Haematology

Monday, 13 October 2008 14:00 - 15:30, Auditorium

Chair Lorraine Godfrey   
Normal Karyotype Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (NK-AML), Slicing the Cake
  • Dr David A Westerman, Haematopathology Department, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre

David Westerman graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1987 and attained his dual fellowships (FRACP & FRCPA) in 1997. He has held the position of Head of Haematopathology at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne since 2000. He holds an honorary appointment with the University of Melbourne at the St Vincent's Hospital Clinical School and the Dept of Pathology and is a visiting specialist at Freemason's Medical Centre. He has been chairman of the Peter MacCallum Transfusion Committee for the last decade. Dr Westerman has broad clinical and laboratory interests which are reflected in his numerous peer reviewed publications.

Cytogenetic Analysis in Acute Leukaemias
  • A/Prof Lynda J Campbell, Victoria Cancer Cytogenetics Service, St Vincent's Hospital

A/Prof Lynda Campbell trained as a haematologist in Melbourne and London before commencing training in cancer cytogenetics in 1988. She has been Director of the Victorian Cancer Cytogenetics Service at St Vincent’s Hospital since 1992 and her research interests include the genetics of acute myeloid leukaemias and myelodysplastic syndromes.