New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory
2019 Meetings
Meeting dates for 2019 are as follows:
- Tuesday 19 March - Branch AGM and Educational Meeting (refer details below)
- Saturday 24 August to Sunday 25 August - Weekend Scientific Meeting
- Tuesday 26 November - Joint ANZSOM/AFOEM Christmas Educational Meeting
For more information, please contact Dr Sarah Moss (anzsom.nswact@gmail.com)
NSW/ACT Branch Council Members
Chairperson: Dr Sarah Moss
Secretary: Dr Catherine Field
Treasurer: Dr Tom Rosenthal
Event Organiser: Ms Amanda Tompson
Nurse Representative: Ms Amanda Tompson
Council Members: Dr Victoria Oey, Dr Peter Yu, Dr Prasad Abeydeera, Robyn Dye, Dr Louise Crowle
NSW/ACT AGM & Educational Branch Meeting
Tuesday 19 March 2019
Topic: Addiction Medicine: An Update
Speaker: Dr Andrew Byrne
Addiction Medicine Specialist, The Byrne Surgery
Date: Tuesday 19 March
Time: From 6.30pm
Venue: Northbridge Golf Club, Sailors Bay Rd, Northbridge, NSW 2063
Cost: Member $40; Non-member $50 (cost includes 2-course dinner with premium wines)
About Dr Andrew Byrne
Andrew is a third generation general medical practitioner from Sydney Australia. He sees referred patients with addiction and pain management problems. In 1986 he was one of the first Australian GPs in New South Wales to prescribe methadone for addiction.
He has treated up to 100 patients at a time since then and has published his practice results on numerous occasions. He has also published many letters, commentaries and lighter 'opinion' pieces in such journals such as the Australian Medical Journal, Addiction Research, Journal of Maintenance in the Addictions, British Medical Journal, Addiction, British Journal of Psychiatry, Australian Family Physician, The International Journal of Drug Policy and the New York Times.
His two books on addictions have been well received and are now available on the internet.
Dr Byrne has spoken at many professional meetings in Australia and the USA and he works as a reviewer and consultant to the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission, ACT Community and Health Services Complaints Commission Addiction Biology, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health and the International Journal of Drug Policy.
He also contributes to numerous internet discussion groups and web pages while also writing regular opera reviews and keeping up a keen interest in Egyptology.
Source: www.redfernclinic.com/about