2009 Annual Report - Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand

start using it for my vasectomies, just to remain
competitive! The WA prostate cancer data base
continues to grow, all section members submit
specimens to a central pathology service which
greatly assists a sensible audit.
We look forward to seeing as many USANZ
members as possible at the ASM. ■
South Australia
Kim Moretti
first offered and the irony of Michael’s success in the
Victorian ballot was greatly appreciated. Michael is
subsequently unable to attend the 2010 AUA, and at
the time of writing, Abbott is conducting a re-draw of this
grant.
Former Launceston registrar Lih-Ming Wong passed
the FRACS Part 2 examination earlier this year. He will
travel to Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge next year
on Fellowship and then on to Toronto the year after. We
wish him every success in his career. ■
The SA Section had a very successful State meeting
at the National Wine Centre, with a star contingent
of Australian invited guests including Howard Lau,
Ronnie Cohen, David Malouf and Daniel Moon. We
departed from the usual golf and tennis sporting
afternoon and instead opted for dragon boat
races on the River Torrens. Many local members
displayed talents and abilities they were unaware
of! Mark Lloyd was presented with the award for
the best paper. Trainees Kevin Bax and Andrew
Fuller passed the second part examination. During
the year all major teaching hospitals in SA were
equipped with prostatectomy capable Holmium
Lasers which should benefit the public health
system in the future. Adrian Porter was elected
as the new State Chairman, and Brian Landers
continues his appointment as Secretary/Treasurer. ■
Tasmania
Stephen Brough
The Annual Scientific Section Meeting was held at the
Hobart Convention Centre on 13-14 November and
was convened by Frank Redwig. Our principal guest
speaker was Stephen Mark from Christchurch who
spoke most eloquently on group urological practice,
making services cost effective and the work-life balance.
We were pleased to welcome David Malouf and
Michael Nugara from the USANZ office.
At the Annual Business Meeting of the Section,
members unanimously awarded Tasmanian Section
Life Memberships to Alan Holmes, Don Moss, DI
“Robbie” Roberts and James Wong in recognition of
their outstanding contributions to Tasmanian Urology
over many years.
Michael Vaughan was successful in obtaining an Abbott
travelling fellowship to the AUA next year. Section
members were a little disappointed to be ignored
by Abbott when these fellowships were generously
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Victoria
Richard McMullin
The 2009 Victorian Section Annual State Meeting
was held in Ballarat from 6-9 November, at the
Mercure Lodge. In commemoration of the 15 th
anniversary of the publication of “The Origin of
Species” by Charles Darwin in 1859, the theme of
the meeting was evolve.
Our main scientific guest was Professor Mike
Wallace from the Urology department of the Queen
Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, UK. Mike shared
his time with the WA State Meeting, which had
been held in Margaret River two weekends earlier.
An additional guest was Professor Dallas English,
a cancer epidemiologist from the University of
Melbourne. Finally, Professor Bob Morrison, from
Flinders University, a zoologist and broadcaster
rather than a medical doctor, spoke on Charles
Darwin. We were honoured to have Past-President
Pat Bary and USANZ CEO Alex Malley in
attendance.
The weekend began with a registrars’ dinner, giving
us the chance to meet Prof and Mrs Wallace and
relax before the meeting. Friday morning was
spent in an interactive registrar education session,
organised by Lachlan Dodds, focusing on bladder
cancer. A contentious case was presented and
various registrars presented discussion points
related to clinical management. Expert commentary
was provided by Mike Wallace, with repeated
interruptions from the Ballarat urologists.
The nurses’ educational meeting was held on the
Friday. Attendance was high and the feedback
excellent. Many nurses stayed for the urologists’
meeting over the weekend.
The meeting proper comprised four scientific
sessions, each of about two hours. Two were held