Chronic non-invasive ventilation in adults and paediatrics (Short course)
Tracks
Track 4
| Wednesday, October 8, 2025 |
| 9:00 AM - 5:30 PM |
| Riverbank 7 |
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Sponsored By:
Löwenstein Medical
Philips
Resmed
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Details
A comprehensive course outlining the concepts related to using non-invasive ventilation modalities in adult and paediatric populations.
From basic concepts including important safety considerations, to initiating treatment and appropriate ongoing treatment efficacy monitoring, and finally to managing issues and titration quandaries. The first session covers the underlying disorders and physiology behind chronic respiratory failure, with a detailed discussion on NIV concepts and treatment goals. Participants will explore different NIV modalities, including evidence of benefit and real-world applications. In later sessions, hands-on device demonstrations will provide practical insights into choosing appropriate treatments, interpreting ABGs, and setting parameters. The course also highlights safety considerations for specialized populations, monitoring techniques, and patient education for improved treatment adherence. Participants will learn troubleshooting tips for patient titrations, including common issues like mask leaks and ventilator asynchrony. The final session will focus on transitioning care from paediatric to adult settings. This comprehensive program is designed for healthcare professionals involved in NIV therapy for chronic respiratory failure, with both theoretical and practical components.
Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea are included.
Sponsored by Löwenstein Medical, Philips & ResMed
Speaker
Assoc Prof Jasneek Chawla
Paediatric Respiratory And Sleep Specialist
Queensland Children’s Hospital
Introduction
9:00 AM - 9:05 AMBiography
Miss Laura Marriott
Clinical & Research Scientist
Queensland Health
Chair: Session 1 - Disorders (combined adults & paediatrics)
9:05 AM - 10:30 AMBiography
Dr Vinod Aiyappan
Staff Specialist
Flinders Medical Centre / Southern Adelaide Local Health Network
Disorders: Description of various disorders causing chronic respiratory failure and underlying physiology
9:05 AM - 9:17 AMBiography
Dr Vinod Aiyappan is a Respiratory and Sleep Physician and senior staff specialist at Southern Adelaide Local Health Network. He is the inaugural Director of Ventilatory Services at the Flinders Medical Centre. He pioneered the concept of HOme Mechanical Ventilation ( HOME) programme in South Australia and has led the multidisciplinary HOME service providing respiratory care to patients in South Australia, rural and remote Victoria, NSW and NT
Dr Adelaide Withers
Respiratory And Sleep Consultant
Perth Children's Hospital
Disorders: Description of various disorders causing chronic respiratory failure and underlying physiology
9:17 AM - 9:30 AMBiography
Dr Withers is a paediatric respiratory and sleep consultant at Perth Children's Hospital and a clinical researcher at the Kids Research Institute Australia. Her research interests include predictors of respriatory failure in children with neuromuscular disorders and ambulatory polysomnography.
Dr Vinod Aiyappan
Staff Specialist
Flinders Medical Centre / Southern Adelaide Local Health Network
Disorders: Concepts of non-invasive ventilation
9:30 AM - 9:42 AMBiography
Assoc Prof Jasneek Chawla
Paediatric Respiratory And Sleep Specialist
Queensland Children’s Hospital
Disorders: Concepts of non-invasive ventilation
9:42 AM - 9:55 AMBiography
Prof Sutapa Mukherjee
Sleep Physician
Flinders University
Disorders: Evidence of benefit and importance of Goals of Treatment in the real world
9:55 AM - 10:07 AMBiography
Dr Mukherjee is Professor of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at Flinders University who is an expert clinician and researcher in respiratory and sleep medicine at Southern Adelaide Local Health Network (SALHN) and Clinical Lead of Research at the Department of Respiratory and Sleep medicine at SA Health. Currently, her major fields of interest are sleep apnoea, sleep health, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma. Prof Mukherjee been successful in obtaining multiple grants in the US, Canada and Australia (over $10M AUD), and has published extensively (>100 articles, >9000 citations, Google scholar) in high impact journals.
Dr Francois Abel
Paediatric Respiratory & Sleep Staff Specialist
John Hunter Children's Hospital
Disorders: Evidence of benefit and importance of Goals of Treatment in the real world
10:07 AM - 10:20 AMBiography
Paediatric Respiratory and Sleep Staff Specialist at John Hunter Children’s Hospital in Newcastle.
Previous medical lead for 10 years for the Paediatric Respiratory Sleep Service at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), the largest paediatric hospital in the UK after having trained in Belgium, Australia (Westmead) and London (GOSH).
Helped to create then co-chaired the British Paediatric Sleep Society for over 5 years.
Experience and publications in complex paediatric sleep disorders and paediatric NIV especially in genetic and neuromuscular conditions.
Mrs Nicole Verginis
Chief Clinical Scientist
Monash Children's Hospital
Co-chair: Session 2 - Concepts of NIV (combined adults & paediatrics)
11:00 AM - 12:30 PMBiography
Nicole Verginis has over 25 years’ experience in paediatric sleep medicine, with a keen interest in quality management, education and research. She is the Chief Clinical Scientist of the NATA accredited Melbourne Children’s Sleep Centre, Monash Children’s Hospital; which performs inpatient sleep studies, and provides a non-invasive ventilation program and home oximetry service. Nicole is a RPSGT, has the CSS and a Masters (Science) in Sleep. She is a NATA technical assessor, the current President of the Australia and New Zealand Sleep Science Association (ANZSSA); and has been involved in numerous taskforces for guidelines relating to paediatric sleep and oximetry.
Prof Garun Hamilton
Director of Sleep Medicine
Monash Health
Co-chair: Session 2 - Concepts of NIV (combined adults & paediatrics)
11:00 AM - 12:30 PMBiography
Clinical Professor Garun Hamilton is a Respiratory and Sleep Disorders physician at Monash Health and with the School of Clinical Sciences at Monash University. He is the Director of Sleep Medicine at Monash Health. He leads the Respiratory Failure and Non-Invasive Ventilation service at Monash Health, and holds an appointment with the Victorian Respiratory Support Service (VRSS), running the Monash Health satellite service for the VRSS. His research interests are broad. He contributes significantly to the profession and has had substantial impact in areas such as: 1) Clinical guideline development and implementation, 2) National health policy impact and government interaction. He provides ongoing leadership for the profession and is the current President of the Australasian Sleep Association (ASA).
Ms Linda Rautela
Lead Physiotherapist, VRSS
Austin Health
Concepts of NIV: Introduction to NIV - broad concepts
11:00 AM - 11:15 AMBiography
Linda Rautela is a respiratory physiotherapist with over 35 years of experience in cardiorespiratory medicine across tertiary, community, and private settings. For the past 18 years, she has specialised in chronic ventilation and weaning. Linda is the Lead Clinician in the Victorian Respiratory Support Service (VRSS), which provides multidisciplinary care for people with chronic respiratory failure, including those using diaphragm pacing devices. She is actively involved in multidisciplinary education across health networks and has presented nationally and internationally on tracheostomy management, NIV, and diaphragm pacing. Her research interests include neuromuscular disease, obesity hypoventilation, and models of care.
Dr Amanda Piper
Clinical Lead, Respiratory Support Service
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Concepts of NIV: Blood gasses
11:15 AM - 11:25 AMBiography
Amanda is Clinical Lead for the Respiratory Support Service at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and has been involved in providing assessment and managing therapy for patients with hypoventilation syndromes for more than 30 years. She has published widely in the area and is internationally recognised for her expertise and experience in home mechanical ventilation. Amanda is very active in educating health professionals in all aspects of NIV use. She has also been involved in the development of several clinical practice guidelines around the use of positive airway pressure for sleep disordered breathing.
Ms Rebecca Mihai
Senior Scientist
Monash Children's Hospital
Concepts of NIV: Supplemental O2
11:25 AM - 11:35 AMBiography
Ms Rebecca Mihai is the co-Chief Clinical Scientist and Non-invasive Ventilation Service Manager of the Melbourne Children’s Sleep Centre, Monash Children’s Hospital. She is a current RPSGT member, with over 20 years’ experience in paediatric sleep medicine. Her research interests include paediatric non-invasive ventilation, with close affiliations with Monash University.
Ms Linda Rautela
Lead Physiotherapist, VRSS
Austin Health
Concepts of NIV: Models of Care and NIV Initiation
11:35 AM - 11:55 AMBiography
Mrs Megan Angliss
Clinical Nurse/Nurse Practitioner Candidate
Queensland Children's Hospital
Concepts of NIV: Models of Care and NIV Initiation
11:35 AM - 11:55 AMBiography
Megan is a Paediatric Sleep Clinical Nurse and Nurse Practitioner Candidate (Paediatric Sleep Medicine) at the Queensland Children's Hospital. What she most loves about her work over the past 25 years from PICU to Sleep medicine is caring for children with chronic illness, neurodisability and supporting children and their families on their NIV journey. Megan is currently undertaking her Masters of Nurse Practitioner Studies at the University of Qld.
Ms Rebecca Mihai
Senior Scientist
Monash Children's Hospital
Concepts of NIV: Initial parameter settings
11:55 AM - 12:15 PMBiography
Dr Amanda Piper
Clinical Lead, Respiratory Support Service
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Concepts of NIV: Initial parameter settings
11:55 AM - 12:15 PMBiography
Miss Laura Marriott
Clinical & Research Scientist
Queensland Health
Co-chair - Session 3 (Adults)
1:30 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
Ms Linda Rautela
Lead Physiotherapist, VRSS
Austin Health
Co-chair - Session 3 (Adults)
1:30 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
Dr Brett Duce
Scientific Director
Princess Alexandra Hospital
Session 3 - Important safety considerations and supports in specialised populations (Adults)
1:30 PM - 1:55 PMBiography
Dr Vinod Aiyappan
Staff Specialist
Flinders Medical Centre / Southern Adelaide Local Health Network
Session 3 - Important safety considerations and supports in specialised populations (Adults)
1:55 PM - 2:20 PMBiography
Dr Anna Ridgers
Respiratory And Sleep Physician
Austin Health
Session 3 - Monitoring (Adults)
2:20 PM - 2:40 PMBiography
Anna is a respiratory and sleep physician at Austin Health Melbourne and has recently completed her PhD in non-invasive ventilation for chronic respiratory failure.
Ms Rebecca Mihai
Senior Scientist
Monash Children's Hospital
Co-chair - Session 3 and 4 (Paediatrics)
1:30 PM - 5:00 PMBiography
Mrs Megan Angliss
Clinical Nurse/Nurse Practitioner Candidate
Queensland Children's Hospital
Co-chair - Session 3 and 4 (Paediatrics)
1:30 PM - 5:00 PMBiography
Dr Anne-Marie Adams
Chief Sleep Scientist
Royal Children's Hospital
Session 3 - Important safety considerations and supports in specialised populations (Paediatrics)
1:30 PM - 1:55 PMBiography
Dr. Anne-Marie Adams is the Chief Sleep Scientist at the Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Department of the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Medicine, Dentistry, and Health Sciences from the University of Melbourne. Dr. Adams is also an Honorary Fellow at both the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and the University of Melbourne, Department of Paediatrics. With extensive experience in paediatric sleep medicine, Dr. Adams's research interests focus on sleep in children with rare and chronic diseases, sleep in newborns and infants, and innovation in paediatric sleep technology. She is an active member of the Australia and New Zealand Sleep Science Association and has contributed significantly to the field through her leadership, research, and numerous publications.
Dr Moya Vandeleur
Paediatric Respiratory And Sleep Specialist
Royal Children's Hospital
Session 3 - Important safety considerations and supports in specialised populations (Paediatrics)
1:55 PM - 2:20 PMBiography
Dr Moya Vandeleur is a paediatric respiratory and sleep medicine specialist at RCH, Melbourne. Her clinical work involves children with general respiratory and sleep problems however she has a special interest in caring for patients with sleep disordered breathing and those requiring ventilatory support. She is the lead for sleep research at RCH and has a number of research interests that reflect her clinical practice. She is the paediatric representative for the Australasian Sleep Association Clinical Committee and Conference Organising Committee and the Coordinator of Advanced Training for Paediatric Sleep Medicine on the Advanced Training Committee in Respiratory and Sleep, RACP.
Prof Gillian M Nixon
Paediatric Respiratroy And Sleep Physician
Monash Children's Hospital
Session 3 - Monitoring (Paediatrics)
2:20 PM - 2:40 PMBiography
Adj Clin Prof Gillian Nixon is an academic paediatric respiratory and sleep physician. She is Deputy Director of the Melbourne Children’s Sleep Centre at Monash Children’s Hospital and her research program is situated in the Department of Paediatrics at Monash University. Her research is focussed on improvements in the diagnostic and treatment pathway for obstructive sleep apnoea in children, including developing simplified diagnostic tools and driving improvements in evidence-based treatment pathways. She has held a NHMRC Translating Research into Practice fellowship and has a postgraduate certificate in Health Services Management.
Miss Laura Marriott
Clinical & Research Scientist
Queensland Health
Co-chair - Session 4 (Adults)
3:30 PM - 5:00 PMBiography
Dr Brett Duce
Scientific Director
Princess Alexandra Hospital
Co-chair - Session 4 (Adults)
3:30 PM - 5:00 PMBiography
Prof Mark Howard
Director Vrss
Institute for Breathing and Sleep / Austin Health
Session 4 - Protocols and perspectives / Titration case studies / Integrated learning (Adults)
3:30 PM - 5:00 PMBiography
Prof Howard is Director of the Victorian Respiratory Support Service, and Deputy Director Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at Austin Health. He is a board member for the Institute for Breathing and Sleep, Adjunct Associate Professor at Monash University and Clinical Professor at The University of Melbourne. With more than 200 research publications, his research has addressed improving sleep health in road safety and occupational settings and trials to optimise management of acute and domiciliary respiratory failure and ventilation.
Mr Thomas Churchward
Head Scientist, Dept. Respiratory And Sleep Medicine
Austin Health
Session 4 - Protocols and perspectives / Titration case studies / Integrated learning (Adults)
3:30 PM - 5:00 PMBiography
Tom Churchward is Head Respiratory and Sleep Scientist at Austin Health, Victoria, with 30 years’ experience in respiratory and sleep medicine. He leads clinical labs, drives innovation, and advances sleep study practices. A former president of the ACCP and the ANZSSA, Tom has recently led a regional physiologist education alliance and combines clinical and management expertise with digital health to improve sleep and breathing care.
Ms Alina Nunez
Clinical Sleep Nurse head of Education at the Queensland Children's Hospital Sleep Department
Queensland Children's Hospital
Session 4 - Protocols and perspectives / Titration case studies / Integrated learning (Paediatrics)
3:30 PM - 5:00 PMBiography
Alina is a Clinical Sleep Nurse Educator at Queensland Children’s Hospital in Brisbane with over 20 years of experience in paediatric sleep. She is credentialed as an RPSGT and CCSH, with expertise in education, training, and advancing excellence in clinical sleep care.
Dr David Kilner
Senior Medical Officer
Queensland Children’s Hispital
Session 4 - Protocols and perspectives / Titration case studies / Integrated learning (Paediatrics)
3:30 PM - 5:00 PMBiography
Dr Moya Vandeleur
Paediatric Respiratory And Sleep Specialist
Royal Children's Hospital
Co-chair: Session 5 - Transition from paediatric to adult care panel discussion
5:05 PM - 5:25 PMBiography
Miss Laura Marriott
Clinical & Research Scientist
Queensland Health
Co-chair: Session 5 - Transition from paediatric to adult care panel discussion
5:05 PM - 5:25 PMBiography
Prof Karen Waters
Senior Staff Specialist
The Children's Hospital At Westmead
Session 5 - panel discussion
5:05 PM - 5:25 PMBiography
Prof Waters is Head of sleep Medicine at The Children's Hospital at Westmead
Dr Francois Abel
Paediatric Respiratory & Sleep Staff Specialist
John Hunter Children's Hospital
Session 5 - panel discussion
5:05 PM - 5:25 PMBiography
Prof Mark Howard
Director Vrss
Institute for Breathing and Sleep / Austin Health
Session 5 - panel discussion
5:05 PM - 5:25 PMBiography
Prof Sutapa Mukherjee
Sleep Physician
Flinders University
Session 5 - panel discussion
5:05 PM - 5:25 PMBiography
Miss Laura Marriott
Clinical & Research Scientist
Queensland Health
Summary and wrap up
5:25 PM - 5:30 PMBiography
