Amazing Surgeons Conference - Ideas in Surgery
The Amazing Surgeons Conference is about bringing big ideas from the world of surgery to the next generation of medical students. It sparks ideas, connections and conversations. We invite several fascinating surgeons at the cutting edge of their field to discuss the big ideas of their careers, including philanthropic endeavours and pioneering surgical procedures. In short and engaging keynotes, speakers will take the audience along on a journey and hopefully build the foundations for even greater ideas with the next generation of medical students.
Speakers
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Prof. Anders Cervin: Professor Anders Cervin obtained his Medical Doctorate and PhD at Lund University in Sweden and is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Professor Cervin is a Senior Staff Specialist at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and has a longstanding interest in sino-nasal disorders, endoscopic sinus surgery, as well as endoscopic anterior skull base surgery. He is an Affliliate Professor of Otolaryngology and has research interests in mucociliary function in the upper airways, the role of nitric oxide in chronic sinuisitis, the use of macrolide antibiotics as an immune modulator in chronic sinusitis and health economic perspectives on sino-nasal disease, with his recent research addressing the role of probiotics in airway infection and inflammation. |
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Dr. Sarah Olson: Dr. Olson is a neurosurgeon with a focus on brain tumours and pituitary tumours using minimally invasive brain surgery and endoscopic procedures. She completed her medical training in Otago in 1996 and is now a specialist neurosurgeon at the PA hospital, Mater hospital and Greenslopes hospital. She is also extensively involved in research and education, holding positions such as the supervisor of neurosurgery training at the PA hospital, a Board member of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, a senior lecturer at the University of Queensland among many other appointments. She was nominated for the Pride of Australia Care and Compassion Medal in 2014 for her work in establishing a brain tumour bank with the John Trivett Foundation, and ran the Bridge to Brisbane in 2015 to raise money for Cure Brain Cancer. |
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Dr. Kellee Slater: Dr. Slater is one of the two female liver transplant surgeons in Australia. She obtained her Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (Honours) at the University of Queensland and is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. She has trained in Brisbane and in the United States, obtaining a Liver, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Fellowship at the University of Colorado Hospital and a Hepatobiliary Fellowship at the PA hospital. She specialises in surgery for diseases of the liver, bile ducts and pancreas, and is a member of the liver transplant team at the PA hospital. She is also the deputy chair of the National Board in General Surgery for General Surgeons Australia and is a senior lecturer at the University of Queensland. In addition, she is the author of the book “How to do a liver transplant”, an inspirational memoir that portrays the joyous and difficult experiences of one of the most demanding jobs in the world. |
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