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
