Arrhythmia / EP: Syncope and dysautonomia
Tracks
Arrhythmia/EP
Saturday, August 16, 2025 |
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
Speaker
Dr Susan Corcoran
Cardiologist
Alfred Health
Approach to vasovagal syncope
3:30 PM - 3:45 PMBiography
Dr Corcoran is a Cardiologist at Alfred Health. She trained initially in electrophysiology and pacing, but subsequently became interested in blood pressure regulation disorders resulting in syncope. She undertook further training in the autonomic control of blood pressure at The Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute in Melbourne. She is passionate about evidence-based management of disorders of orthostatic tolerance.
Prof Dennis Lau
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Royal Adelaide Hospital
POTS and long-COVID management: What is the role of specialised clinics?
3:45 PM - 4:00 PMBiography
Dennis is a Cardiac Electrophysiologist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and Director of the Australian Dysautonomia and Arrhythmia Research Collaborative at The University of Adelaide. He has published more than 280 peer reviewed articles and serves on the editorial boards of several international journals. His research focus includes atrial fibrillation, cardiac devices and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.
Assoc Prof Aleksandr Voskoboinik
Cardiologist
Alfred Health
Wearables, home monitoring and AI in syncope management
4:00 PM - 4:20 PMBiography
Cardiologist and electrophysiologist A/Prof Alex Voskoboinik graduated Monash University Medical School in 2008 with First Class Honors and was the dux of his graduating year level. He won six academic prizes during his medical training. He completed his cardiology advanced training at The Alfred Hospital in 2015 and then completed his subspecialty Clinical Electrophysiology Fellowship at The Alfred and Royal Melbourne Hospitals between 2016 – 2018. Between 2019 – 2020, he undertook further advanced ablation and pacing training at University of California San Francisco (UCSF).
He is committed to research, having completed his PhD at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Research Institute and University of Melbourne in 2019 and was awarded the prestigious Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand Ralph Reader Prize for top young investigator. He is currently the recipient of a National Heart Foundation Early Career Fellowship and NHMRC Investigator Grant. He has over 100 publications, including first author publications in leading peer-reviewed journals including New England Journal of Medicine and Journal of the American College of Cardiology. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Monash University and holds clinical appointments at Alfred and Cabrini Health.
Dr Adam Lee
Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Liverpool Hospital
Cardioneuroablation: Is it a sham until a sham controlled trial?
4:20 PM - 4:40 PMBiography
Adam Lee is a cardiac electrophysiologist based at Liverpool Hospital. He did EP training at Prince Charles Hospital in Brisbane, followed by a research/clinical EP fellowship at UCSF, San Francisco, USA where he served as faculty for 3 years.
All speakers
Panel discussion
4:40 PM - 5:00 PMBiography
Dr Vincent Deen
Cardiologist
Greenslopes Private Hospital
Chairperson
Biography
Vince is a visiting Cardiologist at The Prince Charles and Greenslopes Private Hospital in Brisbane. He has a particular interest in conduction system pacing and was an early adopter of the technology to gain a large experience over the last 7 years. He has been a mentor in CSP for Cardiologists around Australia.
Dr Louise Segan
Cardiologist
Alfred Health
Chairperson
Biography
Dr Segan is a cardiologist and Electrophysiologist at the alfred hospital. She has undertaken her PhD in atrial fibrillation, with a specific focus on prevention and optimising outcomes in AF and heart failure.
