Royal Melbourne Hospital - Digital Health Showcase

Date
14 Jun 2018
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Cost
Free

Available to
All

Continuing Professional Development

CPD Points unavailable

Event Location
Royal Melbourne Hospital - City Campus
300 Grattan Street
PARKVILLE VIC 3050
Australia

What is precision medicine? How does it affect the care that we deliver now and into the future?

Come and meet a stellar line up of RMH clinicians and learn how digital health is transforming patient care.

Using real life case studies we'll cover topics like robotics, telehealth, surgery and superbugs.

 

Join hosts Dr Kudzai KanhutuKarrie Long and Ilana Bayrak (RMH Telehealth Team) and hear from expert speakers;

Prof Fary Khan- Director of Rehabilitation Services and Clinical Director of the Australian Rehabilitation Research Centre at the Royal Melbourne Hospital "Robots, games and rehabilitation"

Prof Kate Drummond - Director Neurosurgery, Head of Central Nervous System Tumours

Dr Nawaf Yassi Stroke specialist (neurology and neuroradiology) " Telestroke and virtual medicine - when every second counts"

Prof Ingrid Winship - Executive Director of Research for Melbourne Health & Inaugural Chair of Adult Clinical Genetics at the University of Melbourne

Associate Professor Steven Tong- Infectious diseases specialist & Co-Head of Translational and Clinical Research and Indigenous Health

 

Finally we'll finish with a panel discussion on precision medicine moderated by Dr Louise Schaper HISA CEO.