Biography: Dr Torey Lawrence is a full time paediatric Surgeon at The Children’s Hospital Westmead. She has a broad range of paediatric surgery clinical interests with a focus on colorectal conditions in childhood, paediatric burns, laparoscopic surgery and neonatal surgery. ...
- April 5, 2019
Dr Teresa Towpic1 1Macquarie University Hospital, NSW Biography: Dr Towpik has been a General Practitioner in Australia since 1993 and an advocate of medicinal cannabis since the law was amended and cannabis was legalised for medicinal use. Since then...
- March 18, 2019
Dr Kim Phan-Thien1 1Sydney’s St George Hospital, NSW Biography: Dr Kim Phan-Thien is a colorectal surgeon at Sydney’s St George Hospital. She graduated with honours in Medicine from the University of New South Wales, earned a Master of Surgery from...
- March 18, 2019
Associate Professor Steve Smith1 1John Hunter Hospital, NSW Defunctioning stomas are created in order to minimize complications associated with anastomotic colorectal surgery. The decision to create diverting stoma is a complex one and the science behind it is discussed in...
- March 18, 2019
Associate Professor Steve Smith1 1John Hunter Hospital, NSW There is emerging science to suggest that the modality of anaesthesia used for colorectal surgery may play a part in not only the short term recovery following surgery but also longer term...
- March 18, 2019
Dr Vicky Patton As new treatments develop stomaltherapy nurses are in an ideal position to assist patients with bowel management methods even though they may be considered in the realm of continence. Stomaltherapy nurses understand bowel function, medications that alter...
- January 30, 2019
Pressure injuries have plagued us as a society for hundreds of years. Despite major developments in risk assessment and management of pressure injuries these continue to be recognised in the top three causes of preventable harm globally. A review of...
- August 6, 2018