International Speakers
Prof David Story
President ANZCA
Dave Story is Professor and Foundation Chair of Anaesthesia at the University of Melbourne; and Head of the University Department of Critical Care. His main research interest is clinically and cost-effective approaches to reduce perioperative risk, complications, disability, and mortality. He also does translational work in acid-base disorders; environmental impact research, and is a consumer investigator in diabetes care.
Dave is a staff anaesthetist at the Austin Hospital where he provides perioperative care for most procedural specialties including liver transplantation. His academic and ANZCA roles include supporting students, trainees, and fellows in pursuing research, education, and leadership.
His love of the outdoors led to research in altitude physiology, subsequent anaesthesia career, environmental advocacy, and recreational hiking and bike riding.
Dr Michael MargaRson
Consultant Anaesthetist, St Richard's Hospital, Chichester
Dr Margarson trained in London, Oxford, Munich and Sydney and is currently Consultant in Anaesthesia and Critical Care, St Richard's Hospital, Chichester. He was a founder member of the UK Society for Obesity and Bariatric Anaesthesia (SOBA), is currently Vice-president for the European Society for the Peri-operative Care of the Obese Patient (ESPCOP), and active in the sub-committees of the Society for Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine.
His original research interest and MD thesis was on microvascular permeability and rates of transcapillary albumin escape in sepsis. Current interests are mainly focussed around the airway and dosing scalars in anaesthesia for the morbidly obese.
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Prof Rinki Murphy
Consultant Anaesthetist, Counties Manukau
Prof Murphy is an Endocrinologist at Counties Manukau, specialising in diabetes and obesity. She has established a research programme in understanding the pathophysiology and impacts of diabetes and obesity with the overall aim of identifying precision medicine that spans genetics, broader risk biomarkers and novel treatment strategies.
She is a member of several international research networks and established the NZ monogenic diabetes national genetic testing guidelines and clinical database.Mr Michael Booth
Consultant Surgeon, Northshore Hospital
Mr Michael Booth is a general surgeon with a subspecialty interest in upper gastrointestinal surgery. He is a consultant at North Shore Hospital and is also in Private practice. He has a major interest in laparoscopic surgery including surgery for obesity (bariatric surgery), hernia, gallbladder and anti-reflux surgery. His bariatric programme incorporates a dietitian and procedures offered to patients include laparoscopic and open gastric bypass as well as laparoscopic adjustable banding.