Internal medicine 2009
A systematic approach to managing type 2 diabetes
Professor Don Chrisholm
Professor of Endocrinology, Garvan Institute and UNSW; Honorary Physician, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney
Don Chisholm has been involved in diabetes research and clinical practice for over 40 years and has published over 250 original papers or reviews/editorials, with a current annual citation rate over 600.
He is Professor of Endocrinology at St Vincent's Hospital Sydney, the University of NSW and at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research (Diabetes and Obesity Program). He has been President of the Australian Diabetes Society (1984-86), Vice President (1997-2003) and Chairman of the Congress Program Committee (1985-88) of the International Diabetes Federation and a Councillor of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (1986-95). He was a member of the National Board of Directors of the Sisters of Charity Health Service (1996-2005), chair of the National Diabetes Strategy Group of the Commonwealth Department of Health (2001-2005) and is currently Chairman of the Board of the Diabetes Vaccine Development Centre. He has been awarded the College Medal by the RACP, the Kellion Award by the Australian Diabetes Society and in 1999 was made an Officer in the Order of Australia.
Time: 64minsStarting insulin in the type 2 diabetic
Dr Roger Chen
Senior Endocrinologist, Concord Hospital; Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney and Adjunct Professor, University of Technology
Dr Roger Chen is Endocrinologist at Concord Repatriation General Hospital and Medical Director of Ryde Hospital Diabetes. He established the Multidisciplinary Diabetes Clinic at Canterbury Hospital where he is also Director of Physician Training. He is Adjunct Professor at University of Technology, Sydney and Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney. He is particularly passionate about post graduate medical education and lectures widely both locally and also internationally in the areas of diabetes, obesity and osteoporosis. Research is in the area of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, antipsychotics and metabolic disease as well as hypoglycaemia.
Time: 56minsObesity and management in general practice
Dr Tania Markovic
Endocrinologist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney
Dr Tania Markovic is an endocrinologist at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney. She is a key member of the Metabolism and Obesity Research Group, which runs clinical trials at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, and has an attachment with the Metabolism and Obesity Clinic and the Diabetes in Pregnancy Clinic.
Dr Markovic is also involved in medical education as a senior clinical lecturer at the University of Sydney and contributes to various medical journals as an editorial reviewer. Dr Markovic has a special interest in nutrition and obesity and currently manages a specialised obesity clinic in central Sydney as well as a general endocrinology practice.
Time: 61minsUpdate in management of inflammatory bowel disease
Dr Katie Ellard
Gastroenterologist; Senior Lecturer in the School of Medicine, Unviersity of Notre Dame
Katie Ellard is a gastroenterologist in private practice at St Leonards. She graduated from University of Sydney in 1978 and trained at RNSH and in London. Her interests include IBD,coeliac disease and how to improve the quality teaching and practice of colonoscopy. She is a member of the Australian Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Association and teaches at Notre Dame and Sydney University.
Time: 36minsDiagnosing and managing chronic kidney disease
Associate Professor Lukas Kairaitis
Specialist Nephrologist, Sydney West Area Health Service; Associate Professor at University of Western Sydney
Lukas Kairaitis is a staff specialist nephrologist in the Sydney West Area Health Service with particular interests in clinical nephrology and medical education. In 2008 he was appointed as Associate Professor in the faculty of Medicine at the University of Western Sydney. Dr Kairaitis recently co-edited a clinically oriented handbook containing a number of these protocols which has been widely accepted both locally and overseas. He has published a number of papers in the area of haemodialysis physiology and complications and is currently undertaking a research programme on the impact of clinical protocol development on patient outcomes.
After a foray into research medicine, he has concentrated his efforts on becoming a clinician educator and is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. He is the director of physician training at Blacktown Hospital and clinical subdean of the Blacktown Hospital Clinical School. Married to a general practitioner, he is an active participant in educational programmes for the local general practice divisions.
Time: 47minsManaging resistant hypertension
Professor Annemarie Hennessy
Renal Physician, Foundation Chair of Medicine, University of Western Sydney
Annemarie Hennessy is the Foundation Chair of Medicine at the University of Western Sydney (UWS). She was the Director of the Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy (HDP) Unit at the Royal Prince Alfred Women and Babies (RPAWB) from 1998 until October 2006 and continues in an honorary capacity within the unit. Annemarie has a half time commitment to medical research in her capacities as Head of Medicine, UWS, and as The Group leader of the Vascular Immunology Group at the Heart Research Institute.
Time: 47minsWorkshop highlights
Hightlights from the workshop
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