBESITY
GENERAL MEDICINE
10.00 AM
NON SURGICAL OPTIONS FOR OBESITY
(Accredited Activity Session)
Mr Mark Leary
PhD Candidate (University of Newcastle)
Accredited Practising Dietitian
Gold Standard Nutrition
or
10.00 AM
ENDOCRINE UPDATE:
ADRENAL NODULES, PRIMARY ALDOSTERONISM, HYPERCALCAEMIA
Dr Christopher Rowe
Staff Specialist Endocrinologist John Hunter Hospital & A/Chair, HNELHD Thyroid Cancer MDT
11.00 AM MORNING TEA BREAK & TRADE DISPLAYS
11.40 AM
SURGICAL TREATMENT OF OBESITY AND METABOLIC DISEASE
(Accredited Activity Session)
Dr Dhan Thiruchelvam
Upper GI and Obesity Surgeon, Newcastle Weight Loss Surgery
Session Sponsored by
or
11.40 AM
SLEEPINESS AND FATIGUE - IN THE EYES OF A SLEEP PHYSICIAN
Dr Shyamala Pradeepan
Senior Staff Specialist, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, John Hunter Hospital and Sleep Medicine Medical Practice Charlestown
12.45 PM
BINGE EATING DISORDERS
(Accredited Activity Session)
Jodie Sheraton, Dietitian, Director, Myrtle Oak Clinic, Wallsend & Tuggerah
&
Dr Katherine Bartlett, Clinical Psychologist, Myrtle Oak Clinic, Wallsend & Tuggerah
or
12.45 PM
INSOMNIA
INCLUDING RESTLESS LEG SYNDROME
Dr Alyssa Arnold
Respiratory and Sleep Physician, Newcastle Lung Group, Charlestown
1.45 PM LUNCH BREAK & TRADE DISPLAYS
2.30 PM (2 HOUR SESSION)
OBESITY INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION
(Accredited Activity Session)
Chair - Dr Ehsan Mozafari, HPMI Medical Education Co-ordinator & General Practitioner, Family Circle Medical Practice, Hamilton
Dr Peter Berton, Senior Consultant Knee Surgeon, Newcastle Knee Clinic, Kotara
Dr Dhan Thiruchelvam, Upper GI & Obesity Surgeon, Newcastle Weight Loss Surgery
Jodie Sheraton, Dietitian, Director, Myrtle Oak Clinic, Wallsend & Tuggerah
Dr Katherine Bartlett, Clinical Psychologist, Myrtle Oak Clinic, Wallsend & Tuggerah
Exercise Physiologist TBC
or
2.30 PM
WHEN TO REFER FOR CANCER EVALUATION
Professor Allan Spigelman
Hunter Family Cancer Service, St Vincent's Cancer Genetics Unit, Sydney (serving regional and rural NSW); UNSW St Vincent's Clinical School, Professor of Surgery and Consultant Cancer Genetics
3.35 PM
RADIOTHERAPY AND LONG TERM COMPLICATIONS THAT GPs NEED TO BE AWARE OF
Dr Philippa Ell
Radiation Oncologist, GenesisCare, Gateshead
2.30 - 5.00 PM
CPR Session
Simon Gould
Medics For Life
MEETING CLOSE
SUNDAY 7 AUGUST 2022
8.00am - Registration Desk opens
OBESITY
GENERAL MEDICINE
8.50 AM
OBESITY RELATED CONSIDERATIONS IN PERSISTENT PAIN MANAGEMENT
(Accredited Activity Session)
Dr John Prickett
Specialist Pain Management Physician, Northern Integrated Pain Management
or
8.50 AM
ADULT ADHD
Dr Tarun Yadav
Psychiatrist,
ProCare Mental Health Services, Waratah
9.55 AM
IATROGENIC OBESITY
MANAGING TO BRING YOUR WEIGHT DOWN WHEN DEALING WITH THE DOWN SIDE OF ANTI-PSYCHOTICS
(Accredited Activity Session)
Dr Geeta Chaudhary
Psychiatrist, New Lambton
or
9.55 AM
SUICIDE MANAGEMENT
Katie McGill & Kylie Redman
Senior Clinical Psychologists, Towards Zero Suicide Initiative,
HNE MHS
11.00 AM MORNING TEA BREAK & TRADE DISPLAYS
11.40 AM
BARIATRIC SURGERY & PREGNANCY NUTRITION
Dr Cathy Harbury, Weight Loss Surgery Dietitian, Surgery Central and Enlighten Nutrition
WOMEN'S HEALTH & OBESITY
Speaker Tbc
(Accredited Activity Session)
or
11.40 AM
NERVE BLOCKS AND SPINAL INJECTIONS FOR CHRONIC PAIN AND EVIDENCE
Dr Marc Russo
Pain Medicine Physician and Director, Hunter Pain Specialists, Broadmeadow
12.45 PM
WEIGHT MANAGEMENT IN CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE
(Accredited Activity Session)
Dr Liz Percival
General Paediatrician, Medical Lead for Weight Management Service, John Hunter Children's Hospital
or
12.45 PM
CHRONIC PELVIC PAIN: A PERSPECTIVE ON DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT
Dr Ksenia Katyk
Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Specialist Pain Medicine Physician Maternity and Gynaecology and HIPS, John Hunter Hospital
1.45 PM LUNCH BREAK & TRADE DISPLAYS
2.30 PM
PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF OBESITY AND DIABETES DEVELOPMENT
(Accredited Activity Session)
Dr Annalise Philcox
Staff Specialist Endocrinology and General Medicine, Calvary Mater Newcastle Waratah and Hunter Endocrinology, Adamstown
or
2.30 AM
COVID AND CARDIOVASCULAR ISSUES
Dr Mohammed Al-Omary
Cardiologist, Newcastle Heart and Staff Specialist Cardiologist, Maitland, JHH and Lake Macquarie Private Hospitals
Associate Professor Shamasunder Acharya
Clinical Director, Endocrinology and Diabetes
Clinical Lead, Diabetes Alliance
Senior Staff Specialist Endocrinology and Diabetes , John Hunter Hospital
3.35 PM
OBESITY AND MEDICATIONS
(Accredited Activity Session)
or
3.35 PM
CVD PREVENTION:
THE ROLE OF RISK CALCULATORS, CORONARY ARTERY CALCIUM SCORE, CTCA AND STRESS TESTING
Dr Stuart Sugito
Cardiologist, Newcastle Heart, Hamilton
Staff Specialist Cardiologist, The Maitland Hospital and John Hunter Hospitals