Postgraduate Course Program

Calling Advanced Trainees, Fellows, Junior and experienced consultants, Fellows, and General Practitioners, – GESA is thrilled to announce the return of our Postgraduate Course, to be held in Adelaide on Friday 13 September 2024! 

Launched in 2023, this is the second year of a four-year curriculum, providing a comprehensive foundation to the management of commonly encountered Gastroenterological conditions in Australia. This course is well suited towards consultants seeking a refresher on the fundamentals of clinical practice in Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 

The topics are practical and mainstream, from clinical management to essential clinical practice principles, and the course content highlights management options, therapeutic choices, and tips and hints from experienced clinicians.

This year's course and future courses will be recorded to develop a comprehensive Gastrointestinal resource at your disposal. Delegates will be able to access the postgraduate video library on-demand.

Dates: Friday 13 September
Location: Adelaide Convention Centre (ACC) - AGW venue, Hall K
Time: 09:00 - 17:00 
Conveners: Rebecca Burgell, Mayur Garg, Astrid Williams 






Friday Sept 13 Program


Time Session Speaker
Session 1 - Upper GI Co-Chairs: Rebecca Burgell and Hamish Philpot
09:00 Dysphagia Peter Wu
09:20 Foreign Body / Food Bolus (Non Bleeding Emergencies) Shara Ket
09:40 Coeliac Robert Anderson (Virtual)
10:00 EoE And Other Eosinophilic Conditions (Gastropathy/Enteropathy) Rebecca Burgell
10:20 Panel Discussion
10:30 Morning Tea
Session 2 - Lower GI Co-Chairs: Astrid Williams and William Tam
10:50 Acute Lower GI Bleeding Rajvinder Singh
11:10 Optimising Bowel Preparation for Colonoscopy Gregor Brown
11:30 The Large Polyp - Assessment, Options For Resection, Tattooing Michael Bourke
11:50 Diverticulitis And Anal Disorders - What The Gastroenterologists Need To Know Cherry Koh
12:20 Panel Discussion
12:30 Lunch
Session 3 - IBD Co-Chairs: Mayur Garg and Robert Little
13:30 Non-IBD Colitis (Drug Induced, Ischaemic) Tamara Mogilevski
13:50 Therapeutic Drug Monitoring - Thiopurines, Biologics Rupert Leong
14:10 Health Maintenance In IBD Emma Flanagan
14:30 Assessment Of Malnutrition In GI Conditions Samantha Plush
14:50 Panel Discussion
15:00 Afternoon Tea
Session 4 - Hepatobiliary Co-Chairs: Alex Thompson and Ann Farrell
15:20 Abnormal LFTS Jeyamani Ramachandran
15:40 Fluid Related Complications (Ascites, HRS, Hepatic Hydrothorax) Alan Wigg
16:00 Alcoholic Hepatitis Grace Wong (HK)
16:20 Pancreatic Lesions Linda Zhang
16:40 Panel Discussion
16:50-17:00 Wrap-Up