Presentations

15 April 2019

Participation in Course, Invited Speaker.
Part II Revision Course.

University of Auckland Advanced Surgical Skills Centre, Auckland.

13 March 2019

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker.
General and HPB Surgery.

Auckland University Surgical Society, University of Auckland.

4 July – 7 July 2018

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker.
Liver Surgery – Perioperative considerations in liver surgery.
ASGO Annual Scientific Meeting 2018.

Hilton Hotel, Taupo.

23 March – 25 March 2018

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker.
Mesh Repair of Hernia – would you have it done?
Doctor, I’ve got a pain in my upper right quadrant.
The Goodfellow Symposium 2018.

Vodafone Events Centre, Auckland.

16 March 2018

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker.
Transplant for Dummies
Primary Liver Cancers

New Zealand Association of General Surgeons, Whangarei Hospital, Whangarei.

8 March – 11 March 2018

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker.
13th Annual Scientific Meeting of APSCVIR 2018

SkyCity Convention Centre, Auckland

10 November 2017

Participation in Conference, Instructor. MORSim.

1 November 2017

Participation in Conference, Chairperson
Surgical Research Forum.

Department of Surgery, University of Auckland

28 October 2017

Participation in Conference, Attendee
Maintenance of Knowledge and Skills
Foundations Skills for Surgical Educators Course.

Taranaki Base Hospital, New Plymouth

27 September 2017

Participation in Workshop, Attendee
Mastering Your Risk.

Medical Protection Society Limited, Novotel, Ellerslie, Auckland

19 September 2017

Participation in Workshop, Attendee
Mastering Difficult Interactions with Patients.

Medical Protection Society Limited, Novotel, Ellerslie, Auckland

1 September 2017

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker
Technological Advances in Ablative Therapies for Liver Tumours.

AIMS Annual Pacific Conference, Sheraton Princess, Kaiulani, Honolulu, Hawaii

31 July – 2 August 2017

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker
Surgical Techniques/Anaesthetic Considerations – Damage Control Anaesthesia
DSTC Course 2017.

Auckland City Hospital, Auckland

7 July 2017

Participation in Conference, Attendee
Operating with Respect.

Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, The Langham, Auckland

17 June 2017

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker
Curative Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) – Single Centre Prospective Study Comparing Transplantation, Resection and Ablation.
The 63rd Annual Congress of International College of Surgeons, Japan Section.

Asakusa View Hotel, Tokyo, Japan

Participation in Course, Invited Speaker
Part II Revision Course Audit.

18 – 21 April 2017

Liver, Pancreas and Transplant Surgery.

Advanced Clinical Skills Centre, Auckland

7 April 2017

Participation in Course, Presenter
Hepatic Resection for Liver Cancer

Oncology Daystay, Level 5, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland

23 & 24 March 2017

Surgical Management of Portal Hypertension and Introduction to HCC.
Gastroenterology Registrars Annual Training Programme.

Langham Hotel, Auckland

20 March 2017

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker
Becoming a Liver Transplant Surgeon – Lessons Learned
Auckland RMO Careers Fair,

Clinical Education Centre, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland

Participation in Conference, Remote Ischaemic Preconditioning for Liver Transplantation. Feasibility Study Proposal. Oral Presentation.

Australasian Research Review Committee, Melbourne, Australia

4 June 2016

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker.
Update on hepatitis patients including case studies and panel discussion.
Hepatitis Network meeting.

AbbVie Limited, Auckland

6 May 2016

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. A Multi-disciplinary Approach to NET Patient Care.
Neuroendocrine and Endocrinology Nurses education meeting, Novartis NZ Limited.

Novotel, Auckland.

Participation in Conference, Ablation versus hepatic resection in the treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma, a Network Meta-Analysis.
Oral Presentation. Alpine Liver and Pancreatic Surgery Meeting.

Madonna di Campliglio, Italy

18-22 April 2016

Conveynor. Part II Revision course, University of Auckland – Advanced Clinical Skills Centre.

Auckland

18-20 March 2016

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker.
Diagnostic dilemma in imaging patients with abdominal pain.

The Goodfellow Symposium 2016, The University of Auckland, Auckland

11 March 2016

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker.
Liver Transplantation: including diagnostics, standard work-up and treatment outcomes.
Annual Gastoenterology training day.

Heritage Hotel, Auckland

17-19 December 2015

Participation in Conference, Conference Attendee.
New perspectives in hepatobiliary & pancreatic surgery.

IRCAD, Strasbourg, France

20 November 2015

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker.
Resection of hepatic oligometastases in breast cancer. Breast SIG, Novartis Oncology,

Novotel, Auckland

14 November 2015

Participation in Conference, Panel Member and Invited Speaker. Options for managing oligometastases.
NZBCF & Sweet Louise Advanced Breast Cancer Forum, New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation.

King’s School, Remuera, Auckland

13 November 2015

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Surgical management in NET’s.
Neuroendocrine and Endocrinology Nurses educational meeting.

Novartis NZ Limited, Novotel, Auckland

23 October 2015

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Debulking functioning NET’s with liver directed therapy.
National Neuroendocrine Tumour Conference.

The University of Auckland, Auckland

9 October 2015

Participation in Conference, Conference Attendee. Keeping trainees on track. Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

University of Auckland – Advanced Clinical Skills Centre, Auckland

23-25 September 2015

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker.
Curative treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma: our experience since the inception of the New Zealand Liver Transplant Unit.
Annual meeting 2015, ANZHPBA.

Cairns, Australia

Participation in Conference, Predicting Survival after Microwave Ablation of liver cancers, a single institution analysis. Oral Presentation.
Australia and New Zealand Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Association Meeting.

Cairns

Participation in Conference, Systematic review of early and long-term outcome of liver resection for metastatic breast cancer: Is there a survival benefit? Oral Presentation, 25th World Congress of the International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists (IASG) In Conjunction with China Surgical week (CSW) 2015. Fuzhou Strait International Conference & Exhibition Centre.

Fuzhou, China

15 August 2015

Participation in Conference, Single centre prospective series of patients With hepatocellular carcinoma undergoing liver transplantation, thermal ablation or hepatic resection. Oral Presentation. 25th World Congress of The International Association of Surgeons, Gastroenterologists and Oncologists (IASGO) In Conjunction with China Surgical Week (CSW) 2015. Fuzhou Strait International Conference & Exhibition Centre, Fuzhou, China. Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Metastectomy for stage IV liver cancer – is it associated with survival? General Practice Conference & Medical Exhibition – South, New Zealand Medical Association.

Dunedin

21 July 2015

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Hepatocellular carcinoma. National Gastroenterology training.

Auckland Heritage Hotel, Auckland

20-21 July 2015

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Essential anatomy and key steps in performing common laparoscopic procedures:
cholecystectomy and cholangiogram; appendectomy; nissen fundoplication; hernia repair.
Nurse Assistant: laparoscopic surgery.

University of Auckland – Advanced Clinical Skills Centre, Auckland

13 July 2015

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Gastro trainee videoconference teaching on hepatoma.

Auckland City Hospital, Auckland

29 June 2015

Participation in Conference, Conference Attendee. Provisional results of SIRflox trial: discussion of clinical significance.
The SIRflox Study Group, SIRTEX Technologies.

Sofitel Hotel, Auckland

11-14 June 2015

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Metastic bowel cancer. General Practice Conference & Medical Exhibition, New Zealand Medical Association.

Rotorua Energy Events Centre, Rotorua

5 June 2015

Participation in Conference, Conference Attendee. Insights from the ASCO SIRflox presentation. The SIRflox Study.

SIRTEX Technologies, Auckland

4 June 2015

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker.
Update on hepatitis patients at the New Zealand Liver Transplant Unit.

The Hepatitis Foundation of New Zealand, Abbvie Limited

17 May 2015

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Surgeon’s perspective on organ transplantation: into the future.
Annual Thanksgiving Service,Donation New Zealand.

Parnell, Auckland

Participation in Conference, Microwave ablation of liver tumours: improving understanding and improving outcome.
Oral Presentation. Surgical Research Forum, Department of Surgery.

University of Auckland

Participation in Conference, Immunoflourescence reveals subset heterogeneity of human liver macrophages.
Poster presented at the 50th International Liver Congress.

Vienna, Austria

29 March 2015

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Metastatic colorectal cancer: hepatic metastectomy.
The Goodfellow Symposium 2015.

The University Of Auckland, Auckland

19 March 2015

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. The difficult gallbladder: Laparoscopic – partial vs open cholecystectomy.
Inaugural Emergency General Surgery Conference.

The University of Auckland – Advanced Clinical Skills Centre, Auckland

17 March 2015

Participation in Conference, Attendee. Transplant Surgery Section Committee Meeting.
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

via Teleconference

9 March 2015

Participation in Conference, Course & Conference Attendee. Operative techniques in hernia surgery. Emerging trends in hernia surgery – combining science with functional repair.

Covidien, Rydges Hotel, Auckland

Participation in Conference, Monocytes, Dendritic Cells and Macrophages in the human liver.
Poster presented at the Keystone Symposia Dendritic Cells and Macrophages reunited.

Montreal, Canada

11 February 2015

Participation in Conference, Conference Attendee. Obtaining accreditation in use of irreversible electroposation (IRE).
Nanoknife case observation and training programme.

University of Louisville, USA

2 March 2015

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker.
Abdominal pain and appendicitis including pathogenesis of abdominal pain with appendicitis as an example of clinical presentation.
Education sessions to ProCare General Practitioners, ProCare Health, Eastmed Doctors.

St Heliers, Auckland

15 November 2014

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. New insights into the management of metastatic colorectal cancer.
Updates in Cancer Care Symposium 2014.

Mercy Hospital, Auckland

14 November 2014

Participation in Conference, Attendee. Committee of the Auckland Medico – Legal Society meeting.

6-7 November 2014

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. The impact of liver surgery on survival for colorectal cancer.
Stomal Therapy Section Conference, New Zealand Nurses’ Organisation.

Rydges Hotel, Auckland

3-4 November 2014

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Essential anatomy and key steps in performing common laparoscopic procedures: cholecystectomy and cholangiogram; appendectomy; nissen fundoplication; hernia repair. Nurse Assistant: laparoscopic surgery.

University of Auckland – Advanced Clinical Skills Centre, Auckland

1 November 2014

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Surgical aspects of liver Transplantation.
New Zealand Viral Hepatitis Annual Nurse Conference, The Hepatitis Foundation of New Zealand.

Sky City Conference Centre, Auckland

31 October 2014

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Metastatic colorectal cancer – liver resection and other ablative procedures.
Medical Oncology teaching session.

Auckland District Health Board, University of Auckland – Advanced Clinical Skills Centre

25 October 2014

Participation in Conference, Conveynor and Invited Speaker.Innovations in surgical techniques – biological solutions for general surgery procedures, Registrar training workshop 2014: training and best practice for General Surgery Registrars, Baxter Biosurgery.

Marriott Hotel, Brisbane, Australia

10 October 2014

Participation in Conference, Course Attendee. Certification of completion in Microsurgical anastomosis.
Basic Microsurgery course, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery.

Columbia University, New York, USA

3 October 2014

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Pancreatic trauma management.
Conjoint meeting, ANZGOSA ANZHPBA.

Millenium Hotel, Queenstown

1 October 2014

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Hepatocellular carcinoma : update. NZ Nurses Hepatitis Conference,
The Hepatitis Foundation of New Zealand.

Rendevouz Hotel, Auckland

23 September 2014

Participation in Conference, Attendee. Committee of the Auckland Medico – Legal Society meeting.

22 September 2014

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Surgical aspects of transplantation – donation and recipient outcome.
Organ and Tissue Donation study day, Organ Donation New Zealand.

Auckland City Hospital – Clinical Education Centre, Auckland

13 September 2014

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Hepatic metastectomy for Stage IV breast cancer.
Breast Health Seminar.

Rendevouz Hotel, Auckland

21-23 August 2014

Participation in Conference, Teacher. CCrISP course, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

University of Auckland – Advanced Clinical Skills Centre, Auckland

15 August 2014

Participation in Conference, Attendee. General Practitioner Conference and Medical Exhibition.

New Zealand Medical Association, Dunedin

12 August 2014

Participation in Conference, Attendee. Committee of the Auckland Medico – Legal Society Meeting.

1 July 2014

Participation in Conference, Attendee. Committee of the Auckland Medico – Legal Society Meeting.

14 June 2014

Participation in Conference, Attendee. Metastectomy for stage IV liver cancer – it is associated with survival?
General Practitioner Conference & Medical Exhibition.

New Zealand Medical Association, Rotorua

10 June 2014

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Attributes of an Excellent Surgeon Seminar.

Auckland University Surgical Society, University of Auckland, Auckland

1-8 June 2014

Participation in Conference, Conference Attendee. Royal College of Physicians.

ILTS, London, UK

13 May 2014

Participation in Conference, Attendee. Committee of the Auckland Medico – Legal Society Meeting.

28 April – 2 May 2014

Participation in Conference, Conveynor. Part II Revision Course.

University of Auckland – Advanced Clinical Skills Centre, Auckland

3 April 2014

Participation in Conference, Attendee. CRC Expert Forum, Merck Serono Australia Pty Limited.

Auckland

5 December 2013

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. HCC Service – what is being done and the treatment algorithm used. Medical Grand Rounds.

Auckland District Health Board, Auckland

3 December 2013

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Colorectal liver metastases.
Cancer Nurse Specialist Interest Group.

Auckland City Hospital, Auckland

24-28 November 2013

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Hepatic mobilization and supra renal RPLND.
Trainee week 2013, Urological Society of Ausstralia.

Rydges Hotel, Auckland

21 November 2013

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Surgery for HCC.
Gastro 2013 Conference, New Zealand Gastroenterology Conference.

TSB Arena, Wellington

Participation in Conference, Attendee & Investigator. Phase III multi-centre open-label randomized controlled trial of selective internal radiation therapy (SIRT) vs Sorafenib in locally advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (SIRveNIB). 1st Asia Pacific Symposium on Liver Directed Y-90 Microspheres Therapy 2012. The Asia Pacific Hepatocellular Carcinoma Trials Group.

Grand Copthorne Hotel, Singapore

7 – 8 November 2013

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker and Clinical Teacher.
Liver trauma and management. Paediatric surgical trainees.

Starship Hospital, Auckland

25 – 26 October 2013

Participation in Conference, Attendee. 7th International Liver Forum.

Bayer, Shanghai

11 September 2013

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Surgical aspects of transplantation – donation of recipient and outcome.
Transplant study day, Organ Donation New Zealand.

Marion Davis Library, Auckland

16-18 August 2013

Participation in Conference, Clinical Teacher. CCrISP course, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

Westmead Hospital, Sydney, Australia

19 July 2013

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Surgical management of colorectal liver metastases.
Educational evening, Covidien New Zealand Limited.

Harbourside Restaurant, Tauranga

8 July 2013

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Hepatic surgery: aspects around post-operative care.
Nurse Education Seminar.

Mercy Ascot Hospital, Auckland

6-8 June 2013

Participation in Conference, Teacher. CCrISP course, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

University of Auckland – Advanced Clinical Skills Centre, Auckland

31 May 2013

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. HCC: modern management. Hepatitis update meeting, The Hepatitis Foundation of New Zealand.

Langham Hotel, Auckland

30 May 2013

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Operating under pressure.
3rd Portal Hypertension and Liver Failure meeting. Pharmaco Pharmaceuticals.

The Langham Hotel, Auckland

23 May 2013

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Surgery/criteria for surgery for liver metastases related to bowel cancer.
Study day for community liaision nurses.

Cancer Society – Auckland Division, Domain Lodge, Auckland

22 May 2013

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker.
Surgical methods to increase organ donation. Paediatric update.

Starship Hospital, Auckland

6-10 May 2013

Participation in Conference, Attendee. Annual Scientific Congress, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

Sky City/Crowne Plaza, Auckland

Participation in Conference, Immunophenotype and function of non- parenchymal antigen presenting cells in the normal human liver – a systematic review. Oral Presentation at 4th Biennial Congress of the Asia- Pacific Hepato-Pancreatico-Biliary Association,

Shanghai, China

Participation in Conference, Effect of ischemic preconditioning on mitochondrial function of steatotic
livers subjected to warm ischemia – reperfusion injury. AP-HPBA 4th Biennial Congress.

Shanghai, China

Participation in Conference, Mitochondrial function in steatotic livers Subjected to cold preservation and ischemic preconditioning.
Oral Presentation. AP-HPBA 4th Biennial Congress.

Shanghai, China

27-30 March 2013

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Prevention and management Of HCC recurrence after liver transplantation. A-PHPBA 2013.

Shanghai

18 March 2013

Participation in Conference, Attendee. Transplant Surgery Section Executive Committee meeting, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

via teleconference

16 March 2013

Participation in Conference, Attendee. NZ Symposium on the emerging role of SIRT for the treatment of metastatic and primary liver cancer. Sirtex.

Sofitel Hotel, Auckland

15 March 2013

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Presentations on incidental liver lesions; differential diagnosis and investigations; liver trauma; Indications for resection and complications; screening and treatment options. Annual Registrar teaching programme.

Hawkes Bay District Health Board, Hawkes Bay

6 March 2013

Participation in Conference, Attendee. HBPUGI meeting.

Northern Cancer Network, Auckland

1 February 2013

Participation in Conference, Attendee. Multidisciplinary simulation-based course for operating theatre personnel.

University of Auckland, Auckland

16 January 2013

Participation in Conference, Teacher. Organ transplants.  Year 5 campus Learning week.

University of Auckland, Auckland

16 – 17 November 2012

Participation in Conference, Attendee & Investigator. Phase III multi-centre open-label randomized controlled trial of selective internal radiation therapy(SIRT) vs Sorafenib in locally advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (SIRveNIB). 1st Asia Pacific Symposium on Liver Directed 7-90 Microspheres Therapy 2012.

The Asia Pacific Hepatocellular Carcinoma Trials Group, Grand Copthorne Hotel, Singapore

15 November 2012

Participation in Conference, Invited Speaker. Shunts vs TIPPS. Gastroenterology Doctors’ and Nurses’ Programme – Conference 2012.
Gastroenterology National Training Conference.

Claudelands Event Centre, Hamilton

7 – 8 November 2012

Participation in Conference, Conference Attendee. Laparoscopic Liver Workshop Symposium.
Covidien, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital and Herston Medical Research Facility.

Brisbane, Australia

4 – 7 November 2012

Participation in Conference, Attendee. Annual meeting 2012 – quality in HPB surgery. ANZHPBA, Coolum.

Sunshine Coast, Australia

15 October 2012

Participation in Conference, Investigator meeting. Investigator meeting of the AHCC06 (SIRveNIB) randomized controlled trial.
The Asia Pacific Hepatocellular Carcinoma Trials Group.

Sofitel Hotel, Auckland

12 October 2012

Participation in Conference, Teacher. Liver directed therapy of metastatic Disease including surgical, microwave and SIRT.
Education – Oncology Registrars.

Auckland City Hospital, Auckland

9 – 11 October 2012

Examiner. Year 5 clinical exams.

University of Auckland, Auckland

8 August 2012

Participation in Conference, Attendee. National Hepatobiliary Pancreatic and Upper Gastrointestinal cancer workshop.
Northern Cancer Network.

Wellington Airport, Wellington

26 June 2012

Participation in Conference, Characterising Subsets of Human Liver Antigen Presenting Cells. Oral Presentation at the Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting 2012.

Canberra

Participation in Conference, Co-Conveynor of meeting (with Dr Helen Pilmore). The Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand.

Canberra, Australia

Participation in Conference, Impact of steatosis on hepatic mitochondrial function following cold liver preservation.
Oral Presentation. AP-HPBA 3rd Biennial Congress.

Melbourne, Australia

Participation in Conference, Analysis of hepatic mitochondrial function using a percutaneous needle biopsy sample.
Oral Presentation. AP-HPBA 3rd Biennial Congress.

Melbourne, Australia

Participation in Conference, Analysis of hepatic mitochondrial function Using a percutaneous needle biopsy sample.
Oral Presentation. TSANZ Annual Scientific Meeting.

Canberra, Australia

22-25 June 2011

Participation in Conference, Attendee. ILTS – 2011 Joint International Congress of ILTS, ELITA & LICAGE.
Continuing Medical Education – Institute for the Advancement of Human Behaviour.

Valencia, Spain

Participation in Conference, Impact of steatosis on hepatic mitochondrial Function following cold liver presentation.
Oral Presentation. European African HPBA Biennial Scientific Meeting.

Cape Town, South Africa

Participation in Conference, Effect of arterial reperfusion on intra-operative hemodynamic profile and recipient outcome in adult liver transplant recipients using marginal grafts.

International Liver Transplant society (ILTS) 15th Annual International Congress, New York, USA

Participation in Conference, Losing heart in non-heart beating donation (Mini oral). Transplant Society Meeting of Australia and New Zealand.

Canberra, Australia

Participation in Conference, Effect of arterial reperfusion on intra-operative hemodynamic profile and recipient outcome in adult liver transplant recipients using marginal grafts. Transplant Society Meeting of Australia and New Zealand.

Canberra, Australia

Participation in Conference, Kings College Score for predicting death in donation after cardiac death (DCD) liver donors.
Transplant Society Meeting of Australia and New Zealand.

Canberra, Australia

Participation in Conference, The effect of surgical technique on tumour Recurrence in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma following liver Transplantation. Transplant Society Meeting of Australia and New Zealand.

Canberra, Australia

Participation in Conference, Pediatric non-heart beating liver Transplantation.
50th Annual meeting of the American Assocation for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD).

The Moscone West Convention Centre, San Francisco

Participation in Conference, Pediatric non-heart beating liver transplantation.
XXII International Congress of the Transplantation Society, Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Sydney, Australia

Participation in Conference, Liver Transplantation from donors after cardiac Death. Outcomes of the largest single-centre experience in Europe. The 2008 joint International congress of ILTS, ELITA and LICAGE.

Le Palais des Congres de Paris, Paris, France

Participation in Conference, Pediatric non-heart beating liver transplantation.
The 2008 Joint International congress of ILTS, ELITA and LICAGE.

Le Palais Des Congres de Paris, Paris, France

Participation in Conference, Minimising biliary complications after transplantation of livers from donors after cardiac death.
The 58th Annual meeting of the American Association for the study of Liver Diseases.

Boston, USA

Participation in Conference, Acute presentation of gastric cancer is associated with worse prognosis.
Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

Christchurch, New Zealand

Participation in Conference, Tensile strength of surgical sutures and knotting techniques.

The Surgical Research Society of Australasia, Auckland

Participation in Conference, Quality of Life Assessment in Patients with Inguinal Hernias.
The New Zealand Association of General Surgeons Annual Meeting.

Martinborough, New Zealand

Participation in Conference, CD40 CD154 costimulatory blockade in orthotopic liver transplantation.
Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting of New Zealand Fellows.

Wellington, New Zealand

Participation in Conference, ‘Neo-adjuvant systemic chemotherapy in patients with synchronous colorectal liver metastases.’
Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.

Brisbane, Australia

Participation in Conference, ‘Analysis of intragraft gene and protein expression of the costimulatory molecules, CD80, CD86 and CD154, in orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) recipients.’ The Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ), 21st Annual Scientific Meeting.

Canberra, Australia

Participation in Conference, ‘The natural history of acute histological rejection without biochemical graft dysfunction in orthotopic liver transplantation.’ The Transplant Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ), 21st Annual Scientific Meeting.

Canberra, Australia

Participation in Conference, ‘Anti-CD154 promotes apoptosis and enables long-term survival of rat liver allografts either alone or in combination with Cyclosporine or Sirolimus’.

American Transplant Congress.  Washington, D.C

Participation in Conference, ‘Investigation of liver allografts at day 8 in a model of costimulatory blockade in the rat’.
The 7th Basic Sciences Symposium of the Transplantation Society.

Thun/Bern, Switzerland

Participation in Conference, ‘Long term survival of rat liver allografts using costimulatory blockade alone or in combination with Cyclosporin A or Sirolimus’. The 7th Basic Sciences Symposium of the Transplantation Society.

Thun/Bern, Switzerland

Participation in Conference, ‘Long term survival of rat liver allografts using costimulatory blockade alone or in combination with Cyclosporin A or Sirolimus’. The Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand, 19th Scientific Meeting.

Canberra, Australia

Participation in Conference, ‘Investigation of liver allografts at day 8 in a Model of costimulatory blockade in the rat’.
The Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand, 19th Scientific Meeting.

Canberra, Australia

Participation in Conference, ‘Prevention of liver allograft rejection by inhibition of the co-stimulatory pathways in the rat’.
The New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting.

Christchurch

Participation in Conference, 29. ‘Costimulatory blockade as a novel mechanism of preventing allograft rejection in the rat’.
Annual Meeting of New Zealand Nephrology Society.

Christchurch

Participation in Conference, 31. ‘Prevention of liver allograft rejection by inhibition of the costimulatory pathways in the rat’.
The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting.

Dunedin

Participation in Conference, 32. ‘Prevention of liver allograft rejection by inhibition of the costimulatory pathways in the rat’.
The Surgical Research Society of Australasia.

Adelaide

Participation in Conference, ‘The characteristics of CD40 ligand (CD154) and CD152 (CTLA4) costimulatory molecule expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of liver and kidney allograft recipients’, The Surgical Research Society of Australasia.

Adelaide

Participation in Conference, ‘The kinetics of CD154 (CD40L) expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of healthy subjects in liver allograft recipients and X-linked Hyper-IgM syndrome’. Transplant Society of Australia and New Zealand.

Canberra

Participation in Conference, Bartlett A, Parry B. ‘Cusum analysis of operator performance in laparoscopic cholecystectomy’.
Surgical Research Society of Australasia Scientific Meeting.

Auckland