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Originally born and raised in South Africa, Dr Lees completed a Masters Degree in Chiropractic followed by a medical degree and subsequent surgical training in the Northeast of England.

After graduating from chiropractic school with a Masters degree and travelling for a period, Dr Lees worked as a chiropractor in the UK before commencing studying a medical degree.

Following graduation, Dr Lees completed 2 years Foundation medical training, 3 years core surgical training, obtained her MRCS England (Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England), gained a very competitive orthopaedic surgical registrar training post and after 5 years training in trauma and orthopaedics, obtained a Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England  (FRCS) in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery.

Her chosen speciality is spine surgery and after working in the National Health Service in the UK for 10 years, has accepted a Fellowship in Australia doing both paediatric deformity and adult spine surgery.

Dr Lees continue to be active in research and has many publications. She has previously been awarded the National Junior Doctor Audit Prize as well as the Kreibich Orthopaedic Prize, as well as being nominated as a finalist in the British Young Investigator Awards following her research on tourniquets as well as research into vertebroplasty.

Dr Lees will be presenting on Spinal Injuries in Paediatric Sports.

Dr Carlo Rinaudo is a registered Chiropractor with post-graduate training in Functional Neuro-Rehabilitation (Functional Neurology). Dr Rinaudo is the clinic director of a multidisciplined clinic, focused on helping people with dizziness and balance related conditions. He is currently undertaking a PhD in Vestibular Therapy at University of New South Wales and Neuroscience Research Australia, working alongside leading researchers and Neurologist in the field.

His training in Australia and overseas has led him to become a sought after practitioner when it comes to helping people suffering from concussions, whiplash, mild and acquired brain injuries, balance and vertigo disorders. He is a sought after lecturer and speaker at national and local events on these topics, as well as a previous sessional lecturer and tutor with Macquarie University. Carlo graduated from Sydney University with Honours in Medical Science prior to undertaking Masters of Chiropractic at Macquarie University.

Dr Rinaudo will be presenting on Paediatric Concussion, assessment and management.

Guest Speakers

Kirsty Wirth is the founder of Kultured Wellness, a company whose mission is to inspire and educate people to take control of their health by eating real and fermented foods that nourishes the brain and the gut. She is the brainchild behind the Kultured Wellness Culture Starters and functional supplements, the Kultured Wellness Optimal Gut Healing Programs and is the co-author GUTALICIOUS.

Kirsty has appeared on numerous leading health and wellness podcasts and is well known for being able to break down complex concepts into easy to understand information. She has been called the Gut Guru, an Intuitive Healer and her research and work in the area of gut health has been life changing for many of her clients. Her qualification and experience in education, teaching and research spans over 15 years and continues to drive her purpose of empowering the community to gain knowledge and understanding so they can be well and thrive. She is a HUGE nature lover, a mother, a fervent advocate for children on the spectrum, you just can’t help but be touched by her spirit and infectious enthusiasm.

Dr Marjan Jones, a dental surgeon in Brisbane, pioneered a multi-disciplinary approach to the treatment of oral restrictions in Australia. With over 20 years’ experience with dental lasers and extensive knowledge of the treatment of oral restrictions, she has focused her practice on therapy of myofunctional disorders and treatment of tongue ties.  She has treated over 8,000 patients from infants to the elderly.  This experience has provided a fertile environment to shape and refine her comprehensive approach toward achieving successful and sustained clinical outcomes. A comprehensive approach means looking beyond teeth or the mouth – rather considering the patient as a whole, taking a team approach toward correcting dysfunction as well as taking a functional surgical approach.

While Dr Jones’s focus is on provision of a thorough yet gentle surgery using a cooling laser, her protocol for patients to improve function is through working with various professionals.  For children and adult patients, the provision of an oral Myofunctional Therapy program from her in-house therapy team or a speech therapist is critical.  For patients of all ages, she supports the contribution of manual therapists (e.g chiropractor or osteopath). For infant patients, she collaborates with IBCLCs and manual therapists to enable functional breastfeeding outcomes.  It is this approach that has become the cornerstone of successful and sustained outcomes.

She co-founded the Tongue Tie Institute (TTI) to advance the education of health professionals in the treatment of oral restrictions through this multidisciplinary approach. She now lectures to practitioners from Australia and around the world who have been introduced to this approach in the management of oral restrictions. Having hosted and presented to hundreds of health professionals from many fields in the last 10 TTI courses in Australia, she has also presented in various regional and national conference settings.  Her presentations on oral restrictions on an international level include : International Advancing Dentistry Symposium, San Diego, USA; GOLD On-Line Learning International seminars – ‘Michelangelo at work’ and International Consortium of Ankylofrenula Professionals, Tongue Tie across the life-span, Toronto, Canada.

She is a Fellow of the World Clinical Laser Institute, a member of the Academy of Laser Dentistry, the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine and was the immediate past Chairperson of the Board of International Consortium of Ankylofrenula Professionals (ICAP). Her passion for breastfeeding has resulted in studies toward IBCLC certification.

Dr. Bob Jacobs was born in New York City and, although he’s an Australian citizen, he still has quite an accent! Dr. Bob started out his career as a basketball coach and high school teacher. He increasingly found his counselling skills with young people were far better than his skills at coaching winning teams and found himself pursuing a career as a clinical psychologist.

Dr. Bob began practising as a therapist in 1981 after many years working in this field he decided to pursue law as a second career. The decision to become a lawyer was motivated by a desire to be an even stronger advocate for young people, and to use the legal system to bring about individual change and change in public policy.

Dr. Bob has been providing psychology and mediation services through The Parenting Centre since 2009. He earned his legal principal’s certificate in order to establish his own law firm, Change Law. Currently, Dr. Bob works through the Australian Pro Bono centre to provide free legal representation for children and young people.

Despite having a very successful career, Dr. Bob’s greatest personal life experience was raising two of his three children as a single parent.  Parenting is Dr. Bob’s personal focus as well as his professional focus.

Dr. Bob is a big sports fan, following mostly American sports (football, baseball, and basketball). He is also an avid scuba diver and his diving has taken him to many amazing places in the world."

Dr Braden Keil graduated as a chiropractor in 1987 and then completed a Master degree in chiropractic paediatrics with RMIT. Dr Keil is one of only a few chiropractors in Australia to have gained this qualification.

Dr Keil practiced for many years in Scotland and returned to Australia during 2000 to open Chiropractic Children's Healthcare, Australia’s first paediatric only chiropractic centre and was awarded a Fellowship by the International College of Chiropractors (FICC) during 2001.

Chiropractic Children’s Healthcare is Australia’s only ‘’paediatric only’’ practice and currently employs five chiropractors whom only see children. 

Dr Keil is the author of the world’s first full time Fellowship program in Chiropractic Paediatrics; a three year full time program conducted at Dr Keil’s Melbourne clinics. From 2004 to 2008 Dr Keil lectured on paediatrics to students in the RMIT Chiropractic undergraduate program.

Dr Keil currently presents a 21 Module, two year Diplomate program in chiropractic paediatrics around Australia; permitting chiropractors to improve their ability to provide better care for their infant and children patients.

With four children ranging from 13 to 21 years of age, Dr Keil has had a lot of practical experience with childhood issues!

Dr Christian completed his Masters of Chiropractic from Macquarie University in 2005, and since then has completed several post-graduate seminars and certificates in a range of fields - paediatrics, kinesiology, neurology, nutrition and methylation, and most recently has attained the Diplomate of the Australian College of Chiropractic Paediatrics.

Dr Christian also has a keen interest in research in the field of chiropractic paediatrics, and proudly tells everyone about the 10 papers either published, accepted for publishing, or in review. It is this topic that Dr Christian will be presenting on - providing some ground work for all chiropractors to begin the journey toward publication.

Live Q&A Sessions

TIME ARE LISTED IN AEDT - the time with daylight savings applied
(eg 4:30PM Melbourne/Sydney | 1:30PM Perth | 3:30PM Brisbane | 4pm Adelaide)

Session 1:

Saturday 7th November

4:30 - 5PM - Christian Fludder

5 - 5:30PM - Kirsty Wirth

5:30 - 6PM - Bob Jacobs

6 - 7PM - Deb Lees

Session 2:

Sunday 8th November

11 - 11:30AM - Braden Keil

11:30 - 12PM - Marjan Jones

12 - 1PM - Carlo Rinaudo

1 - 1:30PM - Braden Keil & Christian Fludder