ANZONA
4th International Orthopaedic Conference 2009   
"You break it - We fix it"       
Stamford Grand Hotel, Glenelg | Adelaide | South Australia | 21 - 23 October, 2009    
 
     
Keynote speakers to be invited include:
 
Dr. Brian Sando OAM MB, BS, FRACGP, FASMF, FACSP(Hon)
Consults in sports medicine at Wakefield Sports Clinic and in executive health at Corporate Health Group. Sports Medicine experiences have included: Medical Officer to seven Australian Olympic teams, four as Senior Medical Director Medical Director to three Australian Commonwealth Games teams Senior Medical Officer Adelaide (Crows) Football Club from its 1991 inception to 2006, preceded by 26 years with Norwood Football Club; Australian Swimming Team Medical Officer for 12 years and also to Australian Davis Cup and Athletics teams Chairman - Australian Sports Drug Agency

Currently: Chairman – Australian Olympic Committee Medical Commission Board member; Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Member of the Medical Commission & Commonwealth Games Federation Member of FINA Doping Control Review Board. Enjoys watching most sports, walking and jogging for fitness and the occasional round of golf.
 
Alison Kitson RN, BSc(Hons), DPhil, FRCN
Professor and Head of Discipline of Nursing, University of Adelaide Supernumerary Fellow, Green Templeton College, University of Oxford Alison Kitson took up the post of Professor of Nursing and Head of Discipline at the University of Adelaide at the beginning of 2009. Prior to this she was the Royal Adelaide Hospital Nursing Education Fund Inaugural Fellow and has worked closely with interdisciplinary teams around improving the fundamentals of care for older people going through the acute hospital setting. She has a long career in nursing and her research interests include getting evidence and innovations into everyday practice. Effective leadership is a key part of this. She holds many honorary positions internationally and has published extensively on the subject of implementing evidence into practice. She has also held several executive roles, most recently Executive Director of Nursing at the Royal College of Nursing in the UK. Her links with Green Templeton College span almost two decades, where she was the first Junior Research Fellow in Nursing to be appointed to the College.
 
Dr. Justin Porter B.Sc, BM.BS, FANZCA
Dr Porter is a Staff Specialist Anaesthetist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital where he is responsible for the teaching and audit of the Regional Anaesthesia program. He is also in private practice with Specialist Anaesthetic Services where his focus is on Joint Replacement and Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery. He is a regular teacher at Ultrasound and Regional Anaesthesia conferences and workshops.
 
Associate Professor Tony Pohl is the Director of Orthopaedic Trauma at Royal Adelaide Hospital and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Orthopaedics and Trauma, University of Adelaide.
Having completed his basic medical degree at the University of the Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Associate Prof Pohl immigrated to Australia 30 years ago. He completed the Advanced Orthopaedic training program in Adelaide in 1987, before taking a full time position at Royal Adelaide Hospital and was awarded his Doctorate of Medicine at the University of Adelaide in 1991.
He has a major interest in pelvic and acetabular fractures, fracture healing and external fixation of fractures, an active involvement in instrument design and technology and an avid interest in teaching. On nine occasions since 1990 Associate Professor Pohl has been the recipient of the Mark Bonnin Prize, (voted best clinical teacher, Adelaide University Medical Faculty).
 
Nicola Kildea
Nicola is a Clinical Nurse, Operating Room Service at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. She is also Chairperson AO ORP Trauma courses, Member Alumni Executive committee AO Group and ORP Faculty member .
 
Dr Meng Ling B.M.B.S., F.R.A.C.S. (Ortho)
Dr Ling commenced with Orthopaedics SA (OSA) after completing his Clinical Fellowship in Upper Limb Surgery in 2007 at the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Queens University, Kingston Ontario, Canada. Whilst in North America, Meng also attended various workshops, courses and short term visitations in the US, working with well respected US surgeons, specialising in Arthroscopic, Sports Injury and Knee Surgery.

Meng graduated from Flinders University in 1996 and completed his Orthopaedic training and obtained fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Surgeons (Orthopaedic Surgery) in 2007. Meng is a Visiting Medical Specialist with the Southern Adelaide Health Service. He currently conducts Joint Replacement surgery and clinics at the Repatriation General Hospital as well as Upper Limb, Sports Injury, Trauma surgery and clinics at Flinders Medical Centre. With a principal interest in Upper Limb pathology, Sports Injury and Joint Replacement (Shoulder, Hip and Knee) Meng is also experienced in both adult and paediatric trauma surgery.

 
 
 
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