Paediatrics / Adult Congenital joint with Genetics: EP channelopathies
Tracks
Paediatrics / Adult Congenital
Saturday, August 3, 2024 |
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Meeting Room 7 |
Speaker
Dr Kathryn Waddell-Smith
Genetic Cardiologist
SA Health
Update on channelopathies and utility of genetic testing
10:30 AM - 10:50 AMBiography
Dr Waddell-Smith is South Australia's first and only genetic cardiologist working across the public and private health care services in Adelaide, managing both adults and children potentially affected by inherited cardiac conditions.
Dr James Morwood
Paediatric Cardiologist
QPCS
To exercise restrict or not - how I counsel families and children with channelopathies
10:50 AM - 11:05 AMBiography
After completing paediatric cardiology training in Brisbane followed by paediatric electrophysiology training at Boston Children's Hospital and at Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne Jim returned to Brisbane where he has had the pleasure to work as a paediatric cardiologist / electrophysiologist with a particular interest in inheritable arrhythmias for the last two decades.
Prof Andrew Davis
Paediatric Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist
Royal Children's Hospital
Advanced management in channelopathies
11:05 AM - 11:20 AMBiography
Andrew trained in Paediatric Cardiology at the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne and then at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He did further training in Paediatric Electrophysiology in Toronto and subsequently at the Children's Hospital Boston. Whilst overseas he completed his doctorate on "The Paediatric high resolution signal-averaged ECG".
Andrew’s clinical interests encompass all aspects of Paediatric electrophysiology including comprehensive management of inherited arrhythmia syndromes, supraventricular tachycardia, syncope, pacemaker and defibrillator management and radiofrequency ablation of arrhythmia
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Dr Andrew Martin
Electrophysiologist
Auckland City Hospital
Ablation for channelopathies
11:20 AM - 11:35 AMBiography
Andrew Martin is a Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist at Auckland City Hospital. He is the clinical lead for the Electrophysiology Group and CIDG. His sub-speciality interests relate to arrhythmia management, including catheter ablation and cardiac implantable electronic devices.
Dr Hiroko Asakai
Paediatric Cardiologist
Children's Hospital at Westmead
My most difficult channelopathy case
11:35 AM - 11:50 AMBiography
Hiroko trained in pediatric cardiology in Japan, Australia and Canada. She was a consultant paediatric cardiologist in Tokyo prior to starting her current job in Sydney as a paediatric cardiologist and electrophysiologist in 2020.
All Speakers
Q&A
11:50 AM - 12:00 PMBiography
As above.
Dr Hiroko Asakai
Paediatric Cardiologist
Children's Hospital at Westmead
Chairperson
Biography
Hiroko trained in pediatric cardiology in Japan, Australia and Canada. She was a consultant paediatric cardiologist in Tokyo prior to starting her current job in Sydney as a paediatric cardiologist and electrophysiologist in 2020.
Prof Andrew Davis
Paediatric Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist
Royal Children's Hospital
Chairperson
Biography
Andrew trained in Paediatric Cardiology at the Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne and then at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He did further training in Paediatric Electrophysiology in Toronto and subsequently at the Children's Hospital Boston. Whilst overseas he completed his doctorate on "The Paediatric high resolution signal-averaged ECG".
Andrew’s clinical interests encompass all aspects of Paediatric electrophysiology including comprehensive management of inherited arrhythmia syndromes, supraventricular tachycardia, syncope, pacemaker and defibrillator management and radiofrequency ablation of arrhythmia
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