St Vincent’s Annual GP Symposium 2019 - supporting general practice

St Vincent’s Hospital specialists are pleased to present acase-basedupdate on important topics ofrelevance forGPs.

Program
Chair - Dr Dave Isaac, GP and GP Liaison Consultant

Low back pain
The low back pain epidemic - common back pain syndromes and their management:
Mr Peter McNeil, Director of Neurosurgery
Ms Caitlin Farmer, Physiotherapist

Palliative Care
Supporting patients and GPs in end of life care:
Associate Professor Mark Boughey, Director of Palliative Medicine
Dr Peter Sherwen, Specialist, Palliative Care

Osteoarthritis of the knee
How good is conservative management and if, when and how to move to surgery:
Dr Keith Lim, Rheumatologist

Commonthyroid diseases
Thyroid function testing, subclinical syndromes, immune checkpoint inhibitors and those pesky thyroid nodules!
Professor Richard MacIsaac, Director, Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes
Mr Jason Tan, Endocrine Surgeon