International Speakers
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Dr Abdelmounem Abdo
Ibn Sina Gastroenterology Centre
Sudan -

Dr Myra Adelbai
Belau National Hospital
Palau -

Prof Anita Afzali
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
USA -

A/Prof Mohamed Alboraie
Al-Azhar University
Egypt -

Prof Alan Buchman
University of Illinois Chicago
USA -

A/Prof Maria Cecilia Cabrera
National University of San Marcos & Guillermo Almenara Hospital
Peru -

A/Prof Maura Corsetti
Nottingham Digestive Diseases Biomedical Research Centre
UK -

Prof Andrew Day
Trans-Tasman Speaker
University of Otago
& Christchurch Hospital
New Zealand -

A/Prof Claudia Defilippi
Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile
Chile -
A/Prof Parambir Dulai
Feinberg School of Medicine
USA -

Prof Dan Dumitrascu
Cluj County Clinical Emergency Hospital Cluj Napoca
Romania -
Prof Seth Gross
NYU Langone Health
USA -

Neil Gupta
Midwest Digestive Health & Nutrition
USA -

A/Prof Daniel Huang
National University of Singapore
Singapore -

Prof Vivek Kaul
University of Rochester Medical Center
USA -

A/Prof Anand Kulkarni
Asian Institute of Gastroenterology
India -

Prof Uri Ladabaum
Bushell Lecturer
Stanford University
USA -

Prof Naima Lahbabi-Amrani
WGO: Bockus Lectureship Recipient
Mohammed V University
Morocco -

Prof Yeong Yeh Lee
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Malaysia -

Prof Jonathan Leighton
Mayo Clinic
USA -

Prof Joseph Lim
Yale University
USA -

Prof Millie Long
University of North Carolina
USA -

Prof Susana Lopes
Hospital São João
Portugal -

Dr Miguel Mascarenhas
Hospital São João
Portugal -

Prof Siew Ng
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Hong Kong -

Prof Carolina Olano
Universidad de la República & World Gastroenterology Organisation
Uruguay -

A/Prof Nonthalee Pausawasdi
Siriraj Hospital & Mahidol University
Thailand -

Dr Mai Ling Perman
Fiji National University
Fiji -

Prof Eamonn Quigley
Houston Methodist Hospital
USA -

Dr Nageshwar Reddy
Asian Institute of Gastroenterology & AIG Hospitals
India -

Dr Sarah Jane Schwarzenberg
University of Minnesota
USA -

Dr Vikash Sharma
Fiji National University
Fiji -

A/Prof Sridhar Sundaram
Tata Memorial Hospital
India -

Prof Joseph Sung
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore -
Prof Emmanuel Tsochatzis
UCL Institute for Liver and Digestive Health
UK -

Dr Thomas D Walters
SickKids
Canada -

Dr Joshua Weiner
Columbia Center for Translational Immunology
USA -

Prof Vincent Wong
The Chinese University
of Hong Kong
Hong Kong
National Speakers
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Prof Leon Adams
University of Western Australia
Western Australia -

A/Prof Vipul Aggarwal
The Canberra Hospital
Canberra -
Dr Hasib Ahmadzai
University of New South Wales
New South Wales -

Lauren Andersson
St Vincent's Hospital
Victoria -

Prof Jane Andrews
Crohn’s Colitis Cure & Royal Adelaide Hospital
South Australia -

Dr Perveen Aslam
Canberra Gastroenterology
Canberra -

Dr Brandon Baraty
Macquarie University Hospital
New South Wales -

Dr Milan Bassan
Liverpool Hospital
New South Wales -

Carly Bramley
Princess Alexandra Hospital
Queensland -

A/Prof Jakob Begun
The University of Queensland
Queensland -

Dr Cori Behrenbruch
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Victoria -

Prof Purnima Bhat
Canberra Hospital and the Australian National University
ACT -

Dr Rishi Bolia
Children's Health Queensland
Queensland -

Prof Michael Bourke
University of Sydney &
Westmead Hospital
New South Wales -

Prof Alex Boussioutas
Monash University & The Alfred
Victoria -

Ray Boyapati
Monash Health
Victoria -

Dr Peter Boyd
Cairns Base Hospital
Queensland -

Dr Lucy Bracken
St George Hospital
New South Wales -

A/Prof Gregor Brown
Alfred Hospital
Victoria -

A/Prof Nick Burgess
University of Sydney
New South Wales -

Dr John Chetwood
St Vincents Private Hospital
New South Wales -

A/Prof Philip Craig
The University of New South Wales
New South Wales -
Dr Alex Craven
Austin Hospital
Victoria -

A/Prof Richard Couper
University of Adelaide
South Australia -

Dr Oliver Cronin
GastroNorth
Victoria -

Rachel Davis
Central Adelaide Local Health Network
South Australia -
Dr Alice Day
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital & Basil Hetzel Institute
South Australia -

Dr Michael De Gregorio
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne and Austin Hospital
Victoria -

Niall Dempster
Monash Health
Victoria -
Prof Anne Duggan
University of Newcastle
New South Wales -

Dr Kerith Duncanson
University of Newcastle
New South Wales -

Prof Emad El-Omar
UNSW Sydney
New South Wales -

Dr Sasha Fehily
St Vincent’s Hospital
Victoria -

Manel Fernando
Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
Queensland -

Dr Jessica Fitzpatrick
Alfred Health & Monash University
Victoria -

Stephanie Fry
St Vincent’s Hospital
Victoria -

Prof Jacob George
Storr Liver Centre, WIMR, &
University of Sydney
New South Wales -

Prof Mark Gorrell
University of Sydney
New South Wales -

Dr Jessica Green
Deakin University & Monash University
Victoria -

A/Prof Saurabh Gupta
Australian National University
Canberra -

Dr Sunil Gupta
University of Sydney
New South Wales -

A/Prof Chris Hair
Epworth Geelong
Victoria -

Dr Emma Halmos
Monash University
Victoria -

A/Prof David Hewett
The University of Queensland
Queensland -

A/Prof Sam Hocking
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital & University of Sydney
New South Wales -

Dr Emily Hoedt
University of Queensland
Queensland -

Dr Paris Hoey
University of Queensland
Queensland -

Prof Georgina Hold
UNSW
New South Wales -

A/Prof Jacinta Holmes
St Vincent's Hospital & Monash Health
Victoria -

Prof Gerald Holtmann
Princess Alexandra Hospital & University of Queensland
Queensland -

A/Prof Jessica Howell
Burnett Institute
Victoria -

Dr Natasha Janko
Ramsay Health Care
Victoria -

Prof Gary Jeffrey
WA Liver Transplantation Service
Western Australia -

Dr Asha Jois
Walter Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research and the Royal Children’s Hospital
Victoria -

Prof Peter Katelaris
Sydney Local Health District
New South Wales -

Dr Shelley Keating
The University of Queensland
Queensland -

Dr Trina Kellar
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Queensland -

Clarence Kerrison
Westmead Hospital
New South Wales -

Prof Bradley Kendall
University of Queensland
Queensland -
Dr Hannah Kim
St Vincent's Hospital
Victoria -

Dr Yong Sul (Eddie) Kim
Westmead Hospital
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A/Prof Cherry Koh
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
New South Wales -

A/Prof Geoff Kohn
Monash University
Victoria -

Brian Lam
Westmead Hospital
New South Wales -

A/Prof Alice Lee
Macquarie University, University of Sydney, & Concord Repatriation General Hospital
New South Wales -

Dr Eric Lee
Westmead Hospital
New South Wales -
Prof Rupert Leong
University of Sydney & Macquarie University
New South Wales -

Daniel Lightowler
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
New South Wales -

Dr Lara Lipton
Melbourne Health
Victoria -

A/Prof David Liu
Austin Health
Victoria -

Thomas Lokan
Flinders Medical Centre
South Australia -

Dr Rohan Malik
The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Victoria -
Prof Barry Marshall
University of Western Australia
Western Australia -

Ryan Mathias
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
South Australia -

Dr Scott McAlister
University of Melbourne
Victoria -

Forbes McGain
Footscray Hospital & Western Health
Victoria -

Prof Andrew Metz
The Royal Melbourne Hospital
Victoria -

Sarah Melton
Monash University
Victoria -

Dr Fadak Mohammadi
Adelaide Gastro
South Australia -

A/Prof Gregory Moore
Monash University
Victoria -

Prof Alan Moss
Western Health
Victoria -

Dr Niroshan Muwanwella
Royal Perth Hospital
Western Australia -

Prof Amanda Nicoll
Monash University & Epworth Eastern Hospital
Victoria -

Dr Tim O'Sullivan
RBWH
Queensland -

Prof (Keith) Chee Ooi
The University of New South Wales
New South Wales -

Dr Sudarshan Paramsothy
Concord Repatriation General Hospital
New South Wales -

A/Prof Hamish Philpott
St Andrew's Hospital
South Australia -

Prof Elizabeth Powell
Princess Alexandra Hospital
Queensland -

Dr Ralley Prentice
St Vincent’s Hospital
Victoria -

Prof Krish Ragunath
Royal Perth Hospital
Western Australia -

Prof Grant Ramm
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute
Queensland -

Leanne Raven
Crohn's & Colitis Australia
Victoria -

Dr Matthew Remedios
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital & Wesley Hospital
Queensland -

Dr Mark Safe
Royal Children’s Hospital
Victoria -

Prof Andrew Scott
CQHHS
Victoria -

Dr Ayesha Shah
Princess Alexandra Hospital
Queensland -

Dr Hannah Silva
Northern Health
Victoria -

A/Prof Marie Sinclair
Austin Health
Victoria -

Prof Rajvinder Singh
University of Adelaide
South Australia -

Dr Yuto Shimamura
Austin Health & University of Melbourne
Victoria -

Prof Mark Smithers
University of Queensland
Queensland -

A/Prof Ashish Srinivasan
Austin Health
Victoria -

Dr Lincon Stamp
The University of Melbourne
Victoria -

Annalise Stanley
St Vincent’s Hospital
Victoria -
Dr Katherine Stuart
Princess Alexandra Hospital
Queensland -

A/Prof Erin Symonds
Flinders Medical Centre
South Australia -
Distinguished Prof Nicholas Talley
University of Newcastle
New South Wales -

Katherine Thomas
Austin Health
Victoria -

Prof Alex Thompson
St Vincent's Hospital
Victoria -

Prof Jim Toouli
WGO: Brohée Lectureship Recipient
Flinders University
South Australia -

Dr Gina Trakman
La Trobe University
Victoria -

Dr Nick Tutticci
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Queensland -

Dr Talal Valliani
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
New South Wales -

Phoebe Van Lambaart
Latrobe Regional Health
Victoria -

Prof Rajesh Vasa
Deakin University
Victoria -

Dr Luke Vlismas
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Queensland -

Dr Michael Wallace
Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital
Western Australia -

Prof Alan Wigg
Flinders University
South Australia -

Dr May Wong
Royal North Shore Hospital
New South Wales -

Dr Peter Wu
St George Hospital
New South Wales -

Dr CK Yao
Alfred Health and Monash University
Victoria -

Dr Jason Yap
The Royal Children's Hospital
Victoria -

A/Prof Amany Zekry
University of New South Wales
New South Wales -

Dr Linda Zhang
St George Hospital
New South Wales