7th PeMSAA Australasia Conference - 2022
Sydney
Save the dates: 8-9th Oct 2022
Thank you for your interest in the 7th PeMSAA Australasia Conference – Sydney. The conference is scheduled to be held on 8-9th October 2022 at Sofitel Darling Harbour Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
If you wish to attend the conference, please register and make the payments here
| 7:30 – 8:15 AM | Registration |
| 8:15 – 8:45 AM | Official Welcome and Opening Acknowledgement to Country |
| 8:45 – 8:55 AM | Welcome address by President PeMSAA Australasia Dr Anura Thalagala |
| 8:55 – 9:05 AM | Address by President PeMSAA Sri Lanka Prof Thushara Kudagammana |
| 9:05 – 9:20 AM | How it all began Dr Nithi Sivathondan |
| 9:20 – 10:00 AM | Keynote Presentation Covid – Is this the end of the Pandemic? A/Prof Sanjaya Senanayake Infectious Diseases Physician Canberra Health Services, ACT |
| SESSION 1 | Living with COVID |
| 10:05 – 10:25 AM | Haematological manifestation of COVID and VITT Dr Poomahal Kumar Senior Staff Specialist in Haematology /NSWHP Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney |
| 10:25 – 10:45 AM | Mental health and COVID Dr Kalyana Rodrigo Senior Staff Specialist in Psychiatry The Canberra Hospital, ACT |
| 10:45 – 11:10 AM | Morning Tea |
| SESSION 2 | The cutting edge |
| 11:10 – 11:30 AM | ‘Why Bariatric Surgery?’ Dr Senarath Werapitiya Bariatric and General Surgeon St John of God Hospital, Bunbury,WA |
| 11:30 – 11:50 AM | Judicious use of opioid in perioperative setting, Is it necessary? Dr Saubagya Gunatilake Consultant Anaesthetist Campbelltown Hospital, Sydney |
| 11:50 – 11:55 AM | Discussion |
| 11:55 – 12:30 PM | Guest Presentation Capacity Building in Toxicology-The SACTRC Story Prof Mohamed Fahim Professor, University of Peradeniya Senior Research Fellow, The University of Sydney |
| 12:30 – 12:45 PM | Photography- secrets of a perfect capture Expressive landscape photography Dr Thusitha Muhandiram |
| 12:45 – 1:30 PM | Lunch |
| SESSION 3 | Insights in to Ageing |
| 1:30 – 1:50 PM | Stages of cognitive decline Dr Upul Liyanage Consultant Physician and Geriatrician Nepean Hospital. Sydney |
| 1:50 – 2:10 PM | Dementia- Is there hope in the horizon? Dr Piumali Gunawardene Consultant Physician and Geriatrician Nepean Hospital. Sydney |
| 2:10 – 2:30 PM | Frailty Dr Nalini Thayaparan Senior Staff specialist in Geriatrics and General /Acute care medicine Liverpool Hospital, Sydney |
| 2:30 – 2:40 PM | Discussion |
| SESSION 4 |
Healthy Living |
| 2:40 – 3:00 PM | Exercise protocols for healthy living Dr Pushpa Suriyaarachchi Senior Staff Specialist in Rehabilitation Medicine Nepean Hospital, Sydney |
| 3:00 – 3:30 PM | Afternoon tea |
| 3:30 – 4:30 PM | The great debate Moderator: Dr Nimmi Athuraliya Case Presentation: Dr Saubagya Gunathilake |
| 6:30 – 11:00 PM | Conference Gala Dinner |
| SESSION 5 | Child and maternal health |
| 08:30 – 09:00 AM | Biological clock and its implications in disease Prof Thushara Kudagammana Dept of Paediatrics, University of Peradeniya |
| 09:00 – 09:20 AM | Pregnancy and COVID Dr Nayananada Lekamge Consultant Gynaecologist, Obstetrician Calvary Hospital, Adelaide |
| SESSION 6 | General Practice: The Talking Points |
| 09:20 – 09:40AM | Game changer for opioid dependency Dr Anura Thalagala General Practitioner, Vale Medical Practice, Sydney |
| 09:40 – 10:00 AM | Dermatology in general practice, Alopecia and common skin conditions Dr Deepani Rathnayaka Consultant Dermatologist Sinclair Dermatology, Melbourne |
| 10:00 – 10:05 AM | Discussion |
| SESSION 7 | Management of chronic diseases |
| 10:05 – 10:25 AM | Brain health for all-call for action Prof Tissa Wijeratne Consultant Neurologist Western Hospital, Melbourne |
| 10:25 – 10:45 AM | New technology in management of DM in pregnancy Dr N Hewapathirana Consultant Endocrinologist and General Physician Diabetes Centre, Oxford Terrace Christchurch, New Zealand |
| 10:45 – 10:50 AM | Discussion |
| 10:50 – 11:10 AM | Morning tea |
| SESSION 8 | Reflections |
| 11:10 – 11:30 AM | Medical Education then and now Dr Sisira Jayatissa |
| 11:30 – 11:50 AM | Prof Channa Ratnatunga in conversation with Dr Shiran Wijerathna |
| 11.50 – 11.55 AM | Robarosiya blooming A stroll down the memory lane; a melodic reminiscence Dr Pushpa Suriyaarachchi |
| 11:55 – 12:00 PM | Closing of the academic sessions Vote of thanks Dr Poomahal Kumar |
| 12:00 – 12:30 PM | Annual General Meeting Team |
| 12:30 – 1:30 PM | Lunch and Closure |