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Previous Events

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.

SCLMA General Monthly Clinical Meeting – May 2026

May 28, 2026 6:30 pm
Maroochy Surf Club Meeting Room
PRESENTER#1: Dr Nick Yim: AMA Queensland President
TOPIC: The State of Play: Advocacy, Policy & Progress in Queensland.
PRESENTER #2: Nicole Brown: Cutcher & Neale Partner
PRESENTER #2: Professor Shuichi Suetani: Queensland Centre for Mental Health Research, Queensland Brain Institute
TOPIC: Cutcher & Neale’s Wealth Check Up: Plan now and maximise your wealth sooner
TOPIC: If you’ve got a hammer - everything looks like a nail: Adult ADHD in Primary Care
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SCLMA General Monthly Clinical Meeting – April 2026

March 26, 2026 6:30 pm
Maroochy Surf Club Meeting Room
PRESENTER#1: Dr Mariska Stuurstraat: Rehabilitation Medicine Physician
TOPIC: From Stroke to Strength - on optimising recovery.
PRESENTER #2: Dr David Eckerman: Rehabilitation Medicine Physician
TOPIC: Spasticity, what do we do now?
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SCLMA General Monthly Clinical Meeting – March 2026

March 26, 2026 6:30 pm
Maroochy Surf Club Meeting Room
PRESENTER#1: Dr Navi Bali: Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon
TOPIC: Orthopaedic Mythbusting - interarticular biologics, ablative techniques, and is robotic replacement the best thing since bulk billed injections?
PRESENTER #2: Dr Bob Edwards: Respiratory Physician
TOPIC: Applying the new COPD Clinical Care Standards in General Practice
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SCLMA General Monthly Clinical Meeting November 2025

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
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SCLMA Clinical Meeting – August 2025

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   
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SCLMA March 2025 Meeting

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!)
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General Monthly Meeting Feb 2025

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
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NOVEMBER 2024 MEETING

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
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SCLMA October General Meeting 2024

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
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Monthly Meeting September 2024

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
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Monthly Meeting August 2024

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
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SCLMA Monthly Meeting June 2024

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‘
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Monthly Meeting May 2024

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
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Monthly Meeting May 2024

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!‘
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Monthly Meeting February 2024

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”
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