2024 RRI 'Gut Centre' Program
GESA is excited to bring you The Gut Centre program.
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(Current as of 14 Aug, 7am)
Tuesday 13 August
| Afternoon Location: Alice Springs Hospital | 12:30pm – Radiology Meeting Venue: Red Auditorium Imaging in IBD: CTE/MRE/Intestinal US: Enteral Disease and Perianal Disease, with a summary statement on extra-intestinal manifestations Facilitator: Mark Sparnon, Radiologist Cases: GESA GE Fellow/Medical and Surgical Registrars 1:00pm - Endoscopy Skills Workshop (GENCA) Venue: OT Lecture Room 2:00pm - Ward and ED Nurses Venue: Red Auditorium 2:00pm: IBD for Emergency Nurses Facilitator: Daniel Lightowler, President GENCA, Clinical Nurse Consultant – IBD, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital - Presentation 2.30pm: PEG Tube Basics Facilitator: Karen Berry, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Gold Coast Hospital 3:00pm – PEG Clinic Venue: ASH Outpatients Facilitators: Rajesh Sanjeevi, Staff Specialist Gastroenterologist, Alice Springs Hospital Karen Berry, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Gold Coast Hospital |
| Evening Location: Double Tree Alice Springs | 7:00pm – Hepatology and Nutrition Evening Seminar Venue: Grand Ballroom Welcome to Country Opening Address: Alex Boussioutas, GESA President, Director of Gastroenterology, The Alfred Richard Johnson, Deputy Director of Medical and Clinical Services, Alice Springs Hospital Metabolic Associated Fatty Liver Disease (MAFLD) Lecture 1: Controversy Regarding Name, Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Classification, Progression and Complications Speaker: Alex Thompson, President-Elect GESA, Director of Gastroenterology, St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne - Presentation Lecture 2: Medical Management of MAFLD Speaker: Jacob George, Gastroenterologist, Westmead Hospital (virtual) - Presentation Lecture 3: Medical Management of Obesity Speaker: Elna Ellis, Endocrinologist, Alice Springs Hospital Lecture 4: Surgical Management of Obesity Speaker: Jacob Chisholm, Surgeon, Adelaide Bariatric Centre (virtual) - Presentation Panel Session: Questions and Answers Closing Address: Benedict Devereaux, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital |
Wednesday 14 August
| Morning Location: Alice Springs Hospital | 8:20am – Surgical Meeting Venue: Red Auditorium Gastroscopy Quality Paper, Colonoscopy Standards and BDE Paper Facilitator: Matthew Remedios, Gastroenterologist at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (virtual) 9:15am – Endoscopy Procedures Venue: ASH Theatre-4 Barrett’s, GORD, Gastric IM, Helicobacter Pylori, Common Benign Lesions, Coeliac Disease Endoscopists: Bronte Holt, Gastroenterologist, St Vincent's Hospital Peter Boyd, Endoscopist, Cairns Base Hospital Daniel Croagh, Hepato-Pancreatic-Biliary Surgeon, Monash Health 10:30am – GENCA Infection Prevention & Control in Endoscopy (IPCE) Workshop Venue: Red Auditorium Facilitator: Di Jones, GENCA |
| Afternoon Location: Alice Springs Hospital | 12:30pm – Lunchtime Lecture Venue: Teaching/Meeting room - ASH Theatre Endoscopist-Directed Nurse-Administered Propofol Sedation (EDNAPS) Facilitator: Peter Boyd, Endoscopist, Cairns Base Hospital 2:00pm – Endoscopy Procedures Venue: ASH Theatre-4 Colonoscopy with Polyp Detection, Inspection and Resection Endoscopists: Bronte Holt, Gastroenterologist, St Vincent's Hospital Peter Boyd, Endoscopist, Cairns Base Hospital Daniel Croagh, Hepato-Pancreatic-Biliary Surgeon, Monash Health 2:00pm - Ward and ED Nurses Venue: Red Auditorium 2:00pm: Advanced Liver Disease Facilitator: Phoebe Van Laambart, GENCA (virtual) 2.30pm: Upper GI Bleeding Facilitator: Di Jones, GENCA 3:30pm – PEG Symposium Venue: Red Auditorium Community, Industry, GPs, GE, Indications, Preparations, Troubleshooting, Insertion, Replacement Facilitator: Karen Berry, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Gold Coast Hospital |
| Evening Location: Double Tree Alice Springs | 7:00pm – Cirrhosis Evening Seminar Venue: Grand Ballroom Opening Address: Reducing Alcohol Supply – A Key Prevention Approach for Alcohol-caused Gastrointestinal Diseases Speaker: John Boffa, Chief Medical Officer Public Health, Congress Lecture 1: Non-invasive Assessment of Portal Hypertension in Compensated Cirrhosis Speaker: Alex Thompson, President Elect GESA, Director of Gastroenterology, St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne - Presentation Lecture 2: Nutritional Considerations for Liver Cirrhosis in a Rural/Remote Setting Speaker: Madison Prendergast, Dietician, Alice Springs Hospital- Presentation Lecture 3: Emergency Management of Variceal Bleeding Speaker: Richard Johnson, Deputy Director of Medical and Clinical Services, Alice Springs Hospital Lecture 4: Endoscopic Management of Variceal Bleeding Speaker: Rajesh Sanjeevi, Staff Specialist Gastroenterologist, Alice Springs Hospital- Presentation Panel Session: Questions and Answers Closing address: Kirsty Campbell, Clinical Lead of Gastroenterology, Royal Darwin Hospital |
Thursday 15 August
| Morning Location: Alice Springs Hospital | 8:15am – Department of Medicine Teaching Meeting Venue: Red Auditorium IBD Pharmacotherapy - Advanced Therapies in Focus and Context Facilitators: Miles Sparrow, Gastroenterologist, Alfred Hospital (virtual) - Presentation Daniel Lightowler, President GENCA, Clinical Nurse Consultant – IBD, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital 9:00am – Endoscopy Procedures Venue: ASH Theatre-4 IBD Colonoscopy: Diagnosis, Activity Classifications, Dysplasia/Neoplasia Detection, Tissue Sampling, and Complication Management (e.g. Stricture Dilatation) Endoscopists: Bronte Holt, Gastroenterologist, St Vincent's Hospital Peter Boyd, Endoscopist, Cairns Base Hospital Daniel Croagh, Hepato-Pancreatic-Biliary Surgeon, Monash Health |
| Afternoon Location: Alice Springs Hospital | 12:30pm – Hospital-wide Teaching for RMOs/Interns Venue: Red Auditorium GI Emergencies Facilitator: Sanj Mudaliar, Gastroenterologist, Royal Brisbane and Woman’s Hospital (virtual) Multi-Disciplinary ED Meeting Emergency Presentations in Gastroenterology: Immediate Assessment and Management and Next Steps in the Ward Venue: Red Auditorium 2:00 pm: PEG Displacement Facilitator: Karen Berry, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Gold Coast Hospital 2:30pm: Food Bolus Facilitator: Lea Wiggins, GENCA (virtual) 2:55pm: Upper GI Bleeding including Q & A Facilitators: Alice Bennett, Co-Chair GESA RRI Network, Regional Gastroenterologist 3:30pm: GORD/Gastritis - Acute Management, including Q&ALauren Beswick, Co-Chair GESA RRI Network, Gastroenterologist, Barwon Health Facilitators: Alice Bennett, Co-Chair GESA RRI Network, Regional Gastroenterologist Lauren Beswick, Co-Chair GESA RRI Network, Gastroenterologist, Barwon Health 4:00pm: General Gastro Q and A Facilitators: Alice Bennett, Co-Chair GESA RRI Network, Regional Gastroenterologist 4:15pm: Session FinishLauren Beswick, Co-Chair GESA RRI Network, Gastroenterologist, Barwon Health Cases: Warren Adie, Emergency Physician, Alice Springs Hospital 3:00pm – Endoscopy Procedures Venue: ASH Theatre-4 Variceal Surveillance, GAVE, Ulcers & Acute Cases Endoscopists: Daniel Croagh, Hepato-Pancreatic-Biliary Surgeon, Monash Health Bronte Holt, Gastroenterologist, St Vincent's Hospital Peter Boyd, Endoscopist, Cairns Base Hospital |
| Evening Location: Double Tree Alice Springs | 7:00pm – Chronic Pancreatitis Evening Seminar Venue: Grand Ballroom Opening Address: Ollapallil Jacob, Surgeon (virtual) Lecture 1: Aetiology, Pathogenesis, Classification Speaker: Jayantha Senaratne, Surgeon, Alice Springs Hospital Lecture 2: Nutritional Management of Chronic Pancreatitis in a Rural/Remote Setting Speaker: Emma Steiger, Dietician, Alice Springs Hospital - Presentation Lecture 3: Endoscopic Management Speaker: Benedict Devereaux, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital Lecture 4: Surgical Management Speaker: Daniel Crough, Hepato-Pancreatic-Biliary Surgeon, Monash Health- Presentation Panel Session: Questions and Answers Closing Address: Lauren Beswick, Co-Chair GESA RRI Network, Gastroenterologist, Barwon Health Alice Bennett, Co-Chair GESA RRI Network, Regional Gastroenterologist |
Friday 16 August
| Morning Location: Alice Springs Hospital | 8:20am – Renal Meeting Venue: Red Auditorium Colonoscopy in the Medically Fragile Facilitator: Bronte Holt, Gastroenterologist, St Vincent's Hospital Bowel Preparation Facilitator: Anna McMahon, Research Nurse and Lead, Royal Brisbane and Woman’s Hospital (virtual) Amyloidosis Facilitator: Kiran Fernandes, Senior Consultant, Alice Springs Hospital Cases: Yu Sung Kim, GESA RRI Fellow, Royal Darwin Hospital |
| Afternoon Location: Alice Springs Hospital | 12:30pm – ASH Grand Rounds Venue: Red Auditorium Hepatorenal Syndrome, and Renal Disease overview Facilitator: Sajith Nayar 2:00pm: Programme Close Venue: Red Auditorium Facilitator: Kirsty Campbell, Clinical Lead of Gastroenterology, Royal Darwin Hospital |
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