Synopsis

The Consultative Council on Obstetric and Paediatric Morbidity and Mortality (CCOPMM) reviews every obstetric, neonatal, child and adolescent death in Victoria.  This Grand Round will describe the functions and history of CCOPMM, together with a review of the epidemiology of child deaths in Victoria over the last 30 years reviewed by the committees. We will highlight the improvements and changing trends in child deaths, and emerging causes of morbidity. We will provide an update on recent recommendations from CCOPMM on the prevention of infant, child and adolescent deaths.

Speakers

Dr Sophie Treleaven is a paediatrician and public health physician, who is the paediatric epidemiologist at CCOPMM.  She is a member of the Neonatal and Child and Adolescent subcommittees of CCOPMM.  Her main role is the analysis of deaths in the 28 day – 17 year age group, together with the development of evidence-based recommendations for CCOPMM.
Professor Jeremy Oats is an obstetrician who chairs the Consultative Council. He is a graduate of University of Adelaide (MBBS) and Nottingham University (DM), with previous appointments as Associate Professor Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Melbourne, and Professor Obstetrics and Gynaecology University of Queensland. Jeremy is currently Professorial Fellow at Melbourne School of Population and Global Health. He has been Medical Co-Director of Integrated Maternity Services Northern Territory, and worked in Timor Leste and PNG. He is a member of National Maternal and Perinatal Mortality Advisory Group, with research interests in diabetes in pregnancy, and epidemiology of pregnancy outcomes.