2026 Austin Health and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Perioperative Medicine Symposium

We are delighted to invite you to the 2026 Austin Health and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Perioperative Medicine Symposium, taking place from 20–22 March. This meeting is designed to be easily accessible and offers an excellent opportunity to engage with perioperative clinicians, including anaesthetists, surgeons, nurses, and allied health professionals from across Australia and New Zealand. 

We are pleased to announce our invited international speaker is Associate Professor Gunisha Kaur. A/P Kaur is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, the Founding Director of the Human Rights Impact Lab, and Co-Medical Director of the Weill Cornell Center for Human Rights. Other local speakers include: 

• Dr Rahul Costa-Pinta
• Dr Jai Darvall
• Dr Louise Ellard
• Dr Sophia Grobler
• Dr James Haridy
• Dr Debra Leung
• Associate Professor Lachlan Miles
• Professor Phillip Peyton
• Dr Katrina Pirie
• Professor Bernhard Riedel 
• Dr Ian Richardson
• Professor Laurence Weinberg

The scientific program being held on Saturday 21 March at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre in Melbourne is broad ranging and will cover: 

• Preop Optimisation
• Perioperative care
• Postoperative 
• Panel session "From Propofol to Philosophy: No pressure…ask us what you dare!"

In addition to the symposium there will be several workshops held on Friday and Sunday at the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne. These are hospital-based workshops covering key skills and scenarios in medicine. Workshops range prehabilitation/SDM, cardiac arrest, difficult airway and gastric ultrasound. 

We look forward to welcoming you to Melbourne for a meeting with an outstanding scientific and workshop program from leading local and international medical practitioners. The program and registrations will be open on Saturday 20 December.

Sincerely, 

Convenors: Professor Bernhard Riedel and Professor Laurence Weinberg
2026 Austin Health and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Perioperative Medicine Symposium, Melbourne 

Registration

The program and registrations will be open on Saturday 20 December.

Your registration will include all refreshment breaks and welcome drinks. We encourage nurses and allied health to attend the meeting.

All registration fees are quoted in Australian dollars and are inclusive of GST.

Saturday - Consultant - $A800
Saturday - Trainees registration/allied health/nurses - $A450

Program

The program and registrations will be open on Saturday 20 December.

Workshop

The program and registrations will be open on Saturday 20 December. Workshops include:

• ALS2 (Refresher)
• Cardiac arrest and anaphylaxis  
• Prehabilitation (Toolkit) & SDM (PBLD)
• Haemodynamics 
• High Frequency Jet Ventilation masterclass
• Safer Airway Society workshop
• Gastric ultrasound

CPD

Participants in the ANZCA and FPM CPD Program will automatically have their attendance auto-populated to their CPD portfolio within 14 days of the conclusion of the meeting.

ANZCA and FPM CPD Program
This event is claimable by ANZCA and FPM CPD participants within the knowledge and skills category.

Category 2: Knowledge and skills
Lectures/plenary sessions under ‘Learning sessions’.
Workshops and small group discussions under ‘Short format learning’ activity.

If you're not a member of our CPD program
If you’re not participating in the ANZCA and FPM CPD program, please check with your respective college/provider regarding your CPD classifications. Post-event, you may request an electronic certificate of attendance for CPD evidence from the event organiser.

Sponsorship opportunities

If you wish to be an exhibitor at the 2026 Austin Health and Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre symposium, please view the HCI prospectus and complete the application form.

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Contact us

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