We are excited to welcome the following invited speakers to the 2025 AWSA Summer School stage.
Click on the below photos to read the speaker's biography.
Professor Keryln Carville
Professor Primary Health Care and Community Nursing, Silver Chain Group and Curtin University
Prof Richard Ferrero
Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research
Prof Amit Gefen
Department of Biomedical
Engineering, Tel Aviv University;
Berman Chair, Vascular Bioengineering
Dr Emily Haesler
Adjunct Professor, Curtin University;
Adjunct Associate Professor,
La Trobe University
Judy Haviland
Director, Judy Haviland Consulting
Kate Hillier
Podiatrist, Albury Wodonga Health & Northeast Health Wangaratta
Diane Housiaux
Wound CNC, Holmesglen Private Hospital
Jaymie Hughan
Podiatrist, Northern Health
Dr Tim Hughes
Senior Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO
Regina Kendall
Nurse Practitioner Palliative Care
Dr Kwee Chin Liew
Clinical Microbiologist and Infectious Diseases Physician
John McKenna
Empowerment advocate and active inclusion advisor
Andrea Minnis
Nurse Practitioner
Jim Phillips
Psychologist, Kardina Health and Pain Matrix
Dr Dean Samaras
Podiatric Surgeon
Kavitha Sanmugam
Wound Clinician, St Luke's Hospital
Dr Ramin Shayan
Brighton Plastic Surgery
Lachlan Singe
Lawyer, Arnold Dallas McPherson
Broughton Snell
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon, Sandhurst Plastics
Dr Geoff Sussman OAM
Wound Care, Monash University
Terry Swanson
Nurse Practitioner
Prof Debie Turner
Discipline Lead Program for Podiatry, Queensland University of Technology
A/Prof Michael Vagg
Director, Pain Matrix / Pain Specialist
Johanna van Rooyen
Nurse Practitioner, Royal Perth Hospital
Dot Weir
Co-Chair, Symposium on Advanced Wound Care USA; Secretary, International Wound Infection Institute
Jack Yeung
Clinical Lead - Orthotics, Northern Health
Cathy Young
Occupational Therapist
#AWSA2025