New South Wales & Australian Capital Territory
2025 Meetings
- Tuesday 6 May - Site visit (refer details below)
Details of other 2025 NSW/ACT Branch educational meetings TBC
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
ANZSOM NSW/ACT Branch Educational Meeting and Site Visit
The NSW/ACT Branch is excited to announce its first CPD event of the year, featuring a site visit to Phebra, an Australian owned manufacturer of over 60 different specialised medicines.
This will be a unique opportunity to visit this world-class facility and to hear about how the company collaborates in developing sought-after therapeutic solutions.
The site visit will feature the manufacturing, quality inspection and packaging areas, which are all located in a clean room environment, in addition to the warehousing and laboratory areas.
The accompanying presentations will include a presentation about the development of medical standards.
Date: Tuesday 6 May 2025
Time: 6.00pm - 9.00pm (AEST)
Venue: Phebra, 19 Orion Road, Lane Cove West NSW 2066
(Plenty of onsite parking available)
Cost: $30 for ANZSOM members and AFOEM trainees, $45 for non-members, including AFOEM Fellows who are not also ANZSOM members.
Registrations: Site visit is limited to 21 people, so please register ASAP to ensure a spot
Program
6pm: arrive and sign-in.
6.30-7.00pm - Presentation to the group about the history of Phebra and its products, by Mr Andre Vlok - Chief Executive Officer of Phebra.
7.00-8.00pm - Tour of facility, including entry to clean room to see Inspection & Packing, and viewing station for Manufacturing.
8.00-9.00pm - Presentation regarding the development of medical standards for Phebra workers, by Dr Sarah Moss, with supper. There will be time after the presentation for AFOEM Trainees and Fellows to complete their DOFS paperwork.
Light supper will be served before and after the tour, please advise of any dietary requirements during booking.
Important information for the tour:
- Visitors will heading into a cleanroom environment and will be provided with hairnets, beard covers, overjackets and shoe covers to wear during the tour. Flat, closed toe shoes are required, no high heels please. It is preferable to wear clothing that keep legs covered, and also no powder-based make-up can be worn.
- Walking between the levels within the facility is mainly via stairs, plus there is a lot of walking around the facility.
- Places are limited due to the nature of the facility. If there is high demand, we may run the visit again later in the year.
- AFOEM trainees will have the opportunity to complete a DOFS assessment with AFOEM Fellows during the visit.
- AFOEM Fellows who complete a DOFS assessment with a trainee can claim Category 2 CPD points for this activity.
PREVIOUS EVENT
ANZSOM & AFOEM NSW/ACT Branch
Dr Steven Ng Memorial Christmas Meeting
Wednesday 27 November 2024
The NSW/ACT Branch of ANZSOM and AFOEM had the Dr Steven Ng Memorial Christmas Meeting at the Royal Automobile Club of Australia on Wednesday 27 November.
The evening included drinks and canapes, followed by a
2-course dinner with wines, as well as a presentation by A/Prof David Heslop, on 'The implications of anticipated future climate change on occupational and emergency health systems supporting deployed, remote and offshore, and austere conditions'.
Date: Wednesday 27 November
Time: 6.00PM (AEDT)
Venue: Royal Automobile Club, ISC Room, 89 Macquarie Street (corner of Alfred Street), Sydney
Meeting proudly sponsored by
About the presenter
Dr David Heslop is an Associate Professor at the School of Population Health at UNSW Sydney and is a clinically active GP and Occupational and Environmental Physician. He has deployed to a wide variety of military and humanitarian assistance environments, and has deep knowledge and skills in Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and Explosive (CBRNE) Medicine, policy development and advice. He was Senior Medical Officer for Special Operations Command, the Officer Commanding and Senior Medical Officer to the ADF CBRNE medical incident response team, now providing specialist advice and support to senior military and industry partners Since 2016 he has worked as a full time Associate Professor at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine, with a key focus on developing collaborative research opportunities between military and industry, developing computational models of health systems under emergency and crisis conditions and changing conditions such as climate change and resource scarcity, and health system optimisation such as Digital Twin models and Agent Based Modelling and Simulation.
PREVIOUS EVENT
ANZSOM NSW/ACT Branch Weekend Meeting
Friday 23 to Sunday 25 August 2024
Bowral
The NSW/ACT Branch of ANZSOM had their Weekend Meeting in Bowral from Friday 23 to Sunday 25 August 2024.
The weekend included:
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A site visit on the Friday afternoon, to Australian BioResources, a state-of-the-art laboratory animal facility, owned and operated by the Garvan Institute of Medical Research.
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Wine tasting with grazing boards by an open fire, followed by dinner, on the Friday night
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NSW/ACT Branch Annual General Meeting
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Talks and peer review of cases qualifying for Category 2 CPD points - please bring a case to discuss
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Golf and local activities on Sunday morning
PREVIOUS PRESENTATION RECORDINGS
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