SWAN Conference

The SWAN conference is the longest running Trauma and Critical Care and Emergency Surgery Conference in Australia. The inaugural South West Area Network (S.W.A.N.) trauma meeting was held at the Sunnybrook Convention Centre on the 16th July 1993. Liverpool Hospital is proud to continue this long tradition and welcomes local and international guest speakers providing an impressive scientific program focussing on the provision and development of Trauma and Emergency Surgery Specialties.

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SWAN Conference
Dr Valerie Malka is the Director of the Trauma and Acute Care Surgical Unit at Liverpool Hospital. She was the previous Director of Trauma Services at Westmead Hospital for over a decade. She is an EMST Director and DSTC Instructor with a great passion for trauma and acute care surgery. With special interests in education and quality assurance she has worked extensively in patient safety and the maintenance of ethics in healthcare. Valerie has worked with the International Committee of the Red Cross and the International Rescue Committee and holds a Diploma in International Humanitarian Assistance from Geneva University and a Master’s Degree in International Public Health with a major in Humanitarian Law. She also holds a Master’s degree in Journalism and works freelance writing medical, health and wellbeing articles.