Device registry seminar success

December 11, 2017

ABDR device seminar 2017 panellists

ABDR’s first seminar themed ‘Device, Data & Decision-making’, a success

The Australian Breast Device Registry (ABDR) shone the spotlight on device registries during an afternoon seminar on Wednesday 6th December 2017.

A line-up of international and national experts provided unique insight into issues affecting device registry research, attracting delegates representing health service providers, government agencies and research organisations.

The event’s agenda included data harmonisation, global and Australian surveillance of medical devices, the impact of registries on healthcare and modelling for device versus operator failure and finished with an excellent panel discussion on funding models for sustainable device registries, chaired by Mr George Savvides.

The ABDR would like to sincerely thank all our presenters for sharing their time and expertise at this very successful event:

  • PROF ART SEDRAKYAN (ANU and Weill Cornell Medicine in New York)
  • ADJUNCT PROFESSOR TIM GREENAWAY (TGA)
  • MR GEORGE SAVVIDES (Sodia)
  • DR NEIL SODERLUND (Quantium Health Outcomes)
  • PROF JOHN ZALCBERG (Monash University)
  • A/PROF SUE EVANS (Monash University)
  • A/PROF ARUL EARNEST (Monash University)
  • DR SUSANNAH AHERN (Monash University)
  • MS CATH KOETZ  (GS1 Australia)
Picture above: Last session of the ‘Device, Data & Decision-making’ public seminar was a panel discussion on the current and merging funding models for sustainable device registries. From left: John Zalcberg, Neil Soderlund, Tim Greenaway, Art Sedrakyan, Sue Evans, Susannah Ahern, George Savvides (chair).