TSANZ SIG Orals: Primary Care / Symptom Support and Palliative Care
Tracks
Track 6
Sunday, March 24, 2024 |
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Theatrette 1 |
Speaker
Dr Biljana Cvetkovski
Early Career Researcher
Woolcock Institute of Medical Research
Identifying high risk respiratory patients through longitudinal pharmacy dispensing data
2:30 PM - 2:45 PMBiography
Prof Bosnic-Anticevich is a respiratory pharmacist and research leader at the Woolcock Institue of Medical Research. She is internationally recognised as an expert in the Quality Use of Respiratory Medicines.
Assoc Prof Subash Heraganahally
Director And Head
Royal Darwin Hospital
Comparison of bronchiectasis disease profile among Aboriginal Australians against published ethnically diverse global bronchiectasis registry cohorts
2:45 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
A/Prof Subash Shanthakumar Heraganahally, is the Director and Head of the Respiratory and Sleep service at the Royal Darwin Hospital & Darwin Respiratory & Sleep Health, Darwin Private Hospital, Darwin, NT, Australia. He is also a faculty at the Flinders university, Northern territory medical program, Darwin, NT. He has published over 90 peer reviewed papers, mostly addressing respiratory and sleep health issues in the adult Indigenous Australians. He is also the recipient of the TSANZ Robert Pierce Grant-In-Aid for Indigenous lung Health in 2023.
Dr Melanie Stevenson
Respiratory Advanced Trainee
South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
Enhancing Respiratory Patient Care in the Community: A Retrospective Analysis at a Metropolitan Sydney Hospital
3:00 PM - 3:15 PMBiography
Melanie Stevenson is a Respiratory Advanced Trainee completing her advanced training at Sutherland and Westmead Hospitals. She has a keen interest in teaching and is a Clinical Associate Lecturer at the University of Sydney. She plans to subspecialise in interventional pulmonology and has presented internationally at APSR.
Prof Christine Jenkins
Professor Respiratory Medicine
The George Institute for Global Health
Co-designing a pre-medical consultation resource to identify and support individuals with breathlessness
3:15 PM - 3:30 PMBiography
Christine is head of the Respiratory Group at The George Institute for Global Health; Clinical Professor at the University of Sydney; and Professor of Respiratory Medicine at UNSW Sydney. She is a thoracic physician with a clinical research focus on the management of airways disease and has overseen many clinical trials and participated in international study steering committees and monitoring boards. Christine has been active in advocacy and leadership for lung health in Australia over many years. At The George Institute she manages a research group implementing trials in asthma and COPD in Australia, New Zealand and Asia.
Assoc Prof Rebecca Disler
Associate Professor
Monash University
Specialist Palliative Care for Rural Chronic Disease: Physician Survey
3:30 PM - 3:45 PMBiography
A/Prof Rebecca Disler is funded by an ARC Discovery Fellowship to lead improvement in rural chronic disease. As Fellow of the American Thoracic Society and TSANZ, lead author of several Cochrane reviews, her work has been included in several international and national guidelines, including NICE UK and global GOLD strategies.
Dr Slavica Kochovska
Research Fellow
University of Wollongong
Content and honesty of clinical consultations about long-term breathlessness: a cross-sectional, national population study
3:45 PM - 4:00 PMBiography
Dr Slavica Kochovska is a Research Fellow at the University of Wollongong. Combining applied health research with an academic background in linguistics, her research focuses on understanding chronic breathlessness for people with life-limiting illnesses and their families, and alleviating its impact through better recognition, assessment and response in clinical practice.
Dr Chris Barton
Associate Professor
Monash University
Chairperson
2:30 PM - 4:00 PMBiography
Assoc Prof Rebecca Disler
Associate Professor
Monash University
Chairperson
2:30 PM - 4:00 PMBiography
Assoc/Prof Disler is an Australian Research Council Discovery DECRA Fellow from Monash University. Through her research, she leads improvement in access to care and models of care for people living with advanced chronic disease, particularly in rural settings. Rebecca is funded by a prestigious ARC Fellowship to address end-stage chronic disease in rural Australia. As Fellow of the American and ANZ Thoracic Societies, Convenor of the Symptom Support and Palliative Care group for ANZ Thoracic Society, and as a Cochrane review author, her work has been included in several international and national guidelines, including NICE UK and global GOLD strategies.
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