Overview
This comprehensive course with a clinical workshop, will take participants on the complete journey that a patient with oral cancer faces: from their initial diagnosis, to the rigours of surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, to the hopeful day they are told they are cured.

Presenters, who are experts in their fields, will discuss each management stage: assessment & investigation of suspicious oral lesions, diagnosis of oral cancer, philosophy of radiotherapy, chemotherapy and postoperative dental management of these patients.

On completion of this course, participants will be familiar with each significant management stage of oral cancer.

The importance of oral cancer screening, knowledge and ability to conduct a thorough oral soft tissue examination will be emphasized.

Topics to be covered include:

Hedley COLEMAN BDS, BCHD Hons, MDent, FCPath (Oral Path)
Specialist Pathologist – Oral and Head & Neck Pathology Department of Anatomical Pathology Institute Clinical Pathology & Medical Research Associate Professor Oral Pathology University of Sydney

Anastasia GEORGIOU BDS, MDSc, FRACDS
Staff Specialist Oral Medicine Oral Pathology
Westmead Centre for Oral Health
Clinical Lecturer University of Sydney

Gary J MORGAN MB, BS, BDS, FRACDS, FRACS
Consultant Head and Neck Surgeon Senior Staff Specialist Muti-Disciplinary Head and Neck Clinic,
Cancer Services Stream Westmead Hospital
Chair, NSW Oncology Group, (Head and Neck Cancer), Cancer Institute NSW

Carsten E PALME MB, BS, FRACS
Consultant Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgeon
Senior Clinical Lecturer and Staff Specialist
Muti-Disciplinary Head and Neck Clinic
Cancer Services Stream Westmead Hospital
Member, NSW Oncology Group, (Head and Neck Cancer), Cancer Institute NSW

Michelle ROCHE RN
Cancer Care Coordinator
Muti-Disciplinary Head and Neck Clinic, Cancer Services Stream Westmead Hospital

Mark SCHIFTER BDS, MDSc, FFD RCSI (Oral Med), FRACDS (Oral Med), FICD
Senior Staff Specialist & Head of Department
Oral Medicine Oral Pathology & Special Needs Dentistry Westmead Centre for Oral Health
Consultant with Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Cancer Services Team, Westmead Hospital Clinical Senior Lecturer and Head of Masters Training Programme, University of Sydney

Michael J VENESS MB, BS, MMed FRANZCR
Senior Staff Specialist Radiation Oncologist
Multi-Disciplinary Head and Neck Clinic
Cancer Services Stream Westmead Hospital
Member NSW Oncology Group (Head and Neck Cancer), Cancer Institute NSW

Sue-Ching YEOH BDS, MDSc, FRACDS, FRACDS (Oral Med)
Staff Specialist, Oral Medicine and Oral Pathology
Sydney South West Area Health Service
(Royal Prince Alfred, Liverpool and Sydney Dental Hospitals
Clinical Lecturer University of Sydney

Hans ZOELLNER BDS, PhD, FICD
Head of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine
Head of Cellular and Molecular Pathology Research Unit, University of Sydney
Founding Member & Chairman Association for the Promotion of Oral Health