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Postgraduate Workshop: Pulmonary embolism - exPERT opinions from diagnosis to management and beyond (Pt 2)

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TSANZ Half Day Workshops
Friday, March 21, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
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Speaker

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Dr Michael Putt
Senior Staff Specialist
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

ICU management of pulmonary embolism

12:00 PM - 12:30 PM

Biography

Michael Putt is a dual trained Intensivist and Respiratory Physician currently working as a Senior Staff Specialist at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. His interests include Pulmonary Embolism, Acute Respiratory failure and NIV.
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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 PM

Biography

Chinthaka Samaranayake is an interventional pulmonologist and pulmonary vascular physician based at Westmead Hospital, Sydney.
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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 PM

Biography

Helen Boland is a general respiratory physician who has been working in Wagga Wagga for the past 10 years. She trained at Newcastle University, then worked in various Sydney Hospitals including Westmead and St Vincent's Hospital before relocating to Melbourne to gain experience in intensive care and anaesthetics. Following that she worked in Western Kenya with MSF in a TB/HIV clinic before returning to Australia, finishing her training in Wagga and settling there.
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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 PM

Biography

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 PM

Biography

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.
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