Program

Full Day Programme

Friday, 17 July 2015

7:40 AM - 8:45 AMRegistration

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

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8:45 AM - 8:50 AMEpworth Introduction and Welcome

Professor John Catford
Epworth HealthCare
Executive Director, Academic and Medical
Medical Services

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8:50 AM - 9:00 AMIntroduction and Overview

Professor Gab Kovacs

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9:00 AM - 10:30 AMSession 1 - Obstetrics: All About the Foetus

Chair: Dr Len Kliman

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Newborn screening for congenital heart disease

Dr Brendan Chan

How Will the New Genetics Impact Obstetrics?

Professor Martin Delatycki

The Foetal Patient Growing Up Fast

Dr Ryan Hodges

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: All About the Mother

Chair: Dr Chris Hughes

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The Floor and Core in the Childbearing Year

Ms Libby Oldfield

The Optimum Management of Term Pregnancy is Induction of Labour at 39 Weeks - Debate

For

Dr Brendan Chan
Dr Stephen Cole
Dr Samantha Hargreaves

Against

Ms Robyn Ackland
Dr Len Kliman
Dr Rachel Ryan

12:30 PM - 1:30 PMLunch

Working lunch and an opportunity to meet with our sponsors

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1:30 PM - 4:00 PMSession 3 - Gynaecology: The Woman During her Reproductive Life

Chair: A/Prof Robert Rome

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New Initiatives in Contraception

Dr Kathleen McNamee

Endometriosis Surgery and Infertility

Mr Anthony Rutherford

Treatment of The Menopause in the 21st Century

Dr Elizabeth Farrell

Current Therapeutic Options in the Treatment of Uterine Fibroids

Mr Anthony Rutherford

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 - 5:30 PMSession 4 - Free Communications: Some Pearls to Finish Off With

Chair: Prof Gab Kovacs

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Imaging of Fibroids

Dr Susan Kouloyan-Ilic

Maternal and Placental Factors as Biological Causes for Discordant Cell-Free DNA Prenatal Test Results

Dr Mark Pertile

Albumin/Creatinine Ratio as the Best Screening for Proteinuria in Pre-Eclampsia

Dr Tom Cade

Reducing the Risks of IVF and Improving Outcome

Dr Alon Talmor

6:00 PM - 10:00 PMDinner

Pre-Dinner Drinks: 18:00 - 18:30

Dinner: 18:30 - 22:00 (approx)

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After Dinner Talk - Epworth: Past, Present and Future

Professor Geoffrey Metz