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This Grand Round series explores the critical role of metabolic health in preventing and managing chronic disease. Through expert presentations and case discussions, we examine the latest research, clinical applications, and dietary strategies that support metabolic function. Join us to deepen your understanding of nutrition, insulin resistance, and therapeutic interventions that can transform patient outcomes.

Note: that presentations and speakers are subject to change.

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Prof. Dom D'Agostino
Prof. Dom D’Agostino

October 2025

Date: 12pm Wednesday AEDT 8th October 2025
Speaker: Prof. Dom D’Agostino
Topic: Ketone Metabolic Therapy and Biomarker Monitoring for Treatment and Prevention of Disease

Dr Eric Westman
Dr Eric Westman

November 2025

Date: 9am AEDT Tuesday 25th November 2025
Speaker: Dr Eric Westman
Topic: Practical Aspects of Using Low Carb / Keto Diets

Dietitian Sharon Curtain

December 2025

Date: 1pm Thursday AEDT 11th December 2025
Speaker: Dietitian Sharon Curtain
Topic: Information Alone Doesn’t Create Change

Previous Grand Rounds 2025

Amy Rush
Amy Rush

September 2025

Date: 7pm AEST Monday, 22nd Sept. 2025
Speaker: Amy Rush & Beth McNally
Topic: Adding TCR to the Type 1 Diabetes Self-Management Toolbox

Dr Lucy Burns
Dr Lucy Burns

August 2025

Date: 7pm AEST Wednesday 27th August 2025
Speaker: Dr Lucy Burns
Topic: Menopause & Metabolic Health

Dr Gary Fettke
Dr Gary Fettke

July 2025

Date: 8pm AEST Wednesday 30th July 2025
Speaker: Dr Gary Fettke
Topic: How to Navigate your Medical Regulator

Dr Georgia Ede
Dr Georgia Ede

June 2025

Date: 8 pm AEST Wednesday 25th June
Speaker: Dr Georgia Ede
Topic: Metabolic Psychiatry: The Science of Hope

Dr Zoltan Sarnyai
Dr Zoltan Sarnyai

May 2025

Date: 7.30 pm AEST Thursday 29th May
Speaker: Dr Zoltan Sarnyai
Topic: KetoDiet RCT for serious mental illness

Dr Jen Unwin
Dr Jen Unwin

April 2025

Date: 7.30pm AEDT Wed 30th April
Speaker: Dr Jen Unwin
Topic: Food Addiction: Essential knowledge

Dr. Alex Petrushevski
Dr. Alex Petrushevski

March 2025

Date: 7.00pm AEDT Wed 19th March
Speaker: Dr. Alex Petrushevski
Topic: Homocysteine and Methylation

Dr David Diamond
Dr David Diamond

February 2025

Date: 7.00pm AEDT Wed 19th March
Speaker: Dr David Diamond
Topic: High LDL Cholesterol on a Low Carbohydrate Die

Prof. Caryn Zinn
Prof. Caryn Zinn

January 2025

Date: 7:30PM AEDT Wed 30th January
Speaker: Prof. Caryn Zinn
Topic: Diabetes innovation in New Zealand

Previous Grand Rounds 2024

Dr Sanjeev Balakristan
Dr Sanjeev Balakristan

December 2024

Date: 7:30PM AEDT 11th Dec 2024
Speaker: Dr Sanjeev Balakristan
Topic: Carnivore Troubleshooting

Dr Matthew Phillips
Dr Matthew Phillips

November 2024

Date: 7:00PM AEDT 27th Nov 2024
Speaker: Dr Matthew Phillips
Topic: Neurodegenerative Disorders, Metabolic Icebergs, and Mitohormesis

Dr Max Gulhane
Dr Max Gulhane

October 2024

Date: 7pm AEST 24/07/2024
Speaker: Dr Max Gulhane
Topic: Light before food for the reversal of metabolic diseases

Dr James Muecke
Dr James Muecke

September 2024

Date: 7.30pm AEST 25/09/2024
Speaker: Dr James Muecke
Topic: Unblinding: Reversing the blinding risk of diabetes…naturally

Perri Carlson-Hawke
Perri Carlson-Hawke

August 2024

Date: 7.30pm AEST 28/08/2024
Speaker: Perri Carlson-Hawke
Topic: Disordered Eating and Therapeutic Low Carb Diets

Dr Rowena Field
Dr Rowena Field

July 2024

Date: 7pm AEST 24/07/2024
Speaker: Dr Rowena Field
Topic: Chronic pain & Metabolic health

Dr Peter Brukner
Dr Peter Brukner

June 2024

Date: 7pm AEST 26/06/2024
Speaker: Dr Peter Brukner
Topic: Osteoarthritis & inflammatory arthritis – Metabolic underpinnings

Dr Paul Mason
Dr Paul Mason

May 2024

Date: 7pm AEST 24/07/2024
Speaker: Dr Paul Mason
Topic: Theory of Insulin Resistance

Dr Penny Figtree
Dr Penny Figtree

April 2024

Date: 7:30pm AEST 18/04/2024
Speaker: Dr Penny Figtree
Topic: Deprescribing medications with a spotlight on SLGT2 inhibitors

Megan Pffefer, BHSc
Megan Pffefer, BHSc

March 2024

Date: 7pm AEST 25/03/2024
Speaker: Megan Pffefer, BHSc
Topic: Lymphoedema and Lipoedema

Dr Louise Phillips
Dr Louise Phillips

February 2024

Date: 7:30pm AEST 28/02/2024
Speaker: Dr Louise Phillips
Topic: Practicalities of the low carb consultation