AMS is excited to announce that we will be hosting Menopause Down Under at Rydges World Square, Sydney on Saturday 6 April 2024. This whole day event will focus on midlife women's health issues down under. Join us for an up-to-date discussion on the fundamentals of menopause medicine, management of bleeding whilst on menopausal hormonal therapy, pelvic floor dysfunction and incontinence, and management of genitourinary syndrome of the menopause. There will be a panel discussion on managing complex cases and we encourage you to send in your case study by 22 March 2024 to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for discussion by the panel.
This is a great opportunity to hear from some of Australia's experts in the field of midlife women's health and to network with colleagues.
This face-to-face event will also be live-streamed for health professionals who cannot make it to Sydney. Please note that online attendees will not be able to ask questions of the presenters. However, we still encourage online delegates to send us your complex cases for discussion by our expert panel by 22 March 2024 to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
The event is also being recorded and all delegates who register will have access to the recording for around 3 months after the event.
Please note that it may take a couple of days to upload the recording and all delegates will be emailed with a link following the event.
Registration
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AMS members |
General Admission |
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Face-to-Face |
$49 |
$149 |
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Online |
$20 |
$59 |
Booking
Points
Program
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Time |
Title |
Speaker |
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08:00 |
Registration |
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09:00 |
Menopause consultation: A structured approach to investigation and treatment |
Dr Carmel Reynolds |
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09:45 |
Prescribing MHT: Evidence base and common questions answered |
Prof Rod Baber AM |
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1045 |
Morning tea |
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11:15 |
Investigating and managing unscheduled bleeding with MHT |
Dr Yasmin Tan |
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12:00 |
Update on non-hormonal treatment options in menopause |
Dr Terri Foran |
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12:45 |
Lunch |
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13:45 |
Management of genitourinary syndrome of menopause |
Dr Terri Foran |
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14:30 |
Investigating and managing pelvic floor dysfunction and incontinence |
Dr Zhuoran Chen |
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15:15 |
Afternoon tea |
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15:45 |
Menopause Case Studies – panel discussion, interactive session |
Prof Rod Baber, Dr Terri Foran and Dr Zhuoran Chen |
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16:45 |
Evaluations and close |
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17:00 |
Cocktail Reception |
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1800 |
Close |
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Speakers
Prof Rod Baber AM
Rod Baber is Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of medicine and health, University of Sydney and Chair of the menopause Hub at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney.
He is a Past-President of both the Australasian and International Menopause Societies.
Dr Terri Foran MBBS (Syd), MClin Ed (UNSW), FAChSHM
Dr Terri Foran is a Sexual Health Physician and holds the position of Conjoint Senior Lecturer in the School of Women’s and Children’s Health at UNSW Sydney, where she lectures both undergraduate and postgraduate students. She is a Visiting Medical Officer in the Menopause Hub which was recently established at the Royal Hospital for Women in Sydney.
Dr Carmel Reynolds MBBS, DCH FRACGP Cert Family Planning
Carmel is a GP with a strong interest in Women’s Health generally but specifically in contraception sexual health, menopause, and perinatal health. Carmel has worked in rural, regional and metropolitan practices in Western Australia and in inner city Adelaide. Carmel is the SA/NT Representative AMS member representative on the AMS Board.
Dr Yasmin Tan MBBS, FRANZCOG, DDU
Gynaecologist, Laparoscopic Surgeon and Women’s Ultrasound Specialist
Dr Tan is a Sydney Gynaecologist and laparoscopic surgeon.
She is a staff specialist in Gynaecology and Medical Imaging at the Royal Hospital for Women.
Her private gynaecological practice is located at the Women’s Health and Research Institute of Australia (WHRIA), Sydney CBD.
She also works at North Shore Women’s Imaging and WHRIA Diagnostics as a private ultrasound specialist.
She is a Conjoint Lecturer with The University of New South Wales – Discipline of Women’s Health.
Dr Zhuoran Chen MBBS (HONS), FRANZCOG, CU, PHD
Dr Zhuoran Chen is an experienced female Urogynaecologist and Gynaecologist working in South East Sydney. She is committed to improving woman’s health by providing holistic care combined with the latest technological advances in robotic, laparoscopic and vaginal pelvic floor reconstructive surgery. She has extensive experience in prolapse, urinary incontinence, mesh removals and provides a fresh new perspective on managing pelvic floor issues in women. Outside of her clinical duties in both St George Public and Private Hospitals, she is also a senior lecturer for the University of New South Wales and is an advocate for education and research in pelvic floor dysfunction.
Abstracts
Menopause consultation: A structured approach to investigation and treatment
Dr Carmel Reynolds
A menopause consult provides an opportunity to identify symptoms, contraceptive needs, and discuss treatment options. It also comes at a stage of life where it is timely to identify and treat risk factors for chronic disease, review cancer screening and assist in helping women find ways to participate in health promoting behaviours. This presentation aims to provide a framework for approaching these consults to meet the needs of the person presenting with symptoms and provide adequate time for addressing all health concerns in a patient centred way.
Prescribing MHT: Evidence base and common questions answered
Professor Rod Baber AM
This presentation will define the stages of the menopause transition and will discuss the evidence base for the use of menopausal hormone therapy including contraindications and how to minimize any side effects and potential risks. Simple guidance on methods of prescription will be provided.
Cases will be presented including a perimenopausal woman, a migraine sufferer, a woman who experiences postmenopausal bleeding, an older woman wishing to continue her MHT and a young woman with premature ovarian insufficiency.
Investigating and managing unscheduled bleeding with MHT
Dr Yasmin Tan
MHT is undoubtedly a highly effective treatment of perimenopausal/menopausal symptoms. It also has beneficial effects on the cardiovascular and skeletal systems. Irregular bleeding is not uncommon when taking MHT. It may affect compliance with treatment and in some cases indicate underlying pathology.
Timely investigation is important to ensure detection and appropriate treatment. Some adjustment to MHT may be required to ensure ongoing treatment and preservation of quality of life.
Update on non-hormonal treatment options in menopause
Dr Terri Foran
Menopausal hormone therapy remains the ‘gold-standard’ against which all other menopausal therapy is compared. But there are women with significant menopausal symptoms who cannot, or don’t wish to, use hormone therapy. It is important that clinicians are able to discuss the available evidence-based alternatives with such women. This presentation will discuss the risks and benefits of the range of non-hormonal menopausal therapies currently available. It will also attempt to compare the likely symptom improvement between those therapies in an attempt to assist clinicians to provide accurate advice to their menopausal patients who may be considering non-hormonal therapy for their symptoms.
Management of genitourinary syndrome of menopause
Dr Terri Foran
This Presentation will cover the Genitourinary Syndrome of Menopause -GUM (previously called Vulvovaginal atrophy) which affects the majority of postmenopausal women not on menopausal hormone therapy but is often underrecognised and undertreated. This presentation will review the common signs and symptom of this condition as well as the range of evidence-based therapy now available to treat it- including pharmacological therapies new to the Australian market. There will an emphasis on explaining the risks and benefits of such therapy to a woman considering their use and inclusion of a few practical tips which are likely to enhance their effectiveness.
Investigating and managing pelvic floor dysfunction and incontinence
Dr Zhuoran Chen
This presentation will cover the investigation and management of pelvic floor dysfunction in the postmenopausal women, including pelvic organ prolapse, stress and urge urinary incontinence. Simple guidance with tips and tricks of assessment and management will be discussed. Cases involving postmenopausal women with prolapse and incontinence will be discussed throughout the presentation, from simple to more complex cohorts with medical co-morbidities
Menopause Case Studies – panel discussion, interactive session
Professor Rod Baber AM, Dr Terri Foran and Dr Zhoran Chen
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Jenny is a past AMS Board Member and is involved in all aspects of GP work, with a holistic and motivational approach. She has presented and facilitated workshops on asthma, osteoporosis, hypertension, mental health, chronic disease management and women’s health.
Dr. Nely Shrestha Khatri is a Consultant Endocrinologist at Royal Perth Hospital and Rockingham General Hospital. She undertook endocrinology advanced training at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital and Fiona Stanley Hospital. She underwent further training in obstetric medicine and endocrine disorders in pregnancy at King Edward Memorial Hospital.
Dr Ashley Makepeace is an AMS Board Director and WA member representative and was Chair of the Scientific Program Committee for the 26th Annual AMS Congress. She is a clinical Endocrinologist and completed her Endocrinology training in Western Australia and in Oxford, UK. Ashley’s public appointment is at Fiona Stanley and Fremantle Hospitals.
Dr Jennifer Ng is an Endocrinologist at the Keogh Institute for Medical Research and Hollywood Consulting Centre in Nedlands. She completed her MBBS at the University of Western Australia, physician training at Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, and endocrinology training at Royal Perth and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospitals.
The Great Room 4, Cordis Auckland, 83 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand
Stella Milsom graduated from University of Otago, followed by post graduate training in Christchurch and Auckland, doctoral studies with Professor Peter Gluckman at the University of Auckland and post-fellowship training at the University of Utah, USA and Middlesex Hospital and St Bartholomew’s Hospitals, London.
Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Professor Rod Baber is Past President of the International Menopause Society.
Dr Sylvia Rosevear is a New Zealand Obstetrician and Gynaecologist. Graduating in Medicine from the University of Auckland in 1980, her immediate resident years were spent at Auckland as a registrar in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at National Women’s Hospital, when National Women’s had an international reputation in Obstetrics with in the fields of Intrauterine transfusion for rhesus disease, perinatal mortality publications and the burgeoning field of fertility and endocrinology. Her ‘OE’ was initially at High Wycombe, obtaining the MRCOG in 1986 and Research at King’s College Hospital London.
Anna is a Gynaecological Endocrinologist who completed her medical degree at the University of Auckland School of Medicine, a PhD at the University of Melbourne and post-doctoral research in San Francisco. She was involved in establishing the New Zealand branch of the Australasian Menopause Society and has served on the board of Osteoporosis New Zealand and as President of the Australasian Menopause Society. She is a previous Co-Editor-in-Chief of Climacteric, the journal of the International Menopause Society.
The Victoria Hotel, 215 Little Collins St, Melbourne, Victoria
Karen is the President of the Australasian Menopause Society. She graduated from Flinders University and spent 6 years in Darwin before returning to Adelaide, where she worked until 2007. Karen currently works in general practice in Hobart, where she is involved in registrar training. She has had a longstanding interest in women's health and has been a member of AMS since 2004.
Dr Sonia Davison is an Endocrinologist with a special interest in Women’s Health. She is a Clinical Fellow at Jean Hailes for Women’s Health and has an adjunct appointment at the Women’s Health Research Program, Monash University.
Dr Elizabeth Farrell is a gynaecologist and Medical Director of Jean Hailes for Women's Health. She consults at the Jean Hailes Medical Centres in East Melbourne and Clayton, and also at a monthly clinic at the Foster and Toora Medical Centre, Foster.
Clinical Associate Professor Amanda Vincent is a Consultant Endocrinologist with the Department of Endocrinology, Monash Health, Clayton, working in the Menopause Clinic and the Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism Unit.
The AMS Board is pleased to continue this very popular Menopause Essentials Update series.
