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Paediatrics / Adult Congenital joint with Genetics: EP channelopathies

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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 AM

Biography

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 AM

Biography

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.
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Prof Andrew Davis
Paediatric Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist
Royal Children's Hospital

Advanced management in channelopathies

11:05 AM - 11:20 AM

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 substrate in children.
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Dr Andrew Martin
Electrophysiologist
Auckland City Hospital

Ablation for channelopathies

11:20 AM - 11:35 AM

Biography

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.
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Dr Hiroko Asakai
Paediatric Cardiologist
Children's Hospital at Westmead

My most difficult channelopathy case

11:35 AM - 11:50 AM

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.
All Speakers

Q&A

11:50 AM - 12:00 PM

Biography

As above.
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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.
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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 substrate in children.
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