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The School of Medicine at the University of Queensland together with its partner HealthCert has been delivering workshops on skin cancer for primary care physicians for 6 years, and has been delivering the world's only Master of Medicine in Skin Cancer for the same period. This will be our fourth Annual Conference. We are taking a group of leaders in the field, to beautiful Queenstown to run some practical workshops, a series of exciting plenary presentations, and some original research presentations, and to offer some very pleasant social activities. A key feature of the conference will be debates, discussions, and moderated questions from the floor. Come along and take an active part in your learning. I am delighted to advise that Professor June Robinson from Northwestern University in Chicago, USA will be our primary international speaker. Professor Robinson is Editor of the highly prestigious journal Archives of Dermatology, and Editor of the major text Surgery of the Skin: Procedural Dermatology. From Australia Professor Peter Soyer (School of Medicine, University of Queensland), from New Zealand Dr Sharad Paul (University of Auckland) and Assoc. Prof Amanda Oakley (University of Auckland) are confirmed speakers. Dr Cliff Rosendahl, a primary care physician from Queensland and a senior lecturer in the School of Medicine at the University of Queensland will also present a plenary address on diagnostic challenges in primary care. We also have Professor John Thompson from Sydney and Associate Professor John Kelly from Victoria confirmed. Two outstanding histopathologists in Drs Richard Williamson and Simon Clark will help us explore clinical-dermoscopic-pathological correlations. Our theme this year is “Looking into the Future of Skin Cancer” and as part of our efforts to make this conference distinctive I am delighted to announce that Craig Rispin, a business futurist and innovation expert, will also present. So, if you have an interest in skin cancer, and want to update your knowledge and skills, learn what is new from the acknowledged leaders in the field, and broaden your mind more generally, block out these dates in your diary now: September 14-16, 2012. Professor David Wilkinson |
David Whiteman Lecture from the 2011 Skin Cancer Conference - Pathways to melanoma; what do we know and what comes next?Part 1  Part 2 
2011 Skin Cancer Conference Reviewed in International PublicationThe article covered some of the highlights of the third annual conference on skin cancer, with special emphasis on the recent advances regarding melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment. Topics were particularly addressed to a newly developing medical branch in Australia, namely that of Primary Care Skin Cancer Practitioners, and focused on strategies to improve primary and secondary prevention and early detection of melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer using dermoscopy. Controversies related to skin cancer screening programs and recent progresses for treating advanced melanoma were additionally discussed. Yet, besides its scientific goals, the conference aimed also to encourage research originating in primary care and relevant to primary care. To read the article in the Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy, Dec 2011, Click Here. |
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As we move into 2012, we look ahead to the UQ / HealthCert Skin Cancer Conference in beautiful Queenstown, New Zealand in September. We now have almost completed the program, and are able to share this with you. I invite you to join me for what promises to be a stimulating conference and set of workshops.
