Light Lunch: 12.15pm (please note no food to be taken into auditorium)

Session Time: 12.45pm

Date: Monday 28th September 2026

Location: ACMD Auditorium & Microsoft Teams

Presenting Unit: Carl de Gruchy Oration

Title: “AML and the Boulevard of Broken Dreams”

Guest Speaker: Professor Andrew Wei

Biography:  Professor Andrew Wei (MBBS, PhD, FAHMS) trained at St Vincent’s Hospital and completed specialist training in Haematology at SVH and RMH. After completing a PhD at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research (WEHI) investigating the role of BH3-mimetics in acute leukaemia, Andrew returned to clinical practice, leading the development of acute leukaemia programs at Box Hill, St. Vincent’s, Alfred and now at the Peter MacCallum Centre and the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Dr Wei has a laboratory appointment in the Division of Blood Cells and Blood Cancers at WEHI where his laboratory conducts translational research into AML. He chaired the Acute Leukemia Working party for the Australasian Leukaemia and Lymphoma Group from 2009-2025 and is an international expert in AML, leading clinical trial programs that have contributed to regulatory approvals and changes in clinical practice.

Chair: Professor Mark Cook

Hybrid / Microsoft Teams Meeting

Microsoft Teams meeting

Join: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/41724192938760?p=gSDqHISr1gkb0knvWS

Meeting ID: 417 241 929 387 60

Passcode: MJ2hs2ya

Tenant key: svha@m.webex.com

Video ID: 139 024 811 2