Speakers
Professor Mary Chiarella
Mary Chiarella is the Professor of Nursing at the University of Sydney and is Chair of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council. A founding member of the Australian Bioethics Association, she had been involved in legal, policy and ethical issues in nursing and health care. Her topic will deal with "Technology and Ethics in End of Life Care".
Carole Curtis
Carole Curtis is a New Zealand lawyer practicing in human rights, refugee, immigration, mental health, family and criminal law. Carole is trained in the application of the Istanbul Protocol and the recognition of torture victims. Some cases are unable to be published because of the confidentiality of the refugee/human rights process. Carole has published articles in New Zealand and presented seminars concerning the evolving law regarding human rights and international ethical obligations. Her topic will deal with "Climate Change in the Pacific".
Dr Amber Dar
Amber is a Lecturer in Law in the School of Law and Social Justice at the University of Liverpool. Amber was recently awarded her PhD from the University of Manchester. She completed her MA in Healthcare Law and Ethics at the University of Manchester (2007-2008), and graduated in Law (LLB Honours) from the University of Glasgow (2003-2007). Amber’s research focuses on decision-making about child participation in medical research, looking at legal and ethical frameworks that regulate decision-making in the United Kingdom. Amber will be addressing the issue of "Decision-making about child participation in medical research".
Ian Davidson SC
Ian Davidson practises from Eight Selborne Chambers primarily in Equity, Commercial, Competition, Administrative, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Wills & Probate. After graduating from ANU with a B Ec and LLB (1st class Honours and University Medal), Ian was Associate to Sir Anthony Mason from 1980 to 1981. He was awarded the R.G Menzies Scholarship to Harvard Law School (LLM 1982). After working with law firms in Boston and Washington DC and being admitted to the New York Bar, Ian practised as a solicitor in Sydney before being called to the NSW Bar in 1991. Ian was appointed Senior Counsel in 2009. His topic deals with "Testamentary Capacity: Applying the 19th century test in the 21st century".
Professor Murray Esler
A Professor in Medicine at Monash University and Head of the Cardiovascular Neuroscience Division at the Baker Heart Research Institute, Murray Esler is a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science as well as a holder of the 1989 award for the most outstanding biomedical research in Australia. Murray presented at Kos 2007, Corfu 2009 and at Rhodes 2011. Murray will be discussing "Ways of Knowing in Medicine".
Dr John Ferguson
John Ferguson was Professor and Director of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Melbourne. In Corfu in 2009 John challenged us with the morality of the Pernkopf atlas, published by the University of Vienna in 1943, with its authors relying on victims of Nazi terror. In Rhodes 2011 he challenged current assumptions about the nature of past pandemics. His paper will discuss "Eugenics, the Evolution of a Flawed Philosophy".
Dr Ian Freckelton, SC
Ian Freckelton is a Senior Counsel in full-time practice at the Victorian and Tasmanian Bars. He has also been a member of many statutory tribunals, including Victoria’s Mental Health Review Board. He is a Professional Fellow of Law and Psychiatry at the University of Melbourne and an Adjunct Professor of Law at Monash University. Ian is an elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences and the Australian Academy of Law. He is the Editor of the Journal of Law and Medicine and the Editor-in-Chief of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law. Ian is the author and editor of many books, including most recently "Scholarly Misconduct and the Law", a topic which he will address at Costa Navarino 2014.
Professor Suzanne Garland
Professor Garland is an internationally recognised clinical microbiologist and sexual health physician with particular expertise in infectious diseases in reproductive health and neonate. A key area of her research is cervical cancer and the role of human papillomavirus (HPV). Now in defining HPV in cervical dysplasis, cervical cancer, plus the healthy population within Australia, as well as being chief investigator defining the prevalence of HPV genotypes in urban, rural, indigenous and non-indigenous Australian woman. She is a regular Advisor the WHO, and is the Inaugural and Past President of the newly formed AOGIN (Asia Oceania Research Organisation on Genital Infection and Neoplasia). Professor Garland and Professor Wark will co-present a paper dealing with "Attracting women to be research participants".
John F Gregor
For over 30 years Jack has been involved in Alternative Dispute Resolution He is a certified practitioner mediator under National Mediation Accreditation Scheme and has an extensive practice in dispute resolution. He held judicial office for 21 years as a Member of State and National Industrial tribunals. In November 2006 with his business Partner Melanie Binet established a legal practice Gregor&Binet. This is a boutique industrial and employment practice providing strategic IR and HR advice and services, corporate governance advice and mediation and arbitration services. Current appointments include Independent Chairman of various employment review committees at Curtin University. John's topic will address "Ethics in Mediation".
Professor Rod Hicks
Rod Hicks is a Professor of Medicine in the Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology at the University of Melbourne and Director of the Centre for Cancer Imaging at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne, Australia. He has pioneered the use of positron emission tomography in the assessment of cancer and is recognized as an international leader in translational research and the treatment of neuroendocrine tumours. He has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles and is Editor-in-Chief of Cancer Imaging. Rod will be addressing "How dreadful knowledge of the truth can be when there is no help in the truth".
Kate Hughes
Kate Hughes has practiced as a lawyer since 1991, primarily in health and medical law, representing and advising hospitals and health care providers. She is Head of Practice (Vic) Avant Law which is the in house law firm for Avant Insurance, Australia’s leading medical defence organisation. Kate acts for, and advises medical practitioners in relation to civil litigation, disciplinary proceedings, Medicare, criminal investigations and employment disputes. Her topic will deal with "Personally controlled e-health records in Australia".
Professor George Kannourakis
Professor George Kannourakis has been a practising medical oncologist and clinical haematologist in the Ballarat community since 1992. He is a Professor of Medical Oncology at the University of Notre Dame Medical School Australia, Ballarat Rural Clinical School. George is the Honorary Foundation Research Director of the Fiona Elsey Cancer Research Institute and oversees all research with a wealth of experience in cancer cell biology and is a Adjunct Professor of Cancer Biology at Federation University of Australia. Previous placements include the Dana Faber Cancer Institute in Boston, Harvard University where he worked as a Research Fellow, and he headed the Cancer Research Unit at Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne from 1990 – 1996. His research interests are in the biology of histiocytic disorders, the immunology of cancer, and translational research involving chemosensitivity drug testing. George will be addressing the issue of "The loss of altruism in modern medical research".
Dr Leonie Kelleher OAM
Leonie was one of Victoria’s first accredited specialist in environment, planning and local government law. Her 2013 PhD examined the impact of regulatory change upon entrepreneurial opportunity. Dr Kelleher developed Kellehers Australia as a unique firm that sets itself apart from traditional legal firms. Kellehers Australia is dynamic and innovative firm with a ethically focus core purpose - not only to protect our clients’ interests but also the interests of the environment by applying cost effective and strategic advice that allows for an eco-centric approach to the law. Kellehers Australia also maintains an active involvement in a broader range of international legal issues, from restitution law to the new and emerging technologically focussed area of international surrogacy law.
Herc Koustas
Herc Koustas is a Chartered Accountant and the founding Director of Koustas & Co. With over 20 year’s experience he advises clients on accounting, taxation, business and corporate advisory matters. He also assists multi-national organisations establish and operate local branches and subsidiaries in Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the U.S. Herc Koustas will present a paper on the "Impact of Australia‘s Research and Development and available Tax Incentives".
John Malios
Dr John Malios is the Convenor of Medical Panels (Victoria), Australia and is responsible for constituting over 4,000 Medical Panel tribunals annually. He is a General Practitioner with more than 40 years’ experience in a broad range of clinical practice including general and occupational health, as well as, medical education and social fields. He is a life Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and a Member of the Australian College of Legal Medicine. He is the community medical practitioner representative on the AMA (Vic) management committee for Impairment Assessment training, and a member of the Core Module reference group. His paper will deal with the issue of "Audio recording of medical consultations. Friend or Foe?".
Dimitris Markatos
Dimitris Markatos is a graduate of the University of Athens in Law; Political Science and Public Administration with post graduate work in Philosophy. With a distinguished 25 year legal career he specialises in the law on diving in Greece, assisting in drafting the existing legal framework for recreational diving and diving tourism. He is the co-creator of the concept of socially sustainable marine protected areas (SoS MPAs) and will be speaking on "New ethics for sustainable protection of the marine environment. Pioneering recent legislative regulations in Greece".
Dr Roderick McRae
Dr Roderick McRae is a practicing anesthetist and intensive care physician as well as being a qualified lawyer. In 2006, he was appointed to the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and was formely Chairman of the Federal Australian Medical Association. Currently he is Chairman of the Council of the Victorian AMA. Rod is a qualified bio-ethicist and sits on several hospital Human Research Ethics Committees as well as the Federal Australian Medical Association’s Ethics and Medico- Legal Committee and is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Monash University’s Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine. His topic will question whether "The Explosion of Technology in the Clinical Envrionment Warrants a Rethink of Ethics Committees".
Professor Denise Meyerson
Denise Meyerson is a Professor in the School of Law at Macquarie University. She was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law in 2012. She holds the degrees of BA (University of the Witwatersrand), LLB (University of Cape Town), B Phil (Oxon) and D Phil (Oxon). She has published extensively in the areas of human rights law and jurisprudence and is one of a team of investigators on an ARC-funded Linkage project researching the ethical and legal challenges of surgical innovations. Her paper will deal with "A rights-based perspective on surgical intervention".
Mary Nagle
Mary Nagle is a generalist solicitor practicing primarily in family law. After initially practicing in architecture and planning, she later studied law to better inform her planning practice, and found herself being a practicing lawyer instead. Mary is the principal of O'Connell Solicitors, in inner Sydney. She is a member of Collaborative Practitioners NSW, where she has been a board member since 2009, and has served as Secretary and as Vice President. Mary provides legal assistance at Marrickville Legal Centre and also at Toongabbie Legal Centre. Mary is also spearheading the formation of a legal centre in inner Sydney to provide targeted services to the Greek Australian community and is anticipating the start of the pilot project in February 2014. Mary will deal with her approach to "Re-designing your life".
Athanasios Panagiotou
Athanasios Panagiotou was born in Athens, Greece. An attorney at law, he graduated from Pierce College, the American College of Greece in 2006. In 2011, he graduated from the Faculty of Law of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. In 2013 he graduated from Queen Mary, University of London where he did his Master of Laws (LLM) specialising in Medical Law. He has a strong interest in Medical Law and especially in issues such as medical malpractice, organ transplantation, resource allocation in healthcare and patient’s consent. His topic deals with "EU citizens and their access to new health technologies".
Dr Kostas Pantos
Kostas Pantos is a Greek-Australian who studied Medicine at Monash University but obtained his medical degree from the University of Athens. He has specialized in Obstetrics-Gynaecology and has been awarded the Doctorate of Medicine (PhD) by the University of Athens. He was a senior registrar and IVF co-ordinator at the Royal Women’s Hospital in Melbourne (1987-89). He now leads the largest IVF unit in Greece at "Genesis Athens" Hospital with over 4000 cycles a year and is currently the general secretary of the Hellenic Society of Reproductive Medicine. His paper will be addressing the "Greek Perspective on Assisted Reproductive Treatment".
Assoc. Professor George P. Patrinos
George Patrinos currently serves as Associate Professor of Pharmacogenomics at the University of Patras (Greece), and since 2010, as expert and Greece’s National representative at the CHMP Pharmacogenomics Working Party of the European Medicines Agency (London, UK). His research interests involve pharmacogenomics for hemoglobinopathies and neuropsychiatric disorders, transcriptional regulation of human fetal globin genes and genotype-phenotype correlation in human genetic disorders. He will be "Addressing ethical discrepancies while implementing Genomic Medicine".
Dr Brad Power
Dr Brad Power graduated from the University of Western Australia with first class honours in 1981 and trained as a general physician and then Intensive Care Physician in Perth and Glasgow. In 1991 he took up a specialist appointment at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth and currently is the medical head of that teaching hospital’s 24 bed ICU. Separately during this period he helped establish a new ICU in Perth for Ramsay Health Care. Dr Power’s major interests are in bed-side clinical work but with a strong commitment to teaching and safety and quality. He has a strong interest in practical ethics and also in the ethics of research. His papers will deal with "Medical Interventions" and "Death; a Medical or Legal Problem?".
Dr Leslie Sedal
Dr Leslie Sedal is a consultant neurologist specialising in multiple sclerosis. Over the last 15 years, Dr Sedal has helped develop the Neuroimmunology Clinic at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne providing for the diagnosis and multidisciplinary care of MS patients. The clinic now has four neurologists specialised in MS, a rehabilitation specialist as well as nursing, physiotherapy, social work and MS Australia staff. The clinic is very actively involved in international clinical trials. In 2007, Dr Sedal was awarded The John Studdy Award, MS Australia’s highest award for service to MS patients. Dr Sedal holds a Master of Education degree from the University of Melbourne and he has been one of Australia’s busiest medical teachers. His paper will address "Ethical Issues in the care of Multiple Sclerosis patients".
Dr Magdalena Simonis
Magdalena Simonis is a full time General Practitioner with interests in community health, disease prevention and women’s health. She is immediate past president of the Victorian Medical Women’s Society, is on the council of the Australian Federation of Medical Women and sits on the board of Women’s Health Victoria. Magdalena is an examiner with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and teaches University of Melbourne medical students in the general practice setting. She is on the National Standing Committee of Health Information Services with the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners and is active in general practice based research through the University of Melbourne’s VIcRen body. Since 2009, she has been on the board of Australian Greek Welfare Society. She will be addressing the issue of "The Desire for Genital Beauty".
Professor Anita Stuhmcke
Professor Anita Stuhmcke from the Faculty of Law University of Technology Sydney has a strong interest in the area of biomedical law and regulation. A critical concern of Professor Anita Stuhmcke’s research is to conceptualise the ways in which law operates as a continuum of effectiveness, the central premise being that black letter law is just one regulatory option available to policy makers. Consequently her scholarship straddles areas of social change which explore social exclusion and public access to services, such as the transition between being a citizen to consumer in public law; the impact of legislation on tort law and the ongoing issue of accessing reproductive services. She will address "Research on Stored Embryos".
Professor Stavroula Tsinorema
Stavroula Tsinorema is Associate Professor of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy and Social Studies of University of Crete, Head of the Division of Philosophy and Director of the Joint Graduate Programme “Philosophy: Science, Values and Society” of the above Department. She has been Director of the Interdepartmental Graduate Programme “Bioethics” since its establishment in 2003. She obtained a First Class Honours Degree in Philosophy from the Department of Philosophy, University of Athens (1979), then her M.A. in Moral and Social Philosophy from the University of Exeter (1980) and her Ph.D. in Moral Philosophy from the same University (1983). She will be looking at "New bio-technological advances and the challenges for bioethics".
Dr Jim Vadolas
Dr Jim Vadolas is the head of the Cell and Gene Therapy group based at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. His research interests are primarily focused on the discovery and development of novel therapeutics, for rare blood disorders such as thalassaemia and sickle cell anaemia. Jim is currently Vice-President of the Australasian Gene Therapy Society and is also Executive Committee Member of Thalassemia Australia. At Costa Navarino 2014, Jim will update us on the current status and therapeutic prospects for thalassaemia.
Assoc. Professor John Vassiliadis
John Vassiliadis is a senior staff specialist in Emergency Medicine at Royal North Shore Hospital, Deputy Director of the Simulation Division of the Sydney Clinical Skills and Simulation Centre, Clinical Associate Professor and Chair of the Clinical Skills Committee with Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney. He is also a Commander in the Royal Australian Navy Reserves. In all his educational roles John has a strong focus on patient safety and clinician error prevention and mitigation. He will discuss "Medical error and how to prevent it".
Dr Takis Vidalis
Dr Takis Vidalis received a doctorate in constitutional law at the University of Athens, after research in France (Sorbonne), England (Cambridge University) and America (Colombia University). He has been an Expert at the European Commission in Bioethics and Law, since 2005. A researcher at the Hellenic National Bioethics Commission, Takis teaches Biolaw at the University of Crete (PGP in Bioethics and also serves on our Greek-based organizing committee. Takis will address "The emergence of Biolaw".
Professor John D Wark
John Wark has 35 years in basic, pre-clinical and clinical research, and consultant endocrinology. He holds a Doctorate (PhD) and conducted postdoctoral research at the University of Sheffield and the Harvard School of Public Health. His studies include research into the effects of vitamin D in endocrine cells, a wide range of clinical research in prevention and treatment of bone disorders, extensive studies of health across the menopause as well as wide-ranging, multidisciplinary studies of young women’s health. He has been a scientific consultant to W.H.O., NHMRC, and industry and research consortia on menopause, osteoporosis and bone health. His extensive published work deals particularly with the areas of bone research and falls. Professor Wark and Professor Garland will co-present a paper dealing with "Attracting women to be research participants".
Dr Julie Zetler
Julie Zetler has been an academic for many years teaching in law, health and ethics. Her current position is a Senior Lecturer in Business Law at Macquarie University teaching in Human Resources and Health Law. She previously taught law and ethics in both Nursing and Law Faculties at UTS. Her current doctoral research conducted at Sydney University is on electronic patient health records and its impact on confidentiality and privacy. Julie is also interested in the area of sexuality in the workplace. Her paper will deal with the issue of "Privacy and Ethics in the Modern Healthcare Era".