Preliminary Course Program (revised)

 

 

MasterClass Program

 

 
Faculty
A/Prof Ken Bradstock Head of BMT Service, Westmead Hospital Sydney
Dr Sharon Chen CIDM, Westmead Hospital, Sydney
A/Prof David Ellis Mycology Unit, Women’s & Children’s Hospital, Adelaide
Dr Nicky Gilroy CIDM, Westmead Hospital, Sydney
A/Prof David Gottlieb Faculty of Medicine, Westmead Hospital, Sydney
Dr Tom Gottlieb Infectious Diseases & Microbiology, Concord Hospital, Sydney
Dr Catriona Halliday CIDM, Westmead Hospital, Sydney
Dr Peter Hopkins Queensland Heart-Lung Transplant Unit, Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane
A/Prof Debbie Marriott Dept of Microbiology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney
A/Prof Wieland Meyer CIDM, Westmead Hospital, Sydney
Dr Geoffrey Playford Infection Management Services, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane
Dr Sam Rudham Staff Specialist Intensive Care, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
Dr Monica Slavin Victorian Infectious Disease Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne
Prof Tania Sorrell CIDM, Westmead Hospital, Sydney
Prof Jeff Szer Dept Clinical Haematology & Bone Marrow Transplant Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne
Dr Karin Thursky Victorian Infectious Disease Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne
A/Prof David Tuxen Dept Intensive Care & Hyperbaric Medicine, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne

 

 

 

Preliminary MasterClass Program (revised 15/10/07)

Thursday 1 November 2007

anytime between
12.00pm - 4.00pm

MasterClass Registration & Hotel Check-In
(front lawns, Reef View Hotel)

6.00pm - 8.00pm

Welcome Mixer - supper & cocktails
(incl with registration)

 

Friday 2 November 2007  |  Endeavour Room (next to Toucan Tangos)

8.30am - 10.00am

 

Activity in BMT & what the future will hold

Jeff Szer

Update on chemotherapy, conditioning regimens & monoclonal antibodies

Ken Bradstock

10.00am - 10.30am

Morning Tea Break

10.30am - 11.15am

Invasive fungal infections in the solid organ transplant patient

Peter Hopkins

11.15am - 11.45pm

The Aspergillus (ASPID) study

Sharon Chen

11.45am - 12.15pm

Antifungal susceptibility testing and resistance trends

David Ellis

12.15pm - 1.15pm

Lunch Break

1.15pm - 2.00pm

Invasive fungal infections in the Surgical & ICU patient

David Tuxen

2.00pm - 2.30pm

Fungal Sinusitis

Sharon Chen

2.30pm - 3.00pm

Afternoon Tea Break

3.00pm - 4.00pm

T cell responses to Aspergillus & an update on adoptive T cell immunotherapy for invasive Aspergillus infections in HSCT patients

David Gottlieb

5.15pm - 9.00pm

BBQ Safari Tour (incl with registration)

 

Saturday 3 November 2007  |  Endeavour Room (next to Toucan Tangos)

8.30am - 9.00am

Molecular epidemiology in clinical mycology

Wieland Meyer

9.00am - 9.30am

Antifungal prophylaxis strategies in the ICU

Geoffrey Playford

9.30am - 10.00am

When to use combination therapy?

Tania Sorrell

10.00am - 10.30am

Morning Tea Break

10.30am - 11.00am

Primary & secondary antifungal prophylaxis in haematology malignancies

Monica Slavin

11.00am - 11.30am

Treatment update (antifungal guidelines)

Kas Thursky

11.30am - 12.00pm

Infection control & immunocompromised hosts

Nicky Gilroy

12.00pm - 1.00pm

Lunch Break

1.00pm - 1.30pm

Zygomycosis – are there new management options?

Tom Gottlieb

1.30pm - 2.00pm

Scedosporium & Fusarium infections in Australia

Monica Slavin

2.00pm - 2.30pm

Candida infections – difficult sites

Sam Rudham

2.30pm - 3.00pm

Afternoon Tea Break

3.00pm - 3.30pm

Clinical value of serology & molecular tests in diagnosing invasive aspergillosis in high risk patients

Catriona Halliday

3.30pm - 4.00pm

Antifungal serum levels

Debbie Marriott

7.30pm

Conference Dinner (incl with registration)

workshop

Sunday 4 November 2007  |  Endeavour Room (next to Toucan Tangos)

OPTIONAL SATELLITE WORKSHOP | for laboratory staff (workshop fee applies)

9.00am - 11.30am

Descriptions of medical fungi and in vitro antifungal susceptibility testing

David Ellis

 

 

 

 
   
this page last updated 15/10/07