Symposium Playlist
Symposium Details
Date: Saturday 27 February 2016
Time: 9:45am to 5:30pm (Sydney time)
Venue: Sydney University, New Law Annex, Law Lecture Room 101
Contact: Antonia Beddos & Angela Dawson, St Kilda Venues
Phone: 03 8534 8959
Email: shdaust@gmail.com
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New Law Annex, University of Sydney
Program
9:45 AM: Welcome – Dr Greg Scalia
10:00 AM: The Right Ventricle (Chair: Dr Greg Scalia)
Assessment and management of the right heart – Dr Julie Humphries
MRI assessment in non-congenital disease – Prof Stuart Grieve
Perioperative assessment and monitoring – Dr Chong Tan
Anaesthetic considerations with ventricular assist devices – Dr Stuart Hastings
Case studies of pulmonary vein isolation post stenting – Dr Darren Walters
Q&A
Morning Tea
12:00 PM : Pulmonary hypertension (Chair: Dr Geoff Strange)
How to assess pulmonary hypertension, ePLAR – A/Prof Greg Scalia
Measurement of pulmonary pressures in the cath lab – Prof Eugene Kotlyer
How to manage pulmonary hypertension: an anaesthetic viewpoint – Prof Paul Forrest
Management of inadequate cardiac output postoperatively – Dr Marek Nalos
Case studies of ECMO for pulmonary embolism – Prof Paul Forrest
Q&A
Lunch
2:30 PM: Tricuspid Valve (Chair: Dr David Marshman)
Tricuspid valve assessment & pathology – Prof David Celermajer
Ebstein’s anomaly assessment & management – Prof David Celermajer
Transcatheter tricuspid valve interventions – Dr Darren Walters
Surgical options for tricuspid pathology – Prof Richard Chard
Assessment and echocardiographic follow-up – Dr Lisa Hourigan
Q&A
Afternoon Tea
4:15 PM: Pulmonary Valve & Permanent Pacemakers (Chair: Prof Michael Vallely)
Epidemiology of pulmonary valve pathology & echocardiographic assessment – Dr Liza Thomas
When & how to replace the pulmonary valve – Dr Phil Roberts
How many leads is too many? Where, when and why we need to extract leads – Dr Peter Brady
Case studies of the pulmonary valve – Prof Richard Chard
Q&A
5:30 – 6:30 PM: Wine and Cheese – North East Victoria selection
Streaming Sites
Ballarat Base Hospital
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Room: TBC
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Contact: Tania Harrison
The Canberra Hospital
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Room: Cardiology Dept.
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Contact: Leah Giles
Coffs Harbour Base Hospital
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Room: Mid North Coast Cardiology
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Contact: Dr Greg Swan
Epworth Hospital
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Room: Epworth Richmond Auditorium, Level 2, 32 Bridge Rd, Richmond
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Contact: Rohan Wilson
Fiona Stanley Hospital
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Room: Lecture Room G2
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Contact: Dr Leigh Coombs
Gold Coast University Hospital
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Room: E-Block, Ground Floor, Room 002 (Small Lecture Theatre)
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Contact: Michael May
Gosford Hospital
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Room: Diagnostic Cardiology Dept.
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Contact: Amy Watling
John Hunter Hospital
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Room: RNC Resource room 1-2426
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Contact: Rebecca Thompson
Middlemore Hospital
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Room: TBC
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Contact: Dr Niels van Pelt
Nambour General Hospital
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Room: Seminar Room South, Block 3
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Contact: Shaela McRae
Orange Base Hospital
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Room: Bloomfield Campus, Forrest Rd
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Contact: Jenny Glastonbury
Port Macquarie Base Hospital
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Room: TBC
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Contact: Karen Hillcoat
Princess Alexandra Hospital
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Room: 1.2L.1, Level 2, Main Building
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Contact: Tina Heatherington
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital
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Room: TBC
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Contact: Erin Johnston
Tamworth Private Hospital
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Room: Tamara Consulting Rooms, 40 Piper Street
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Contact: Alison Hartigan
The Prince Charles Hospital
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Room: Mark O’Brien Auditorium
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Contact: Jason Brightwell
The Tennyson Centre
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Room: The Tennyson Centre
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Contact: Janet Hemsley
Townsville Hospital
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Room: Anaesthetic Conference Room, Level 1, North Block (N1.672)
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Contact: Dr Roslyn Shaw
St John of God Bendigo Hospital
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Room: Central Victorian Cardiology conference/staffroom
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Contact: Paul Allen
Ballarat Base Hospital, VIC – Room: TBC; Contact: Tania Harrison
Coffs Harbor Base Hospital, NSW – Room: Mid North Coast Cardiology; Contact: Dr Greg Swan
Epworth Hospital, Melbourne, VIC – Room: Epworth Richmond Auditorium, Level 2, 32 Bridge Rd, Richmond; Contact: Rohan Wilson
Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, WA – Room: Lecture Room G2; Contact: Dr Leigh Coombs
Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, QLD – Room: E-Block, Ground Floor, Room 002 (Small Lecture Theatre); Contact: Michael May
Gosford Hospital, NSW – Room: Diagnostic Cardiology Dept; Contact: Amy Clark
John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW – Room: RNC Resource room 1-2426; Contact: Rebecca Thompson
**Middlemore Hospital, Papatoetoe, NZ – Cancelled **
Nambour Hospital, QLD – Room: Seminar Room South, Block 3; Contact: Shaela McRae
Orange Base Hospital, NSW – Room: Bloomfield Campus; Contact: Jenny Glastonbury
Port Macquarie Base Hospital, NSW – Room: Peter Reed Lecture Theatre UNSW Clinical School 26 Highfields Circuit; Contact: Karen Hillcoat
Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, QLD – Room: 1.2L.1, Level 2, Main Building; Contact: Tina Heatherington
Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, QLD – Room: EB-1060, Lvl 1, Dr James Mayne Bld; Contact: Erin Johnston
Tamworth Private Hospital, NSW – Room: Tamara Consulting Rooms, 40 Piper Street; Contact: Alison Hartigan
The Tennyson Centre, Adelaide, SA – Room: The Tennyson Centre; Contact: Janet Hemsley
The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane QLD – Room: Mark O’Brien Auditorium; Contact: Jason Brightwell
Townsville Hospital, Douglas, Qld – Room: Anaesthetic Conference Room, Level 1, North Block (N1.672); Contact: Dr Roslyn Shaw
St John of God Hospital, Bendigo, VIC – Room: Central Victorian Cardiology conference/staffroom; Contact: Paul Allen
Presenters
Dr Peter Brady
Dr Brady has 25 years experience as a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at Royal North Shore Hospital and North Shore Private Hospital. he is the previous Chairman of the Board in Cardiothoracic Surgery and Senior Examiner for the Royal Australian College of Surgeons. His special interests include aortic surgery; pacemakers & defibrillators, & valve sparing aortic root replacement. He is also considered an expert in lead extraction.
Prof David Celermajer
Prof Celemajer is is the Scandrett Professor of Cardiology at The University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, and a Group Leader and Clinical Director at the Heart Research Institute. He has a special interest & is an expert in congenital heart disease. He will be speaking on assessment and management of the tricuspid valve, and assessment and management of Ebstein’s anomaly.
A/Prof Richard Chard
A/Prof Chard completed his medical training at Harvard Medical School, Boston Children’s Hospital and Brigham Women’s Hospital. He is currently the Head of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Westmead Hospital. He has special interests in the management of thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms, the use of deep hypothermic circulatory arrest, and mitral and tricuspid valve repair.
Prof Stuart Grieve
Prof Grieve holds the Parker-Hughes Chair of Radiology, Sydney University. Prof Grieve has a comprehensive understanding of MRI and its applications, from cellular biochemistry and physiology to MRI physics, programming and advanced image analysis techniques. Stuart completed his doctorate at the University of Oxford on the development of rapid imaging techniques in MRI and also completed postdoctoral positions using solid state NMR to study membrane-bound proteins.
Dr Lisa Horrigan
Dr Horrigan is a Senior Lecturer in Medicine & Cardiology at the University of Queensland. She has a special interest in cardiac imaging and echocardiography. She has completed fellowships in echocardiography at the University of California, and the Massachusetts General Hospital.
Dr Julies Humphries
Dr Humphries completed an Advanced Echocardiography Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic, USA. She has special interests in the management of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, diseases of the ascending aorta including Marfan syndrome and bicuspid aortic valve aortopathy, and common adult congenital heart diseases. She is locally & internationally recognised as an expert in imaging during left atrial appendage occlusion procedures & is involved in the structural heart program at The Prince Charles Hospital.
Dr Eugene Kotylar
Dr Kotylar is the Secretary of the Pulmonary Hypertension Society. He is a cardiologist at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney & a Conjoint Senior Lecture at the University of New South Wales. He has special interests in heart failure, transplantation & pulmonary hyertension.
Dr Marek Nalos
Dr Nalos is an Intensive Care Specialist and Director of Trauma Services at Nepean Hospital, Penrith. He was a research Fellow in the Critical Care Research Program, Kuopio University, Finland and in the Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, University of Ulm, Germany. He is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney, Nepean Clinical School. His other research interests include immune function and lactate metabolism in critical illness.
A/Prof Greg Scalia
A/Prof Scalia is a cardiologist at The Prince Charles Hospital, Queensland. He was one of the first cardiologists to assist with the use of 3D TOE in transcatheter procedures in Australia. He will be speaking at the symposium on the assessment of pulmonary hypertension.
Dr Chong Tan
Dr Tan is an Anaesthetist at The Austin Hospital with special interests in pain medicine, transoesophageal & transthoracic echocardiography, as well as cardiac, thoracic & regional anaesthesia. Dr Tan is active in anaesthesia research, continuing education and teaching, particularly in the rapidly expanding field of ultrasound applications in anaesthesia.
Prof Darren Walters
Prof Walters an Interventional Cardiologist and Executive Director of the The Prince Charles Hospital, Queensland. He represents the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand on the ARC National Committee and is a member of the ILCOR Acute Coronary Syndrome Taskforce. Prof Walters was a pioneer of the use of catheter-based devices for the treatment of structural heart disease in Australia.
