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Biographies & Sessions
Dr Brian Almand
Speakers Biographies
I have fourteen years of pharmacy practice, with less than one year in community pharmacy. For the past
eleven and a half years I have been working in and out of the Hutt Hospital Pharmacy, all of that time
associated with the Acute Psychiatry Ward. Within the pharmacy I am an Intern Preceptor and supervise a
number of our functions including regular House Surgeon education by our team of pharmacists. I am also
involved with the Hutt Hospital Drug and Therapeutics Committee and the Hutt Valley District Health Board
Pharmacy Reference Group. For the last fi ve years I have been employed half time by the Hutt Valley District
Health Board Community Mental Health Services working closely with the various teams and responding
to General Practitioner referrals where specifi c medicines information is appropriate. Most recently I
have completed studies toward the Postgraduate Certifi cate in Psychiatric Therapeutics by correspondence
through Aston University in the United Kingdom.
My role in psychiatry includes medication review usually associated with my regular attendance at six adult
mental health Multiple Disciplinary Team meetings each week, including that of the Psychogeriatric team;
frequent medication and therapeutics education for various professional groups and question & answer
session with a number of outpatient groups, individual inpatients and their families; provision of medicines
information for psychotropic medications, maternal mental health and neurology; full time availability for
consultation by anyone, I carry a pager and a cellphone! I am also involved in a good deal of behind the
scenes communication between the various teams.
I have received speakers honoraria from the NZ Healthcare Pharmacists Association, Epilepsy New
Zealand, Eli Lilly & Co. and have consulted for Parkinson’s New Zealand and Weltec.
Managing Insomnia - Concurrent Workshop
Saturday, 11 June 2011 Start 4:30pm Duration: 60mins Baytrust Forum
Dr Rohan Ameratunga
Associate Professor Rohan Ameratunga is an adult and paediatric clinical immunologist and allergist, working
in Auckland. A/Prof Ameratunga attended Southland Boys High School in Invercargill and subsequently
the University of Auckland Medical School. He then completed specialist training in adult medicine and in
immunopathology. After training in adult medicine, he trained in paediatric immunology and allergy with
the late Dr Lloyd Cairns at the Princess Mary Hospital. Following the untimely death of Dr Cairns, A/Prof
Ameratunga was responsible for the paediatric allergy and immunology service at the Starship Hospital
from 1991 to 1994. A/Prof Ameratunga has undertaken a clinical and research fellowship in paediatric
allergy, immunology and rheumatology at the Johns Hopkins University Medical School with Professors
Robert Wood, Jerry Winkelstein and Ed Sills.
He is currently working part time as a Clinical Immunologist at Auckland Hospital and is also in part
time private practice. (www.allergyspecialist.co.nz) A/Prof Ameratunga is responsible for the immunology
laboratory at Auckland Hospital and for the teaching program in clinical immunology and allergy for
medical students at the University of Auckland. He co-ordinates the immunology teaching program from
adult medicine registars at Auckland hospital. A/Prof Ameratunga has a special interest in allergic disorders
and in primary immune defi ciency disorders. He has received a PhD for genetic studies of primary immune
defi ciencies and has an active research program in primary immune defi ciency disorders and food allergy.
He has published over 50 peer reviewed articles and book chapters. He was recently admitted to the Faculty
of Science (RCPA) for his contributions to the understanding of primary immune defi ciency disorders.
Urticaria - Concurrent Breakout Session Repeated
Friday, 10 June 2011 Start 2:00pm Duration: 60mins Van Gogh
Start 4:00pm Duration: 60mins Van Gogh
Food Allergy and Eczema - Main Session (Breakout options scheduled)
Saturday, 11 June 2011 Start 9:20am Duration: 25mins Baytrust Forum
Desensitisation - Concurrent Workshop
Saturday, 11 June 2011 Start 4:30pm Duration: 60mins Sigma
09-12 June 2011 | Energy Events Centre | Rotorua