Educational Activity 30479 (Online) approved for 11 PDP hours
Educational Activity 30479 (Online) approved for 11 PDP hours
Educational Activity 30480 (Onsite) approved for 11 PDP hours
26th AMS Congress Remarkable reflections on midlife and menopause – 547693

The “26th Annual Australasian Menopause Congress” activity has been endorsed by The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners (RNZCGP) and has been approved for up to 11 CME credits for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) purposes.
Approved for RANZCOG CPD 2023, Domains & hours: EA: 11.00
Meets program level requirement/s: Professionalism.
The Congress has been approved by ACRRM
Please see below overview of the 2023 AMS Congress Program.
This page will be updated as planning progresses so please check back regularly.
The program is listed in New Zealand Standard Time (NZST). To calculate program times for your timezone, you can use the Time Zone Converter HERE
The 2023 AMS Pre-Congress Menopause Essentials Update will be held on Friday 1 September from approx. 08.30 – 12.00
| 17.30 – 19.00 | Pre & Congress Registration | Millennium Lobby |
| 11.30 – 18.00 | Congress Registration | Millennium Lobby |
| 13.15 – 14.40 | Congress Opening & Plenary 1: Alice MacLennan Plenary | |
| Chairs | Dr Karen Magraith & Dr Sylvia Rosevear | |
| 13.15 – 13.40 | Official Congress Opening | |
| 13.40 – 14.10 | The Modern Management of Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (POI) Professor Nick Panay |
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| 14.10 – 14.40 | POI – an Australian perspective Clinical Associate Professor Amanda Vincent |
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| 14.40 – 15.10 | Afternoon Tea | |
| 15.10 – 17.10 | Plenary 2 | |
| Chairs | Dr Christina Jang & Dr Marita Long | |
| 15.10 – 15.35 | Osteoporosis management in the peri- and early menopausal woman Dr Susannah O’Sullivan |
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| 15.35 – 16.00 | Bone density interpretation Professor Bronwyn Stuckey |
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| 16.00 – 16.25 | Metabolic regulation and weight reduction with peptide therapy Professor Russell Scott |
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| 16.25 – 16.50 | Exercise for musculoskeletal health in the menopause Professor Belinda Beck |
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| 16.50 – 17.10 | Panel Discussion | |
| 17.15 – 18.45 | Welcome Reception Galaxy III & Gallery, Millennium (for all delegates) |
| 07.15 – 08.15 | Commercial Symposia hosted by Besins Healthcare | Breakfast
From Menopause to Menopeaks |
Conference Room 1 & 2, Copthorne |
| 08.15 – 15.30 | Registration | Millennium Lobby |
| 08.45- 10.15 | Plenary 3 | |
| Chairs | Dr Carmel Reynolds & Dr Kelly Teagle | |
| 08.45 – 09.15 | The modern management of PMS/PMDD Professor Nick Panay |
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| 09.15 – 09.45 | Sleep and the menopause Dr Kerri Melehan |
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| 09.45 – 10.15 | Stress, Menopause and CEBT Dr John McEwan |
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| 10.15 – 10.45 | Morning Tea | |
| 10.45 – 12.15 | Plenary 4 | |
| Chairs | Dr Sonia Davison & Dr Stella Milsom | |
| 10.45 – 11.15 | Dry Eyes in Menopause – Frequently found, Frequently missed, Infrequently treated Dr Andrew Logan |
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| 11.15 – 11.45 | The complex interplay between epilepsy and menopause Associate Professor Lata Vadlamudi |
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| 11.45 – 12.30 | Individualising MHT: Australia and NZ Perspectives Dr Elina Safro and Dr Janice Brown |
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| 12.30 – 13.30 | Lunch | |
| 13.30 – 14.48 | Plenary 5/Free Communications | |
| Chairs | Dr Ashley Makepeace & Dr Marita Long | |
| 13.30 – 13.45 | Health system utilisation and preferences: early trends from the inaugural VITAL peri-/menopause registry of Australia A/Prof. Erin Morton |
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| 13.45 – 13.51 | Role of psychology in the perimenopause and menopause. Greater collaborative care enhances patient outcomes Ms Jacinta Grima |
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| 13.51 – 14.06 | Medicinal Cannabis and Treatment of Menopause Symptoms Prof. Kylie O’Brien |
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| 14.06 – 14.21 | Lifestyle & Complementary medicine influence on cognition at Midlife Ms Sandra Villella |
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| 14.21 – 14.36 | The DHED prodrug selectively delivers 17-beta-estradiol to the brain-an alternative HRT approach for metabolic dysfunction? Ms Celine Camon |
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| 14.36 – 14.42 | Ovarian hyperthecosis and Leydig cell tumour presenting with virilisation and isolated increase in testosterone Dr Kirsty Fisher |
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| 14.42 – 14.48 | Case Study: Exploring perimenopause for a wāhine Māori through a culturally safe lens Dr Samantha Newman |
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| 14.48 – 15.30 | Afternoon Tea & Exhibition Galaxy III & Gallery, Millennium (for all delegates) |
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| 15.00 | AMS AGM Galaxy I & II, Millennium |
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| 18.00 | Congress Dinner The Heritage QueenstownCoaches will depart The Millennium at 18.00 |
| 07.15 – 08.15 | Commercial Symposia hosted by Astellas | Breakfast
How well do you know Vasomotor Symptoms (VMS)? |
Conference Room 1 & 2, Copthorne |
| 08.15 – 13.00 | Registration | |
| 08.45 – 10.50 | Plenary 6 | |
| Chairs | Clinical Associate Professor Amanda Vincent & Dr Karen Magraith | |
| 08.45 – 09.15 | Progestogens Professor Rodney Baber |
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| 09.15 – 09.45 | Breast screening at the menopause Professor Mary Rickard |
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| 09.45 – 10.15 | Management of Menopause in Breast Cancer Survivors Dr Stella Milsom |
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| Ask the Expert | ||
| 10.15 – 10.45 | Panellists: Professor Nick Panay Professor Rodney Baber Dr Stella Milsom |
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| 10.45 – 10.50 | Invitation to the World Congress on Menopause in Melbourne 2024 | |
| 10.50 – 11.15 | Morning Tea | |
| 11.15 – 13.00 | Plenary 7 | |
| Chairs | Dr Ashley Makepeace & Dr Sylvia Rosevear | |
| 11.15 – 11.45 | Vulval conditions in the menopause Dr Amanda Oakley |
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| 11.45 – 12.15 | Pelvic Health at Menopause Dr Olivia Smart & Niamh Clerkin |
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| 12.15 – 12.45 | Sonia’s Snippets Dr Sonia Davison |
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| 12.45 – 13.00 | Congress Close |
| Poster Title | Poster Author | |
| 1 | Menopause and work: An online survey of the New Zealand experience | Dr Linda Dear (Millennium & online) |
| 2 | Diagnosis, pathophysiology, and metabolic implications of post-menopausal hyperthecosis; an illustrative case report | Dr Kirsty Fisher (Online only) |
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