Speakers
DR IAN NORTON
Specialist Emergency Physician
MATTHEW AMES
Sepsis Survivor
DAY 1
PROF THE HON GREG HUNT
Former Cabinet Minister
DR ALISTAIR SOON
Dental Officer (Forensic)
PROF JOANNA GLENGARRY
Forensic Pathologist
DR VANESSA ANDEAN
Anaesthetist
DR ALICE MORGAN
Clinical Psychologist
DR LARA WIELAND
Rural generalist
PIP LUKAN
Midwife
DR GLENN HARRISON
Emergency Physician
DR RACHEL COGHLAN
Physiotherapist with Interest in Palliative Care
MS TARA MACKAY
Embalmer
DR DAVID BELL
Cofounder/CEO Remedy Robotics
DR SHADY SAIKALI
Senior Clinical Fellow, Global Robotics Institute
A/PROF HELEN MOHAN
Colorectal Robotic Surgeon
PROF GEORGE BRAITBERG
Professor of Critical Care and Head of Emergency Medicine Stream
DR MATTHEW MCALPINE
Rural Generalists
DR LIBBY GARONI
Rural Generalists
DR ABI ESTELLE
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon
DR PREEYA ALEXANDER
GP and Author
DR CHRISTOPHER BRASHER
Paediatric Anaesthetist and MSF Veteran
A/PROF SANJAYA SENANAYAKE
Infectious Diseases Specialist
DR JASON TRUBIANO
Infectious Diseases Physician
A/PROF MICHAEL BEN-MEIR
Royal Flying Doctors CEO
DR ANDY BUCK
Emergency Physician
PROF GEORGE BRAITBERG
Director of Emergency Medicine Research and Quality at Austin Health and Professor of Critical Care at the University of Melbourne
DR MADELEINE FINNEY-BROWN
General Pediatrician and Neonatologist Trainee
A/PROF HELEN MOHAN
Colorectal Surgeon
DAY 2
DR DIANA BADCOCK
Director of the Emergency Department at Bendigo Health
DR PRIYANKA PINTO
Junior Doctor
PROF AVNI SALI
Founding Director of NIIM
PROF AJAY MAHAL
Professor of Health Economics and Global Health Systems Research
PROF SARATH RANGANATHAN
Group Leader of the Respiratory group at MCRI
PROF SHARON LEWIN
Director of the Doherty Institute and Infectious Diseases Physician
PROF VIRGINIA BARBOUR
Editor-in-Chief and Head of Academic Publishing of the Medical Journal of Australia
A/PROF GEHAN ROBERTS
Developmental Behavioural Paediatrician
PROF MARGIE DANCHIN
Paediatrician, Vaccinologist and MCRI Group Leader
DR NICK CARR
Retired GP and Board Member of Dying with Dignity Victoria
PROF ANDREW PERFORS
Director of the Complex Human Data Hub in the School of Psychological Sciences
PROF JOHN MASSIE
Clinical Director of the Children’s Bioethics Centre & Respiratory Paediatrician
PROF MARIE BISMARK
Psychiatrist, Public Health Physician, Health Lawyer, and Company Director
MS AMY YANG
Medical Negligence Lawyer
PROF LEEROY WILLIAM
Director of Palliative Care at Southwest Healthcare
MS NADIA GAVIN
Harm Reduction Victoria Program and Services Manager
MS DANI GOLD
Senior Social Worker
MS DESIREE LEGRAPPE
Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery
MS SUSAN SALDANHA
Research Fellow
PROF JANE FISHER
Professor of Global Health at Monash University
DR JERRY LUO
Inaugural Intern of Austin Health's Clinical Ethics and Decision Support Unit
PROF DANYA VEARS
Associate Professor in Ethics and Professionalism at Deakin University
PROF JOHN ZALCBERG
Medical Oncologist
PROF JOHN FITZGERALD
Associate Professor in Criminology
DR TIM O'BRIEN
Dermatologist
A/PROF VINAY RANE
Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
DR CLARE WALTER
Health and Policy Researcher
DR KATE WYLIE
GP and Executive Director of Doctors for the Environment Australia (DEA)
DR CIARA EARLEY
Paediatrician
A/PROF LOUIS IRVING
Clinical Director Lung Health Research Centre
PROF LEEROY WILLIAM
Head of Palliative Care at Southwest Healthcare
MS SARAH JEFFORD
Family Creation Lawyer
PROF HELEN MCLACHLAN
Nurse and Discipline Lead (Midwifery) in the School of Nursing and Midwifery
MS JAIMIE BENN
Midwife
A/PROF CHRISTOPHER GYNGELL
Research Fellow in Biomedical Ethics
MS ANNELAURE COUINEAU
Director of Policy and Service Development at Phoenix Australia
MS STEPHANIE WALLACE
Barrister
PROF PAUL ROLAN
Clinical Pharmacologist, Drug Developer and Pain Management Physician
DR ALISON YEUNG
Principal Clinical Geneticist at the Victorian Clinical Genetics Service and the MCRI
DR MANDY MCKENZIE
Research Fellow in the Sexual Abuse and Family Violence (SAFE) Team
MS TANISHA SPRINGALL
Gamilaroi Woman, Mother, Midwife and PhD Candidate
A/PROF VIOLET PLATT
Chief Executive officer at Palliative Care Victoria
PROF LYNN GILLAM
Clinical Ethicist
MS EVELYN BURNS
Kuku Djungan Woman and Midwife
DR NAOMI ATKINS
Current Member of Northern Health's Clinical Ethics Committee
A/PROF JOHN CUNNINGHAM
Orthopaedic Spine Surgeon
PROF ZHEN ZHENG
Researcher, Practitioner, Implementation Scientist and Educator
MS ELLA WILKINS
Genetic Counsellor and Fellow of the Human Genetics Society of Australasia
MR TOM BURTON
Comedian, Writer, Improviser and Actor
MS DANIELLE JACOBS
Senior Psychologist and Co-Founder of The Good Foundry
MR BARNEY POLLOCK
Actor, Improviser and Comedian
MS TIANA HOGBEN
Actor and Improviser
MS EVA SIFIS
Activist and Advocate
DR MORGAN RAYNER
General Practitioner
DR PATRICK JOHNSON
Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist, and Educator
MS CAT WOOD
Senior Research Nurse Coordinator
DR RICH BRADLOW
Director of Medical Services at the Victoria Clinic
MS EMMA MONGER
MIPS Claims Specialist
PROF GEOFF MCCALL
Emeritus Professor
DAY 3
PROF JEE HYUN KIM
Head of Molecular Psychiatry at Deakin
DR JAIME LEIGH
Senior Clinician, Cochlear Implant Clinic Clinical Lead, Victorian Cochlear Implant Program
PROF RICHARD DOWELL
Professor Emeritus in Audiology at the University of Melbourne Senior Consultant to the Victorian Cochlear Implant Program
PROF STEPHEN O'LEARY
William Gibson Chair of Otolaryngology at the University of Melbourne Senior Otolaryngologist at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
MR ROSS BROAD
Chief Strategy Officer of Royal Melbourne Hospital
PROF ERWIN LOH
President of the Royal Australasian College of Medical Administrators Director of Medical Services at Peninsula Private Hospital
DR SEAN FABRI
Director of Clinical Training
PROF FORBES MCGAIN
Director of the Footscray Hospital ICU
PROF MARK STEVENSON
Epidemiologist, Professor of Urban Transport and Public Health
PROF SHELLEY DOLAN
Chief Executive of Royal Melbourne Hospital
DR ELLIOT WOLLNER
Anaesthetist
DR JONGSAY YONG
Economist and Researcher into Microeconomics
MR JAMES BAE
Managing Director and Principal Immigration Lawyer at Visa Plan Lawyers
DR DAE HWAN
Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
DR SHAMITHA KATHURUSINGHE
Specialist Gynaecologist
PROF DAVID VAUX
Honorary Fellow of WEHI
MS LIZ DAWES
Founder and CEO of the Robert Connor Dawes (RCD) Foundation
DR UDANI REETS
Chief Executive Officer of Children's Cancer CoLab
PROF KATHRYN NORTH
Director of the MCRI and the David Danks Professor of Child Health Research
DR KATIE MOORE
Paediatric Oncologist, Family Therapist and Bioethicist
DR DEVIN ADAMS
Intern at Austin Health
DR TIARA MARTHIAS
Health Systems Researcher
DR SOUMITRA DAS
Psychiatrist
PROF NEVILLE YEOMANS
Honorary (Professor Emeritus) Department of Medicine
DR JAMES BRADLEY
Lecturer in the History of Medicine and Life Sciences
DR ROSS JONES
Honorary (Senior Fellow) Department of Anatomy and Physiology
DR SUNNY NAKAJIMA
Psychiatrist
DR SEAN STEVENS
General Surgeon and Director of the General And Trauma Surgery Unit at Austin Health
PROF YIN PARADIES
Wakaya man and Chair in Race Relations at Deakin University
PROF REBECCA BENTLEY
Director of the National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Research Excellence
DR YING XING
Advanced Trainee in Palliative Medicine
DR SUSAN WEBSTER
Honorary Senior Research Fellow
DAY 4
A/PROF WAN TEH
Gynaecologist
DR LINNY PHUONG
Paediatric Infectious Diseases Physician
DR SKYE KINDER
Psychiatry Registrar
DR NIGEL STRAUSS
Psychiatrist and psychedelic Psychotherapist
PROF RICHARD HARVEY
Psychiatrist
DR RAELIA LEW
Medical Director of Melbourne IVF
A/PROF DAVID ANDERSON
Medical Director of Ambulance Victoria
PROF GEOFFREY DONNAN
Professor of Neurology at The University of Melbourne and Co-Chair of the Melbourne Mobile Stroke Unit Program
PROF STEPHEN DAVIS
Professor of Translational Neuroscience at the University of Melbourne, Director of the Melbourne Brain Centre at RMH
MS JESSICA CHAPPELL
Head of Corporate Affairs at GeelongPort
PROF ANTHONY HOLMES
Senior Plastic Surgeon at the RCH
PROF JANE OLIARO
Professor at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
PROF EVDOKIA DIMITRIADIS
Co-Deputy Head at the Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health
MR MAX MARTIN
MS LISA MCMANUS
Director, Spokesperson, Advocate and Thalidomide Survivor
DR ERIC LEVI
Otolaryngologist Head & Neck Surgeon
DR CLAIRE TANNER
A/PROF SUONG LE
Director of Research Development and Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Gender Studies
Workshop hosts
DR PRIYA RAO
Anaesthetist
DR BENJAMIN HO
Neurosurgeon
DR TREVOR TNAY
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
DR PATRICK JAHNS
Anaesthetist and Intensivist
DR LONA BROWN
General Practitioner and Medical Educator
DR DAVID CHOROVSKI
Emergency Medicine Physician and Head of the Epworth Richmond Emergency Department
DR DANIEL WILKS
Plastic Surgeon
DR MARK CORDEN
Paediatric Emergency Physician
DR MORGAN RAYNER
General Practitioner and Doctor of Medicine Year 2 and 3 Coordinator
DR OLUKUNLE ONASANYA
General Surgeon
MRS NICOLA DANDO
Auslan Educator
A/PROF KAIS KAMEN
Associate Professor in Clinical Pathology
A/PROF JAMES MCFAYDEN
Haematologist
DR CATHERINE JOHNSON
Doctoral Candidate MCRI
PROF LAURENCE WEINBERG
Anesthesiology
PROF FIONA RUSSEL
Paediatrician
PROF BRETT MANLEY
Neonatologist
PROF JUSTIN YEUNG
Colorectal Surgeon
DR CHENG SOH
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
DR CLAUDINE KRAAN
Cognitive Neuroscientist
DR KATIE MCBAIN
Research Officer MCRI
DR CAITLIN HARRIS
Research Officer SVI
DR JOCELYN LIPPEY
Breast Surgeon
DR STEPHEN MUHI
Infectious Diseases Specialist
PROF SONIA GROVER
Gynaecologist and Pain Specialist
PROF FINLAY MACRAE
Gastroenterology
PROF CHRISTOBEL SAUNDERS
Breast Surgeon
PROF STEVEN TONG
Infectious Diseases Specialist
DR ANNELIESE WILLEMS
Senior Lecturer, Primary Care
DR TIN KYAW
Head of Inflammation and Cardiovascular Disease at Baker
A/PROF JUSTIN TSE
Oncology Researcher
A/PROF RALPH AUDEHM
Department of General Practice and Primary Care
JO GIBBS
Certified Nurse and Yoga Instructor
AUNTY BRONWYN RAZEM
Gunditjmara Elder, Artist and Master Weaver
DR TOM JUDD
Psychiatry Registrar
MS MADI MERCER
Wadawurrung Artist