Paediatrics / Adult Congenital: Aortopathy across the lifespan
Tracks
Paediatrics / Adult Congenital
Friday, August 2, 2024 |
10:45 AM - 12:15 PM |
Meeting Room 7 |
Speaker
Dr Sara Thorne
Toronto General Hospital and University of Toronto
Aortopathy - update on genetics and management
10:45 AM - 11:05 AMBiography
Dr. Sara Thorne joined Toronto ACHD in 2019 after 20 years in practice at University Hospital Birmingham UK where she established the regional Adult Congenital Heart Disease Unit and the renowned Obstetric Cardiology Programme with Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital. She collaborated closely with the UK Confidential Enquiry for Maternal Mortality and other national bodies. She has published widely in the fields of adult congenital heart disease and obstetric cardiology. She has brought her experience to the Toronto ACHD and High-Risk Pregnancy Programs and is now working to establish a National Canadian Maternal Morbidity and Mortality review system. She is a skilled clinician teacher and her areas of expertise include adult congenital heart disease, inherited aortopathy, and obstetric cardiology.
Dr Kuberan Pushparajah
King's College London
Imaging in aortopathy and associated lesions
11:05 AM - 11:25 AMBiography
Dr. Kuberan Pushparajah is a Clinical Reader in Paediatric Cardiology at the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences at King's College London. He is also an honorary consultant paediatric cardiologist at the Evelina London Children's Hospital, London. His interests are in cardiovascular imaging, namely in the fields of magnetic resonance imaging and advanced echocardiography including 3D echocardiography. He is the clinical lead for the Congenital Cardiac MRI programme, which encompasses congenital CMR from the fetus to the adult, and CMR-guided catheterisation. His focus is in the clinical translation of imaging techniques to improve patient outcomes.
Assoc Prof Nelson Alphonso
Cardiac Surgeon
Queensland Children's Hospital
Surgical options for aortopathy - update on PEARS procedure
11:25 AM - 11:40 AMBiography
Nelson Alphonso is the Director of Cardiac Surgery at the Queensland Children's Hospital and co-director of Queensland Paediatric Research. He has over 100 publications in paediatric cardiac surgery. He is also the co-founder and Program Manager of the Australia New Zealand Congenital Outcomes Registry for Surgery (ANZCORS).
Dr Clare O'Donnell
Paediatric / ACHD Cardiologist
Te Whatu Ora Health Te Toka Tumai
Aortic intervention – to the isthmus and beyond
11:40 AM - 11:55 AMBiography
Clare O'Donnell is a Paediatric/Adult Congenital Cardiologist and Interventional Cardiologist. Clare works at Starship and Auckland City Hospitals in Auckland, New Zealand.
Dr Sara Thorne
Toronto General Hospital and University of Toronto
Pregnancy in aortopathy - what do I tell my patients?
11:55 AM - 12:15 PMBiography
Dr. Sara Thorne joined Toronto ACHD in 2019 after 20 years in practice at University Hospital Birmingham UK where she established the regional Adult Congenital Heart Disease Unit and the renowned Obstetric Cardiology Programme with Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital. She collaborated closely with the UK Confidential Enquiry for Maternal Mortality and other national bodies. She has published widely in the fields of adult congenital heart disease and obstetric cardiology. She has brought her experience to the Toronto ACHD and High-Risk Pregnancy Programs and is now working to establish a National Canadian Maternal Morbidity and Mortality review system. She is a skilled clinician teacher and her areas of expertise include adult congenital heart disease, inherited aortopathy, and obstetric cardiology.
A/Prof Rachael Cordina
Staff Specialist
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Chairperson
Biography
A/Professor Rachael Cordina is a clinical academic cardiologist with special interests in Adult Congenital Heart Disease, Pulmonary Hypertension, Indigenous Health, Exercise Physiology and Maternal Cardiology. She is a Staff Specialist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
Dr Robert Justo
Paediatric Cardiologist
Queensland Paediatric Cardiac Service