Program

The Main Program will be held on Saturday 28 February and Sunday 1 March 2026
(CPD hours = 10 Educational Activities hours)

Saturday 28 February

08.45-09.00Opening of Symposium (VIC-TAS)
08.45-09.00Welcome from State Committees
Roshan Zerideen Zaid
09.00-11.00The Future of Training
09.00-09.20The Ethics of Novel Technology in Surgical Innovation and Training
Naomi Holbeach
09.20-09.40
Preventing Clinician Burnout in Early Career Fellows 
Prue Standen 
09.40-10.00How to Ensure Access to Robotic Training
Nathan Lawrentschuk
10.00-10.20How to Provide Access to Surgical Termination of Pregnancy Training to Improve Patient Outcomes 
Patricia Moore
10.20-10.40Teaching on the Run: Leadership, Supervision and Practical Tips
Amber Moore
10.40-11.00Translating Research and Guidelines Into Practice: Training Ourselves and the Next Generation
Cindy Farquhar
11.00-11.20Morning Tea
11.20-13.00Second Stage of Labour
11.20-11.40Term induction of Labour with Low Dose Misoprostol 
Julia Unterscheider
11.40-12.00Breech - Old Skill Old Obstetrician
Lionel Steinberg 
12.00-12.20What Can We Learn from the New FIGO Guideline on PPH?
Michael Rasmussen
12.20-12.40
Detection and Improvement in PAS
John Regan
12.40-12.50
In-Utero Metformin Exposure and Offspring Development at 4–6 Years:
A Population-Based Cohort Study From Victoria, Australia
Hannah Gordon

12.50-13.00Are we adhering to genetic-carrier screening Guidelines at Caboolture Hospital? 

13.00-14.00Lunch
14.00-15.20The Patient Experience
14.00-14.20Balancing Patient Choices and Declining Care vs Clinician Expertise
Gino Pecoraro
14.20-14.40Perinatal Health and Depression 
Matthew Roberts
14.40-15.00Trauma Informed Care and Informed Consent in Emergencies
Jane Lukins
15.00-15.10Maternal Outcomes of Induction of Labour According to Body Mass Index: A Clinical Audit
Jia Ni Kwan
15.10-15.20Rising emergency caesarean section rates in primiparous women: a retrospective audit

15.20-15.40
Afternoon Tea
15.40-17.00Updates in Gynaecology
15.40-16.00Updates in PAG 
Matthew Watson
16.00-16.20Fibroids and Heavy Bleeding: Tools and Tips for Treatment
Alison Bryant-Smith 
16.20-16.40Vulval Disorders: A Concise Practical Summary
Helen Saunders
16.40-17.00What's New with Unexplained Subfertility and Recurrent Miscarriages  
Luk Rombauts
17.00-17.20Surgical Treatment of Cervical Conditions and the Cervix
Toni Jones
17.20-19.00Cocktail Function

Sunday 1 March

09.00-10.40Obstetrics
09.00-09.20What's new in Recurrent Miscarriages for 2026
Vijaya Karanam
09.20-09.40
Management of Acute Surgical Conditions in Pregnancy
Vinay Rane
09.40-10.00Bleeding Placenta Praevia: Updates from Piper Data
Alexis Shub
10.00-10.10Cutting the CAT 2 Time – A Caesarean Section Continuous Improvement
Project at a Tertiary Hospital in South Australia
Madalina Oprea
10.10-10.20Physiologic Dose Testosterone Therapy for Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder
in Peri and Postmenopausal Women: A Systematic Review of Randomised and Controlled

10.20-10.30A rare case of anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis Associated with Ovarian Teratoma: A case report
Swati Darade
10.30-10.40Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy for Ovarian Torsion with the
Addition of Tertiary Gynaecology Ultrasound: A Retrospective Cohort Study 
Catherine Boyce

10.40-11.00Morning Tea
11.00-12.40Deep Dive Into Gynaecology
11.00-11.10The Impact of First Birth by Caesarean Section on Subsequent Reproductive Outcomes
 - a Population Cohort Study. 

11.10-11.20Emergency versus Planned Caesarean Hysterectomy for Placenta Accreta Spectrum
at a Regional Tertiary Referral Centre: A Ten-Year Retrospective Cohort Study
Skye Martin

11.20-11.40Histopathology in Chronic Endometriosis

11.40-12.00
Informed Trans Care in O&G

12.00-12.20
Menopause and HRT: What's New?
Martha Hickey
12.20-12.40Updates in Treatment of Genitourinary Syndrome in Menopause
Elizabeth Farrell
12.40-12.50Closing of Symposium
12.40-12.45Presentation of Awards

12.45-12.50Closing Remarks
Roshan Zerideen Zaid
12.50-14.00Lunch and Departure





Please note that all dates and times of sessions are subject to change at the discretion of the Victorian and Tasmanian State Committees.