Appendix 2 - Witnesses who appeared before the Committee at Public Hearings

Appendix 2 - Witnesses who appeared before the Committee at Public Hearings

Friday, 23 June 2006
Parliament House, Canberra

Committee Members in attendance
Senator Moore (Chair)
Senator Adams
Senator Allison
Senator Carol Brown
Senator Ferris
Senator Humphries
Senator Polley

Dr Huw Llewellyn

OvCa Australia (ACT and Region)
Ms Jane Harriss, Director
Mrs Erica Harriss
Mrs Vickie Hardy

Department of Health and Ageing
Mr David Learmonth, Deputy Secretary
Ms Linda Addison, Acting First Assistant Secretary, Acute Care Division
Dr Andrew Black, Medical Adviser, Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
Mr Ian Kemp, Director, Cancer Section, Chronic Disease and Palliative Care Branch
Prof. Rosemary Knight, Adviser On Cancer Control
Ms Margaret Lyons, First Assistant Secretary, Health Services Improvement Division
Ms Linda Powell, Assistant Secretary, Chronic Disease and Palliative Care Branch
Dr John Primrose, Senior Medical Adviser, Medical and Pharmaceutical Services Division
Ms Samantha Robertson, Acting Assistant Secretary, Medicare Benefits Branch
Ms Carolyn Smith Assistant Secretary, Targeted Prevention Programs Branch

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Mr Ken Tallis, Acting Deputy Director
Mr John Harding, Head, Health Registers and Cancer Monitoring Unit

National Health and Medical Research Council
Ms Suzanne Northcott, Executive Director, Centre for Research Management and Policy



Tuesday, 1 August 2006
Parliament House, Sydney

Committee Members in attendance
Senators Moore (Chair)
Senator Adams
Senator Allison
Senator Carol Brown
Senator Ferris
Senator Humphries
Senator Webber

Professor Neville Hacker

Garvan Institute of Medical Research
Professor John Shine, Executive Director
Professor Rob Sutherland, Director, Cancer Research Program

GO Fund
Mr Aleco Vrisakis, Chairman
Ms Carmen Duncan, Fundraising Manager

Ms Rosalind Robertson

Psychosocial Support Project

Dr Gerry Wain, Director and Gynaecological Oncologist, Westmead Hospital
Ms Jane Mills, NSW Coordinator
Ms Kim Hobbs, Social Worker

Mrs Lisle Fortescue

Australia New Zealand Gynaecological Oncology Group
Professor Michael Friedlander, Chair
Dr Julie Martyn, Associate Program Manager, ANZGOG Coordinating Centre and NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre

Greater Metropolitan Clinical Taskforce, Gynaecological Oncology Network
Professor Donald Marsden, Co-Chair, GMCT Gynaecological Oncology Network
Dr Gerry Wain, Former Co-Chair, GMCT Gynaecological Oncology Network and Gynaecological Oncologist, Westmead Hospital
Ms Jayne Maidens, Member, GMCT Gynaecological Oncology Network and Clinical Nurse Consultant, Royal North Shore Hospital
Ms Mercia Bush, Community Participant

National Breast Cancer Centre
Dr Helen Zorbas, Director
Ms Jane Francis, Program Manager, Ovarian Cancer
 
Cancer Nurses Society of Australia
Ms Tish Lancaster, Past Deputy Chair and Clinical Nurse Consultant, Gynaecological Oncology, Westmead Hospital
Ms Mary Ryan, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Gynaecological Oncology, Royal Hospital for Women

The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia
Dr Debra Graves, Chief Executive Officer
Dr Gordon Wright, Queensland Medical Laboratory, Pathology Department, Gold Coast Hospital
Dr Gabriele Medley, Melbourne Pathology

Diagnostic Technology Pty Ltd
Mr Mark Van Asten, Managing Director

Dr Alan Carless

Dr Phillip Baird



Wednesday, 2 August 2006
Parliament House, Sydney

Committee Members in attendance
Senators Moore (Chair)
Senator Adams
Senator Allison
Senator Carol Brown
Senator Ferris
Senator Humphries
Senator Webber

The Cancer Council of Australia, The Clinical Oncological Society of Australia and the National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation
Professor Ian Olver, Chief Executive Officer, The Cancer Council Australia
Dr Kendra Sundquist, Manager Supportive Care Development, The Cancer Council NSW
Dr Sophie Couzos, Public Health Officer, National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

Cancer Voices Australia
Ms Sally Crossing, Chair, Cancer Voices NSW
Mr John Stubbs, Executive Officer

Gynaecological Cancer Society
Mr John Gower, Chief Executive Officer
 
Hunter New England Centre for Gynaecological Cancer
Associate Professor Anthony Proietto, President
Ms Anne Mellon, Nurse Consultant

Australian Society of Gynaecologic Oncologists
Associate Professor Anthony Proietto, President
Dr Lewis Perrin, Secretary

Professor J Norelle Lickiss

Dr Rebecca Strutt

Sydney Gynaecological Oncology Group, Sydney South West Area Health Service
Professor Jonathan Carter, Head of the Sydney Gynaecological Oncology Group, Royal Prince Alfred and Liverpool Hospitals


Thursday, 3 August 2006
Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne

Committee Members in attendance
Senators Moore (Chair)
Senator Adams
Senator Allison
Senator Ferris
Senator Humphries

Royal Women's Hospital
Professor Michael Quinn, Director of Oncology and Dysplasia
Ms Liz Chatham, Director Women's Services

Monash Medical Centre
Associate Professor Tom Jobling, Head, Gynaecological Oncology Unit

Gynaecological Oncology Committee of RANZCOG and Gynaecological Oncology Department of Mercy Hospital
Dr Peter Grant, Head, Department of Gynaecologic Oncology, Mercy Hospital for Women

Gynaecological Cancer Service, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre)
Associate Professor Kailash Narayan, Radiation Oncologist & Head of Gynaecology Unit, Peter Mac
Professor David Bowtell, Australian Ovarian Cancer Study

Margaret Heffernan

Ms Alexa Rosengarten

GlaxoSmithKline
Mr Alex Gosman, Director of Government & Corporate Affairs
Dr Catherine Streeton, A/Medical Director Cervarix
Ms Danielle Moore, Advocacy Cervarix

CSL Limited
Dr Gerry Wain, Director, NSW Cervical Screening Program, Westmead Hospital
Dr Rachel David, Director of Public Affairs
Dr Jane Leong, Medical Director, CSL Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Ms Concetta Nikolovski

Cancer Council Victoria
Professor David Allen, Victorian Cooperative Oncology Group, Gynaecological Cancer Committee
Ms Kate Broun, Manager, PapScreen Victoria, Cancer Education Unit

Cancer Voices Victoria
Mr Ian Roos, Chair
Mr Michael Powell, Vice Chair

National Ovarian Cancer Network
Mr Simon Lee, Chair and Director
Ms Karen Livingstone, CEO and Director
Ms Nicole Livingstone, Director
Ms Carolyn Walker, Director

Australian Physiotherapy Association
Ms Cathy Nall, President
Ms Robyn Sharpe, A/Assistant Director Physiotherapy, Royal Brisbane Women's Hospital

Friday, 4 August 2006
King Edward Memorial Hospital, Subiaco WA

Committee Members in attendance
Senators Moore (Chair)
Senator Adams
Senator Allison
Senator Ferris

Cancer Council WA and WA Clinical Oncology Group
Ms Susan Rooney, Chief Executive Officer, Cancer Council WA
Dr Paul Katris, Executive Officer, WACOG
Mr Terry Slavin, Education and Research Director, Cancer Council WA
Ms Sushama Sharma, Consumer

Lymphoedema Association
Mrs Barbara White, President

Mrs Ann Bancroft

Menopause Symptoms after Cancer (MSAC) Service
Ms Jane Gregson, Clinical Nurse Coordinator MSAC Service 
Ms Yvonne McCall, Honorary Coordinator, Mid-life and Menopausal Support Group

Ms Robyn Collins

Professor Christobel Saunders

Professor John Newnham

Gynaecological Awareness Information Network (GAIN) Inc
Ms Natalie Jenkins, Chair
Ms Kath Mazzella, Founder
Ms Kylie Flaherty, Committee member
Mrs Kyle Flaherty, Committee member

Ms Tanya Smith

Health Consumers' Council WA
Ms Michele Kosky, Executive Director

WA Gynaecological Cancer Service, King Edward Memorial Hospital
Dr Yee Chit Leung, Gynaecologic Oncologist
Dr Sarah Pickstock, Medical Director, Palliative Care Unit, Hollywood Private Hospital
Ms Valda Duffield, Senior Social Worker, KEMH
Dr Barry Cassidy, Consultant Radiation Oncologist
Professor Michael Millward, Cancer Council Professor of Clinical Cancer Research and Chairman, WA Clinical Oncology Group


Thursday, 10 August 2006
Parliament House, Canberra – Teleconference

Committee Members in attendance
Senator Moore (Chair)
Senator Allison
Senator Ferris
Senator Humphries
Senator Polley
Senator Webber

Professor Philip Di Saia
The Dorothy Marsh Chair in Reproductive Biology
Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of California, and
Director, Division of Gynaecologic Oncology, University of California, Irvine Medical Centre, USA



Wednesday, 16 August 2006
Parliament House, Canberra – Video Teleconference

Committee Members in attendance
Senator Moore (Chair)
Senator Adams
Senator Allison
Senator Ferris
Senator Humphries
 

Dr Edward Trimble
Head, Gynecologic Cancer Therapeutics, National Cancer Institute
National Institutes of Health
Department of Health and Human Services, USA
 

Tuesday, 12 September 2006
Parliament House, Canberra – Teleconference

Committee Members in attendance
Senator Humphries (Chairman)
Senator Moore (Deputy Chair)
Senator Allison
Senator Carol Brown
Senator Ferris
Senator Webber

Professor Barbara Andersen
Professor, Department of Psychology and Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Ohio State University, USA.
 
Inspections

Friday, 4 August 2006
Margaret Smith Menopause Unit, Centenary Clinic, King Edward Memorial Hospital, Subiaco WA

Committee Members in attendance
Senators Moore (Chair)
Senator Adams
Senator Allison
Senator Ferris

The Committee inspected the Menopause after Cancer Clinic.



Wednesday, 27 September 2006
National Breast Cancer Centre, Level 4, 92 Parramatta Road, Camperdown NSW

Committee Members in attendance
Senators Moore (Chair)
Senator Adams
Senator Allison

The Committee visited the National Breast Cancer Centre and had informal discussions with Dr Helen Zorbas, Director, and NBCC staff on the work of The Ovarian Cancer Program.

Private Discussion

Wednesday, 11 October 2006
Parliament House, Canberra

The Committee held private discussions with Professor David Currow, CEO, Cancer Australia.

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