The programme below is presented in local Sydney, Australia (AEST | GMT+10) time.

Wednesday, 7 September 2022
9.00am - 5.00pmRegistration Open
10.00am - 5.00pm                           IMSANZ Advanced Trainee Workshop including QI session and Meet the ATC

10.00am - 10.45am Acknowledgement of Country and Welcome

10.45am - 12.15pm QI Session (group workshop conducted in-person) 
  • Dr Jennifer Inhae Lee, Assistant Dean of Program Development and Operations,                                                     Vice Chair of Quality and Patient Safety, Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine                                                     Weill Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York    
  • Dr Ar Kar Aung, Alfred Health

12.30pm - 1.15pm NAFLD 

  • Dr Amit Kapur, Nowra Private Hospital

2.00pm - 2.45pm Substance Use Disorders, other than alcohol

  • Professor Paul Haber, University of Sydney

2.45pm - 3.45pm Functional Neurological disorders 

  • Dr Abhay Venkat, Wollongong Hospital
  • Dr Matthew Macfarlane, Wollongong Hospital

4.00pm - 5.00pm Meet the ATC 

  • Mandy Chen, Nicole Hancock, Doug Johnson, Anne Knight, Manash Saha, Ben Vogler


RACP Supervisor Workshops ( in-person only ) 
10.00am - 1.00pm
2.00pm - 5.00pm 



Ancillary Meetings
2:00pm - 4:00pmGeneral and Acute Care Medicine (GACM) Leaders Forum 
Topics for discussion: 
- Workforce shortage
- Models of care during pandemic such as COVID
- Integration between primary health care and secondary/tertiary health care: Role of General Physicians
- Virtual care


Facilitator: A/Prof Manash Saha, Wollongong Hospital
                Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District


Thursday, 8 September 2022
8.00am - 5.00pm Registration Open
8.30am - 9.00am Scientific Program Day 1 
  • Welcome to Country - Professor Dennis Foley, Professor of Indigenous Entrepreneurship,                                                                                      Management and First Nation Australian Issues
  • Welcome to IMSANZ - Dr Mary-Ann Ryall, Central Coast Local Health District
9.00am - 10.30amSession 1: IMSANZ Past, Present and Future: The Evolution of the General Physician
  • An Australian Perspective - Professor Ian Scott, Princess Alexandra Hospital
  • A New Zealand Perspective - Dr John Gommans, Hawke's Bay Hospital
  • A Global Perspective - A/Professor Alasdair MacDonald, Launceston General
  • Contemporary Challenges for General Medicine - Dr Anne Knight, University of Newcastle Department of Rural Health
  • Panel Discussion
10.30am - 11.00amMorning Tea
11.00am - 1.00pm Session 2: Acute Medical Conditions
  • Telestroke Panel: 2 Perspectives - Dr Ken Butcher, NSW Telestroke Services & Dr Kate Crossley, Western NSW LHD
  • Acute Cardiology Panel
    • A/Prof Ingrid Hopper, Alfred Health and School of Public Health and Preventative Medicine
    • Professor Ian Scott, Princess Alexandra Hospital
    • Professor Andrew Sindone, Concord Hospital
  • Acute Kidney Injury (AKI): A Clinical/Case Based Perspective - Dr Colin McClintock, Western NSW LHD
1.00pm - 2.00pm Lunch
2.00pm - 3.30pm
Session 3: Ramesh Nagappan Memorial Award
Award Finalist Oral Presentations
    • Dr Helen Bui, Flinders Medical Centre
    • Dr Neil Goontilleke, Dubbo Hospital
    • Dr Victoria Huang, Royal Melbourne Hospital
    • Dr Claire Meaton, Alice Springs Hospital
    • Dr Sylvia Ye, Alfred Health
3.30pm - 4.00pm
Afternoon Tea
4.00pm - 5.00pm 
Session 4: Ambulatory Health Care
  • Hospital-Community Interface - Virtual Care - Dr Owen Hutchings, RPA Virtual Hospital
  • Deprescribing in the Community - Dr Sarah Hilmer, Royal North Shore Hospital
  • Alternatives to Hospital Presentation and Inpatient-based care - The Virtual Care Spectrum - Dr Amith Shetty, NSW Ministry of Health
5.00pm - 7.00pm Welcome Reception | Beachside Dojo


Friday, 9 September 2022
7.00am - 5.00pmRegistration Open
7.15am - 8.45am
IMSANZ Trainee Breakfast ( in-person only ) Dr Sarah Davis, ISLHD, Dr Padeepa Perera, Royal Melbourne Hospital
7.45am - 8.45am
RACP Information Session ( in-person only )
  • CPD Information Session - Shona Black
  • ROC Community & Mentor Match - Kirsten Berg
9.00am - 10.30amScientific Program Day 2
Session 5: IMSANZ & Training Fit-For Purpose Generalists
  • General Medicine and The RACP Education Strategy - Professor Phillipa Poole, University of Auckland
  • The Evolution of General Medicine Advanced Training - Dr Jaye Martin, WA Country Health Services
  • Challenges in Delivering an Advanced Training Curriculum  (An Accreditation Perspective) - Dr Nicole Hancock, Alfred Health
  • Moving Forward with Advanced Training - Dr Ben Vogler, Cairns Hospital
  • Panel Discussion
10.30am - 11.00am Morning Tea
11.00am - 12.30pm Session 6: Managing patients with Psychiatric Conditions
  • Current Challenges in Eating Disorders - Professor Phillipa Hay, Western Sydney University, Anne Jay, Central Coast LHD, Jennie Lamb, Central Coast LHD, Judith Leahy, Central Coast LHD
  • Toxic Syndromes from Psychiatric Medicines - Professor Nicholas Buckley, University of Sydney
  • Metabolic Outcomes in Psychiatric Patients - Professor Tim Lambert, Concord Repatriation General Hospital
12.30pm - 1.45pm Lunch
1.00pm - 1.30pm IMSANZ Annual General Meeting
1.45pm - 3.45pmSession 7: Oral Presentations
    • A/Prof Ar Kar Aung, Alfred Hospital
    • Professor Simon Dimmitt, Universities of Western Australia & Newcastle
    • Dr Jyotsana Janardan, SA Virtual Care Service
    • Professor Michael Kennedy, St Vincent's Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology
    • Professor Alison Mudge, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital
    • Dr Robert Pickles, John Hunter Hospital
    • Dr Darshan Shah, Toowoomba Hospital
    • Professor Robyn Wallace, Calvary Lenah Valley Hospital
3.45pm - 4.00pm 
Afternoon Tea
4.00pm - 5.00pm Session 8: Poster Presentations
6.30pm - 10.30pmIMSANZ 25th Anniversary Gala Dinner


Saturday, 10 September 2022
8.30am - 3.00pmRegistration Open

Scientific Program Day 3
9.00am - 10.30am
Session 9: IMSANZ & The General Physician as Leader
  • Leadership that Matters - Professor Don Campbell, Northern Health
  • The General Physician & Leadership Within Interprofessional Teams - Dr Jenna Paterson, Austin Health
  • The General Physician as 'Boundary Rider' - Dr Michelle Downie, Tauranga Hospital, Te Whatu Ora 
  • The General Physician as a Leader in Health Systems - Alison Mudge, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
  • Panel Discussion
10.30am - 11.00am 
11.00am - 11.45am 
11.45am - 12.30pmSession 11: Obstetric Medicine
  • Pre-Conception Care - The Science and Art of Medicine - Professor Leonie Callaway, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital
  • Thromboembolism in Pregnancy - Dr Stephanie Cox, Auckland City Hospital
12.30pm - 1.30pmLunch
1.30pm - 2.45pmSession 12: Indigenous & Refugee Health
  • Refugees from Afghanistan to Ukraine - Health Issues & Care - Dr Mitchell Smith, NSW Refugee Health Service              
  • Leadership in Indigenous Health - Dr John Towney, University of Newcastle

Conference Close - IMSANZ New Zealand 2023 Announcement
2.45pm - 3.30pmAfternoon Tea


Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand (IMSANZ)

145 Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA 2000
P: +61 2 9169 1838
W: www.imsanz.org.au