DoH and RACGP Victoria webinar – Navigating Monkeypox and Winter illnesses
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Join us for a special webinar, "Navigating Monkeypox and Winter illnesses," presented by Dr Christian McGrath in collaboration with the Victoria Department of Health. Gain essential updates on current epidemiology, testing, and management strategies for Monkeypox, as well as the latest trends and treatments for influenza, pneumonia, RSV, and COVID-19. Enhance your skills and knowledge for the current season.
Host
Dr Anita Munoz
Chair, RACGP Victoria council
Anita Muñoz is a GP in private practice in Melbourne's CBD and has a dedication to evidence-based medicine, lifelong learning, and promoting the role of general practice in the health of patients, communities and in public health more broadly.
Speakers
Dr Christian McGrath
Deputy Chief Health Officer, Victorian Department of Health
Dr Christian McGrath is a general and infectious diseases physician with extensive experience in multidisciplinary health environments. He has additional skills in education, journalism and science. Christian has over a decade of experience in clinical infectious diseases and public health management. He has statewide experience leading in both a Pandemic environment (in the Department of Health, COVID Quarantine Victoria, North Eastern Public Health Unit) and essential business within public health and healthcare. Christian was appointed as Deputy Chief Health Officer (COVID-19) in 2022 and Deputy Chief Health Officer Communicable Diseases in December 2023.
Dr David Lister
Deputy Chief Health Officer, Victorian Department of Health
Dr David Lister is an Infectious Diseases Physician and Deputy Chief Health Officer, Pandemic Preparedness for the Victorian Department of Health. He has been a key contributor to Victoria’s pandemic program since early 2020 and work clinically at Grampians Health and in private practice. His career to date has focused on communicable disease control, clinical infectious diseases, health policy and health equity drawing on his extensive government, clinical, and international NGO experiences.