New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory
2026 Meetings
- Thursday 26 March 2026 - Branch Dinner Meeting
- Saturday 25 - Sunday 26 July - Weekend Meeting
- Wednesday 25 November - Christmas Dinner Meeting
In case you missed it....
Recordings from previous presentations can be accessed below
NSW/ACT Branch Council Members
Chairperson: Dr Catherine Field
Secretary: Dr Sarah Moss
Treasurer: Dr Prasad Abeydeera
Event Organiser: Ms Amanda Tompson
Nurse Representative: Ms Amanda Tompson
AFOEM Trainee Representative: Dr David Le
Council Members: Dr Louise Crowle, Dr Maggie Goldie, Dr Tania Rogers​
UPCOMING EVENT
NSW/ACT Branch Dinner Meeting
The ANZSOM NSW/ACT Branch invite you to attend our Branch Dinner Meeting, on Thursday 26 March 2026, featuring a presentation by:
Presenter: Dr Mark Magdy
Topic: Obesity management - where are we heading? The return to work checklist
Date: Thursday 26 March 2026
Time: 6:00pm - Drinks and cheese platter/snacks, 7:00pm - dinner and presentation by Dr Mark Magdy, followed by a fruit platter for dessert
Venue: The Neutral Bay Club, 3 Westleigh Street, Neutral Bay
Cost: $55 ANZSOM/AFOEM members, $70 non-members (includes 2 x drinks, pre-dinner snacks, dinner and dessert)
RSVP: Please book by 24/3/26
NOTE: Please choose your main from the menu options listed in the booking form.
Registrations opening soon
About the presenter
Dr Mark Magdy completed his fellowship in Montreal with the inventor of the laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. He is currently the director of bariatric surgery at St George Private hospital, Australia's highest volume bariatric centre, with a strong focus on robotic surgery.
PREVIOUS PRESENTATION RECORDINGS
Leveraging the law to promote a healthy psychosocial workplace
Dr Maggie Goldie
NSW/ACT Branch Weekend Meeting
Date: Saturday 2 August 2025
This educational meeting was proudly sponsored by VitalSignRx
A return to work case study of a worker with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
Carla Presbury
NSW/ACT Branch Weekend Meeting
Date: Saturday 2 August 2025
This educational meeting was proudly sponsored by VitalSignRx
Recent advances in coal mine dust lung disease and asbestos-related lung disease
Dr Anthony Johnson
NSW/ACT Branch Weekend Meeting
Date: Saturday 2 August 2025
This educational meeting was proudly sponsored by VitalSignRx
The implications of anticipated future climate change on occupational and emergency health systems supporting deployed, remote and offshore, and austere conditions
A/Professor David Hestlop
NSW/ACT Branch Educational Meeting (Stephen Ng Memorial Lecture)
Date: Wednesday 27 November 2024
This educational meeting was proudly sponsored by VitalSignRx
Medicinal cannabis update
Dr Sarah Moss
NSW/ACT Branch Weekend Meeting
Date: Saturday 24 August 2024
Occupational sensitisation and allergy in laboratory animal workers
Dr Catherine Field
NSW/ACT Branch Weekend Meeting
Date: Saturday 24 August 2024
Routine medical examinations: For whose benefit are they?
Dr Warren Harrex
NSW/ACT Branch Weekend Meeting
Date: Saturday 24 August 2024
A Turbulent Flight - a personal and professional reflection on a doctor's role inside the airline industry during the COVID-19 pandemic
Dr Sara Souter, Medical Officer at Qantas Airways
ANZSOM & AFOEM NSW/ACT Christmas Meeting
Date: Wednesday 8th December 2021
Recording available
This educational meeting was proudly sponsored by Blugibbon:
Medicinal cannabis occupational implications
Dr Bill Isles
ANZSOM & AFOEM NSW/ACT Branch Christmas Meeting
Date: Wednesday 2nd December 2020
Recording available
This educational meeting was proudly sponsored by Blugibbon:
Update on the NSW coal industry health surveillance scheme
Dr David Meredith
NSW/ACT Branch AGM
Date: Wednesday 20 October 2021
NSW/ACT Branch Winter Scientific Meeting
Dr Peter Hobbins, Dr Ian Cheng, Dr Louise Crowle & Amanda Tompson
NSW/ACT Branch Winter Scientific Meeting
Saturday 29th August 2020
Topics included:
- The risks and rewards of practising medicine in quarantine
by Dr Peter Hobbins, Medical Historian - COVID-19 and occupational risk management of hospital staff
by Dr Ian Cheng, Occupational Physician, Royal North Shore Hospital - Nobby's story: the personal impact of COVID-19 & keeping a large petrochemical plant safe in the COVID era
by Dr Louise Crowle and Amanda Tompson