Breakfast Sessions

ANZAOMS Trainee Breakfast - Making the Cut: Building, Growing and Exiting an OMS Practice

Date: Thursday 6 August 2026

Time: 7:00am – 8:15am

Venue: Room Bealey 2, Te Pae, Christchurch Convention Centre

Cost: Included in full registrations for ANZAOMS Members, Trainees, Retired Members and Non-Members

Description: This session will be delivered as a presentation followed by an interactive panel discussion, designed to encourage open and practical conversation.

A specialist finance advisor with expertise in healthcare, tax law, and investments will open the session with a 30-minute presentation
This will be followed by a facilitated discussion with a panel comprising:
Three experienced OMS surgeons
One early-career surgeon who has recently established their own practice
Panel members will share prepared anecdotes and real-world insights, with opportunities for both panel-led and audience-driven questions throughout. The session will remain flexible, allowing discussion topics to expand or contract based on audience engagement and interest.
A dedicated Q&A segment will conclude the session.

Aim: To provide practical guidance and real-world perspectives on starting, managing an OMS practice.

Key Topics: Practice setup, ownership vs leasing, investment strategies, company structures, public vs private pathways, and the future of private healthcare in New Zealand and Australia.

Chair: Dr Jamie Olsen
Speakers: Michael Callender and Alice Winter
Panelists: A/Prof Patrishia Bordbar, Dr Jason Erasmus, Dr Derek Goodisson, Dr Simon Lou, Dr Jamie Olsen

This Breakfast Session is proudly supported by Findex

ANZAOMS Women in OMS Breakfast

Date: Friday 7 August 2026

Time: 7:00am – 8:15am

Venue: Room Bealey 2, Te Pae, Christchurch Convention Centre

Cost: Included in full registrations for ANZAOMS Members, Retired Members and Non-Members

Description: Join us for an engaging breakfast session tailored for women oral and maxillofacial surgeons and interested parties. This event, part of our ASM, aims to foster networking, share experiences, and discuss the unique challenges and opportunities faced by women in the field. Enjoy a morning of insightful conversations, professional growth, and community building. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with peers and leaders in oral and maxillofacial surgery.

Chair: Dr Shreya Tocaciu
Panelists: Dr Nabeela Ahmed, Dr Abigail Estelle, Dr Lucy O'Hagan, Dr Lydia Lim, Mr Bhavin Visavadia

Personalized CMF Reconstruction Breakfast Session - Personalised craniomaxillofacial surgery: from patient-specific planning to smart surgical pathways

Date: Friday 7 August 2026

Time: 7:00am – 8:15am

Venue: Room Dobson 2, Te Pae, Christchurch Convention Centre

Cost: Included in full registrations for ANZAOMS Members, Retired Members and Non-Members

Description: Personalised craniomaxillofacial surgery has evolved from isolated computer-assisted planning into an integrated clinical concept that connects virtual surgical planning, patient-specific implants, intraoperative navigation, mixed reality, biomaterials, 3D printing and outcome-based evaluation. In complex CMF conditions—including trauma, tumour ablation, congenital deformities, craniofacial anomalies, orthognathic surgery, orbital reconstruction and facial gender affirmation—personalisation aims not merely to reproduce anatomy, but to restore function, identity and surgical predictability.

This presentation will outline the current state of personalised CMF surgery, focusing on the transition from preoperative simulation to computer-aided manufacturing, intraoperative implementation and postoperative evaluation. Particular attention will be given to patient-specific implants, mixed reality applications, 3D printing workflows, biomaterial innovations and interdisciplinary smart-clinic models. Clinical examples will illustrate how personalised approaches may improve accuracy, efficiency and reconstructive quality in highly complex cases.

However, personalisation is not automatically synonymous with better care. The talk will critically address key challenges, including reimbursement limitations, lead-time delays, unclear design rules, knowledge gaps, metal artefacts, infection risks, overuse of virtual tools and innovation driven more by industry than by patient needs. Future opportunities lie in in-house planning and 3D laboratories, consensus-based guidelines, affordable workflows, AI-supported decision-making, improved biomaterials and closer integration across CMF surgery, oncology, ENT, ophthalmology, neurosurgery, plastic surgery and biomedical engineering.

Ultimately, personalised CMF surgery should be understood as a precision-care pathway: technologically advanced, clinically grounded and accountable to patient outcomes.

Learning Objectives:

By the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

Define personalised craniomaxillofacial surgery as an integrated workflow combining patient-specific planning, simulation, computer-aided manufacturing, intraoperative execution and outcome evaluation.
Identify key clinical indications for personalised CMF approaches, including trauma, tumour reconstruction, craniofacial anomalies, orthognathic surgery, orbital reconstruction and complex facial deformities.
Evaluate the advantages and limitations of patient-specific implants, 3D printing, mixed reality and biomaterial innovations in contemporary CMF surgery.
Recognise major implementation barriers, including cost, reimbursement, lead times, knowledge gaps, unclear design rules, infection risks and potential overuse of virtual tools.
Discuss future directions for personalised CMF surgery, including smart clinical pathways, interdisciplinary 3D labs, AI-supported planning, improved biomaterials and consensus-based clinical guidelines.

Session Chairs: A/Prof Patrishia Bordbar and A/Prof Christian Freudlsperger

Speaker: Prof Majeed Rana