8th Fijian Nephrology Symposium

Compassionate Care Across Pacific Cultures: A Holistic Approach to Palliative Care

8th and 9th August 2025

Sofitel Fiji Resort And Spa, Denarau Island, Fiji

For the first time, this year’s Symposium will be held in conjunction with our colleagues from Internal Medicine Organisation of the Pacific (IMOP).

This year’s Symposium theme is focused on Palliative Care which is relevant to not only Nephrology services but all facets of clinical care. Many of the Pacific Island countries have limited treatment options available and so it is essential that we should be able to provide holistic supportive care. To our knowledge no Pacific Island nation currently has an established palliative care service, leaving general healthcare workers and family caregivers to manage end-of-life care with limited training. In addition, stigma in both the general community and amongst health professionals around discussing death can delay referrals, reducing the effectiveness of available services and sometimes wasting our already limited resources.

We hope to see you there to learn, share and work together towards a building a more compassionate health care system in the Pacific.

Meet the Speakers

Dr. Louis Christie

Palliative Care Services, Western NSW LHD and Charles Sturt University School of Rural Medicine
Prof Mark Brown

Senior Staff Nephrologist, St George Hospital and conjoint Professor of Renal Medicine at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia
Kate Reed NP

Nurse Practitioner (Palliative Care) and Director in the Voluntary Assisted Dying Implementation Taskforce for ACT Health.
Dr. Kelly Li

Dual-trained nephrologist and palliative care physician and clinical lead for the Kidney Supportive Care program at St George Hospital in Sydney.
Dr. Salma Hanif

General Practitioner and Palliative Care registrar, Orange Base Hospital.
Dr. Dipti Mittal

Head of Department, Palliative Medicine at Concord Repatriation Hospital, Sydney, Australia
Dr. Megan Ritchie

Staff Specialist in Palliative Medicine at Concord Repatriation Hospital in Sydney, Australia
Dr. Shrish Acharya

Head of Internal Medicine, Colonial War Memorial Hospital, Suva, Fiji