Wednesday, 27 August - PROGRAM


Wednesday, 27 August 2025 | Program


7:30amREGISTRATION OPEN
8:30am Welcome
Bernard Carney - RACS SA State Chair

Welcome to Country
Uncle Mickey

8:45amSession 1 - Why History Matters
Chairs: Dr David King and Dr Paul Dolan
8:45amStephanie Clota - RACS CEO - College Update
9:00amChris Picton, SA Health Minister
9:20amAssociate Professor Diego Garcia-Bellido, University of Adelaide & South Australian Museum - Flinders Ranges: The Cradle of Complex Life
10:05am8 x Sponsor Presentations
10:25amMORNING TEA WITH INDUSTRY
10:55amSession 2 - Scholar to Scalpel - Training & the History of Medicals Schools in South Australia 
Chair: Professor Martin Bruening and Dr Angelika Na
10:55amProfessor Glyn Jamieson - How to build a surgical career and the value of Fellowship
11:15amDr Ravi Mahajani -The Hub and Spoke Model
11:35am
Professor Michal Wozniak, Director Medical Program, Flinders University 
Professor Karen Lower, Dean of Education, College of Medicine & Public Health, Flinders University
Regional training hubs, expansion of MD into rural SA and what's new in medical education
11:55amMargorie Hooper 2023 Recipient - Dr Vikram Padhye
Margorie Hooper 2024 Recipient - Dr Charles Coventry
12:15pmPanel Discussion
12:25pm6 x Sponsor Presentations
12:40pmLUNCH WITH INDUSTRY
1:25pmSession 3 - Raising the Bat and Why Milestones Matter
Chairs: Professor Chris Pyke and Dr Ashani Couchman 
1:25pmAssociate Professor Gillian Farrell - A Woman of Substance, Dr Lena McEwan
1:45pmBill Seppelt - 100 years of unbroken lineage of Seppeltsfield Tawny Port
2:00pmProfessor Owen Ung, RACS President - The College Centenary 2027
2:15pmAssociate Professor Peter Cundy - Celebrating a century of the MG and my sabbatical year driving around the UK
2:30pmJonathon Pollock - History of Neurosurgery and the SA link (Pre-recorded)
2:45pmPanel Discussion
3:00pmAFTERNOON TEA WITH INDUSTRY
3:30pmSession 4 - Surgeon Health 
Chair: Dr Michelle Thomas
3:30pmDr Ben Teague - Mental Health in Surgeons
3:45pmDr Dan Short, Psychiatrist - Moral injury and PTSD
4:00pmDr Amanda Foster - A bump in the road - returning to work after illness
4:15pmNick Smith - The Pilot
4:30pmPanel Q&A
4:45pmEND OF DAY ONE
6:30pmASM Dinner
John Halbert Room, Adelaide Oval
6:30pm - 10:30pm

Anstey Giles Lecture - Commissioner Dale Agius - From Country to Commissioner: A First Nations Leadership Journey
Sir Henry Newland Award recipients - Dr David Hamilton and Dr Andrew Hunter