TUESDAY, 22 OCTOBER 2024
Giants of Geriatrics
Facilitator: Dr Nihal Nanda
Urinary Symptoms in Parkinson's Disease - Assessment and Management
Professor Jalesh N. Panicker
Professor of Neurology and Uro-Neurology, University College London, Clinical Lead in Uro-Neurology, That National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen Square, London
Assessment and Management of Continence in Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
Dr Blair Adamczewski
Geriatrician, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Royal Hobart Hospital
Facilitator: Professor Vasi Naganathan
PET Scans, Blood Tests and New Treatments for Alzheimer's disease
Professor Chris Rowe
Director, Australian Dementia Network, University of Melbourne and Director, Molecular Imaging Research, Austin Health VIC
Healthy Ageing in the Torres Strait Learnings from the Tropics on Strength-Based Approaches to Health
Professor Eddy Strivens AM
Geriatrician and Clinical Director, Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service, QLD Immediate Past President of the ANZSGM
Key Note Lecture
Tackling Unmet Needs in Parkinson’s Disease
Professor Emily Henderson
Academic Geriatrician, University of Bristol, UK
Facilitators: Dr Sudesh Wijethilaka and Dr Rajeswari Radhakrishnan
Frailty: Geriatric Syndrome or New Cloak of Ageism?
Professor Ruth Hubbard
Masonic Chair of Geriatric Medicine, The University of Queensland, and Consultant Geriatrician, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Queensland
Frailty Risk Stratification in Hospitalised Older Adults
Dr Barbara Helen Rosario
Senior Consultant Geriatrician, Changi General Hospital, Clinical Assistant Professor, Duke-NUS, Singapore
Levo Dopa Therapy in Older Persons with Parkinson's Disease: Clinical Challenges
Professor Scott Whyte
Neurologist and Geriatrician, Central Coast Neurosciences, NSW
Healthy Ageing - Strategies and Approaches
Dr Rahul Unnikrishnan MD (Geriatrics), DGO, FACP
Specialist Geriatrician, Rashid Hospital, Dubai, UAE
