Friday, 16th October Society of Obstetric Medicine of Australia and New Zealand ASM 2026

8:00AM - 5:00PM
Friday, 16th October
Grand Chelsea Lobby & Chelsea Lane
9:00AM - 10:30AM
Friday, 16th October
Grand Chelsea Ballroom

Keynote Address - Dr Lucy Mackillop, Consultant Obstetric Physician, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust & University of Oxford
Myasthenia Gravis and Pregnancy 

Dr Lata Vadlamudi, Senior Staff Specialist Neurology, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
Epilepsy and Pregnancy: Getting the Balance Right

International Grant Recipient - Mere Nabou Kakaivalu, Medical Officer, Obstetrics & Gynecology Department, CWM Hospital 

10:30AM - 11:00AM
Friday, 16th October
Chelsea Lane - voco
11:00AM - 12:30PM
Friday, 16th October
Grand Chelsea Ballroom

Dr Alka Kothari, Senior Staff Specialist & Conjoint Associate Professor, Redcliffe Hospital, The University of Queensland
'Best Practice Principles' for the care of fathers and non-birthing parents exposed to Birth Trauma

Jelena Senic, Domestic and Family Violence Workforce Specialist & Advanced Social Worker, Queensland Health
DFV & trauma-informed care in pregnancy

Liz Eggins, Senior Psychologist, Queensland Health (Metro North Mental Health)
Working with neurodivergence in the perinatal period

12:30PM - 1:30PM
Friday, 16th October
Chelsea Lane - voco

Poster presenters should stand next to their posters for judges. 

1:30PM - 3:10PM
Friday, 16th October
Grand Chelsea Ballroom

Previous SOMANZ Grant Winner - Dr Natasha de Alwis, Postdoctoral Researcher, The University of Melbourne
Investigating the potential of complement blockade to treat preeclampsia-induced placental and vascular dysfunction

3:10PM - 3:30PM
Friday, 16th October
Chelsea Lane - voco
3:30PM - 5:00PM
Friday, 16th October
Grand Chelsea Ballroom

Dr Anastasia Braun, Consultation Liaison Psychiatrist, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Battling through Thick and Thin: Eating Disorders, Bariatric Surgery, Pregnancy and Mental Health

Dr Sarah Buckley, PhD candidate, The University of Queensland
Oxytocin and the perinatal brain: how oxytocinergic systems optimise outcomes for mothers and babies and the impacts of common interventions

Dr Georgia Kafer, Reproductive Physiologist, University of the Sunshine Coast
Nutritional based barriers and enablers of maternal and fetal health in the Pacific: A Vanuatu focus

 

5:00PM - 5:15PM
Friday, 16th October
Grand Chelsea Ballroom
5:15PM - 7:00PM
Friday, 16th October
Grand Chelsea Lobby & Chelsea Lane