AWSA Summer School 2024


We are excited to welcome the following invited speakers to the 2024 AWSA Summer School stage.


Associate Professor Carolyn Arnold
Pain Medicine and Rehabilitation Medicine Physician, Alfred Health


Margo Asimus
Nurse Practitioner


Gary Bain
Clinical Nurse Consultant, Ramsay Health


Leanne Boase
Chief Executive Officer, Australian College of Nurse Practitioners


Melinda Brooks
Nurse Practitioner


Dr Peter Brukner OAM
Specialist Sports and Exercise Physician


Professor Keryln Carville
Professor Primary Health Care and Community Nursing, Silver Chain Group and Curtin University


Dr Laurence Clemens
Rheumatologist 


Dr Hiu Tat Mark Chan 
Clinical Microbiologist, VCS Pathology


Ann Marie Dunk
Clinical Nurse Consultant, Canberra Hospital, ACT Health


Leone English
Executive Director, Faculty of Pain Medicine, ANZCOA


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


Martin Forbes
Vascular Sonographer, MIVIR Bendigo


Aiwei Foster
Nurse Practitioner


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


Dr John Frewen
Dermatologist, Sinclair Dermatology


Dr Michelle Gibb
Nurse Practitioner


Dr Emily Haesler
Adjunct Professor, Curtin University; Adjunct Associate Professor, La Trobe University


Judy Haviland
Director, Judy Haviland Consulting


Professor Paul Johnson
Infectious Diseases Physician


Dr Michelle Kaminski 
Podiatry Research Lead, Monash Health


Dr Debbie Kesper 
Consultant Physician in Rehabilitation, 
St John of God Hospital, Bendigo


Donna Larsen 
Nurse Practitioner


Andrea Minnis
Nurse Practitioner

Donna Nair
Wound Consultant Nurse and Lymphoedema Practitioner 

Professor Neil Piller 
Director of the Lymphoedema Clinical Research Unit, Flinders University


Shrikkanth Rangarajan (Raj)
Vascular, Endovascular and Renal Access Surgeon, Yarra Vascular Surgeons


Jan Rice AM 
Wound Consultant


Lori-Anne Sharp
Assistant Federal Secretary, Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation


Lachlan Singe 
Personal Injury Lawyer, Arnold Dallas McPherson Lawyers


Dr Geoff Sussman OAM
Wound Care, Monash University 


Terry Swanson
Nurse Practitioner


Stephen Tucker
Associate Director Allied Health, Podiatry and Orthotics, Northern Health



Catherine Young
Occupational Therapist, Odyssey Consulting





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