SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR 2022 SYDNEY NURSE MELANOMA SYMPOSIUM!

Melanoma Institute Australia is pleased to be hosting a one-day nurse symposium featuring our latest understanding of melanoma diagnosis and treatment.

The Program covers the whole spectrum of the disease and will be presented by multidisciplinary experts in the field. Registrants will be able to choose to attend either the surgical or medical stream of presentations during our afternoon session.

MORNING PROGRAM

An overview of melanoma (A/Prof Alex van Akkooi - Surgical Oncologist)
Initial assessment and diagnosis of melanoma (Dr Bruna Gouveia - Dermatologist)
Understanding the pathology report (Dr Robert Rawson - Pathologist)
How has melanoma surgery changed in the last decade? (A/Prof Sydney Ch'ng - Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon)
The shifting paradigm in medical management of melanoma (TBC - Medical Oncologist)
Managing patients in a rural setting: Challenges from the field (Danielle Goss - Nurse)
Supportive care across the continuum of the melanoma experience (Skye Dong - Psychologist)

AFTERNOON PROGRAM - SURGICAL STREAM

Melanoma surgery and post-operative care (Dr Thomas Pennington - General Surgeon and Surgical Oncologist)
Post-op complications: A series of case studies (Marcella Yudo - Nurse)
Surgery for melanoma brain metastases: Where are we now? (Dr Brindha Shivalingam - Neurosurgeon)

AFTERNOON PROGRAM - MEDICAL STREAM

Systemic therapy side effects: How do nurses manage? (Rebecca Biviano and Nicole Taylor - CNCs)
Advances in medical oncology management (Piyush Grover - Medical Oncology Fellow)
Clinical trials in melanoma (Maria Gonzalez - Clinical Trials Manager)

(Note: this Program is subject to change)

The location of this face-to-face event will be in Sydney, either at The Poche Centre (Wollstonecraft) or at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Precinct (Camperdown) depending on numbers.

Please save the date and register your interest now to ensure you're among the first to receive an invitation when registrations are live. Note that registering here does not constitute a ticket to the event, but will greatly assist us for planning purposes.

This educational event is an initiative of Melanoma Institute Australia.

MIA’s Education Program is proudly supported through unrestricted educational grants from: MSD, Bristol Myers Squibb, Novartis and HEINE.