Aotearoa ASM 2027 programme overview

Here's the programme overview for Days 1 - 3 of the Aotearoa ASM 2027 Friday 2 April to Sunday 4 April, 2027.
Post-ASM workshops will be held on Monday 5 April, please see listing for each in drop down menu 'workshops' on nav bar.

Day 1 | Friday 2 April, 2027 | Te Ara o Tāwhaki Marae, EIT Campus, Napier
Cultural competence, hauora Māori and cultural safety to support Māori health equity and outcomes

10.15amBuses depart from Scenic Hotel Te Pania to Te Ara o Tāwhaki Marae
11.00am
Pōwhiri
12.00pm
Lunch
12.45pm

Cultural competence, hauora Māori and cultural safety to support Māori health equity and outcomes

3.00pmAfternoon Tea
3.20pmCultural competence, hauora Māori and cultural safety to support Māori health equity and outcomes continues

5.00pmBuses depart from Te Ara o Tāwhaki Marae returning to Scenic Hotel Te Pania

Day 2 | Saturday 3 April, 2027 | Napier War Memorial Centre

8.00 amArrival tea and coffee in our exhibition space
8.30 am
Opening of Day 2
9.00 amSession 1 | Keynote
Dame Helen Stokes-Lampard, National Chief Medical Officer, Health NZ | Te Whatu Ora
9.40amSession 2 | Plenary | Beyond just surviving - focusing on what is 'quality of care'
4 x 15 min speakers, and 15 min Q&A

Completing the quality cycle, setting up a GAU
Dr Dereck Souter, Clinical Director O&G, Middlemore Hospital

TBC

Take a look at yourself, then make a change - the power of routinely collected clinical data
Dr Pelle Kempe, Medical Lead, O&G, Palmerton North Hospital

TBC
Dr Jane Fielder, Co-Lead, Maternity National Clinical Network, Obstetrician Gynaecologist, Waitaha

Panel Q&A with all four speakers
                                                                                                                                                                                                 
11.00amMorning tea
11.30amSession 3 | Concurrent

Pre-term birth and prevention
4 x 15 min speakers, and 15 min Q&A

TBC

Paediatric outcomes when born outside a tertiary centre
Dr Clare Pemberton, Paediatric Training Registrar

C-Section at fully dilated study
TBC

Starting a pre-term birth clinic in a rural context
TBC

Q&A with all four speakers
The Vulva
4 x 15 min speakers, and 15 min Q&A

Vulvodynia
Dr Vanitha Sivalingam, Gynaecological Oncologist, Te Toka Tumai, Auckland

Understanding the roots of vulvar cancer with the terminology of the future
Dr Lois Eva, Clinical Director, Gynaecological Oncology, Auckland City Hospital

Post menopausal vulval discomfort
Dr Olivia Smart, Obstetrician Gynaecologist, Christchurch

Vulval skin conditions
Dr Harriet Kennedy, Dermatologist, Auckland City Hospital

Q&A with all four speakers


12.50pmLunch (Poster Discussion - Group 1 from 1.20pm)
1.50 pmSession 4 | Concurrent

Caring for people with weight challenges
4 x 15 min speakers, and 15 min Q&A

GLP-1s and relevance to obstetrics and gynaecology
TBC

Fertility and BMI
TBC

TBC

Obesity during pregnancy: where we have been, ongoing controversies, and future directions
Dr Kathleen Antony, SMO, Counties Manukau, Associate Professor Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Auckland

Q&A with all four speakers

Gynaecology Free Communications





3.10 pmAfternoon Tea (Poster Discussion - Group 2)
3.40 pmSession 5 | Concurrent 

Regional workforce focus
4 x 15 min speakers, and 15 min Q&A

The role of SIMGs in the NZ workforce
Dr Jo Gheevarghese, Head of Department O&G, Whanganui Hospital

Update on rural generalist model
Dr Brendan Marshall, GP and Rural Generalist, Greymouth

Training for a regional career
Dr Paul Canning, Gynaecologist, Whanganui

Labour shortage: when push comes to shove
Dr Caitlin Prendergast, Obstetrician Gynaecologist, Whangārei

Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the Regions of Aotearoa: A Panel Discussion

Back to your roots: inherited disorders and obstetrics and gynaecology
3 x 20 min speakers, and 15 min Q&A

Inherited disorders within the context of fertility
Dr Simon McDowell, Medical Director Wellington, Fertility Specialist and Laparoscopic Surgeon, Fertility Associates

Inherited disorders within the context of gynae oncology
Dr Silipa Naiqiso, Gynaecological Oncologist, Te Toka Tumai, Auckland

Inherited disorders in pregnancy
Dr Ruth Hughes, Obstetric Physician, Christchurch Women's Hospital

Q&A with all three speakers

5.00 pmFinal housekeeping information
5.05 pm
Close of Day 2
6.00 pmBuses depart for ASM Dinner from Scenic Hotel Te Pania to Mission Estate
6.15 pm ASM Dinner at Mission Estate

Day 3 | Sunday 4 April | Napier War Memorial Centre
Please note clocks go back early Sunday morning by one hour, so one our extra sleep!

7.15 am
- 8.15 am		NZGA Breakfast Session - elective session, select when you register, read more here
This is an NZGA event with support from RANZCOG
8.00 amArrival tea and coffee in our exhibition space                                                                                                                          
8.25 amOpening of Day 3
8.30 amSession 6 | Keynote 

9.10 amSession 7 | Plenary | More than physical health: mental health in O&G
4 x 15 min speakers, and 15 min Q&A

Psychotropic medications in pregnancy
TBC

Substance abuse in pregnancy
TBC

Pelvic pain and mental health
Dr Simon Walker, Psychologist, Hawkes Bay

Mood disorders in menopause
Associate Professor Helen Roberts, Menopause Consultant, Greenlane Clinical Centre, Auckland Hospital

Q&A with all four speakers
10.30 amMorning Tea (Poster Discussion - Group 3)
11.00 amSession 8 | Concurrent 

Pelvic pain
4 x 15 min speakers, and 15 min Q&A

Tips and tricks for when you don't have access to a chronic pain specialist service
Dr Karen Joseph, Specialist Pain Medicine Physician and Gynaecologist, Christchurch

Neuropsychology of endometriosis-associated pain
Dr Ashlee Berryman, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Christchurch

Use of botox in pelvic floor disfunction
Dr Sam Holford, Gynaecologist, Advanced Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeon, Auckland

Interventional radiology in chronic pelvic pain
TBC


Q&A with all four speakers

Obstetric Free Communications




12.20 pm
Lunch (Poster Discussion - Group 4 - from 12.50pm)
1.20 pmSession 9 | Plenary | Evolving practice: guidelines and innovations
4 x 15 min speakers, and 15 min Q&A

Cervical screening in Aotearoa: updates, equity and progress on the path to elimination
Dr Danielle Jones, NCSP Colposcopy Clinical Reviewer, Lead Colposcopist, Obstetrician Gynaecologist, Southland

GDM guidelines
Dr Rose Elder, Obstetrician Gynaecologist, Wellington

Implementation of Endometriosis guideline: implications for practice
Dr Michael Wynn-Williams, Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Specialist, Minimally Invasive Gynaecology Surgeon, Auckland

AI triage
Dr Jasveen Kaur, Obstetrician Gynaecologist, Auckland

Q&A with all four speakers
2.40 pmAfternoon Tea
Your last opportunity to visit with our ASM exhibitors and vote for prizes                                                                    
3.10 pmSession 10 | Plenary | Advocacy
4 x 10 min speakers and 20 mins Q&A

Advocacy at scale: what educating millions online can teach us about clinical communication
Dr Danielle Jones (Mama Doctor Jones), Obstetrician Gynaecologist and Clinical Communicator

Advocating within the mesh service
Dr Louise Tomlinson, Gynaecologist with special interest in Urogynaecology, Auckland

Advocating for trans inclusion and care
Associate Professor Sara Filoche, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Otago, Wellington

RANZCOG Advocacy
Dr Emma Jackson, Vice President RANZCOG Aotearoa

Q&A with all four speakers
4.10 pm
Announcement of Harvey Carey Award and Best Poster Prizes
4.15 pm
Wrap up and poroporoaki
4.30 pm Close of ASM