Novartis Sponsored Breakfast - Heart Failure – State of the Nation 2025 and Beyond
Tracks
Track 2
Saturday, May 24, 2025 |
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM |
Skellerup Room |
Details
Join us for this interactive lively session where four speakers will give a rapid fire update and overview of different topics related to heart failure, where we are now, and where we are heading. Prof Rob Doughty will chair the session and bring it all together with some key takeaways.
Breakfast served at 6.45am
Speaker
Prof Rob Doughty
Heart Foundation Chair of Heart Health
University of Auckland
Heart Failure – State of the Nation 2025 and Beyond
7:15 AM - 8:15 AMBiography
Dr Kyra Innes-jones
Registrar/Research Fellow
Auckland City Hospital Te Toka Tumai
Changing patterns of heart failure in NZ
7:15 AM - 8:15 AMBiography
Mrs Melinda Copley
Nurse Specialist
Health New Zealand Te Whatu Ora
Implementation of accelerated treatment for HFrEF
7:15 AM - 8:15 AMBiography
In 2024 Melinda was awarded the CSANZ Nurse Investigator Award and the CSANZ Australian Nurse Innovator Award for her work on a successful research-based quality improvement strategy called the 'Accelerated Treatment Pathway' at Te Toka Tumai, Auckland Hospital. This focused on rapid implementation and titration of guideline directed medical therapy, specifically ARNI, BB, MRA & SGLT2i, for patients with Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF). Recently she was awarded a two-year HRC Fellowship with the aim of supporting centres around New Zealand to navigate the complexities of implementing this style of pathway. This is in conjunction with continuing to work as a Nurse Specialist in Heart Failure.
Mr Ev Tolerton
Pharmacist Prescriber
Pharmacy Services Waitaha Canterbury
Optimising medications for patients with HF
7:15 AM - 8:15 AMBiography
Ev Tolerton is the cardiology pharmacy team leader at Christchurch public hospital, a role he has had the past 10 years. He is co-convenor of the NZ Hospital Pharmacy Association cardiology special interest network and recently registered as a Pharmacist Prescriber in cardiology.
Dr Raewyn Fisher
Cardiologist
Health New Zealand Northland
Challenges for patients with heart failure in the regions
7:15 AM - 8:15 AMBiography
