2025 National Paediatric Inpatient Eating Disorder Symposium
14 and 15 November 2025
National Wine Centre | Adelaide | Kaurna Land
Symposium program and photos
Networking drinks | Thursday 13 November 2025
6pm to 9pm
Networking drinks
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Bank Street Social - 48 Hindley St, Adelaide
Day 1 | Friday 14 November 2025
9am to 9:30am
Welcome to country
Opening remarks
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Tegan McLean, Clinical Coordinator of Eating Disorder Service at Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
9:30am to 11am
Discussion: Now and Then - Changing cohorts over a decade
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Dr. Anne Morris, Paediatrician, Westmead
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Dr. Michelle Yeo, Paediatrician, RCH
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Dr. Randall Long, Psychiatrist, 4GP Adelaide
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Dr. Michelle Boyd, Paediatrician, Queensland Health
11am to 11:15am
Morning tea
11:15am to 12pm
Innovation/point of difference presentation + Q &A | Waitlist Intervention
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Maria Garland, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Perth Children’s Hospital
12pm to 12:45pm
Lunch
12:45pm to 1:30pm
Innovation/point of difference presentation + Q &A
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Jess Wallace, WCH OT program
1:30pm to 2:30pm
ARFID Presentation
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Colleen Alford, Senior Social Worker, Westmead
2:30pm to 4pm
Panel: How are teams accommodating to meet the needs of young people with elevated autistic traits and or ARFID
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Jacinta Coleman, Paediatrician, Monash Children’s Hospital
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Kate aBeckett, Dietician, Hunter New England LHD
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Dr. Callum Deakin, Psychiatrist, WCH
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Sonja Kubik, Senior Clinical Psychologist, Adolescent and Young Adult Service (AYAS), Queensland Health
4pm to 4:15pm
Afternoon tea
4:15pm to 5pm
Optional: Working group for Guidelines for admission
(please indicate your interest in attending here)
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Dr. Ailish Battersby, Paediatrician, WCH
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​Dr. Michelle Boyd, Paediatrician, Queensland Health
6:30pm to 11pm
Dinner at the National Wine Centre
Day 2 | Saturday 15 November 2025
9am to 9:10am
Participants arrive for day 2
9:10am to 10:30am
Anorexia Plus Rotating stations (with different questions/themes to discuss)
Question: Key issues/challenges/ways forward in caring for this patient cohort in the inpatient setting?
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Dr. Emma Gill, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist
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Dr. Andrew Wallis, Clinical Specialist Social Worker & Family Therapist
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Gemma Zanardo, Senior Clinical Dietitian
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Dr Suba Rudolph, Paediatrician, Epworth Health Care
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Dr. Michelle Yeo, Paediatrician, RCH
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Floating facilitators:
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Tegan McLean, Clinical Coordinator
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Dr Nicola Read, Clinical Psychologist, RCH
10:30am to 11:30am
Long term endocrine impacts + Q&A
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Dr. Jemma Anderson, Paediatrician, WCH
11:30am to 11:45am
Morning tea
11:45am to 1:00pm
Balancing Medical and Psychological Risk (case example with each discipline sharing their priorities and approach) + wider group discussion
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Dr. Claire Robertson Paediatrician WCH
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Dr. Koghinie Mohan Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist WCH
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Joanne Titterton (Clinical Nurse Consultant, Westmead)
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Dr Suba Rudolph (Paediatrician, Epworth Health Care)
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Dr Nicola Read, Clinical Psychologist (RCH)
1:00pm to 2:00pm
Lunch
2:00pm to 3:15pm
Discipline Specific discussion – Topics identified by the group
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WCH team
3:15pm to 3:30pm
Afternoon tea
3:30pm to 4:45pm
Anorexia Plus discussion
4:45pm to 5pm
Wrap up and feedback
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Tegan McLean, Clinical Coordinator of Eating Disorder Service at Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
Contact us
If you have any questions about any aspect of the symposium, please contact Rosslyn Cox at symposium@managingforperformance.com.au or on 0449298322, or Tegan McLean at tegan.mclean@sa.gov.au.