Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Prof Bronwen Shaw

Chief Scientific Director, CIBMTR, Medical College of Wisconsin

The Hon Ged Kearney MP

Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care

A/Prof Andrew Cowan

Clinical Director, Myeloma Service, Fred Hutch Cancer Center

Dr Othman Al-Sawaf

Haematologist and Medical Oncologist, University Hospital of Cologne

Speakers and Chairs

Dr Edward Abadir

Haematologist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital & Chris O’Brien Lifehouse

A/Prof Mary Ann Anderson

Consultant Haematologist, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

Josephine Campbell

Senior Clinical Dietitian, Perth Children’s Hospital

Alia Cibich

BMTU Clinical Data Manager, Royal Adelaide Hospital

John Coutsouvelis

Senior Clinical Pharmacist, The Alfred Hospital & Senior Clinical Lecturer (adjunct), Monash University

Dr Gavin Cull

Director of Research for Haematology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

Prof Richard De Abreu Lourenço

Professor of Health Economics & Deputy Director at the Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation (CHERE), University of Technology Sydney

Alwyn D’Souza

Programme Director, Transplant and Cellular Therapy (TCT) Unit, Wellington Blood & Cancer Centre

Prof Pablo Fernández-Peñas

Joint Head of the Specialty of Dermatology, The University of Sydney

Dr Salvatore Fiorenza

Clinical Haematologist, Deputy Director and Medical Lead of Cellular Therapies, Epworth Healthcare

Dr Melissa Gabriel

Staff Specialist and Head, Blood Transplant and Cell Therapies, Cancer Centre for Children

Maddie Gilsenan

Therapies (BMT/CT) Nurse Practitioner, Children’s Cancer Centre at The Royal Children’s Hospital

Suchit Handa

Director, Measurement for Improvement, Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

Dr Sasanka Handunnetti

Clinical Haematologist, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane

Prof Rosemary Harrup

Director of Cancer and Blood service, Royal Hobart Hospital

A/Prof Andrea Henden

Clinical Haematologist and Bone Marrow Transplant Physician, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital

Rhys Hibbert

Founder, Donate for Life and Patient Advocate

Prof Joy Ho AM

Clinical Professor, University of Sydney and Senior Staff Specialist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

Megan Hogg

Clinical Nurse Consultant, Long Term Follow Up, Allogeneic Blood Transplant, Westmead Hospital

Dr Alisa Kane

Director of Immunology and HIV, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney

Myeloma Clinical Nurse Consultant, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, NSW
Clinical Associate Professor, Research Fellow & Lecturer Cancer Nursing Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney University

Richelle Koller

CEO, Arrow Bone Marrow Transplant Foundation

Denise Lee

Haematologist, Austin Health

Dr Clinton Lewis

Haematologist and stem cell transplant physician, Auckland City Hospital

Dr Jessica Ling

Advanced Trainee in Joint Haematology, Fiona Stanley Hospital, WA

Nicole Loft

Haematology Nurse Practitioner, MNP, Royal Adelaide Hospital

Prof Paula Marlton

Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland; Director of Haematology and Head of Leukaemia, Princess Alexandra Hospital

Prof Peter McCluskey AO

Professor & Chair of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney

Dr Ashley McEwan

Haematologist (Blood Disorders Specialist), Liverpool and Campbelltown Hospitals

Prof Peter Middleton

Clinical Professor, the University of Sydney

A/Prof Adam Nelson

Staff Specialist in Bone Marrow Transplant and Oncology, Kids Cancer Centre, Sydney Children’s Hospital

Elissa Northridge

Clinical Quality Manager – Blood Transplant and Cellular Therapies, Westmead Hospital

Yvonne Panek-Hudson

Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Haematology Service, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre & Royal Melbourne Hospital

Dr Claire Rickard

Conjoint Professor of Infection Prevention and Vascular Access, University of Queensland and Metro North Health

Prof David Ritchie

Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne and Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne

Dr Nigel Rosen

Dr Myra Ruka

Clinical Equity Lead, Te Whatu Ora Waikato, Te Manawa Taki region and Te Aho o Te Kahu – Cancer Agency

Lisa Smith

Chief Executive Officer, ABMDR

Prof Maree Toombs

Associate Dean (Indigenous Engagement) for the Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland

Annette Trickett

Principal Scientist/Director, NSW Health Pathology Randwick Bone Marrow Transplant Lab

Dr Alicia Veasey

Global Atlantic Fellow. First Nations Health Sovereignty. Health Systems. ObGyn-PAG

Dr Robert Weinkove

Clinical Director, Malaghan Institute of Medical Research

Leonie Wilcox

Manager, Australasian Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient Registry (ABMTRR)

Dr Xiaobin Zhan

Senior BMT Research Registry Coordinator, Haematology Department, Te Toka Tumai Auckland