2023 Program

Educational Activity 30479 (Online) approved for 11 PDP hours

Educational Activity 30480 (Onsite) approved for 11 PDP hours

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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

Congress Program Overview

Thursday 31 August

17.30 – 19.00 Pre & Congress Registration  Millennium Lobby

Millennium Delegates – sessions are in Galaxy I & II
Copthorne Delegates – sessions are in Conference Room 1 & 2

Friday 1 September

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
14.10 – 14.40 POI – an Australian perspective
Clinical Associate Professor Amanda Vincent
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
15.35 – 16.00 Bone density interpretation
Professor Bronwyn Stuckey
16.00 – 16.25 Metabolic regulation and weight reduction with peptide therapy
Professor Russell Scott
16.25 – 16.50 Exercise for musculoskeletal health in the menopause
Professor Belinda Beck
16.50 – 17.10 Panel Discussion
17.15 – 18.45 Welcome Reception
Galaxy III & Gallery, Millennium (for all delegates)

Saturday 2 September

07.15 – 08.15 Commercial Symposia hosted by Besins Healthcare | Breakfast

From Menopause to Menopeaks
Allie Pepper

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
09.15 – 09.45 Sleep and the menopause
Dr Kerri Melehan
09.45 – 10.15 Stress, Menopause and CEBT
Dr John McEwan
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
11.15 – 11.45 The complex interplay between epilepsy and menopause
Associate Professor Lata Vadlamudi
11.45 – 12.30 Individualising MHT: Australia and NZ Perspectives
Dr Elina Safro and Dr Janice Brown
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
 
13.45 – 13.51 Role of psychology in the perimenopause and menopause. Greater collaborative care enhances patient outcomes
Ms Jacinta Grima
 
13.51 – 14.06 Medicinal Cannabis and Treatment of Menopause Symptoms
Prof. Kylie O’Brien
 
14.06 – 14.21 Lifestyle & Complementary medicine influence on cognition at Midlife
Ms Sandra Villella
 
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
 
14.36 – 14.42 Ovarian hyperthecosis and Leydig cell tumour presenting with virilisation and isolated increase in testosterone
Dr Kirsty Fisher
 
14.42 – 14.48 Case Study: Exploring perimenopause for a wāhine Māori through a culturally safe lens
Dr Samantha Newman
 
14.48 – 15.30 Afternoon Tea & Exhibition
Galaxy III & Gallery, Millennium (for all delegates)
15.00 AMS AGM
Galaxy I & II, Millennium 
18.00 Congress Dinner
The Heritage Queenstown
Coaches will depart The Millennium at 18.00
 

Sunday 3 September

07.15 – 08.15 Commercial Symposia hosted by Astellas | Breakfast

How well do you know Vasomotor Symptoms (VMS)?
Chair: Dr Sonia Davison
Speakers: Professor Rodney Baber & Professor Bronwyn Stuckey

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
 
09.15 – 09.45 Breast screening at the menopause
Professor Mary Rickard
 
09.45 – 10.15 Management of Menopause in Breast Cancer Survivors
Dr Stella Milsom
 
Ask the Expert
10.15 – 10.45 Panellists:
Professor Nick Panay
Professor Rodney Baber
Dr Stella Milsom
 
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
 
11.45 – 12.15 Pelvic Health at Menopause
Dr Olivia Smart & Niamh Clerkin
 
12.15 – 12.45 Sonia’s Snippets
Dr Sonia Davison
 
12.45 – 13.00 Congress Close