11A. ASRH Invited Speaker Session: Clinical management: Gender affirming care and hormone therapy
Tracks
Track 1
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 |
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Hall L (Ground Level) |
Details
This session will cover gender affirming care from a range of perspectives, addressing current issues in general practice, endocrinology and nurse practitioner-led gender affirming care, with a panel discussion including people with lived experience.
Speaker
Dr Rona Carroll
GP and Senior Lecturer
University Of Otago Wellington
Gender affirming care in general practice
11:00 AM - 11:20 AMBiography
Dr Rona Carroll is a New Zealand GP with a special interest in gender affirming healthcare. Rona is part of a gender affirming healthcare service within a student health clinic and also works in a paediatric MDT gender clinic. She is a senior lecturer at the University of Otago Wellington with research interests in GAHT. Rona has led the development of national guidelines for gender affirming care in Aotearoa and is Vice President of PATHA.
Dr Ingrid Bretherton
Endocrinologist
University Of Melbourne, Department Of Medicine (austin Health)
Current issues in endocrinology of gender affirming care
11:20 AM - 11:40 AMBiography
Dr Ingrid Bretherton is an endocrinologist and Head of the Austin Health Trans and Gender Diverse Clinic in Melbourne. She holds a PhD on the effects of gender-affirming hormones on bone and metabolic health and is a current researcher at the University of Melbourne.
Ms Toni Slotnes- O'brien
Nurse Practitioner
Unisa City West Health Clinic
Gender affirming care from a parent and nurse practitioner perspective
11:40 AM - 12:00 PMBiography
Toni Slotnes-O'Brien is a Senior Lecturer and endorsed Nurse Practitioner at UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences. She completed her nursing degree at the University of South Australia in 1993, followed by a Master of Nurse Practitioner in 2012. Toni is currently leading a research project focused on service delivery within a Nurse Practitioner-led clinic.
Toni leads a Nurse Practitioner clinic at UniSA City West Health, providing care for transgender and gender diverse people. This innovative clinic has received national recognition, including:
• Finalist, 2023 Australian College of Nursing Trailblazer Award
• Winner, 2024 PHN Equity Awards
• Finalist, 2023 and 2025 SA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards – Excellence in Practice (Registered Nurse)
A passionate advocate for the Nurse Practitioner role, Toni served as the South Australian State Chapter Chair for the Australian College of Nurse Practitioners for five years. She is currently Co-Chair of the International Council of Nurses Advanced Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner Education Subgroup, a member of the ANMAC NP Accreditation Committee, and part of the Australian NP Academic Collaborative.
ASRH Conference
11E. Questions & Panel Discussion
12:00 PM - 12:30 PMBiography
ASRH Session Chair
Danae Kent
Sexual Health Physician
SHINE SA
Jeannie Oliphant
Sexual Health Physician
Auckland Regional Sexual Health Service
