28th April 2022

Topic:

Macarthur Health and Medical Research Symposium

Date Presented:

28/04/2022

Professor Valsamma Eapen

Professor Valsamma Eapen is the Chair of Infant, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the University of New South Wales as well as being the Lead of the BestSTART-SW Academic Unit. She has a particular interest in early identification and intervention of developmental and child psychiatric disorders and health equity.

Distinguished Professor David Simmons

Distinguished Professor Simmons, MA, MBBS, FRACP, FRCP, MD (Cantab), is the Professor of Medicine at the Western Sydney University Macarthur Clinical School, Head of the Macarthur Diabetes Endocrinology and Metabolic Service at Campbelltown/Camden Hospitals, SWSLHD Diabetes Advisor and Director of the Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism Translation Unit (DOMTRU).  With over 370 refereed publications, he has won several national and international awards including the Royal Australasian College of Physicians 2011 Priscilla Kincaid-Smith Award and American Diabetes Association 2020 Norbert Freinkel Award.  He is a past president of the Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society and was previously the chair of the Diabetes UK Health Professional Education Steering Group.

Also featuring presentations by:

• Ms Loretta Anderson
• A/Prof Elise Baker
• Prof Aunty Kerrie Doyle
• Ms Annamarie D’Souza
• Ms Meg Ford
• Prof Annemarie Hennessy
• Mr Grant Isedale
• Mr Nathan Jones
• Ms Leila Mohammadi
• Ms Judy Reading
• Dr Clarice Tang
• Dr Annette Tognela
• Dr Gilbert Whitton

Macarthur Health and Medical Research Symposium 28^th April 2022

Oral papers

Prevalence of anxiety, depression and chronic stress in adults with Class 3 Obesity, and impact on weight loss over 12 months in a multidisciplinary weight management program.

Elise Hickey¹, Ritesh Chimoriya², Kathy Grudzinskas¹, Catherine Tesoriero¹, Phillipa Hay^1,2, Nic Kormas¹ and Milan K Piya^1,2

¹South Western Sydney Metabolic Rehabilitation and Bariatric Program, Camden and Campbelltown Hospitals; ²School of Medicine, Western Sydney University

The impact of COVID-19 on a multidisciplinary outpatient weight management program for severe obesity

*Kathy Grudzinskas¹, Ritesh Chimoriya², Ruby Chang¹,  Nic Kormas¹, Milan Piya^1,2
1South Western Sydney Metabolic Rehabilitation and Bariatric Program, Camden; ² School of Medicine, Western Sydney University

Post COVID-19 Follow up at Campbelltown Hospital

Archit Chawla¹, Graeme Thompson¹, Soo Wei Foo¹, ¹Campbelltown Hospital

A retrospective analysis of trends in hospital admissions in patients with cirrhosis in the Macarthur region between 2015 and 2020: an interim analysis

*Priya Acharya¹, Megha Bhadbhade² William Coleman³ Wun-Chung Teoh¹ Christine Verdon¹ Sam Al-Sohaily¹ Vincent Ho¹ Ian Turner^{1 1}Department of Gastroenterology, Campbelltown Hospital, ²Senior Medical Officer SWSLHD
³Psychiatry, SWSLHD

Real-World Survival Outcomes of Patients with High PD-L1 Advanced NSCLC Who Received Chemo-Immunotherapy vs Immunotherapy

Junipearl Cheng¹, Charlotte McKay¹, Victoria Bray^2,3 Po Yee Yip^1,3 Annette Tognela^1,3 Peey Sei Kok^3,4 

¹School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown NSW; ²Liverpool Cancer Therapy Centre, Liverpool Hospital, ³School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown NSW;  ⁴NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre, University of Sydney

Effectiveness of a 12-week total diet replacement intervention: findings from the DiRECT-Australia Type 2 Diabetes Remission Service

Ritesh Chimoriya¹, Kimberly Mitlehner¹ Uchechukwu L. Osuagwu¹ Mike Lean² David Simmons^1,3 Milan K Piya^1,3

²School of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK; Campbelltown and Camden Hospitals, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia.

Real-world characteristics and outcomes of potentially resectable oligometastatic colorectal cancer

Andrew Parsonson¹ Annette Tognela¹ Aflah Roohullah¹ Vanessa Wong² Sumitra Ananda³ Rachel Wong⁴ Jeremy Shapiro⁵ Shehara Mendis^2.6 Grace Gard² Jeanne Tie³ Matthew Burge⁷ Allan Zimet⁴ Adnan Khattak⁸ Peter Gibbs² Stephanie H. Lim¹

 ¹Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centre, Campbelltown Hospital; ²Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, ³Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne; ⁴Epworth Healthcare, Melbourne, ⁵Cabrini Health, Melbourne; ⁶Western Health, Melbourne; ⁷Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, ⁸Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth.

Implementing routine paediatric height/length and weight screening and weight management advice by clinicians: an evaluation

Slavica Krstic¹, Faye Southcombe¹, Elizabeth Denney-Wilson², Sarah Dennis^2,3,

¹Growing Healthy  Kids Service, SWSLHD; ²The University of Sydney; ³Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research

Changes in activity levels in adults with class 3 obesity enrolled in a weight management program

Kun Jiang¹ Ritesh Chimoriya² Kathy Grudzinskas¹ Nic Kormas¹ Milan Piya^1,2

¹South Western Sydney Metabolic Rehabilitation and Bariatric Program, Camden Hospital; ²School of Medicine, Western Sydney University

The Oxygen Project: A Prospective Study to Assess the Effectiveness of a Targeted Intervention to Improve Oxygen Management In Hospitalised Patients

Ben Nguyen¹ Yodithya Gunaratne², Teresa Kemp³ Wei Chan⁴ Belinda Cochrane³

¹Royal Prince Alfred Hospital; ²Schwartz Family Practice Elderslie; ³Campbelltown Hospital, ⁴St Vincent’s Hospital;, Campbelltown Hospital

A retrospective study of a 10-item geriatric assessment tool for predicting risk of long length of stay in hospital for geriatric patients

Gim Teoh

Department of Geriatric Medicine, Campbelltown Hospital

Late clinical outcomes of patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction treated by either timely primary PCI, late primary PCI or a pharmaco-invasive strategy

Javeria Jamal^1,2, H. Idris, A. Faour, W. Yang, A. McLean, S. Burgess, I. Shugman, A. O’Loughlin, D. Leung, CJ. Mussap, CP. Juergens, S. Lo, JK. French

¹Liverpool Hospital, SWSLHD; ²School of Medicine, Western Sydney University

Posters

The role of once weekly glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists in weight loss and glycaemic control in patients with class 3 obesity

Ruby Chang¹, Kathy Grudzinskas¹, Ritesh Chimoriya², Nic Kormas¹, Milan Piya ^1,2
1South Western Sydney Metabolic Rehabilitation and Bariatric Program, Camden Hospital ²School of Medicine, Western Sydney University

Embedding collection of therapy outcome measures into speech pathology practice

Sandra Norris, Joanna Kidd

Paediatric Allied Health Unit, Campbelltown Hospital, Campbelltown

Beyond the Median: Estimating survival times for patients with estrogen receptor positive, metastatic breast cancer for patients starting endocrine therapies

Andrew Parsonson^1,2,3, S Sarkar², L J Brown², B E Kiely^1,3, A Vasista^2,3

¹Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centre, Campbelltown Hospital, Sydney Australia ² Nepean Cancer Care Centre, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, Australia ^3. University of Sydney, Camperdown, Sydney, Australia

Relationship Between Obesity & Food Consumption:  Comparative analysis of the Crossroads I & Crossroads II studies in Victoria

Stephanie Hannah¹, Uchechukwu Levi Osuagwu², Milan K. Piya^3,4, David Simmons^{, 2,3,4.}

¹School of Science, Western Sydney University; ^2,Translational Health Research Institute (THRI); ³School of Medicine, Western Sydney University;

⁴Endocrinology, Campbelltown Hospital, Campbelltown.

Effects of lifestyle interventions on weight amongst Pasifika communities: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Elizabeth Palu¹ Kate A. McBride² Freya MacMillan³ Russell Thomson⁴ Reetu Zarora⁵ David Simmons^1,5

¹School of Medicine, Western Sydney University ^2,Translational Health Research Institute (THRI); ³School of Health Sciences, Western Sydney University ⁴Centre for Research in Mathematics & Data Science, Western Sydney University ⁵Campbelltown Hospital, Campbelltown.

Economic Burden of diabetes-related foot disease among older adults in New South Wales

Moin Uddin Ahmed¹, Waddad Kathy Tannous¹, Kinglsey Enwinyore Agho^1,4, Frances Henshaw^1,2, Deborah Turner^1,6, David Simmons^1,7

¹Western Sydney University, ²ConvaTec, ³Queensland University of Technology, ⁴African Vision Research Institute, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban; ⁶School of Clinical Sciences, Podiatric Medicine, Queensland University of Technology, ⁷Campbelltown and Camden Hospitals.

A systematic literature review on how consumers have shaped and influenced pre-pregnancy care (PPC) interventions for women with Pregestational Diabetes

Rachel Hicks¹, Freya MacMillan², Tinashe Dune², David Simmons^1,3,

¹ School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown; ²School of Health Sciences, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown; ³Campbelltown and Camden Hospitals, NSW, Australia

The relationship between body mass index and sleep in women with risk factors for gestational diabetes mellitus

Pamela Acosta Reyes¹, Jincy Immanuel¹, William M Hague², Helena Teede³, Emily Hibbert^4,5, Christopher J Nolan⁶, Michael J Peek⁷, Vincent Wong⁸, Jeff Flack⁹, Mark McLean¹⁰, Raiyomand Dalal^11, Jargen Harreiter¹², Alexandra Kautzky–Willer ¹², Rohit Rajagopal¹¹, Arianne Sweeting¹³, Glynis P Ross¹³, Ngai Wah Cheung¹⁴, David Simmons¹

¹Macarthur Clinical School, Western Sydney University, NSW, Australia; ² Robinson Research Institute, Adelaide, SA, Australia; ³ Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; ⁴ Nepean Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia; ⁵ Department of Endocrinology, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ⁶ The Canberra Hospital and Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; ⁷ ANU Medical School, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; ⁸ Liverpool Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ⁹ Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital, Sydney, Australia.; ¹⁰ Blacktown Hospital, Sydney, Australia; ¹¹ Campbelltown Hospital, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia; ¹² Department of Medicine III, Division of Endocrinology, Gender Medicine Unit Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria; ¹³ Department of Endocrinology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; ¹⁴ Department of Diabetes & Endocrinology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Application of 2D Shear Wave Elastography (SWE) for screening of NAFLD in people with class 3 obesity

Ritesh Chimoriya¹, Vincent Ho^1,2, David Simmons^1,2, Nic Kormas² and Milan K Piya^1,2

¹ School of Medicine, Western Sydney University, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia;  ² Campbelltown and Camden Hospitals, Campbelltown, NSW, Australia

A retrospective review of de novo check point inhibitor-induced symmetrical polyarthritis

Jang Yoon, Frances Zhao, Matt Terrill

Princess Alexandra Hospital Rheumatology QLD

A novel nanoendoscopy system for identification of abnormalities in the distal oesophagus of chronic reflux patients

Nafiseh Mirabdolhosseini ¹, Vincent Ho^1,2, Dr Jerry Zhou¹

¹Department of Translational Gastroenterology, School of Medicine, Western Sydney University; ²Gastroenterology Department, Campbelltown Hospital, NSW