Speakers
Keynote Speakers
Prof Stephanie Lee
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center
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

Dr Jennifer Bradford
Gynaecologist, Westmead Hospital

Josephine Campbell
Senior Clinical Dietitian, Perth Children’s Hospital

Dr Jennifer Chard
Radiation Oncologist, Westmead

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

Nadene Edmonds
First Nations Advisor, RACMA

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

Lotte Stubkjaer Fog
Medical Physicist, The Alfred Hospital

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

Prof Nada Hamad
President, ANZTCT

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

Peter Jansen
Chief Executive, NZ HQSC

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

Dr Tracy King
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