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Conference Program Registration Speakers Social Program Venue Welcome from ACORN President Accommodation Sponsorship & Exhibition |
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INVITED SPEAKERS:
Dr Cathryn Murphy is Managing Director of Infection Control Plus,
an independent, international infection control consulting company.
Cathryn's career highlights include working as a guest researcher in the
Division of Healthcare Quality and Infection Prevention at the CDC,
Georgia, USA in 2000 and serving as a consultant to the WHO in Southeast
Asia during the height of the 2003 SARS Outbreak.
Dr Rowan Gillies from Sydney, is the youngest ever International
Council President of the Nobel-Prize Winning Medecins Sans Frontieres.
Rowan has worked in the field for MSF in some of the world's most troubled
regions, including Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Liberia, Beirut,
Congo and Sri Lanka.
JUDITH CORNELL ORATION
Dr Judith Berry Judith has recently retired from her position as Nursing Director of the Operating Room Services at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH). During her long and distinguished career at the RAH, Judith has served on the Joanna Briggs Best Practice Research Committee, in addition to the RAH Research Ethics Committee. She is also a member of the Royal College of Nursing, Australia. During her term as ACORN President, Judith oversaw the transition of ACORN from a Confederation to a College, as well as other recommendations defined within the "Future Directions Survey" conducted by the ACORN members in 1997. Following her retirement as the College President in 2000, Judith was persuaded to remain on the ACORN Board, representing SA, and she held a position on the Marketing Committee. During her term as SA Director, Judith acted as ACORN Liason for the RN First Assistant role between the Southern Cross University and the College. She was instrumental in establishing communication with the College of Surgeons in respect to the RN First Assistant role. Judith was awarded with the SAPNA Life Membership in 2000 and in 2006 she was awarded the ACORN Excellence in Perioperative Nursing Award.
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Professor
Charlie Teo has developed an international reputation in the field of
invasive neurosurgery, particularly in children, and has a passion for
teaching and philanthropy. He is Director of the Centre for Minimally
Invasive Neurosurgery, President of Think First Australasia for the
prevention of brain and spinal cord injuries, and a Founding Board Member
of V.I.N.E. (volunteers for international neurosurgical education).
Charlie is also Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board and Founder of
the Cure for Life Foundation, the largest charity devoted to the
advancement and treatment of patients with brain tumours.
Professor
Mary Chiarella is Professor of Nursing at the University of Sydney and
Chair of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council, the peak regulatory
body for nursing and midwifery in Australia. Mary's research interests
focus on legal, policy and ethical issues in nursing and health care
delivery. In 2008 she undertook a global review of nurse-led models of
primary health care for the Chief Scientific Officer, Nursing and
Midwifery of the World Health Organisation and is currently following that
up with a review of policy and leadership in primary health care and work
on MDG 5.
Prof Bruce Barraclough AO is the eHealth Medical Director, CSIRO ICT
Centre. He has had a distinguished career in medicine with a particular
focus on breast and endocrine surgery, and is President of The
International Society for Quality in Health Care, Chair of the Board of
the NSW Clinical Excellence Commission, Medical Director of the Australian
Cancer Network, a member of the NSW Health Care Advisory Council and
Associate Dean (Planning) University of Western Sydney Medical School. In
2003, Bruce Barraclough was created an Officer in the Order of Australia
for services to medicine as a surgeon, to medical education, particularly
the development of high-level surgical training facilities, and to the
community through fostering improvements in the delivery of safe, quality
healthcare in Australia.
