3D Med Seminar

By: Jas Coles-Black

Save the date in your calendar: the 3D Med Seminar will be held at Austin Hospital, Heidelberg, this year!

Where: Austin Tower, Level 4 Lecture Theatre

When: 5th October, 2-6pm

Due to limited room capacity RSVPs are essential! Sign up here!

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3D printing is a rapidly advancing technology that has been utilised with great success in fields such as engineering. However, there has been a recent explosion of interest in 3D printing in the medical field, with applications such as customised patient specific prosthetics, surgical planning, and customised 3D printed personalised medications. The annual 3D Med Seminar seeks to foster cross-disciplinary collaboration between the fields of engineering and medicine, and hosts a fascinating array of talks from speakers, including international and interstate, about how 3D printing has been used to revolutionise biomedical research and medical care.

We have an awesome list of speakers lined up, including interstate and international, all of whom use their 3D printing expertise to enhance their work. Some of the fantastic talks we have lined up include Melbourne University engineer Dr David Ackland who designed the 3D printed titanium jaw. Also featured is the Curator of the Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology, Dr Ryan Jefferies, who using 3D technologies was just in the news for bringing a 2000 year old mummy to life!

Speaker List:

Dr David Ackland, University of Melbourne: Facing hope with 3D printing: the use of modelling, experimentation and rapid prototyping in the development of personalised prosthetic jaw implants

Dr Eka Moseshvili, Olivia Newton-John Cancer and Wellness Centre: Applications of 3D Printing in Radiation Oncology

Dr Raf Ratinam, Monash Health: Use of 3D printing in management of complex intra-articular fractures of the distal radius

Dr Steve Pieper, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard: 3D Slicer: Open Medical Software and Innovation Community

A/Prof Tracie Barber, University of New South Wales: 3D Printing in Vascular Fluid Dynamics

Dr Ryan Jefferies, University of Melbourne: 3D-printing applications at the Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology

Dr Ian Chao, Austin Health: “I can’t believe it’s not butter”: Improving the fidelity of anaesthetic procedural training models

You can read the recap for last year’s seminar here (part 1) and here (part 2).

We hope to see you there, and remember to bring along your #3DMed hashtag!