Postgraduate Workshop: Pulmonary embolism - exPERT opinions from diagnosis to management and beyond (Pt 2)
Tracks
TSANZ Half Day Workshops
| Friday, March 21, 2025 |
| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM |
| E3 |
Speaker
Dr Chinthaka Samaranayake
Respiratory and Sleep Physician
Westmead Hospital
Persistent dyspnoea following acute PE: Recognising the full spectrum of phenotypes
12:30 PM - 1:00 PMBiography
Chinthaka Samaranayake is an interventional pulmonologist and pulmonary vascular physician based at Westmead Hospital, Sydney.
Dr Helen Boland
Respiratory Physician
Wagga Wagga Base Hospital
Models of care for acute PE – how we integrate all components of clinical care (with Jimmy Chien and Anna Li)
1:00 PM - 1:30 PMBiography
Dr Jimmy Chien
Senior Staff Specialist
Westmead Hospital
Models of care for acute PE – how we integrate all components of clinical care (with Helen Boland and Anna Li)
1:00 PM - 1:30 PMBiography
A/Prof Chien is a senior staff specialist at Westmead Hospital where he leads the first established PE Response in Australia. He runs the NIV Unit and Severe Asthma Service at Westmead. His research interests include acute PE, severe asthma, and oxygen delivery. He is currently a member of the TSANZ NIV Curriculum Committee.
Dr Sarah Newhouse
Respiratory and Sleep Consultant Physician
Southern Adelaide Local Health Network
Models of care for acute PE – how we integrate all components of clinical care
1:00 PM - 1:30 PMBiography
Dr Sarah Newhouse, originally from Canada, is an expert in interventional respiratory and sleep medicine, specializing in the management of pulmonary vascular disease, sarcoid and interstitial lung disease. She holds a prominent position at Flinders Medical Centre, where she founded and chairs both the Pulmonary Hypertension MDT and the Post-Pulmonary Embolism follow up service. Her research interests focus on interventional pulmonology and pulmonary vascular disease. In addition to her public work, she maintains a thriving private practice in southern Adelaide.
