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Plenary Session: Multimodality Imaging of Heart Failure and Ischaemic Heart Disease - Supported by GE HealthCare

Monday, March 17, 2025
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Victory A/B

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Dr Julie Humphries
Cardiologist
The Prince Charles Hospital

Chair

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Prof Greg Scalia
Director of Echocardiography
The Prince Charles Hospital

Cardiac Amyloidosis: What do I need to know

1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

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Biography

Professor Greg Scalia is a Gold Medal graduate of the University of Queensland, 1987. He was the first dedicated echocardiologist to join Advara HeartCare, having completed a two year cardiac imaging fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic, USA in 1996. Professor Scalia is a nationally respected expert in echocardiography, undertaking a busy schedule of lecturing and teaching in Australia, the United States and South East Asia. He has been co-director of the Echo Australia program since its inception in 2002. Professor Scalia has been awarded fellowships in the American College of Cardiology and the American Society of Echocardiography. He was awarded a Master of Medical Science by the University of Queensland in 1999 for original research into cardiac diastolic function. He has been Associate Professor of Medicine at his alumni, the University of Queensland since 2004 and became a Professor in 2018. Professor Scalia is the Director of Echocardiography at The Prince Charles Hospital. Professor Scalia has published over three hundred papers, abstracts and book chapters in peer-reviewed major journals.
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Dr Jonathan Lindner
Professor and Vice Chief For Research
University of Virginia

Advances in imaging for ischaemic heart disease

1:50 PM - 2:10 PM

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Dr. Lindner is currently the Frances Myers Ball Endowed Professor of Medicine and serves as the Vice-chief for Research for the Cardiovascular Division at the University of Virginia. Dr. Lindner is a physician-scientist with expertise in advanced cardiovascular imaging, vascular biology, and microvascular physiology. He is currently the principal investigator on multiple R01 grants from the National Institutes of Health, and grants from NASA. His research laboratory has pioneered the use of advanced ultrasound methods for microvascular functional assessment, non-invasive molecular imaging, and for site-directed therapy. Dr. Lindner is a Past President for the American Society of Echocardiography. He is the Chair for the Exam Writing Committee and on the Board of Directors for the National Board of Echocardiography. He has served as the chair for NIH study sections and is currently the Co-chair of the NHLBI DSMB for Gene and Cell Therapy Trials. He has received numerous research and mentoring honors locally and from the American Society of Echocardiography.
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Dr Helen Thomson
VMO
Heart Centre at the Alfred

The spectrum of LV hypertrophy

2:10 PM - 2:25 PM

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Prof Christian Hamilton-Craig
Cardiologist
University of Queensland and Sunshine Coast

Future of AI in Echocardiography - how much will it really help us?

2:25 PM - 2:45 PM

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Christian Hamilton-Craig is a multi-modality imaging cardiologist, trained in Australia, USA and Europe. He is a Level 3 expert in Echocardiography, Cardiac CT and Cardiac MRI, and practices from Noosa, Sunshine coast QLD
All Speakers

Q&A Panel Discussion

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

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