SPEAKERS

SA Pathology, Adelaide

BREAST PATHOLOGY

 

Professor Gelareh Farshid is an international expert in breast and soft tissue pathology with substantial experience in population based screening for breast cancer. She is a senior Consultant Pathologist SA Pathology at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Clinical Professor, Schools of Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of Adelaide and member of the PathWest Board of Directors. She is the Treasurer for the Australasian IAP. Among other roles, Gelareh is a member of the International Collaboration on Cancer Reporting – Lymph Node and Sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer committee. She chairs the RCPA’s multidisciplinary expert groups involved with Structured Reporting of Breast Cancer and for Australia’s HER2 testing program. Gelareh contributes to BreastScreen Australia’s Quality Management and Clinical Advisory committees, which are charged with accreditation and national policy initiatives for the Program.  

Gelareh appreciates combining full time clinical responsibilities with applied clinical research. In particular, she enjoys engaging with colleagues from various disciplines in innovative projects, aiming to improve healthcare.

Envoi Pathology, Brisbane

GASTROINTESTINAL PATHOLOGY

 

Dr Ian Brown is a gastrointestinal pathologist at Envoi Pathology and a visiting pathologist at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. 

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He has published over 150 peer reviewed articles and abstracts, and has written several book chapters related to gastrointestinal tract pathology, including 2 chapters for the 5th edition WHO classification of Digestive System Tumours. He co-edited the textbook ‘Endoscopic Biopsy Interpretation’.   

 

Dr Brown serves on the editorial board of Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and of Histopathology.  He is a panel member of the ICCR structured reporting protocols for colorectal carcinoma and colorectal polyps. 

Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney

GENITOURINARY AND MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY

 

Anthony Gill holds a personal chair as Professor of Surgical Pathology and the University of Sydney and is a senior staff specialist in anatomical pathology at Royal North Shore Hospital. He is the chairman of the Australian Pancreatic Genome Initiative (APGI). He has a broad interest in all areas of surgical pathology.

 

In addition to over 500 original research publications, Anthony serves as a member of the standing editorial board for the fifth edition WHO Blue Book Series.

Austin Health, Melbourne

GYNAE PATHOLOGY

 

Dr Marsali Newman is a consultant pathologist at Austin Pathology, Austin Health, Melbourne with an honorary appointment at Mercy Hospital for Women.  She has 20 years’ experience in histopathology and cytology with particular expertise in gynaecological pathology. Dr Newman is co-author of RCPA structured reporting protocols for Cervical Cancer, Cervical Pre-neoplasia, Endometrial Cancer, and Cancer of the Ovary, Fallopian Tube and Primary Peritoneal Site. She is also involved in policy development in her role as chair of the RCPA Advisory Committee for Cytopathology with involvement in recent updates to the National Cervical Screening Program. In addition to her strong interest in research, with current projects including endometrial hyperplasia and molecular studies in endometrial cancer, Dr Newman is also actively involved in registrar, scientist and medical student training and is an examiner for the Australian Society of Cytology. 

PathWest, Perth

DERMATOPATHOLOGY

 

A graduate of the University of Newcastle and trained in Anatomical Pathology with the Hunter Area Pathology Service, Dr Wood joined PathWest and the University of Western Australia in 2006. In 2010 he established the PathWest Dermatopathology Group, which now provides a State-Wide public Dermatopathology service in Western Australia, serving all three major teaching hospitals, as well as numerous smaller hospitals and community practitioners.

Dr Wood has research interests in melanocytic pathology, cutaneous adnexal tumours and other areas of Dermatopathology. Dr Wood has authored over 100 publications and multiple textbook chapters.  He is a member of the executive committee of the Australian Dermatopathology Society, convenor of the RCPA QAP Dermatopathology Module, examiner for the RCPA post-fellowship Diploma in Dermatopathology and a member of the Western Australian Kirkbride Melanoma Advisory Service panel. 

Austin Health, Melbourne

DERMATOPATHOLOGY

 

Following award of her FRCPA, Dr Louise Jackett undertook a fellowship in melanoma pathology at Melanoma Institute Australia and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney under the guidance of Prof Richard Scolyer, and was subsequently appointed as a consultant Anatomical Pathologist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, before joining Austin Health where she is the principal pathologist overseeing the melanoma consult service.

Louise has received world-class training in melanocytic lesions through extensive consultation practice and collaborative research, and has contributed in this field to several international conferences as an invited speaker and as an author of the most recent edition of the WHO Classification of Skin Tumours. She is the current co-convenor of the Dermatopathology session for the Australasian Division of the IAP.