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Women's CV Health: Obstetric cardiology

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Women's CV Health
Saturday, August 16, 2025
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Speaker

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Dr Siobhan Boyle
Cardiologist (multimodality imaging and obstetric cardiology)
Logan Hospital, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital

Echo in pregnancy

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Biography

Siobhan Boyle is a consultant cardiologist sub-specialising in multimodality imaging and obstetric cardiology. Siobhan completed physician exams in both the UK (MRCP) and Australia (FRACP) whilst undertaking basic physician training, followed by advanced physician training in cardiology at the Princess Alexandra and Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospitals. Dr Boyle gained experience in obstetric cardiology whilst working at both the Mater Hospital and the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospitals. Following completion of training in 2019, she completed a sub-specialty fellowship in echocardiography and cardiac CT at the Princess Alexandra Hospital before moving to London to complete further sub-specialty training in cardiac MRI and obstetric cardiology at the Royal Brompton Hospital in Chelsea. Since returning to Brisbane in 2022, Dr Boyle has appointments at both Logan Hospital and at The Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and is a Visiting Medical Officer at the Wesley Hospital. Her main areas of clinical practice and research are obstetric cardiology, with an ongoing commitment to improving maternal cardiovascular health, multimodality imaging in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac diseases, and exercise and preventative cardiology. Dr Boyle has multiple first-author publications in the medical literature and has presented her research nationally and internationally. Dr Boyle holds certification with National Board of Echocardiography and has accreditation in CT Coronary Angiography and Cardiac MRI. She is also a member of the Society of Cardiovascular CT and is a current serving committee member for the Society of Cardiovascular MR.
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Dr Diana Valencia
Achd, Imaging Cardiologist, Cardiac Obstetric Specialist
Mater Public Brisbane / The Prince Charles Hospital

ACHD in pregnancy

1:45 PM - 2:05 PM

Biography

Dr Diana Valencia is a Senior Consultant at the Mater Hospital, Cardiology Department, and Head Clinician of the Cardiac Obstetric Unit. She is also an Adult Congenital Heart Disease Specialist at The Prince Charles Hospital.
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Assoc Prof Clare Arnott
Pagent Director of Heart Lung Clinical Research and Staff Specialist Cardiologist
St Vincent's Hospital, The George Institute

Hypertensive disease in pregnancy

2:05 PM - 2:20 PM

Biography

A/Professor Arnott is a Staff Specialist Cardiologist at St Vincent's Hospital and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. She is the Pagent Family Director of Clinical Heart Lung Research at St Vincent's and the Director of the Global Cardiovascular Program at the George Institute for Global Health. She is a clinical triallist with a special interest in Women's Heart Disease, equity and Cardio-kidney-metabolic disease. Clare obtained a Churchill Fellowship in Women's Heart Disease (USA) and established Australia's first women's heart clinic (RPA).
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Prof William Parsonage
Cardiologist
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

Coronary disease in pregnancy

2:20 PM - 2:35 PM

Biography

Professor Parsonage is a General Cardiologist and Clinical/Health Service Researcher in Brisbane. Clinical Director of the Australian Centre for Health Service Innovation within the Centre for Healthcare Transformation at Queensland University of Technology. His primary research focus is on delivering high value healthcare for patients with cardiovascular disease. Has published over 130 peer reviewed articles, numerous abstracts and is currently a CI on research funded by the NHMRC, MRFF and Defence Health Foundation.
Assoc Prof Karin Lust
Director of Internal Medicine and Aged Care , General and Obstetric Physician
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

Contraception and pre-pregnancy counselling

2:35 PM - 2:50 PM

Biography

Karin's clinical work revolves around providing optimal patient-centred care to women with medical conditions in pregnancy. She is actively involved in interdisciplinary education for undergraduates and post-graduates and is involved in research in cardiac disease and vaccinations in pregnancy. She regularly participates in guideline development to improve and standardise care for medical disorders in pregnancy. Karin is part of the multidisciplinary team in the Obstetric Cardiac clinic at RBWH.
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Panel discussion

2:50 PM - 3:00 PM

Biography

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Prof Julie Redfern
Director, Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare
Bond University

Chairperson

Biography

Julie Redfern is a Professor of Public Health, a practising Physiotherapist and Director of the Institute for Evidence-Based Healthcare at Bond University. She has published over 250 manuscripts and 4 book chapters. She has > 15 years of experience delivering multidisciplinary and translational research and is an advocate for effective secondary prevention of CVD. Her research interest is focused on improving practice, reducing risk factors and implementing digital health innovation. Professor Redfern currently holds an NHMRC Investigator Grant (L2) and is currently CIA on NHMRC Synergy Grant (SOLVE-CHD), MRFF and NSW Health grants. She is Co-Chair of the Clinical and Preventative Cardiology Council and member of the Scientific Committee of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. She is also a member of the World Heart Federation and ACvA Science Committees.
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Assoc Prof Dominica Zentner
Cardiologist
Royal Melbourne Hospital

Chairperson

Biography

A/Prof Dominica Zentner is an adult cardiologist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. She has been a cardiologist at the multidisciplinary Cardiac Genetics Clinic since 2010 and co-founded the multidisciplinary Cardiac Pregnancy Clinic in 2013.
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