Welcome to our Previous Events page showcasing SCLMA’s past events and activities.
Our events bring together medical professionals from across the Sunshine Coast to share knowledge, network, and advance medical practice. Browse through our collection of previous events to see the diverse range of educational opportunities, workshops, and social gatherings we’ve hosted.
From clinical seminars to networking events, SCLMA has organized numerous events throughout the year to support our medical community. Each event is designed to provide valuable learning experiences and foster professional connections among healthcare practitioners.
Previous Events
February 26, 2025 6:30 pm
Maroochy Surf Club Meeting Room
PRESENTER#1: Dr Beverley Powell
TOPIC: Management of menopause
PRESENTER #2: Dr Natalie Shaddock
TOPIC: New treatment options for contraception
November 27, 2025 6:30 pm
Maroochy Surf Club Meeting Room
PRESENTER#1: Dr Antony Winkel
TOPIC: Powering Up - How new Neuromuscular treat- ments are starting to change the game and what’s next
PRESENTER #2: Dr Andrew Clarke
TOPIC: From Tingling to Testing - A guide to Neurophysiology and how it can help sort out neuromuscular symptoms
October 30, 2025 6:30 pm
Maroochy Surf Club Meeting Room
PRESENTER#1: Dr Christina Sander
TOPIC: Rewriting the story of Psoriasis: Updates in treatment and management
PRESENTER #2: Dr Leith Banney
TOPIC: Urticaria explained
September 25, 2025 6:30 pm
Maroochydore Surf Club
PRESENTER#1: Dr Sarah Murgatroyd
TOPIC: Managing Instability: Practical updates on Shoulder and Patella instability for Primary Care
August 28, 2025 6:30 pm
Maroochy Surf Club Function Room
PRESENTER#1: Dr Euan Noble
TOPIC: Chronic Kidney Disease and other renal updates
PRESENTER #2: Dr Sadiul Kabir
TOPIC: Chronic Kidney Disease and other renal updates
August 22, 2025 6:00 pm
Peppers Resort, Noosa
July 31, 2025 7:00 pm
Marochydore Surf Club Function Room
August 22, 2025 6:30 pm
Peppers Resort, Noosa
June 26, 2025 6:30 pm
Maroochy Surf Club Function Room
PRESENTER#1: Dr Matthew Tung
TOPIC: Syncope, Palpitations and Wearables.
May 1, 2025 6:30 pm
Maroochy Surf Club Function Room
PRESENTER#1: Dr Bob Edwards – Physician
TOPIC: OCS Stewardship in Asthma
PRESENTER #2: Kerryn Philips – RN, MHSc (Clinical Education)
TOPIC: Obstructive Sleep Apnoea – Diagnosis and Therapy
March 20, 2025 12:00 am
Maroochy Surf Club Function Room
PRESENTER#1: Dr Emilia Dauway
TOPIC: Revolutionising Breast Cancer Care: The Impact of Mag Seed & Mag Trace
PRESENTER #2: Dr Melissa Acreman
TOPIC: Prolapse: What’s Going Down (and How to Lift It Up!)
February 27, 2025 6:30 pm
Maroochydore Surf Club Function Room
PRESENTER#1: Dr Tom Huang - Lumus Imaging
TOPIC: Update Functional Imaging & Cancer Advances
PRESENTER #2: Dr Michelle Morris - Coastal Cancer Care
PRESENTER #2: Dr Jeremy Long - Coastal Cancer Care
TOPIC: Update Functional Imaging & Cancer Advances
TOPIC: Update Functional Imaging & Cancer Advances
November 28, 2024 6:30 pm
Maroochydore Surf Club Function Room
PRESENTER#1: Dr Andrew Pattison
TOPIC: Lung Cancer Update
PRESENTER #2: Dr Siavash Es’haghi
PRESENTER #2: Kylie Ryland
TOPIC: Lung Nodule Management
TOPIC: Lung Nodule Clinic
October 31, 2024 6:30 pm
Maroochydore Surf Club Function Room
PRESENTER#1: Christina Machray
TOPIC: Persistent Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis - Physiotherapy Management.
PRESENTER #2: Dr Chris Weekes
TOPIC: Management of chronic pelvic pain and endometriosis and an introduction to RYEQO
September 26, 2024 6:30 pm
Marochy Surfclub function room
PRESENTER#1: Dr Umesh Sinnya
TOPIC: Computed tomography coronary angiography (CTCA) in coronary artery disease: Where are we today?”
PRESENTER #2: Dr Tau Boga
TOPIC: Cardiac function-assessment and application in a busy echo lab
August 29, 2024 12:00 am
Maroochydore Surf Club Function Room
PRESENTER#1: Jen McKenzie
TOPIC: Triage of the Breast Cancer Patient: The Domino Effect
PRESENTER #2: Andrew McKenzie
PRESENTER #2: Fiona Simpson MP, Member for Maroochydore.
TOPIC: Managing our way through the Obesity and Ageing crisis
TOPIC: Payroll Discussion
July 25, 2024 6:30 pm
Maroochydore Surf Club Function Room
August 2, 2024 12:00 am
Maroochydore Ballroom, Maroochy RSL
June 27, 2024 6:30 pm
Maroochy Surf Club, Alexandra Parade, Maroochydore QLD, Australia
PRESENTER#1: Greg Spinda, Lawyer - Travis Schultz and Partners
TOPIC: ‘WorkCover - the patient‘s journey : Myths and Reality‘
PRESENTER #2: Dr Peter Georgius, Specialist Pain Medicine Physician
TOPIC: ‘The Future of Spinal Stimulation‘
June 8, 2024 12:00 am
University of the Sunshine Coast 'C' Block
August 2, 2024 6:00 pm
Maroochy Ballroom, Maroochydore RSL,
PRESENTER#1: Dr. Heather Parker OAM
May 30, 2024 6:30 pm
Maroochydore Surf Club Function Room
PRESENTER#1: Dr Nigel Sommerfeld
TOPIC: Incidental pulmonary nodule management guidelines
PRESENTER #2: Dr Siavash Es'haghi
TOPIC: Introducing Lung Nodule Clinic
May 2, 2024 6:30 pm
Maroochydore Surf Club
PRESENTER#1: Dr Colin Dicks
TOPIC: ‘Our experience in treating skin cancer of the nose - We nose what we are doing‘
PRESENTER #2: Dr Jim Kantidakis
TOPIC: ‘Psychogastroenterology ….. the new Frontier!‘
February 29, 2024 7:00 pm
Maroochydore Surf Club Function Room
PRESENTER#1: Dr Russell Wiseman, General Practitioner.
TOPIC: “ What are the real world challenges to respiratory medicine in Primary Care”
PRESENTER #2: A/Prof Debbie Rigby, Clinical Lead, National Asthma Council.
TOPIC: “Device matters: selection and assessment of inhalers technique”
