AWSA Summer School 2025


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.


Dr Selena Boyd

Pharmacist Facilitator 
Medisca

Rene Brent

Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist 
and Instructor of Hypnotherapy

Dimitri Diacogiorgis

Manager,
Allied Health Assistants

Prof Richard Ferrero

Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Hudson Institute of Medical Research

Martin Forbes

Vascular Sonographer,
MIVIR Bendigo

Dr Nikki Frescos

Podiatrist, Austin Health;
Research Development Lead,
Faculty of Pain Medicine, ANZCA

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

Dr Matthew Howard

Dermatologist
Novus Dermatology

Dr Tim Hughes

Principal Research Scientist and Research Team Leader, CSIRO Manufacturing Flagship

John McKenna

Empowerment advocate and active inclusion advisor

Andrea Minnis

Nurse Practitioner

Dr Hari Nair

President,
World Union Wound Health Societies


Maree O'Connor

Lymphoedema Physiotherapist


Prof Neil Piller

Director, Lymphoedema Clinical
Research Unit, Flinders University

Jan Rice AM

Wound Consultant


Dr Lee Ruotsi

Medical Director, Center for Wound Health
and Hyperbaric Medicine


Dr Dean Samaras

Podiatric Surgeon

Dr Geoff Sussman OAM

Wound Care, Monash University

Terry Swanson

Nurse Practitioner

Dot Weir

Co-Chair, Symposium on Advanced Wound Care USA; Secretary, International Wound Infection Institute



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