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.

As blurbs and bios become available, we will link the dark green session titles to an information page.

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
5.30pm
- 7.00pm		Private Practice Unpacked - elective session, select when you register, read more here
This event is sponsored by NZMII and hosted by the RANZCOG Aotearoa New Zealand Private O&G Committee

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 | A wider view of Women's Health; Health New Zealand and beyond
Professor 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

Abortion is now legal; how do we provide high quality care
Associate Professor Michelle Wise, Deputy Head, Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Auckland, O&G, Te Toka Tumai

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

Beyond just surviving: focusing on what is quality of care - national perspective where maternity is invisible
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

Preterm birth and prevention
4 x 15 min speakers, and 15 min Q&A

Preterm birth prevention
Dr Daisy Wildash, Obstetrician and Gynaecologist, Health NZ | Te Whatu Ora Capital Coast and Hutt Valley

Outcomes when born outside of a tertiary centre - inborn vs outborn 
Dr Clare Pemberton, Paediatric Training Registrar

C-Section at fully dilated study
Dr Jordon Wimsett, Obstetrician, Auckland City Hospital, Clinical Lecturer, University of Auckland

Starting a preterm birth clinic in a rural context
Dr Rachael Windsor, FRANZCOG Advanced Trainee, Whangārei

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 vulval 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
Dr Devashana Gupta, Medical Director, CREI Specialist, Repromed

Pregnancy after bariatric surgery
Dr Teresa Gudex, Women's Health and Paediatric Dietitian

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

Closing the gap: the role of SIMGs in strengthening the New Zealand O&G workforce
Dr Jo Gheevarghese, Obstetrician Gynaecologist, Whanganui Hospital, Deputy Chair, RANZCOG SIMG NZ Committee

Rural generalism: building a sustainable rural maternity workforce in Aotearoa
Dr Brendan Marshall, GP and Rural Generalist, Greymouth

Training for a regional career
Dr Paul Canning, Gynaecologist, Head of Department, O&G, Whanganui Hospital

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 in 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 hour 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
Dr Floriana Coccia, Psychiatrist, Hawkes Bay

Substance use, pregnancy and pathways to recovery
Dr James Marshall, Consultant Addiction and Perinatal Psychiatrist

Management of chronic pain from a psychologist's perspective
Dr Simon Walker, Clinical Psychologist, ProActive Rehabilitation, Hawkes Bay

Mood disorders around 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

Help, I have no one to help me with my patient's pain: low-resource, high-impact pelvic pain care
Dr Karen Joseph, Specialist Pain Medicine Physician and Gynaecologist, Christchurch

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

Botulinum toxin for pelvic floor dysfunction: wins, woes and workarounds
Dr Sam Holford, Gynaecologist, Advanced Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeon, Auckland

Interventional radiology in chronic pelvic pain
Dr Jonathan Freedman, Radiologist, Hawkes Bay


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 (Diabetes of pregnancy) guideline: how sweet is too sweet? 
Dr Rose Elder, Obstetrician Gynaecologist, Wellington

Implementation of the Australian Endometriosis guideline: implications for practice in New Zealand
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

“All In”: Equitable health outcomes require culturally safe care for everybody 
Associate Professor Sara Filoche, Head of Department, 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