Conference dinner speaker announced
Dr Kelvin Kong has been announced as the dinner speaker for MedTech 2010: A history of innovation - looking forward, looking back to be held on Wednesday 15 - Thursday 16 September 2010 at Star City in Sydney. The dinner will be held on Wednesday 15 September as part of the conference and includes the Kerrin Rennie Award ceremony. MTAA has turned 30 this year. Please join us to celebrate this milestone.
Dr Kong qualified as the first Australian Aboriginal Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, specialising in Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery. He hails from the Worimi people of Port Stephens, north of Newcastle. He completed his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at the University of NSW. He is now a qualified Surgeon specialising in Adult & Paediatric Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery (Ear, Nose & Throat Surgery).
He is part of a strong family, mainly medical. He married a nurse, his mother is a nurse, his sister Marlene is a General Practitioner and her twin Marilyn, is Australia’s first Indigenous Obstetrician and Gynaecologist. Being involved with health issues, he has always championed for the improvement of Indigenous health and education. Complementing his surgical training, he has been involved in numerous projects and committees to help promote education and health.
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