02. Clinical/Surgery - Mini Oral Session - Friday Lunchtime
Tracks
Clinical/Surgical
Friday, August 15, 2025 |
12:30 PM - 1:40 PM |
Theatrette 2 |
Speaker
Dr Amelia Place
Basic Physician Trainee
Royal Melbourne Hospital
Aortic stenosis and adverse outcomes in patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery: A systematic review and meta-analysis
12:30 PM - 12:35 PMBiography
Amelia is a Basic Physician Trainee at the Royal Melbourne Hospital with an interest in cardiology.
Dr Brandon Loo
Medical Registrar
St Vincent's Hospital
The effect of increased vascular afterload measures on flow rate and survival in severe aortic stenosis
12:35 PM - 12:40 PMBiography
Brandon Loo is a Medical Registrar with an interest in Cardiology. He is affiliated with the Cardiology Department, St Vincent's Hospital Sydney.
Dr Sophie Offen
Structural Heart and Interventional Cardiologist
Townsville University Hospital
Automatic echocardiography prompts reveal lack of equitable access to care in patients with severe aortic stenosis: The equitable access study I
12:40 PM - 12:45 PMBiography
Dr Sophie Offen is an interventional and structural cardiologist. Following on from her PhD focusing on tricuspid valve disease, Dr Offen continues to pursue her research interest in structural heart disease. Dr Offen recently returned to Australia after a 3-year coronary and structural fellowship in Vancouver, Canada, to take up a position as clinical lead of the structural heart program at Townsville University Hospital.
Dr Rhea Machado
Junior Medical Officer
Western Sydney Local Health District
Predictors of long-term major adverse cardiovascular events in patients who have undergone a transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
12:45 PM - 12:50 PMBiography
Rhea Machado is an intern at Blacktown Hospital with a keen interest in pursuing Cardiology.
Dr Robert Michael
Advanced Trainee
Green Lane Cardiovascular Service
Infective endocarditis post-transcatheter aortic valve implantation: Experience from a New Zealand tertiary referral centre
12:50 PM - 12:55 PMBiography
Dr Robert Michael is a second year advanced trainee at Auckland City Hospital.
Dr Andrew Dind
Advanced Trainee
The Prince of Wales Hospital
Predictors of obstructive coronary artery disease in positive electrocardiogram, negative echocardiogram stress tests: A single centre retrospective analysis
12:55 PM - 1:00 PMBiography
Andrew is a second year cardiology AT at The Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney. He has an interest in general cardiology and more specifically in the areas of cardiac imaging, device implantation and cardio-oncology.
Dr Lung En Teng
Cardiology Advanced Trainee
Royal Melbourne Hospital
Deceptive troponin: Understanding the clinical and economic impact of troponin assay interference
1:00 PM - 1:05 PMBiography
Second year advanced trainee at Royal Melbourne Hospital with interest in multi-modality imaging
Dr Arunav Thakur
Advanced Trainee
Orange Health Service
Low rates of intra-cerebral haemorrhage in a contemporary rural and regional STEMI cohort: Thrombolysis and the pharmacoinvasive approach in the post-STREAM-2 era
1:05 PM - 1:10 PMBiography
Dr. Arunav Thakur is a Cardiology Advanced Trainee at Orange Health Service, with a keen interest in acute coronary syndromes, interventional cardiology, and echocardiography. He completed his basic physician training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney and holds a Master’s in Internal Medicine from the University of Sydney.
Dr Keyur Vora
Cardiologist & PI
Indiana University School of Medicine
Post-PCI troponin diagnoses hemorrhagic MI, which drives in-hospital mortality
1:10 PM - 1:15 PMBiography
Dr. Keyur Vora is a trained Imaging Cardiologist and Director of Cardiovascular Trials at the Cardiovascular Imaging Center, Medical Imaging Research Institute (MIRI), Department of Radiology & Imaging Sciences at Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Vora has expertise in Multimodality Cardiac Imaging and Data Science Informatics. His clinical experience in Cardiovascular MR, Cardiac CT including Angiography, and Multimodal Echocardiography techniques, led to his interest in clinical trials on precision diagnostics, prognostics, and rational therapeutics in cardiology.
Dr. Vora is an elected fellow of the American College of Physicians (FACP), American College of Cardiology (FACC), Society of Cardiac CT (FSCCT) & Society of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) with Level III certification. Dr. Vora will continue to lead cutting-edge cardiovascular imaging trials, advancing imaging biomarkers, angiography, and blood biomarker-guided imaging while integrating AI-driven data science to enhance precision diagnostics and therapeutic monitoring in clinical practice.
Dr Hari Sritharan
Research & Clinical Electrophysiology Fellow
Royal North Shore Hospital
Machine-learning based risk prediction of 1-year mortality following ST-elevation myocardial infarction
1:15 PM - 1:20 PMBiography
Dr Hari Sritharan is a Research and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellow at Royal North Shore Hospital. He is pursuing a PhD at the University of Sydney, where his research focuses on the clinical translation of machine learning and artificial intelligence in cardiovascular disease. His research is supported by Heart Research Australia.
Mr Christopher Siderakis
Researcher
University of Melbourne
Fate of coronary grafts to chronic totally occluded coronary arteries
1:20 PM - 1:25 PMBiography
Christopher is a current second year medical student at the University of Queensland. He has remained involved in cardiac surgery research after completing his Honours year at the University of Melbourne. He has a keen interest in both interventional cardiology and cardiac surgery.
Miss Krisha Patel
Medical Student
Blacktown Hospital
Novel predictors of major adverse cardiovascular events in renal transplant patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis
1:25 PM - 1:30 PMBiography
Krisha Patel is a dedicated 4th-year medical student at Western Sydney University, committed to expanding her knowledge in patient care through clinical placements and research. Krisha has a particular interest in cardiology, with a focus on heart failure and arrhythmias.
