Modern Medical Communication Panel
The MMC panel looks at how medical and tech sectors will integrate to deliver medical care - with some reference to interesting changes that have already been implemented in the pandemic.
It is our pleasure to announce speakers;
Mr Saxon Connor; Saxon has been an hepatobiliary surgeon at Christchurch hospital, New Zealand since 2005. He has taken a role (2016-ongoing) as the e-clinical health lead for the Canterbury district health board with the aim of helping to establish a digital health system - the mind behind ‘Cortex.’
Sarah Dalton; Former teacher, current Executive director of Toi Mata Hauroa/Association of salaried medical specialists - the union for senior doctors and dentists. Sarah is also the founder of New Zealand Women in Medicine (NZWIM) and a keen supporter of doctor solidarity!
Dr Ruth Large; Ruth is an Emergency Physician and Rural Hospitalist with an interest in Health Technology, she is the current Chief Clinical Officer of Whakarongorau Aotearoa which supplies National Telehealth Services, an Emergency Physician at Middlemore Hospital and the Chair of the NZ Telehealth Forum
Jackie Edmond; Jackie Edmond is Chief Executive of Family Planning. With a professional background in nursing, Jackie’s career has been entirely within the health sector. She joined Family Planning in 2001 as a regional manager and became Chief Executive in 2006. In 2020 Jackie was awarded a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit acknowledging her service to sexual and reproductive health