Dr George is a Staff Specialist at the John Hunter, Newcastle and a member of HMRI’s Asthma and Breathing Group. He recently completed a two-year fellowship with the Oxford Pleural Unit and is a doctoral candidate with the University of Newcastle. His research focuses on enhancing safety and quality in pleural intervention. He is the Australian lead for PROSPECT, a large-scale observational trial of pleural procedure outcome, and is leading the STREAMLINE feasibility RCT, which examines a novel diagnostic pathway in MPE. He is a member of the ERS Taskforce on Benign Pleural Effusions, and TSANZ’s working group on pleural procedure competency.

Elaine is a Consultant Respiratory Physician and Interventional pulmonologist at Te Whatu Ora, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, NZ. She is the clinical lead for bronchoscopy and pleural medicine in her institution, areas where she holds clinical, research and educational interests.

A/Prof. Badiei is a staff specialist in the department of thoracic medicine at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. He initially completed a degree in Biomedical Engineering and then a PhD in Medicine prior to embarking on a career in medicine. His basic and initial advanced physician training was at the RAH before completing his fellowship at the pleural medicine unit at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Western Australia. He currently works as an interventional pulmonologist and is the pleural lead at the RAH. His research interests are in the area of interventional pulmonology and thoracic imaging.​

John is a Registered Nurse leading respiratory nursing for Hunter New England Area Health as the Clinical Nurse Consultant for Airway Disease. Significant roles are developing a multi-disciplinary approach to airway disease, developing new models of care for COPD, asthma and Pleural disease.. John is a Professional Member for the NMC, the Nursing Co-chair of the Agency for Clinical Innovation Respiratory Network, a co-convener for the Thoracic Society of Australia And New Zealand Nursing Group and member of HMRI Breathing for Life.

Professor Y. C. Gary Lee is a Professor of Respiratory Medicine at UWA and a consultant chest physician at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital where he set up and directs Australia’s first centralized hospital pleural service. He is a world leader in pleural research and heads a translational research group at the Institute for Respiratory Health. His pleural program uniquely integrates clinical, lab, and allied health research arms with his clinical pleural service. He has led several high-profile investigator-led multicentre randomized trials. He has an H-index of 65 (total citations 15000+) from 330 publications including 10+ papers in the New Engl J Med, JAMA, and Lancet journals. His publications have been included in 20+ international guidelines directly impacting global practice. Professor Lee was the recipient of the Research Medal of the Thoracic Society of Australia & NZ in 2021 and the Asian Pacific Society of Respirology Research Medal in 2016 and was named the Cancer Council WA Researcher of the Year in 2019. He has won successive NHMRC/MRFF Fellowships and has delivered 300+ pleural lectures at conferences in 32 countries.

Associate Professor Tajalli Saghaie is a Respiratory Consultant at Macquarie University Hospital, Sydney. He is an Interventional Pulmonologist and Respiratory Physician with interest and experience in rigid bronchoscopy and management of large airways, diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy, management of pleural disease, and multidisciplinary care of lung cancer.

Dr Roy is a Respiratory and Sleep Specialist and is the pleural medicine lead at Westmead Hospital.

Calvin is a respiratory physician and interventional pulmonologist at Western Health (Victoria). He has subspecialty interest and training in basic and advanced bronchoscopy, as well as pleural medicine.

Elaine is a Consultant Respiratory Physician and Interventional pulmonologist at Te Whatu Ora, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, NZ. She is the clinical lead for bronchoscopy and pleural medicine in her institution, areas where she holds clinical, research and educational interests.