Menopause Down Under, Sydney Saturday 6 April 2024

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.

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Menopause Down Under

Points

Note: AMS will not be issuing RACGP CPD points for watching the recording. 

Program

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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Content updated 4 March 2024