Meet our Keynote & Invited Speakers
Keynote Speaker
Dr Julie Pryor
Being a Registered Nurse working in clinical, management, education and research roles in rehabilitation since 1985 has provided Julie a unique vantage point for developing a deep understanding of rehabilitation from the perspectives of service users and service providers. Over those years Julie has used research to raise the profile of nursing in rehabilitation and to unpack the black box of rehabilitation service delivery. Julie is currently the Director Research for the Royal Rehab Group and Clinical Associate Professor in the Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery at The University of Sydney.
Invited Speaker
Carmel Kennedy
Carmel is a registered nurse with a post graduate qualification in spinal injury nursing and a MBA. She has worked in senior executive positions within the private and public sector for 24 years. It was her first role as a NUM in a public rehabilitation ward in Wollongong that prompted her to reach out peers to join together and form ARNA. They could see the gap in rehabilitation nursing education which they immediately started to address. She will tell us more about this in her presentation.
Carmel feels she has come full circle in her career and is enjoying her pre retirement years working as the Director of Clinical Services at Royal Rehab Ryde which is an affiliated health organisation comprised of statewide brain injury and spinal rehabilitation services as well as an 18 bed general rehab hospital.
Invited Speaker
Carrie Bourke
Carrie Bourke is a seasoned health and wellbeing expert, boasting a 45-year career in the health industry. With a solid foundation in clinical nursing and extensive experience in nursing and midwifery management, Carrie holds a diverse range of qualifications, including RN RM RIPRN, Graduate Diploma in Health Care Leadership, Diploma of Life Coaching, Accredited Meditation & Mindfulness Teacher, Reiki Master Practitioner and Holistic Counselling Skills. Her approach is characterised by authenticity, serving as a catalyst for change in an industry often known for stress and burnout. Carrie champions a compassionate connected carer’s mindset to foster wellbeing within the healthcare community.
Invited Speaker
Dr Sindhoora Shetty
Dr. Sindhoora Shetty is a Rehabilitation Medicine Physician based at the Palmerston Regional Hospital in Darwin. She holds the distinction of being the only female rehabilitation physician in the territory. Dr. Shetty specializes in managing a diverse range of conditions, with a particular focus on stroke, spasticity, traumatic brain injury, amputations, and spinal cord injury.In addition to her clinical duties, Dr. Shetty plays an active role in supervising and educating junior trainee doctors. She is also a registered examiner for the rehabilitation training program and leads a team of multidisciplinary clinicians.With a decade of experience working with Indigenous patients in remote communities, Dr. Shetty is a dedicated advocate for culturally and linguistically diverse patients. Despite facing challenges stemming from limited resources, she remains committed to reducing disability and facilitating participation among her patients.
Invited Speaker
Dr Sindhoora Shetty
Dr. Sindhoora Shetty is a Rehabilitation Medicine Physician based at the Palmerston Regional Hospital in Darwin. She holds the distinction of being the only female rehabilitation physician in the territory. Dr. Shetty specializes in managing a diverse range of conditions, with a particular focus on stroke, spasticity, traumatic brain injury, amputations, and spinal cord injury.In addition to her clinical duties, Dr. Shetty plays an active role in supervising and educating junior trainee doctors. She is also a registered examiner for the rehabilitation training program and leads a team of multidisciplinary clinicians.With a decade of experience working with Indigenous patients in remote communities, Dr. Shetty is a dedicated advocate for culturally and linguistically diverse patients. Despite facing challenges stemming from limited resources, she remains committed to reducing disability and facilitating participation among her patients.
Invited Speaker
Ma Lourdes Dellow
Ma Lourdes (also known as Marilou) has been a registered nurse for 20 years specializing in Rehabilitation Nursing for the last 14 years and currently working as the a/CNM role for Rehabilitation Ward PRH. She completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Rehabilitation in 2018 through Flinders University and Post Graduate Certificate in Continence Promotion and Management. Her current passions are continence management, Falls Prevention, and geriatric rehabilitation and a longtime member of ARNA. She has been proactively creating posters as visual teaching tools to promote education and learning amongst rehabilitation nursing staff, patients and their families. She won the Anne Arthur Awards 2017 and also the recipient of 2019 Nursing and Midwifery excellence Award Innovation and 2019 and won back to back titles as Delegate’s Choice Poster Awards in ARNA National Conferences.
Invited Speaker
Ma Lourdes Dellow
Ma Lourdes (also known as Marilou) has been a registered nurse for 20 years specializing in Rehabilitation Nursing for the last 14 years and currently working as the a/CNM role for Rehabilitation Ward PRH. She completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Rehabilitation in 2018 through Flinders University and Post Graduate Certificate in Continence Promotion and Management. Her current passions are continence management, Falls Prevention, and geriatric rehabilitation and a longtime member of ARNA. She has been proactively creating posters as visual teaching tools to promote education and learning amongst rehabilitation nursing staff, patients and their families. She won the Anne Arthur Awards 2017 and also the recipient of 2019 Nursing and Midwifery excellence Award Innovation and 2019 and won back to back titles as Delegate’s Choice Poster Awards in ARNA National Conferences.
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