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Dr Lachlan Fieldhouse

GP & Medical Editor
Dr Lachlan Fieldhouse is a senior General Practitioner, Clinical Leader, and Medical Educator with around 20 years of continuous clinical experience across comprehensive primary care, rural practice ownership, urgent care, correctional health, school-based health services, aged care, immigration detention health, and complex community medicine.

His clinical interests include complex mental health comorbidities, including ADHD/ASD, addiction and PTSD; along with expertise in chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic pain, medicinal cannabis therapy, men’s health, gender-affirming care, aged care, and adolescent and child development. He has held senior education, governance, and leadership roles across Australian and New Zealand in General Practice training, including RACGP National Clinical Lead (Innovation, Transition, Quality and Compliance), Tasmanian state Director of Training and roles in accreditation, assessment development, GP supervision, mentoring, and quality improvement.

Alongside his medical career, Lachlan is the Founder and Chief Operations and Education Officer of Sound Syndicate Audio-visual, Event Management and Entertainment (SSAVEME), a grassroots community movement, where he applies his clinical, educational, operational, and community-building experience to develop vocational pathways and pioneering creative arts events in the electronic music, audio-visual production, and performance sector. He has been fortunate to raise two healthy sons and understands the importance of how a village culture can bring resilience to individuals.

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Tuesday 26th May, 7pm - 9pm AEST

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Dr David Yeo

Specialist Upper GI, Hepatobiliary and Bariatric Surgeon; Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, RPA and St George Hospitals

In this talk, surgeon, Dr David Yeo will answer these and many other real-world questions related to this common condition and provide an update on the latest recommendations for the assessment, investigation and management of gallbladder disease.