Speakers
Dr Kerry Hancock
Chair RACGP Specific Interests Respiratory Medicine
Dr Kerry Hancock is a GP with over 38 years experience in clinical practice with most of that time as a principal of a self-established practice in Adelaide.
Dr Hancock’s active participation with respiratory organisations, government health services, research activities, and the RACGP has enabled her to be involved in the development of national primary care-focused respiratory management guidelines, educational activities, and the development and promulgation of tools to assist GPs, practice nurses and pharmacists in the management of their patients with respiratory and related disorders.
She is Chair RACGP Specific Interests Respiratory Medicine, Chair Lung Foundation Australia (LFA) Primary Care Clinical Council, member LFA Clinical and Research Council and COPD Clinical Advisory Committee, Honorary Fellow Allergy and Lung Health Unit Melbourne School of Population and Global Health The University of Melbourne, previous Principal Medical Officer and Board member / Director Asthma Foundation SA and previous Chair GP Asthma Group National Asthma Council.
Professor Samantha Ellis
Thoracic Radiologist
Samantha is a thoracic radiologist and Head of thoracic imaging at the Alfred Hospital Melbourne.
She is an executive member of ANZSTR (Australian and New Zealand Society of Thoracic Radiology), a special interest group within the college of Radiologists, and a Steering committee member of the LCS working group within RANZCR. Over the last 18 months this working group have worked tirelessly alongside RANZCR, DOHAC, Cancer Australia and many other stakeholders to develop a robust nationwide LCS program.
Dorota Gertig
Medical Director of the National Cancer Screening Register (NCSR)
Since July 2016, Dorota has been the Medical Director of the National Cancer Screening Register (NCSR), playing a key role in implementation and operations of the Register. She is a public health physician and epidemiologist who completed her medical training at Monash University and has a Doctorate in Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. Professor Gertig was previously the Medical Director of the Victorian Cervical Cytology Registry and the inaugural Medical Director of NHVPR.
She is a respected leader in cancer screening and a member of several key national and state committees on cervical screening, including the National Quality and Safety Monitoring Committee for the National Cervical Screening Program. Professor Gertig has an international profile in cancer research, including the epidemiology of cervical, breast and ovarian cancers. With more than 120 scientific publications, her primary research focus is on policy relevant research as well as improving participation in cancer screening.