Event

FPM VRC CME Evening Meeting - Ehlers Danlos Syndrome

12 November 2025

6.30pm to 8.30pm

Melbourne

ANZCA House, 630 St Kilda Road, Melbourne

Please join us in Melbourne on Wednesday, 12 November 2025, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm for a face-to-face CME meeting exploring " Ehlers Danlos Syndrome", with also option to join online.

This free event is open to FPM fellows, trainees, SIMGs and allied health professionals. Spaces are limited. Please email [email protected] if you are having trouble registering.

Location and venue

This evening meeting will be held face-to-face at ANZCA House, 630 St Kilda Road, Melbourne VIC 3004 or Online via Zoom

Program

6.30-7pm*	Arrival drinks and canapes
7-8pm*	Presentation by guest speaker
8-8.30pm*	Q&A session

*All times are Victoria time (AEDT).

Speakers

Our speakers for the evening are Dr Helen Cohen, Ms Hasina Patel, and Dr Sanam Kia.

Dr Helen Cohen is a Rheumatology Consultant and Chronic Pain at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, UK. Dr Cohen graduated from the University of Wales College of Medicine, completed higher training in Cardiff and her PhD at the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, both supported by an Arthritis Research UK Clinical Fellowship. She has a special interest in the management and treatment of chronic pain, specifically in joint hypermobility and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), and Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). She leads the CRPS and hypermobility rehabilitation programmes at Stanmore and works closely with orthopaedic colleagues and allied health professionals.

One of Dr Cohen’s main clinical and research interests is in understanding how brain mechanisms and perception contribute to severe chronic pain syndromes. Her clinical interests include general rheumatology, hypermobility, fibromyalgia and CRPS among other chronic, difficult-to-explain pain syndromes. She has presented nationally and internationally on CRPS, hypermobility and chronic pain, and published articles in peer-reviewed journals. She is a member of the International Consortium on Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Related Disorders.

She is a hiker/mountaineer, Caterham Seven and martial arts enthusiast.

Ms Hasina Patel is an advanced practice physiotherapist in chronic pain management and rehabilitation, and therapies quality improvement lead at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, Middlesex, UK.

Dr Sanam Kia is a Rheumatologist in UK and a Pain fellow at Alfred Health.

We would like to thank our guest speakers who donates many hours of time to organize, prepare and present at this meeting.

Registration

There is no cost to attend this event.

Registration is now open, please register online with your college ID.

All other delegates including allied health members and other medical specialties can also register online. Please select “Create Account” at the top of the page and enter your details. Once you are set up, search for the event and register. You will also be able to use your ID number and password to register for future meetings. If you require assistance, please contact us.

Continuing professional development

Participants in the ANZCA and FPM CPD Program will automatically have their attendance auto-populated to their CPD portfolio within 14 days of the conclusion of the meeting.

ANZCA and FPM CPD Program
This event is claimable by ANZCA and FPM CPD participants within the knowledge and skills, practice evaluation or emergency responses categories.

Category 2: Knowledge and skills activities
Category 2: Knowledge and skills – learning sessions
Category 2: Knowledge and skills – short format learning

If you're not a member of our CPD program
If you’re not participating in the ANZCA and FPM CPD program, please check with your respective college/provider regarding your CPD classifications. Post-event, you may request an electronic certificate of attendance for CPD evidence from the event coordinator.