Build your expertise in Child & Adolescent Health

Course Presenter Dr Nidhi Krishnan Read bio about Dr Nidhi Krishnan Dr Nidhi Krishnan

Dr Nidhi Krishnan is a senior registrar in general paediatrics, paediatric emergency medicine and adolescent and young adult medicine. Over the last 10 years she has worked across multiple hospitals in Queensland including Townsville and multiple far north Queensland centres. She current holds a position a senior emergency registrar at the Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital. Her passion is providing acute and emergency care for children but her experience ranges from all things general paediatrics, to alcohol and drug services, sexual healthcare and persistent pain in children and young adults. She is enthusiastic about providing medical education and fostering learning environments to have a shared mental model that leads to better patient outcomes.

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Course Presenter Dr Alice Lam MBChB FRACGP Read bio about Dr Alice Lam Dr Alice Lam

General practitioner

Dr Alice Lam is a general practitioner passionate about evidence-based medicine and education for medical professionals and their patients. She has over 23 years of medical experience in Australia and overseas. Dr Lam graduated from the University of Manchester, UK and practised both as a locum and partner. Since 2008, she has worked as a GP in Melbourne, Australia. Her other interests include digital health, health writing and education for health professionals and patients.

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Course Presenter Dr Joe Kosterich MBBS Read bio about Dr Joe Kosterich Dr Joe Kosterich

Lecturer, Curtin Medical School

Dr Joe Kosterich is a general practitioner, speaker, author, media presenter and health industry consultant. He writes for numerous medical and mainstream publications and is a regular on radio and television. He is often called to give opinions in medico legal cases, is clinical editor of a medical magazine, adjunct professor (teaching) at UWA and a lecturer at Curtin Medical School.

Dr Kosterich has a special interest in plant-based therapies, men’s health, chronic disease and mental health. He has self-published two books and maintains a website and blog with health information and commentary. Through all this, Dr Kosterich continues to see patients as a GP each week.

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Course Presenter Dr Jonathan Karnes MD Read bio about Dr Jonathan Karnes Dr Jonathan Karnes

Family Physician

Dr Jonathan B. Karnes is a family medicine physician with special fellowship training in dermatology. He is employed by MDFMR Dermatology Services and is a member of Maine General Medical Center's active staff. He is also a faculty member in the Maine Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency program.

Jonathan’s special interest areas include:

• Advancement flaps

• Burn therapy (excluding burns requiring grafting)

• Cryotherapy of skin lesions

• Destruction of malignant skin lesions by electrosurgery or cryosurgery

• Excision/biopsy of skin lesions without grafting

• Fricke graft for small skin defects

• Incision and drainage of superficial abscesses and haematomas

• Intermediate and complex facial repairs

• Local infiltration anaesthesia with minor nerve blocks

• Patch tests for allergy diagnosis

• Phototherapy

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Course Presenter Assoc. Professor Caterina Longo MD, PhD Read bio about Assoc. Professor Caterina Longo Assoc. Professor Caterina Longo

Scientific Coordinator, Skin Cancer Unit, ASMN-IRCCS, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy

Associate Professor Caterina Longo is a board-certified dermatologist specialising in the diagnosis and treatment of skin cancers. Although providing the best care possible for patients remains her primary goal, she also committed to education and clinical research. She is actively involved in clinical research and has published numerous papers on topics related to skin cancer with an emphasis on melanoma, atypical nevi, Spitz/Reed nevi and non-melanoma skin cancer.

Caterina’s research interests are focused on the use of imaging instruments such as dermoscopy and confocal laser microscopy to recognise skin cancer early in its development. She pioneered the use of ex vivo fluorescence confocal microscopy for micrographic Mohs surgery applied for basal cell carcinoma and other visceral tumours. Caterina frequently lectures on these topics both nationally and internationally.

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Course Presenter Dr Simon Shingler MBChB(Hons) FRNZCGP Read bio about Dr Simon Shingler Dr Simon Shingler

Dr Simon Shingler has been in general practice since 2013 and has a special interest in paediatrics.

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Course Presenter Assoc. Professor John Gall MBBS Read bio about Assoc. Professor John Gall Assoc. Professor John Gall

Associate Professor, University of Melbourne

Associate Professor John Gall is the director and principal of a private health clinic offering general medicine and a full range of occupational and forensic medical services. He is a Senior Consultant to the Victorian Forensic Paediatric Medical Service, Royal Children’s Hospital and Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne.

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Course Presenter Dr Vaishali Bhalerao MBBS MD DGO FRANZCOG Read bio about Dr Vaishali Bhalerao Dr Vaishali Bhalerao

Doctor, Royal Hobart Hospital

Beginning her medical career in Mumbai, India, Dr Vaishali Bhalerao has 22 years of knowledge and experience to impart. She completed her master's degree and went on to establish her own private practice, which she ran successfully for 15 years. During this period she also worked as Associate Professor in a state government hospital.

Before coming to Australia, Dr Bhalerao worked in one of the NHS hospital in the UK and since arriving in Australia in 2011 she has worked in various hospitals in Tasmania and Victoria including Mercy Werribee Hospital and Sunshine Hospital.

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Course Presenter Dr Kate Moriarty FRACGP Read bio about Dr Kate Moriarty Dr Kate Moriarty

Bachelor of Medicine (honours), Fellowship of the RACGP and a Diploma in Child Health.

Dr Kate Moriarty works in private general practice in Port Macquarie, Australia, where she is also a supervisor of GP registrars and of medical students. She is a senior lecturer for UNSW Rural Clinical School, Port Macquarie campus. She has special interests in women’s health and medical education.

She holds a Bachelor of Medicine (honours), Fellowship of the RACGP and a Diploma in Child Health.

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Course Presenter Dr Valia Francis Read bio about Dr Valia Francis Dr Valia Francis

Dr Francis enjoys all aspects of general practice and is especially interested in skin medicine, women's health and medicine of the elderly. Originally from Greece, Dr Francis is involved in teaching medical students as a Conjoint Lecturer in the Rural Medical School of Port Macquarie as well as teaching registrars. Dr Francis is a FRACGP, has a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, Bachelor in Sciences (First class Honours in Neuroscience), Diploma in Child Health, Diploma of the Royal College Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Diploma of Family Planning & Sexual Health.

When not at work, Dr Francis tries to fight waves with surf or paddle boards, is training hard to become the next MasterChef winner, and enjoys reading books and learning new languages. She also enjoys long distance running and acquiring a masters in paleontology (special interest Jurassic and Mesozoic eras) thanks to 2 sons that are over invested in dinosaurs.

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Course Presenter Dr Edmond Ng FRACGP Read bio about Dr Edmond Ng Dr Edmond Ng

Medical Educator

Dr Edmond Ng has over 30 years of international clinical practice and has published clinical research in a wide variety of medical fields. Dr Ng has been a Medical Educator-cum-Examiner for National University of Singapore, University of Melbourne, Monash University and Edith Cowan University. He is currently a Medical Educator for the Medical Board of Australia (AHPRA) to provide remedial training and education for doctors in Australia.

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