speakers

Dr Havish Srinath

Dr Havish Srinath grew up in Sydney but moved to sunny Queensland to study medicine at the University of Queensland. He fell in love with the Gold Coast and Northern NSW when working as a junior doctor at the Tweed Hospital. He completed his general surgical training via the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane and obtained his FRACS in 2019.

Dr Srinath completed two further subspeciality training years in colorectal surgery as a fellow under the Colorectal Surgical Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSSANZ). These years included robotic and minimally invasive surgery at the Tweed/John Flynn Hospital and the intestinal failure and inflammatory bowel disease unit of Fiona Stanley Hospital. Dr. Srinath has a keen interest in benign and malignant colorectal disease including endoscopy, diverticular disease, colorectal cancer, pelvic floor disorders and inflammatory bowel disease.

Dr Srinath is a member of the Gastroenterological Society of Australia (GESA) and the CSSANZ.

Dr Srinath has an interest in research with focus upon diverticular disease, robotic surgery and colorectal cancer. He has published and presented in local and international forums.

Dr Srinath has been an avid teacher since medical school. He was involved in tutoring of medical students and has been part of the academic teaching faculty at UQ, Griffith and Bond universities. He subsequently obtained a graduate diploma in medical education at the University of Dundee, Scotland to further his interests in surgical education.

Ms Amy Pearn

Amy has been providing cancer genetic services to the public since 2005. She has a Masters in Genetic Counselling from the University of Newcastle, Australia, and is certified by the Human Genetics Society of Australasia (HGSA) and the Canadian Association of Genetic Counsellors (CAGC). She has worked in public health, research, laboratory and consultative genetic counselling roles internationally as well as in Australia. 

After 15 years working in public health, Amy founded the Gene Council, a private service based in Perth providing virtual cancer genetic counselling and testing and works with the HGSA advocating for regulation and funding models for genetic counsellors. Amy sat on the national eviQ Cancer Genetics Reference Committee for over 10 years and coordinated the roll-out of mainstream genetic testing for women with ovarian cancer in WA.

Dr Jamal Tashkandi

Dr Jamal Tashkandi is an anaesthesia consultant who completed his medical training at King Khalid University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) in 1991, followed by ANZCA fellowship in New Zealand in 2006. He has worked in numerous hospitals across Australia (NSW, QLD and WA), New Zealand, and Saudi Arabia.

Dr Tashkandi has a keen interest in medical teaching and education at all stages. In KSA, he held two Associate Professor positions at King Khalid University, among the top-ranked medical schools in the kingdom, followed by a role at Umm Al-Qura University. In these positions, Dr Tashkandi was heavily involved in curriculum development and standardisation of medical student exams. Upon returning to Australia in 2017, he has been teaching for Part 1ANCZA fellowship exams.

Dr Tashkandi is an active member of the anaesthesia community, belonging to the Australian Society of Anaesthesia (ASA) and the Australian Islamic Medical Association (AIMA), having presented at their inaugural conference in 2021. He has also recently joined Australian Doctors for Africa (ADFA), completing his first trip to Madagascar, where he joined the Urology team for 2 weeks.

Associate Professor Dieter Weber

A/Prof Dieter Weber is the Head of Department of General Surgery and Head of Trauma Service at Royal Perth Hospital. He is clinically engaged as consultant surgeon both in Trauma and General Surgery.

After graduating from the University of Western Australia, he completed his General Surgery Fellowship with the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS). He subsequently subspecialised in Trauma Surgery in Newcastle.

A/Prof Weber is a Clinical Associate Professor with the University of Western Australia and holds an adjunct position with the University of Newcastle in his role as a course coordinator for the Masters of Traumatology. He has authored and instructed on various trauma and emergency surgery related courses and is engaged in research in these fields.

He is a Board member of the World Society of Emergency Surgery and is also a member of the European Society of Trauma and Emergency Surgery and the International Surgical Society. With RACS, he serves as the Deputy Chair of the Clinical Examinations Committee. He also chairs the Post-Fellowship Education and Training Committee for Trauma Surgery and is an executive committee member for the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Surgery of Trauma as Supervisor of Post-Fellowship Training. He is also a member of the RACS WA Trauma Committee.

Dr Yi Th ng Seow

Dr Yi Th ng Seow is a GSET 2 trainee currently working in Endocrine Surgery team at the Royal Perth Hospital. She earned her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Western Australia, followed by a Master of Surgery from the University of Sydney. Outside her professional commitments, Dr Seow enjoys cycling with her husband and sons, embracing family time and an active lifestyle.

Dr Anand Trivedi

Dr Anand Trivedi is a consultant General and Acute Care Surgeon currently serving at Fiona Stanley and Rockingham General Hospitals. He also works at St John of God Hospital in Murdoch for his private patients. Dr Trivedi has special interests in Emergency Surgery and Complex abdominal hernias and reconstructions.

In addition to his clinical roles, Dr Trivedi is actively involved as an academic adjunct with the Clinical Training and Evaluation Centre (CTEC) at the University of Western Australia (UWA). He also serves as a training supervisor for General Surgeon Australia. 

At present Dr Trivedi is Consultant Lead for Surgical Education at Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth. 

Dr Shahriar Raj Zaman

Dr Shahriar Raj Zaman or Raj as he’s most well known as, is an Australian and internationally trained, fully qualified Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon.

He qualified from the University of Western Australia in 2009 with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree. He is Australian board certified, completing the Fellowship of Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS) Examination in June 2022.

Following completion of his training, Dr Zaman pursued further subspecialty training in Seoul, South Korea at the world-renowned Asan Medical Centre in complex microsurgical reconstruction under the esteemed tutelage of Professors JP Hong, Peter Suh, John Pak and JW Choi with Dr Zaman later being invited to present at the Centre addressing melanoma. Dr Zaman completed further training in aesthetic surgery with the Australian Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons in Sydney.

Dr Zaman is a respected figure in the medical community, recognised for his commitment to education and research. He is a dedicated mentor to junior doctors and plastic surgery trainees, and he is published both domestically and internationally.

His surgical experience is extensive, and his particular interests include hand surgery, melanoma and skin cancer, complex microsurgical reconstructions as well as aesthetic breast and body contouring surgery.

Dr Zaman operates out of St John of God’s Murdoch, Mt Lawley and Bunbury locations.

Dr Jacinta Cover

Dr Jacinta Cover is a regional general surgeon for the last 10 years with a focus on colorectal surgical care and emergency surgery. She trained in Western Australia and now practices at Bunbury Hospital. 

Dr Cover is co-HOD for general surgery and Medical Director of Surgical, Maternity and Paediatric Services at Bunbury Regional Hospital as well as a lecturer at the Rural Clinical School.