Advances in Internal Medicine 2026 - Department of Medicine

Designed for specialists, GPs, and doctors in training, this two-day conference delivers essential updates in internal medicine. The program focuses on translating the latest evidence-based standards into actionable strategies for real-world clinical practice.

This conference moves beyond theory to offer actionable strategies for immediate implementation in daily practice. Through many dynamic sessions—including case-based reviews, interactive lectures, and expert panels—clinicians will gain authoritative guidance on the most pressing medical challenges facing practitioners today.

For more information, please visit our website: https://medicine.unimelb.edu.au/school-structure/medicine/news-and-events/advances-in-internal-medicine-2026

Friday, 14 August 2026

• ​Dr Kate Gregorevic​ - ​Geriatric trauma and management of people with low falls
• Prof Dina Logiudice - ​Dementia: An update for clinical care
• Prof Jennifer Philip - ​Contemporary Palliative Care: an update of the evidence
• ​​Prof Kumar Visvanathan - ​Infectious Disease
• Prof Daniel Steinfort - Lung cancer and interventional pulmonology
• Prof Jo Douglass AO - Navigating a Perfect Storm: Clinical Insights into Severe Asthma Phenotypes and Biologic Interventions.
• ​Prof Tomas Kalincik - Preventing disability in multiple sclerosis
• ​Prof Geoffrey Donnan - Preventing disability in multiple sclerosis
• ​A/Prof Marie Sinclair​ - ​The evolving landscape of chronic liver disease
• ​Prof Michael Kamm -​ Functional Gut Disorders & The Gut Microbiome
• ​Prof Neeraj Bhala - Epidemiology of gastrointestinal disorders
• Prof Ada Cheung - Cutting through the noise: practical updates in transgender health for everyday practice
• Prof Prahlad Ho - Key advances in thrombotic and bleeding disorders
• ​Prof Rhys Vaughan - Advances in endoscopy
• Prof Richard MacIsaac - Contemporary management of Diabetic Kidney Disease
• ​Prof Frank Ierino​ - ​Unravelling Cardiovascular Disease associated with Chronic Kidney Disease – Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets
• Prof Karen Dwyer - Nephrology​
• ​​A/Prof Craig Nelson​ - The great Translate: Translating guideline directed therapies in CKD care into Primary Care and the Hospital setting
• ​Prof Peter Barlis - Beyond the Narrowing: Modern Insights into Ischaemic Heart Disease
• ​Prof Andre La Gerche - Exercise, genes and heart disease
• Prof Jonathan Kalman - Arrhythmias​
• Prof Louise Burrell​ - Hypertension
• Prof Andrew Taylor​ - Updates in Heart Failure
• Prof Leonid Churilov - ​Interpreting trials for clinicians

Saturday, 15 August 2026​

• Prof Han Lim​ - Risk stratification for sudden cardiac death
• A/Prof Liz Paratz - ​What's new in cardiomyopathy?
• A/Prof Gayle Ross - Advances in Treatment of Atopic Dermatitis
• ​Prof David O'Neal - Advances in technology used to enhance metabolic stability in those living with type 1 diabetes
• Prof Elif Ekinci​ - ​Type 2 diabetes and obesity updates
• A/Prof Paul Yates​ - Alzheimer's Disease Updates on Biomarkers
• Prof Peter DeCruz - Update on Inflammatory Bowel Disease​
• Prof Lata Jayaram​ - ​Bronchiectasis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in 2026
• ​Prof Mark Howard - Sleep apnoea: diagnostic and treatment options
• Dr Claire Owen - Rheumatology
• ​Dr Laura Ross - Rheumatology
• Prof Mathis Grossmann - Endocrine emergencies
• A​/Prof Sarah Price - Women's health including diabetes and endocrine disorders
• ​Prof Ego Seeman - ​The Structural Basis of Bone Fragility, its Detection and Treatment
• Dr Ben Kirk - A GP’s Guide to Detecting, Preventing and Treating Sarcopenia
• Prof Peter Mount - Obesity, Diabetes and Kidney Health
• Prof Ingrid Scheffer AO - Life as a clinician scientist - the best of both worlds
• ​Prof Piero Perucca​ - Choosing the right antiseizure Medic*tion in Epilepsy
• ​Prof Tissa Wijeratne OAM - ​Migraine; What Every Clinician Should Know in 2026 - Diagnosis, acute treatment, and modern prevention