Structural Heart Disease 2 & Working Group AGM
Tracks
Rongomātāne Room A
| Thursday, June 11, 2026 |
| 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
| Rongomātāne Room A |
Speaker
Dr Ben Wilkins
Cardiologist
Dunedin Hospital
TAVI in NZ and NZ Guidelines
3:30 PM - 3:45 PMBiography
Interventional and Structural Cardiologist at Dunedin and Mercy Hospitals. Interventional Fellow Wellington Hospital, Structural Fellow Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen. Senior Clinical Lecturer University of Otago
Dr Jonathon White
Cardiologist
Auckland City Hospital
Heart Team – Lifetime Management – Valve Choice
3:45 PM - 4:00 PMBiography
Jonathon White is an Interventional Cardiologist at Auckland Hospital with a special interest in Structural Heart Interventions. He is the Medical Director of Intracare.
Dr Jason Sharp
Director, Cardiac Catheter Labs
Sydney Adventist Hospital
TAVI – 5 Learning Points
4:00 PM - 4:15 PMBiography
Dr Sharp is director of the Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratories at Sydney Adventist Hospital. He is a principal of Specialist Cardiology. He is a clinical senior lecturer with Australian National University (ANU). He is an interventional and structural cardiologist with extensive experience in left atrial appendage occlusion, transcatheter aortic valve implantation, mitral and tricuspid valve edge-to-edge repair, atrial septal defect closure and patent foramen ovale closure.
Dr Sharp has particular interests in complex coronary intervention including coronary angiography, angioplasty and stenting as well as Rotablator rotational atherectomy. He performs pacemaker interrogation and follow-up including home remote pacemaker monitoring as well as implantation of cardiac loop recorders. He performs cardiac ultrasound including transoesophageal and resting and stress transthoracic echocardiography.
He actively participates in the Open Heart International volunteer outreach program to Myanmar (Burma) and Papua New Guinea helping to train local cardiologists in diagnostic and interventional cardiology techniques. He hosts visiting overseas and local cardiologists in the Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory at Sydney Adventist Hospital to provide them with practical training and is co-director of the LAAO Centre of Excellence program. He is a proctor for left atrial appendage closure techniques and transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
Dr Cameron McAlister
Cardiologist
Cardiology Department, Christchurch Hospital
TAVI – Alternative Access
4:15 PM - 4:30 PMBiography
Cameron is the current head of structural intervention at Christchurch Hospital. He has particular interests in complex TAVI procedures, transcatheter electrosurgery and transcatheter mitral valve repair.
Dr Sanjeevan Pasupati
Cardiologist
Waikato Hospital
New Valves Future Trends
4:30 PM - 4:45 PMBiography
Dr Pasupati is an interventional cardiologist specialising in angioplasty and percutaneous interventions for valvular and structural heart disease. He has mentored many sites internationally and locally in the development of TAVI. Dr Pasupati is the director of structural heart disease & cardiovascular research unit at Waikato hospital. He is also responsible for the governance of the cathlab at Waikato Hospital. Dr Pasupati received his medical degree from the University of Otago and completed his interventional fellowship in Vancouver. Sanjeevan is constantly travelling around the globe, sharing learning and proctoring physicians on TAVI and other procedures.
All Speakers
Q&A / Discussion
4:45 PM - 5:00 PMBiography
Discussion
Working Group AGM
5:00 PM - 5:30 PMBiography
Dr Andrew Chatfield
Cardiologist
Wellington Hospital
Chair
Biography
Dr Alexander Sasse
Cardiologist
Wellington Hospital
Chair
Biography