SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME CONFERENCE IN AUSTRALIA
Dear List, 15.2.2001
This is a MUST conference for all those individuals involved in seeing that justice is done in alleged Shaken Baby Syndrome cases.
Carters Law Firm, Sydney, Australia, have again been instructed by an accused individual who is presently in jail for allegedly shaking a baby and causing death. As I will be part of the investigative team involved in this case I will certainly be in attendance at this conference. If any law firm acting on behalf of accused individuals or the accused individuals themselves would like information, tapes, etc. from this conference will they please contact me direct.
Sincerely, Maureen Hickman, Para/Legal—Carters Law Firm, Auburn, NSW, Australia
e-mail: mhickman@carterslawfirm.com.au
SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME CONFERENCE AUSTRALIA 2001
National Australian Conference on Shaken Baby Syndrome to be held in Sydney,
Australia on September 3-4, 2001 at Regent Hotel.
The conference is being sponsored by The National Center on Shaken Baby
Syndrome, The Children's Hospital at Westmead and Sydney Children's Hospital.
Speakers include:-
Professor Kim Oates M.D. and Les White, M.D. welcome
Mr. Larry Anthony Federal Minister for Family Services opening
remarks
Professor Marie Bashir, MBBS, FRANZCP Govenor of NSW keynote address
Craig Donaldson, M.D. Occular Injuries What are they and What
Fellow of the Royal Australian Do they tell us?
College of Ophthalmologists
Ron Barr, MDCM Does the Age-related Pattern of Shaken
Professor of Pediatrics & Psychiatry Baby Syndrome Correspond to the Age-
McGill University, Montreal, related pattern of early crying?
Canada
Cpl. Craig Smith Shaken baby syndrome A Police
Formerly Royal Canadian Mounted Investigator's Perspective
Police, Alberta, Canada
Marilyn Sandberg, Executive Elijah's Story: Documentary on a Shaken
Director, National Center on Baby Syndrome. The Story of Elijah
Shaken Baby syndrome follows a young family from the birth of
Their son and family celebrations to the
911 call and testimony at sentencing.
Emily Fisher "
Parent of Shaken Baby Syndrome
Victim
Michael Ryan, M.D., Alternative Medical opinions for Shaken
Fellow of the Royal Australian Baby Syndrome Cases
College of Physicians
Senior Staff Specialist in child
Protection
Peter McIntyre, M.D., "
Department of Infectious Disease
Children's Hospital at Westmead
Melanie Gattenby "
District Officer, Department of
Community Services,
Chatswood Joint Investigation
Team
Randy Alexander, M.D. Mechanisms of Injuries of Shaken Baby
Morehouse School of Medicine Syndrome
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Robert Reece, M.D. Medical Literature Review 1997-2000
Massachusetts Society for the Articles on Abusive Head Traums
Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Boston
Adam Salazar, Program Specialist Dads 101 a Training Program for New
National Center on Shaken Baby and Expecting Fathers
Syndrome, Ogden, Utah
Mary-Clare Waugh, M.D. Rehabilitation Methods for Shaken Baby
Staff Specialist Department of Syndrome Victims
Rehabilitation Medicine
Fellow of the Royal Australian
College of Physicians,
The Children's Hospital, Westmead
Kevin Lowe, MD & Adrienne Epps, MD "
Rehabilitation
Sydney Children's Hospital
Monica Avis Joint Investigation Teams The
Department of Community Services Interagency/Multidisciplinary Approach
Sydney
Representative "
NSW Police Service, Sydney
Robert Kirschner, M.D., A Forensic Response to Shaken Baby
Department of Pathology & Syndrome
Pediatrics, University of Chicago
Rob Parrish, J.D., Deputy Director Key to the Successful Prosecution of
National Centre on Shaken Baby Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases
Syndrome, Ogden, Utah
Roy Ellis, Lawyer "