2023 TSIG Annual Day Symposium Event Program

AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE

Technologist Special Interest Group

ANNUAL DAY SYMPOSIUM Saturday, 5 August

Peppers Resort Mornington Peninsula Victoria

EVENT PROGRAM

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ABOUT THE EVENT The ANZSNM Technologist Special Interest Group (TSIG) is delighted to extend you an invite to attend the 14th TSIG Annual Day Symposium on Saturday, the 5th of August 2023.

Discover the future of Nuclear Medicine at our 2023 TSIG Annual Day Symposium! Join us in Mornington Peninsula (Victoria) for a day of professional development and networking. Explore topics like "Setting up a new PET service" with local industry leaders. Gain valuable knowledge on "The Future of Nuclear Medicine" from experts at RMIT and ANZSNM. Delve into "Professional capabilities for Medical Radiation Practice" with real-life case studies and discussions. Attend the Dr. Elizabeth Bailey Award lecture and stay on for the optional dinner.

Limited spots available, register now!

Platinum Sponsor:

DATE :

5 August 2023

TIME:

10:00am - 5:00pm 7:00pm Dinner

Gold Sponsors: Silver Sponsors:

Bronze Sponsors:

VENUE: Peppers Resort Mornington Victoria CPD: 7 Hours

Register today!

Early Bird Registration Closes 17th July 2023

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YOUR E VENT HOSTS

Pru Burns

Emma Brook

Kunthi Pathmaraj

D r A l i c i a C o r l e tt

Unit Charge Nuclear Medicine, Wellington Hospital, New Zealand

Senior Nuclear Medicine Te c h n o l o g i s t , P e r t h C h i l d r e n’s H o s p i t a l & Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital

C h i e f Te c h n o l o g i s t /Q u a l i t y L e a d ( N M , P E T, B M D ) , D e p a r t m e n t o f Molecular Imaging and Therapy.

Austin Health, VIC. Te c h n i c a l ex p e r t a n d c o n s u l t a n t , Q U A N U M A d v i s o r y C o m m i tt e e ( I A E A )

Senior Nuclear Medicine Te c h n o l o g i s t – Te c h n i c a l P r o j e c t s O ffi c e r a t P e t e r MacCallum Cancer Centre

C h a i r Te c h n o l o g i s t S p e c i a l I n t e r e s t Group (TSIG), ANZSNM

TSIG University Liaison O ffi c e r , T S I G , A N Z S N M

Te c h n o l o g i s t Wo r k f o r c e A d v o c a c y C o m m i tt e e , T S I G , A N Z S N M

INVITED SPEAKERS

Culann Farrell

Jason Callahan

Melbourne Health

Chief Nuclear M e d i c i n e Te c h n o l o g i s t M e l b o u r n e Theranostics Innovation Centre

Sarah Stephenson

Tracey Bilson

Molecular Imaging Product Manager Siemens

Patient advocate Cancer Council, VIC

D u n c a n Ve y s e y

Mark Scalzo

Kath Metzger

Deputy Chief MIT/Chief NMT Royal Children's `Hospital

Senior Industry Fellow RMIT University

P r o g r a m M a n a g e r, D i s c i p l i n e o f Medical Radiations Science RMIT - Radiation Therapy Lecturer

C h r i s t i n e Va n d e l y - Re i c h n e r

A/Prof Daphne James

Tina Pham

Senior Supervisor Radiographer D H H S Ta s m a n i a

Deputy Head of School School of Health Sciences

3rd year Nuclear Medicine Student, RMIT

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2023 TSIG Annual Day Symposium Morning Session Welcome and Acknowledgement of Country

10:00

S e s s i o n T h e m e : S e tt i n g u p a n e w P E T s e r v i c e 10:05

S e tt i n g u p a P E T d e p a r t m e n t : t h e R M H e x p e r i e n c e Culann Farrell, Melbourne Health

10:25

S e tt i n g u p a n e w P E T c e n t r e Jason Callahan, Melbourne Theranostics Innovation Centre (MTIC)

10:45

PET/MRI D u n c a n Ve y s e y, T h e R o y a l C h i l d r e n’s H o s p i t a l

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Panel Discussion - PET

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Platinum Sponsor - Siemens Presentation by Sarah Stephenson

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The Future of Nuclear Medicine, an update on the RMIT Program Kath Metzger & Mark Scalzo, RMIT

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Nuclear Medicine – The student ’s journey (From University to ANZSNM SRC ) Tina Pham, TSIG (SRC) and RMIT Representative

12:35

TSIG Pilot Mentor Program - From conception to initial experiences Pru Burns, ANZSNM Mentorship program/WFA (Workforce Advisory)

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Panel Discussion: The Future of Nuclear Medicine

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A ft e r n o o n S e s s i o n Session Theme: 14:00

Professional capabilities for medical radiation practice

The Deteriorating patient (CT Coroners Case) C h r i s t i n e Va n d e l y- Re i c h n e r, Ro y a l H o b a r t H o s p i t a l

14:40

Deteriorating patients - crossing the chasms of inaction Adam Reinhard, Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia (MRPBA)

15:00

Lived experience of accessing healthcare from a Rural Carer 's Perspective Tracey Bilson, Patient advocate - Cancer Council, VIC

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Discussion – Professional capabilities for MRP

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D r. E l i z a b e t h B a i l e y P r e s e n t a t i o n a n d Aw a r d A/Prof Daphne James, Deputy Head of School (Education) – School of Health Sciences - The University of Newcastle

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ACCOMMODATION Options for accommodation in the Mornington Peninsula are limited. The TSIG has negotiated a discount on accommodation at the following venues

PEPPERS MOONAH LINKS RESORT MORNINGTON, VIC www.moonahlinks.com.au CLICK TO BOOK

THE DUNES, GOLF LINKS MORNINGTON, VIC www.thedunes.com.au CLICK TO BOOK

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS C u l a n n F a r r e l l , C h i e f N u c l e a r M e d i c i n e Te c h n o l o g i s t , T h e Ro y a l M e l b o u r n e H o s p i t a l C u l a n n h a s b e e n w o r k i n g i n N u c l e a r M e d i c i n e f o r 1 8 y e a r s , c o m p l e t i n g h i s i n i t i a l i n t e r n t r a i n i n g a PM CC b e f o r e m o v i n g o n to The Alfred and then spending nine years at The Austin, where he won the Mallinkrodt-Covidien award for work on red cell labelling. During this time he was also extensively involved with the ANZSNM mentor program and the VSNMT intern c o m m i tt e e , c h a i r i n g t h e N u c l e a r M e d i c i n e S u p e r v i s e d P r a c t i c e P r o g r a m S t e e r i n g C o m m i tt e e f o r f o u r y e a r s . I n 2 0 1 6 h e l e ft t o take over the quality assurance technologist portfolio at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, before becoming the Chief Nuclear M e d i c i n e T e c h n o l o g i s t l a t e r t h a t y e a r . O n e o f h i s fi r s t t a s k s w a s t o o v e r s e e t h e i m p l e m e n t a t i o n o f t h e P E T s e r v i c e a t R M H .

J a s o n C a l l a h a n , C h i e f N u c l e a r M e d i c i n e Te c h n o l o g i s t , M e l b o u r n e T h e r a n o s t i c s I n n o v a t i o n C e n t r e ( M T I C ) D r J a s o n C a l l a h a n i s a N u c l e a r M e d i c i n e Te c h n o l o g i s t w i t h o v e r 2 0 y e a r s o f e x p e r i e n c e i n N u c l e a r M e d i c i n e a n d M o l e c u l a r I m a g i n g . A ft e r c o m p l e t i n g h i s t r a i n i n g a t t h e A u s t i n H o s p i t a l i n M e l b o u r n e h e t o o k u p a p o s i t i o n a t t h e M o u n t E l i z a b e t h H o s p i t a l i n S i n g a p o r e t o h e l p e s t a b l i s h o n e o f t h e fi r s t P E T / C T s e r v i c e s i n S o u t h E a s t A s i a . O n r e t u r n i n g t o M e l b o u r n e , h e w o r k e d a t t h e R o y a l M e l b o u r n e H o s p i t a l w h e r e h i s fi r s t i n t e r e s t i n r e s e a r c h b e g a n t h r o u g h t h e i n v e s t i g a t i o n o f d r a i n a g e p a tt e r n s i n l y m p h o s c i n t i g r a p h y . I n 2 0 0 8 , J a s o n a c c e p t e d a p o s i t i o n a t t h e P e t e r M a c C a l l u m C a n c e r C e n t r e a s t h e T e c h n i c a l Supervisor in the Centre for Molecular Imaging and Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine. During nearly 15 years with PeterMac Jason completed his PhD investigating the clinical application of advanced PET/CT imaging techniques as well as coordinated the central imaging review for over 20 international multicentre clinical trials. Jason has over 100 peer reviewed publications with nearly 3000 citations in the use of Molecular imaging in a wide range of oncologic indications.

I n 2 0 2 2 , J a s o n w a s a p p o i n t e d a s t h e C h i e f N u c l e a r M e d i c i n e Te c h n o l o g i s t a t t h e M e l b o u r n e T h e r a n o s t i c I n n o v a t i o n C e n t r e with the goal of advancing the use of Molecular Imaging and Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine in improving the lives of people l i v i n g w i t h c a n c e r.

D u n c a n Ve y s e y, D e p u t y C h i e f M I T /C h i e f N M T, Ro y a l C h i l d r e n ' s H o s p i t a l D u n c a n i s t h e C h i e f N u c l e a r M e d i c i n e a n d P E T Te c h n o l o g i s t , a n d D e p u t y C h i e f M e d i c a l I m a g i n g Te c h n o l o g i s t a t T h e R o y a l C h i l d r e n ’s H o s p i t a l ( R C H ) M e l b o u r n e . D u n c a n g r a d u a t e d R M I T ( B . A p p . S c i – N u c l e a r M e d i c i n e ) i n 2 0 0 3 a n d h a s w o r k e d a t RCH for over 17 years.

W i t h s p e c i fi c i n t e r e s t s o f i m p r o v i n g r a d i a t i o n d o s i m e t r y a n d h o l i s t i c p a e d i a t r i c h e a l t h c a r e p r o v i s i o n , D u n c a n h a s p r e s e n t e d a n d p u b l i s h e d t o a v a r i e t y o f l o c a l a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l a u d i e n c e s , m o s t r e c e n t l y f o c u s s i n g o n p a e d i a t r i c P E T / M R I . C o m m i tt i n g to hybrid imaging and minimizing radiation exposure to children, RCH installed a PET/MRI in 2016, and Duncan has helped lead a passionate team become the leading site of clinical paediatric PET/MRI studies worldwide.

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS Pru Burns, Unit Charge Nuclear Medicine, Capital and Coast District Health Board | ANZSNM TSIG Chair P r u q u a l i fi e d a s a M I T i n 1 9 9 3 a n d c o m p l e t e d h e r p o s t g r a d u a t e s t u d y i n N u c l e a r M e d i c i n e i n 1 9 9 9 . P r u i s c u r r e n t l y t h e Unit Charge of Nuclear Medicine at Wellington Regional Hospital. She is actively involved in the New Zealand branch of the ANZSNM. Pru is a passionate advocate for the Nuclear Medicine profession and has an interest in encouraging competency and safe practice in the workplace.

Mark Scalzo, RMIT University M a r k s t u d i e d M e d i c a l R a d i a t i o n S c i e n c e s a t R M I T U n i v e r s i t y, a n d o n c o m p l e t i o n o f h i s s t u d i e s h e s t a r t e d w o r k a t K i n g ’s Co l l e g e H o s p i t a l N H S F o u n d a t i o n Tr u s t i n L o n d o n w h e r e h e w o r ke d f o r 5 y e a r s u n d e r t h e l a t e D r. M u r i e l Buxton-Thomas. He returned to Melbourne in 2004 and was fortunate enough to acquire a position at Peter MacCallum C a n c e r C e n t r e u n d e r P r o f . R o d H i c k s . O v e r t h e n e x t 1 7. 5 y e a r s h e w o r k e d h i s w a y t h r o u g h t h e r a n k s t o b e c o m e a S e n i o r N u c l e a r M e d i c i n e Te c h n o l o g i s t , a n d i n 2 0 2 0 h e j o i n e d P r o f . M i c h a e l H o f m a n ’s P r o s T I C p r o g r a m . M a r k h a s a l w a y s h a d a p a s s i o n f o r R a d i o n u c l i d e T h e r a p y, s o b e i n g a b l e t o m a n a g e t h e d e m a n d i n g l o g i s t i c s o f 1 7 7 L u - P S M A T h e r a p y f o r t h e various trials, and an extremely busy compassionate access therapy program was where he wanted to be.

In May 2022 Mark decided it was time to make a change and set new challenges. He decided that a move back to a c a d e m i c l i f e w a s t h e n ex t c h a p t e r o f h i s c a r e e r. H e i s n o w w o r k i n g a t R M I T U n i v e r s i t y t e a c h i n g t h e f u t u r e g e n e r a t i o n s o f N u c l e a r M e d i c i n e Te c h n o l o g i s t s . H i s c a r e e r h a s c o m e f u l l c i r c l e a n d h e k n o w s h e h a s j o i n e d a f a n t a s t i c t e a m t h a t have welcomed him.

C h r i s t i n e Va n d e l y - Re i c h n e r, S e n i o r S u p e r v i s o r Ra d i o g r a p h e r, D H H S Ta s m a n i a Christine started her professional life as a diagnostic radiographer in 1975 at the RMH in NZ. She spent the next 35 years as a CT specialist, international CT applications specialist and as a regular presenter at ASMIRT conferences, national education meetings , teaching radiographers to cannulate and understand Radiographic contrast media. She was also a co-author of the R ANZCR Iodinated Contrast Media , which was quite an achievement f o r a d i a g n o s t i c r a d i o g r a p h e r.

She received the Nicholas Outerside Medallion from ASMIRT for services to radiography in 2016.

She has some understanding of NM as this was a modality in her student years as part of the DSR ( London ) program.

She can still remember the “hot lab” milking a generator and calculating out Becquerels.

S h e i s d e l i g h t e d t o s p e a k t o y o u r t o d a y.

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS S a r a h S t e p h e n s o n , M o l e c u l a r I m a g i n g P r o d u c t M a n a g e r, S i e m e n s Sarah is a molecular imaging product manager and research collaborations manager with Siemens. She is based in Adelaide but her role covers Australia and New Zealand. Sarah has over 20 years clinical experience in both the public and private sectors. Most recently she was working as a technologist at Royal Adelaide Hospital where she was involved in the clinical educator work there in conjunction with working at University of South Australia as the Nuclear Medicine student clinical s u p e r v i s o r. P r i o r t o t h a t s h e h e l d a t e a m l e a d e r t e c h n o l o g i s t r o l e a t R o y a l B r i s b a n e a n d W o m e n ’s H o s p i t a l w h e r e s h e w a s h e a v i l y i n v o l v e d i n P E T a n d r e s e a r c h a c t i v i t i e s . S h e ’s a l w a y s b e e n a c t i v e l y i n v o l v e d i n t h e A N Z S N M a n d w a s b r a n c h s e c r e t a r y in Queensland for a number of years.

A/Prof Daphne James, Deputy Head of School (Education) – School of Health Sciences, The University of Newcastle D a p h n e g r a d u a t e d w i t h a n A s s o c i a t e D i p l o m a i n N u c l e a r M e d i c i n e Te c h n o l o g y f r o m S y d n e y Te c h n i c a l C o l l e g e i n 1 9 8 5 . S h e w o r k e d a s a N u c l e a r M e d i c i n e Te c h n o l o g i s t f o r o v e r 2 5 y e a r s i n A u s t r a l i a a n d t h e U K . S h e s t a r t e d h e r a c a d e m i c c a r e e r i n 1990 as a Lecturer in Nuclear Medicine at the University of Newcastle, where she has dedicated more than 30 years of s e r v i c e , t r a i n i n g t h e n e x t g e n e r a t i o n o f N M Ts . D a p h n e h a s h e l d n u m e r o u s a c a d e m i c r o l e s t h r o u g h o u t h e r c a r e e r a s P r o g r a m Convenor of MRS Programs, Assistant Dean, Education and Innovation and Assistant Dean, International. In 2021, Daphne was promoted to A/Professor and, in 2022, appointed Deputy Head of School (Education) and Head of Discipline (Nuclear M e d i c i n e ) . W h i l e D a p h n e ’s p r i m a r y f o c u s h a s b e e n t h e t r a i n i n g a n d m e n t o r s h i p o f s t u d e n t s , s h e c o m p l e t e d a P h D i n 2 0 1 5 , has numerous research publications, supervised 5 Honours students and 3 PhD students.

Tracey Bilson, Patient advocate, Cancer Council, VIC Tr a c e y i s a d e d i c a t e d p r o f e s s i o n a l i n t h e c o m m u n i t y s e r v i c e s s e c t o r w i t h a s t r o n g p a s s i o n f o r a d v o c a c y. S h e h a s a c t i v e l y c o n t r i b u t e d t o t h e V i c t o r i a n C a n c e r Co u n c i l a s a m e m b e r, w h e r e s h e l e n d s h e r s u p p o r t t o t h e A d v i s o r y Network team and volunteers as a peer support.

T r a c e y ' s i n v o l v e m e n t i n t h e w o r l d o f c a n c e r b e g a n i n 2 0 0 4 w h e n h e r p a r t n e r J e ff w a s d i a g n o s e d w i t h N e u r o e n d o c r i n e C a n c e r , p r i m a r i l y a ff e c t i n g t h e l u n g . O v e r t h e c o u r s e o f 1 6 y e a r s , t h e i r j o u r n e y w a s m a r k e d b y n u m e r o u s c h a l l e n g e s r e l a t e d t o a c c e s s i n g e s s e n t i a l s e r v i c e s , p a r t i c u l a r l y d u e t o r e s i d i n g i n a r u r a l c o m m u n i t y.

To d a y, Tr a c e y e x t e n d s h e r a s s i s t a n c e t o o t h e r s b y g u i d i n g t h e m t h r o u g h t h e p r o c e s s o f n a v i g a t i n g s e r v i c e s , e n s u r i n g s m o o t h e r a n d m o r e s t r e a m l i n e d a c c e s s t o a ff o r d a b l e h e a l t h c a r e , i r r e s p e c t i v e o f t h e i r l o c a t i o n .

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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS Tina Pham, TSIG (SRC ) and RMIT Representative T i n a P h a m c o m p l e t e d h e r D i p l o m a o f H i g h e r E d u c a t i o n a t R M I T V i e t n a m i n 2 0 0 8 . T h e f o l l o w i n g y e a r, s h e e m b a r ke d o n her educational journey in Australia, choosing Melbourne RMIT University to pursue a Bachelor 's degree in A c c o u n t i n g . M o t i v a t e d b y t h e s k i l l e d s h o r t a g e l i s t , w h i c h o ff e r e d p e r m a n e n t r e s i d e n c y i n A u s t r a l i a f o r a c c o u n t i n g g r a d u a t e s , T i n a d e c i d e d t o p u r s u e t h i s fi e l d w i t h t w o o b j e c t i v e s i n m i n d : s e c u r i n g h e r o w n P R s t a t u s a n d p a v i n g t h e w a y f o r h e r y o u n g e r s i s t e r t o b e c o m e a p r a c t i c i n g p a r a m e d i c i n A u s t r a l i a . D e s p i t e s u c c e s s f u l l y a c h i e v i n g C PA a n d C A m e m b e r s h i p a ft e r n i n e y e a r s o f w o r k a s a fi n a n c i a l a u d i t o r , T i n a r e a l i s e d t h a t a c c o u n t i n g w a s n e v e r h e r t r u e c a l l i n g .

In 2021, Tina made a bold decision to resign from her auditing job and follow her passion for health science and healthcare. She enrolled in the Nuclear Medicine course at RMIT University and found immense joy in studying this fi e l d . A s a m a t u r e - a g e d s t u d e n t , T i n a a c t i v e l y s o u g h t o p p o r t u n i t i e s t o s u p p o r t h e r f e l l o w c l a s s m a t e s , v o l u n t e e r i n g a s a s t u d e n t r e p r e s e n t a t i v e o f t h e R M I T S t u d e n t - S t a ff C o n s u l t a t i v e C o m m i tt e e i n 2 0 2 1 . I n M a y 2 0 2 2 , s h e b e c a m e o n e o f t h e f o u n d i n g m e m b e r s o f t h e S t u d e n t R e p r e s e n t a t i o n C o m m i tt e e i n i t i a t e d b y T S I G . T i n a e a g e r l y a n t i c i p a t e s g r a d u a t i n g f r o m t h e N u c l e a r M e d i c i n e p r o g r a m a n d e m b a r k i n g o n h e r n e w c a r e e r i n t h i s f u l fi l l i n g fi e l d .

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