• Wednesday 21 October
• 08:15 – 17:00
• Cairns Convention Centre

SESSION ONE

08:15 Welcome to Country
08:30 Preparing for the fellowship examination – Dr Emily Olive
08:50 Life after training – A colorectal surgical career – Dr Bree Stephenson
09:10 At this phase of my career, what would I say to my younger self if I was sitting here today? – A/Prof Nicholas O’Rourke
09:30 Overseas fellowship experience – Dr Rebecca Seton
09:50 Volunteering and the surgeon – Dr Merwe Hartslief
10:15 Q&A
10:30:00 MORNING TEA

SESSION TWO

11:00 Rectal cancer and non- operative treatment for resectable disease – Dr Kah Hoong Chang
11:30 Approach to liver metastasis in colorectal surgery – A/Prof Nicholas O’Rourke
11:50 Peritonectomy: Who, when, how? Approach to malignant peritoneal disease – Dr Brian Meade
12:10 Approach to radiological interpretation of hepatic lesions and rectal tumours – Dr Venus Hedayati
12:40 Discussion
12:50 LUNCH 

SESSION THREE

13:30 Anal intraepithelial lesions and squamous cell carcinoma: Diagnosis and management – Dr Charlotte Kwik
13:50 Anorectal fistula diagnosis and management – Dr Damien Petersen
14:10 Approach to rectal prolapse – Dr Chris Gillespie
14:30 Inflammatory bowel disease: Diagnosis and surgical management – Dr Hugh Giddings
14:45 Inflammatory bowel disease: Diagnosis and medical management – Dr Montri Gururatsakul
15:00 Q&A
15:15 AFTERNOON TEA

SESSION FOUR

15:45 Inguinal and ventral hernia repair: Minimally invasive to open – indications and approach – Dr Joel Lewin
16:05 Abdominal wall reconstruction in the massive ventral hernia – A/Prof Keith Towsey
16:25 Abdominal wall and abdominal pain – ACNES – Dr Pieter Prinsloo
16:45 Q&A plus conclusions
17:00 Trainees’ Day Program End

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Completion of the Trainees’ Day program for eligible General Surgery Trainees will count towards satisfactory completion of one (1) national educational activity as per the Regulations for the SET Program in General Surgery (Regulation 4.10 – National Educational Activities) and the Regulations for the GSET Program (Regulation 13.3 – National Training Activities).

Format & Recordings

This is an in-person event, however the lecture component of the program will be recorded, and, provided speaker-consent is given, securely stored on the members-only area of the GSA website for on-demand viewing. Please note that it can take up to six weeks before recordings become available.