Bariatric Conference and Workshop

Mackay Hospital and Health Service
North Queensland
Bariatric Conference
and Workshop
Janet Hope, CEO AusBIG, RN, Graduate Diploma of Health
Education, Cert IV in Training and Assessment.
Janet is the director of the Australian
Bariatric Innovations Group (10
years) and has a nursing education
background in both the university and
hospital sectors.
With 13 years experience in bariatric
nursing, education and innovations, she
is committed to improving the bariatric
patient's journey through our healthcare
system with a focus on safety for all.
Dr John Dixon, Professor John Dixon MBBS, PhD, FRACGP,
FRCP Edin,
Head of Clinical Obesity Research, Baker IDI Heart and
Diabetes Institute, Melbourne
Head, Weight Assessment and Management Clinic, Baker
IDI Heart & Diabetes Institute.
Adjunct Professor, School of Primary Health Care, Monash
University, Melbourne
John is a leading global expert in
obesity and obesity treatment across
the broad spectrum. He is a NHMRC
senior research fellow and is currently
Head of Clinical Obesity Research at
Baker IDI Heart & Diabetes Research
in Melbourne where he also heads up
the Baker IDI Weight Assessment and
Management Clinic.
He is an adjunct professor at the
School of Primary Health Care, Monash University. With
a background as a rural primary care physician, his
generalist approach has enabled research across specialist
boundaries.
He is a respected international leader in endocrine, liver,
respiratory, nutritional, obstetric, psychological and other
aspects of obesity as well as the effects of weight loss on
these related conditions.
Professor Dixon has over 200 publications in quality peer
reviewed journals. He is listed in 3 world rankings on
Expertscape, a research database that ranks persons and
institutions according to their demonstrated expertise in
specific medical diseases, conditions, and treatments using
PubMed indexation over the past 10 years.
In the field of bariatrics (activities related to weight
reduction in patients with obesity with treatment
methods including diet, exercise, behaviour modification,
medications and bariatric surgery) he is ranked #1, in
obesity #13 and morbid obesity #3.
Committed to improving clinical care through enhanced
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Dr Leah Brennan, Psychologist - The Alfred Hospital,
Researcher, Centre for Obesity Research and Education,
Monash University.
Leah Brennan is a clinical and health
psychologist. In 2009 she joined the
School of Psychology, Psychiatry and
Psychological Medicine at Monash
University as a lecturer in the Doctor
of Clinical Psychology Program.
Leah’s research interests involve
the application of psychological
approaches to understand, prevent
and treat obesity and disordered
eating (including eating disorders) in children, adolescents
and adults.
She is particularly interested in development, evaluation
and dissemination of evidence-based interventions for
the treatment of obesity, disordered eating and eating
disorders.
Leah also has an interest in the importance of health
behaviours for psychological wellbeing, and the
relationship between physical and psychological health.
The role of parents in the promotion of healthy lifestyles in
children is also a strong research interest.
Christine Colavetti, Deputy Director Physiotherapy,
The Prince Charles Hospital
Christine’s research has investigated how to mobilize the
bariatric patient and ensure the safety of this process for
patients and staff.
Her presentation aims to stimulate lateral thinking in
clinicians and provide food for thought on how to approach
mobility decisions.
It challenges usual practices and encourages analysis
and utilization of clinical risk management skills in the
adaptation to individual movement needs.
professional education he has conducted a large number
of courses and workshops on the management of obesity
and diabetes both nationally and internationally over the
past 10 years. He has a busy schedule as an invited speaker
in the areas of obesity, obesity comorbidity (particularly
diabetes and obstructive sleep apnoea) and weight loss.
He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Council of Obesity
Australia, was president of the Australian and New Zealand
Obesity Society (2007-2009) and is an executive member of
the Obesity Surgery Society of Australia and New Zealand.
He is an associate editor of Surgery for Obesity and Related
Diseases (SOARD), Obesity Surgery, and Clinical Obesity and
is on the editorial boards of Nutrition and Diabetes, Bariatric
News and Diabesity in Practice.
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Mackay Hospital and Health Service
North Queensland
Bariatric Conference
and Workshop
Conference Program
Day 1
Registration 8.30am - 9am
Welcome
Julie Rampton, Mackay Hospital
and Health Service District Director
of Nursing
Introduction and patient case
Leonie Curran, Clinical Educator
study – why care pathways need to
change
Keynote speaker
Janet Hope, CEO of Australian
Bariatric Innovations Group and
Registered Nurse
Morning tea
Transport and pre hospital care of
the bariatric patient
Queensland Ambulance Service
ICU perspective - the critically
unwell bariatric patient
Michael Rampton, ICU Nurse
Educator
Chronic pain management
Karalyn Huxhagan, Pharmacist
Morning session summation
Facilitator Lea West
Lunch and Grand Rounds
Keynote speaker
Dr John Dixon, Head, Clinical
Obesity Research, Baker Institute,
and Generalist Physician
Keynote speaker
Morbidly obese patient movement
Christine Colavitti, Acting Director,
Physiotherapist, The Prince Charles
Hospital
Bariatric equipment rental range
Midmed
Bariatric clinical equipment
Leisa Cassidy, The Townsville
Hospital
Workshop / or trade display view
Christine Colavitti, Acting Director,
Physiotherapist, The Prince Charles
Hospital
Afternoon session summation
Facilitator Lea West
Close
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Mackay Hospital and Health Service
North Queensland
Bariatric Conference
and Workshop
Conference Program
Day 2
Registration 8.30am - 9am
Workshop
Christine Colavitti, Acting Director of
Physiotherapy, The Prince Charles
Hospital
Sleep disordered breathing
Natalia Phillips, Respiratory Nurse
Injury prevention / Safe
Communities
Dr Dale Hanson, Emergency
Physician and Injury Prevention
Researcher
Morning session summation
Facilitator Lea West
Morning tea
Feeding the ‘overfed’ patient
Teyah Mills, Dietician
Leigh Burton, Physiotherapist
Bowen Hospital
Managing lymphedema in the
bariatric patient
Nicole Little, Occupational Therapist
and Libby Jensen, Physiotherapist
Lunch and Grand Rounds
Janet Hope, CEO of AusBig and Leah
Brennan, Psychologist - The Alfred
Hospital, Researcher - Centre for
Obesity Research and Education
Monash University.
Panel discussion
Conference summation
Feedback and close
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Mackay Hospital and Health Service
North Queensland
Bariatric Conference
and Workshop
31 July – 1 August 2014
Mackay Base Hospital | Medical Education Centre | JCU rooms
CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP AIM
• to enhance the bariatric patient journey by
incorporating the latest evidence into current
pathways.
primary care workers
acute facilities
• to ensure health care providers can access
and effectively use the appropriate bariatric
equipment in delivering care and treatment
that meets the needs of each bariatric patient.
REGISTRATION
GPs
allied health workers
rehabilitation services
Please email your registration to [email protected]
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$200 (inclusive of GST) payable by cash, cheque or credit card. Payment
can be made at the cashier at Mackay Base Hospital or by phone for credit
cards to 4885 5225 or by cheque – post to Hospital Cashier, Mackay Base
Hospital, PO Box 5580 Mackay MC 4741
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Registrations close 17 July.

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