New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory
2025 Meetings
- Tuesday 6 May - Site visit
- Saturday 2 August - Weekend meeting
- Wednesday 26 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 Tom Rosenthal
Event Organiser: Ms Amanda Tompson
Nurse Representative: Ms Amanda Tompson
AFOEM Trainee Representative: Dr David Le
Council Members: Dr Prasad Abeydeera, Dr Louise Crowle, Dr Maggie Goldie, Dr Tania Rogers​
UPCOMING EVENT
Dr Wing Chan Memorial ANZSOM/AFOEM Christmas Meeting
The NSW/ACT Branches of ANZSOM and AFOEM are pleased to invite you to our Dr Wing Chan Memorial Christmas Meeting, which will be held at the Royal Automobile Club of Australia on Wednesday 26 November.
The evening will include drinks and canapes, followed by a
2-course dinner with wines, as well as a presentation by Dr Paul Byleveld, on the NHMRC Australian Drinking Water Guidelines, the history of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) detections affecting drinking water supplies in NSW, the process of investigating and assessing risks, and the management of drinking water supplies with elevated PFAS.
Date: Wednesday 26 November 2025
Time: 6pm (AEDT)
Venue: The Royal Automobile Club of Australia
89 Macquarie Street (corner of Alfred Street), Sydney
Cost: $120 pp
RSVP: by 20/11/25
Meeting proudly sponsored by VitalSignRx
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