thursday, 28 august - provisional program


Thursday, 28 August 2025 | Provisional Program


7:30amBartons Financial Services Sponsored Breakfast (registration required) - Adelaide Oval
8:00amREGISTRATION OPEN
9:00amSession 5 - Surgical Directors Forum - Is Regulation Stifling Innovation?
Chairs: Associate Professor Amal Abou - Hamden and Dr Sanjeev Naidu
9:00amPanel Discussion Speakers TBC
10:30amMORNING TEA WITH INDUSTRY
11:00amSession 6 - From Little Things, Big Things Grow
Chairs: Dr Nadia Wise
11:00amTBC
11:20amAssociate Professor Nicole Williams - Current research and clinical interest at the Women's and Children's Hospital
11:40amDr Nicola Dean - Evidence in Gender Affirming Surgery and developing services for an Australian context 
12:00pmDr Susan Neuhaus - History of Women in Surgery in the ADF
12:20pmTBC
12:40pmPanel Discussion
12:50pmLUNCH WITH INDUSTRY
1:20pmSession 7 - Free Papers
Chairs: Dr Victoria Lu 
1:25pmRP Jepson Medal Winner Presentation
1:35pmJustin Miller Medal Winner Presentation
1:45pmDr Darren Shirky - Management and Recurrence of Desmoplastic Fibroma: A Systematic Review
1:55pmDr Gia Caplash - Fight Bite Injuries in the Top End - A 5-Year Retrospective Review: Kanavel's Teachings Remain Critical
2:05pmDr Jake Carmody - The Long-Lost Stent
2:15pmDr Mark Fitzgerald - The Implications of Spleen Trauma Management in South Australian Paediatric Patients
2:25pmDr Richard Hamilton - The Free Abdominoplasty (DIEP) Flap in Breast Reconstruction - The Untold Story
2:35pmDr Shawn Poh - Peripheral Parenteral Nutrition: An Evaluation of its Utility and Complications in a Tertiary Hospital
2:45pmDr Pragaash Shanmuganathan - Versatility of Tissue Expansion for Correction of Exomphalos Major in Resource Limited Setting: Case Study
2:55pmDr Isaac Bhall - Small Bowel Obstructions in Virgin Abdomen: A retrospective review on conservative versus surgical management
3:05pmDr Lauren Middleton - Genetic Variant in Treacher Collins Syndrome: A Case Report
3:15pmAFTERNOON TEA WITH INDUSTRY
3:45pmSession 8 - SAASM Forum - Death and Taxes - a discussion of ANZASM, CQRs and quality surgery
Chair: Professor Guy Maddern
3:45pmDr James Aitken, Professor Justin Gundara and Dr Ash Hardikar
4:45pmDiscussion/Q&A
4:55pmAnnouncement of Free Papers Winners and presentation of Bartons Financial Services Travel Grant
5:00pmDr Bernard Carney Closing Remarks
5:00pm
2025 TRISTATE ASM CONCLUDES