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​
PREVIOUS EVENT
SAVE THE DATE: NSW/ACT Branch Weekend Meeting and AGM
The NSW/ACT Branch of ANZSOM is pleased to announce that
our Weekend Meeting will be held on Cockatoo Island, Sydney Harbour for a full day on Saturday 2 August 2025.
- Attendees to make their own way to the island by public ferry
- Private tour of the historic shipyards commencing at 10am
- Lunch and Branch AGM
- Afternoon speaker presentations and afternoon tea
- Opportunities to complete CPD activities including "Annual Conversation", AFOEM Trainee DOFS and CPD Category 2 case discussions/peer review.
- The day will conclude around 4.30-5pm
MORE DETAILS TO COME - STAY TUNED!
PREVIOUS PRESENTATION RECORDINGS
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