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Returned Traveller Session: Heart Failure

Tracks
Track 2
Saturday, August 8, 2026
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Theatrette 3 (Exhibition Hall)

Details

Recently returned overseas fellows share practical advice on subspecialty training abroad. They cover the application process, common pitfalls, and how to get the most out of the experience. The Returned Traveller sessions offer trainees candid, on-the-ground guidance on international fellowship training.


Speaker

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Dr Nelson Wang
Cardiologist
Victorian Heart Hospital

Speaker 1: Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston

10:00 AM - 10:10 AM

Biography

Dr Nelson Wang (BSc, MD, MPhil, PhD, FRACP) is an Academic Heart Failure Cardiologist at the Victorian Heart Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, and a senior research fellow at The George Institute for Global Health. His expertise are in clinical trials and implementation science. He has a prolific academic track record wtih first author publications in The Lancet, JAMA, Nature Medicine, JAMA Cardiology, Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, JACC and EHJ. He was the inaugural recipient of Australia’s National Heart Foundation PhD Rising Star Award and the Novo Nordisk Cardiometabolic Fellowship.
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Dr Sumita Barua
Cardiologist
St Vincent's Hospital

Speaker 2: Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, UK

10:10 AM - 10:20 AM

Biography

Dr Sumita Barua is an advanced heart failure/transplant cardiologist at St Vincent's Hospital Sydney and conjoint lecturer with the University of New South Wales. She completed cardiology training at Westmead Hospital, PhD at St Vincent's Hospital and subsequent clinical fellowship at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, UK in advanced heart failure, mechanical circulatory support and heart transplantation. Her research interests include cardiogenic shock, temporary mechanical circulatory support and cardiorenal syndrome in advanced heart failure.
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Q&A

10:20 AM - 10:30 AM

Biography

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Dr Sonia Sawant
Cardiology Advanced Trainee
St Vincent's Hospital

Chairperson

Biography

Dr Sonia Sawant is a Cardiology Advanced Trainee at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney and Conjoint Associate Lecturer at the University of New South Wales. She holds a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Sydney and a Master of Public Health from Imperial College London. Her research focuses on cardiovascular outcomes, public health and advanced heart failure.
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