Southern Division of the AMA

Meetings are held at Marion House Meeting room Calvary Hospital on the 1st Tuesday of each month. Please call Ngairi Pirere 0428 284 567 for more details. Also see dates for all meetings listed on the Calendar 2010 on this website.

 Division Executive:

Southern Chairman                                   - Dr Gerard McGushin

Southern Division Representatives              - Dr Bob Walker

                                                                - Prof Ray Lowenthal

Southern Division Secretary                        -

Tuesday 3rd August 2010

House, Calvary Hospital 39 Augusta Road Lenah Valley. Expected to end around 7.30pm. Drinks, coffee, tea and a buffet meal will be provided. 

State Medical Director - Dr Andrew Turner

Dr Turner has been Director Department of Critical Care Medicine at Royal Hobart Hospital since 2007, Honorary Treasurer of the Australia and New Zealand Intensive Care Society since 2002, Intensive Care Foundation Trustee/Director since 2005 and is a clinical lecturer at the University of Tasmania. He feels strongly that intensive care is a wonderful profession, and hopes to attract medical students to the field and to training at the Royal Hobart Hospital.

Dr Turner has an interest in research and evidence-based medicine, having spent several years on the Executive of the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group and has acted as the Principal Investigator in numerous studies conducted at the Royal Hobart Hospital. Previously he was Director of Intern Training for five years and the Director of the Division of Medicine at Royal Hobart Hospital for three years.

Dr Turner started his medical training at the University of Tasmania and began specialising in intensive care medicine in 1993. His training continued at the Austin Hospital in Melbourne and he became a specialist at the Royal Hobart Hospital in 1998. Dr Turner enjoys caring for the high end of patient acuity and the camaraderie of a tight-knit intensive care team. Dr Turner hopes to maintain the very highest level of patient care, and he is looking at ways to increase cooperation with the university

AN AGENDA WILL BE EMAILED OUT PRIOR TO THE MEETING FOR CATERING PURPOSES IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT YOU RSVP NO LATER THAN 5PM ON THE 26^TH MAY TO NGAIRI PIRERE- PH: 6222 7893 EMAIL: ngairi.pirere@dhhs.tas.gov.au

Meeting on the 4th May 2010:

Guest Speaker this month Lisa Wardlaw-Kelly: Tasmanian State Manager Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agencyon Transition to the new National Registration and Accreditation Scheme.  

Lisa Wardlaw-Kelly joins AHPRA from her recent position as the Tasmanian Regional Director of the Australian Bureau of Statistics where she managed a busy office with responsibility for a range of national surveys and state-based statistical programs. As ABS Tasmanian Regional Director, Lisa was also the Tasmanian State Government Statistician and participated on a number of high level bodies including the Treasurer's Demographic Change Advisory Council and the Stronger Communities Taskforce. Lisa commenced in the Australian Public Service as a graduate in 1994 and has since held a variety of policy and program management roles predominantly within the health portfolio. Lisa's previous experience includes managing the consumer health information portal HealthInsite, and she has also held key roles in a number of National Health Priority Areas, and in the area of evidence based healthcare policy.  

From 2004-2006 Lisa was Tasmanian State Manager of the Department of Health and Ageing, where she oversaw the delivery of a range of Australian Government health programs in Tasmania, including regulatory and planning functions relating to aged and community care, as well as the Office of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health, primary care and rural health programs.

Marion House - Calvery Hospital Lenah Valley

    Members and visitors are directed to the Marion Building behind the main building at Calvery, walk across the driveway and go down the outside stairs next to Mr Hunn's rooms. Pass through the wooden gate and the glass door to the left will be open with an AMA sign laying against it. Go to the end of the short hall way and the meeting room is to the left. See you there!

6pm for a 6.30pm start at Marion House Meeting room Lower level.

PHARMACEUTICAL REPRESENTATIVE: Jim Greenall from Solvay Pharmaceuticals

SPEAKER: Dr Andrew Turner - Director, Tasmanian Organ and Tissue Donation Agency

PRESENTATION: Tasmanian Organ and Tissue Agency 

Sponsorship Opportunities

The AMA (Southern Division - Tasmania) run a monthly meeting throughout the year. These meetings offer outstanding corporate sponsorship opportunities for businesses, pharmaceutical companies and organisations interested in reaching the southern medical profession.

Who Attends AMA (TAS) Events?

AMA (TAS) events attract attendees from the wide spectrum of medical professionals practicing in Southern Tasmania including:-

• General practitioners
• Specialists
• Salaried medical officers
• Academics
• Interns
• Medical students
• Practice staff

What Sponsorship Opportunities Are Available?

The number and type of events run by AMA (TAS) varies from year to year but typically includes:

• Conferences
• Dinners
• Training seminars
• Workshops
• Regular monthly meetings

Sponsoring one of these AMA (TAS) events gives businesses and organisations the chance to showcase their products, information and services in both professional and social surroundings, with access to members of the Southern Division of Tasmania Medical Profession.

For details of upcoming sponsorship opportunities please contact Ngairi Pirere at ngairi.pirere@dhhs.tas.gov.au.