WCIM 2010 Melbourne in conjunction with Physicians Week

20 – 25 March 2010
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre Melbourne, Australia
World Medicine for the Next Decade: 2010 to 2020

 

Invitation

Dear Colleagues,

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP), the Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand (IMSANZ), and the International Society of Internal Medicine (ISIM) are pleased to invite you to attend the World Congress of Internal Medicine 2010, to be held in Melbourne, Australia on 20 – 25 March 2010. The Congress will be held in conjunction with the RACP Physicians Week.

The Congress will appeal to anyone who has an interest in the broad field of general internal medicine and in specialised internal medicine. The Congress theme is World Medicine for the Next Decade: 2010 – 2020 and will showcase excellence in Australasian Medicine and Medical Science. In addition, we want the Congress to celebrate the diversity of The Royal Australasian College of Physicians, its Divisions, Faculties and Chapters.

I hope that you will take this opportunity to network with your national and international peers and keep abreast of the latest developments in general internal medicine. The program will offer a superb opportunity for physicians and medical specialists to attend expert updates on specialty areas outside their own specialty.

Lastly, I hope that you find the time to incorporate a pre or post conference tour of Australia and New Zealand.

Professor Napier Thomson

Hosts

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians

Formed in 1938 the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) is responsible for training, educating and representing over 11,300 physicians and paediatricians in Australia and New Zealand.

Its membership is comprised of Fellows of the College in its Divisions of Adult Medicine and Paediatrics, its Faculties (Public Health Medicine, Rehabilitation Medicine, Occupational and Environmental Medicine and Intensive Care Medicine) and its Chapters (Palliative Medicine, Addiction Medicine, Sexual Health Medicine and Community Child Health).

In addition, the College is linked to a range of associated Specialty Societies representing the spectrum of practice in Internal Medicine and Paediatrics across 23 sub-specialties.

The Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand

Established in 1997 the Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand (IMSANZ) represent the interests of specialist General Internal Medicine physicians throughout Australia and New Zealand.  IMSANZ provides a focus for general physicians with a broad range of skills and experience to meet in a collaborative forum and maintain skills and knowledge essential to their chosen field of general internal medicine.

International Society of Internal Medicine

The International Society of Internal Medicine (ISIM) was founded in 1948 in Basle, Switzerland.  Its purpose is to promote scientific knowledge and unity in Internal Medicine, to further the education of young internists and to encourage friendship between physicians in all countries.

Physicians Week 2009 Congress Promotion

We would like to thank everyone who visited us at our exhibition booth during the Physicians Week 2009 Congress. It was a successful Congress and we were pleased to meet so many enthusiastic delegates who were interested in coming to Melbourne in 2010. We look forward to seeing you again in Melbourne, Australia for WCIM 2010 Melbourne.

 

 

 

 

 

We had fantastic prizes to give away courtesy of our friends the Hilton Melbourne South Wharf and the Eureka Skydeck including:  

• One (1) night accommodation in a Relaxation Suite at the Hilton Melbourne South Wharf which includes full buffet breakfast, morning and afternoon tea, evening canapés and drinks for two (2) persons in the Executive Lounge.’

Lucky Prize Winner: Murray Webber

• Double passes to the Eureka Skydeck and double passes to 'The Edge' plus get a complimentary souvenir photo taken inside 'The Edge'

Lucky Prize Winner: Jeremy Wrobel

 

WCIM 2010 Organising Committee

WCIM Executive

Napier Thomson, Organising Chair
John Kolbe, Program Chair
Geoffrey Metz
Alasdair MacDonald
Michael Hooper
Kevin Forsyth
Les Bolitho
Josephine Thomas
Murray Fox
Yvonne Luxford
Fairlie Clifton
Anne Chang, Congress Administrative Secretariat

WCIM 2010 Program Committee

RACP and Specialty Society program collaborators include:

Adult Medicine Division (incorporating the Australasian Chapters of Addiction Medicine, Palliative Medicine and Sexual Health Medicine)
Paediatrics & Child Health Division
Australasian Faculty of Occupational & Environmental Medicine
Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine
Australasian Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine
Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine
Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine
Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists
Australian and New Zealand Society of Palliative Medicine
Australian and New Zealand Society of Nephrology
Australian Rheumatology Association
Endocrine Society of Australia
Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand
Australasian Sleep Association
Human Genetics Society of Australia

Other program collaborators include:

Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Monash University, Melbourne
University of Melbourne