Diabetes Management during Ramadan

    Presentation by:

    Dr Marwan Obaid, Sydney Endocrinologist and Clinical Lecturer at the University of New South Wales.

     

    In this podcast Dr Obaid gives an overview of the importance of Ramadan to Muslims and provides a practical guide on how to manage people with diabetes who wish to participate in Ramadan, which requires Muslims to abstain from food and drink from dawn to dusk for 30 days.
     

    Immuno-Oncology Treatment for Urothelial and Renal Cancer

     Speaker Alvin Tan, hosted by Steve Holliday

    In this recording of a live webcast event held in May 2020,  Dr Alvin Tan addressed an audience of NZ healthcare professionals on immuno-oncology in urothelial and renal cancer using case studies to demonstrate recent advances in this fascinating and fast-developing field.

    Alvin is a consultant medical oncologist specialising in genito-urinary cancers at Waikato Hospital and Braemar Hospital in Hamilton.
     

    An Overview of Immunotherapy Treatment options for Urothelial Carcinoma

    Dr Alvin Tan, Medical Oncologist, discusses immunotherapy treatments in the metastatic urothelial setting in NZ.

    Alvin is a consultant medical oncologist specialising in genito-urinary cancers at Waikato Hospital and Braemar Hospital in Hamilton.

    Insulin initiation, titration and escalation: A practical guide for busy clinicians in primary care

     Webinar - October 2019

    Presentation by:
    Carl Peters
    Endocrinologist, North Shore Hospital

    In this webinar, Dr Carl Peters provided clinicians with a practical guide to the use of insulin in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

    What Can I Do If My Patient Asks Me About Help With Weight Loss?

    This video podcast is from a recent GPCME Rotorua presentation given by endocrinologist Dr Ole Schmiedel who outlines a solution-focused approach to medical weight management, focusing on improvement of obesity-related complications rather than on weight itself. The aim of this session was to provide practical knowledge on how to approach weight management, with several individual cases provided as examples of the various approaches.
     

    ALK Mutated Lung Cancer: A Rare Subtype of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

    Dr Gareth Rivalland, Medical Oncologist, discusses ALK mutated lung cancer. He describes its characteristics, diagnosis and staging, and various treatment options.

     

    Gareth is a Medical Oncologist specialising in thoracic and skin cancers at Auckland City Hospital and Harbour Cancer Centre in Auckland.

    Perioperative Care and Enhanced Recovery after Surgery

     A discussion between Prof Andrew Hill (Colorectal Surgeon) and Dr Nick Lightfoot (Anaesthestist) at Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand (July, 2017)