| 7:30am | REGISTRATION OPEN |
| 8:30am | Session 5 - NTASM Forum - Bridging the Distance: Optimising Patient Transfers
Across Rural, Regional and Metropolitan Health Services Chair: Professor Justin Gundara |
| 8:30am | Panel Discussion: Dr David Walsh, Dr Manimaran Sinnathamby and Associate Professor Mahiban Thomas |
| 9:30am | Session 6 - Surgical Leaders Forum Chair: Dr Sanjeev Naidu |
| 9:30am | Dr Bridget Clancy - Training surgeons
for outreach and collaborative practice in dispersed surgical teams – the RACS
Rural PSC, eLearning course and GRiD Faculty |
| 9:45am | Dr Paul Bumbak - Leadership, Indigenous ear
health and telehealth services |
| 10:00am | Dr Sarah Gray - Outreach and reaching out. Breaking Bias and diversity in surgery |
| 10:15am | Dr Sanjeev Naidu - A Queensland workforce model |
| 10:30am | Professor Sabe Sabesan – Inner peace, outer peace and getting things done in the public system |
| 10:50am | Q&A |
| 11:00am | MORNING TEA WITH INDUSTRY |
| 11:30am | Session 7 - The Changing Face of Surgery Chair: Dr Amanda Foster and Dr Helen Ballal |
| 11:30am | Professor Phill Carson - The changing and unchanging face of the RACS exit exam |
| 11:45am | Dr Anand Trivedi - The limited role of ultrasound in clinically apparent groin hernias |
| 12:00pm | Ms Hayley Copley, Mr Matt Vincent and Ms Alicia Murray - RACS Surgical Planning Across Australia |
| 12:25pm | Dr Ailene Fitzgerald - Supporting our Specialist International Medical Graduates (SIMG) and Understanding Pathways |
| 12:30pm | Dr Simon Towler - TBC |
| 1:00pm | LUNCH WITH INDUSTRY |
| 2:00pm | Session 8 - Free Papers Chair: Dr Priya Nandoskar |
| 2:00pm 2:08pm 2:16pm 2:24pm 2:32pm 2:40pm 2:48pm 2:56pm 3:04pm 3:12pm 3:20pm | Abeywardana P - More than words: An audit of language amongst First Nations patients in Royal Darwin Hospital Ganguly T - Robotic eTEP for Incisional Hernia Repair Improves 12-Month Outcomes Compared with Open Repair Hedger J - Revolutionising neurosurgery down under: Performance of a rural neurosurgical frontier at Royal Darwin Hospital Moran E - Tumour regression grade and pathological response as predictors of survival in pancreatic cancer: A single-centre analysis of resectable and borderline resectable disease. Powell E - Prostatic Melioidosis Abscesses in the Top End: Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes Hedger J - Head and neck free flap reconstructive surgery in rural & remote Australia: A retrospective single centre review of the Royal Darwin Hospital experience Vo A - Shelf Life of Surgical Guidelines: A Survival Analysis of Guideline Recommendations Walsh F - Prehospital Transfusion in the Northern Territory: Applying Lessons from a Mature Level-I Trauma System to Remote Retrieval Practice Wigston L - Absolute Risk of Pancreatic Cancer in people with acute pancreatitis the Australian experience Yeaman J - Bridging the Gap in Surgical Consent: Barriers to Informed Consent for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Patients in the Northern Territory Zhu M - Long-term outcomes of rheumatic aortic valve repair in children: An Australian 28-year experience |
| 3:30pm | AFTERNOON TEA and FAREWELL DRINKS WITH INDUSTRY |
| 3:40pm | Session 9 - Poster Presentations Cont. Chandra A Jamal F Kamil H Khanal N Mao B Miller P Moran E O'Sullivan C Powell E Singh J Tariq A Yun (Rachel) R |
| 5:30pm | Dr Ravi Mahajani - Thank You and Closing Remarks Announcement of Free Papers and Posters Winners |
| 5:30pm | 2026 TRISTATE ASM CONCLUDES |