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TSANZ Symposium: Exploring small airways disease

Tracks
Track 5
Monday, March 25, 2024
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Meeting Room 6

Speaker

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Prof George Washko
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Imaging of the small airways

3:30 PM - 3:50 PM

Biography

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Dr Katrina Tonga
Respiratory & Sleep Physician
University of Sydney

Pathophysiology of the small airways

3:50 PM - 4:10 PM

Biography

Dr Katrina Tonga is a Staff Specialist at Westmead Hospital, Sydney and Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney. Her clinical and research interests are in airways diseases and using novel tools to manage chronic respiratory disease.
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Dr Claude Farah
Respiratory Physician
Concord Hospital

Physiological assessment of the small airways

4:10 PM - 4:30 PM

Biography

Claude Farah is an adult respiratory physician with an interest in lung physiology and the management of patients with airways disease.
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Prof Christine McDonald
Director Dept of Respiratory And Sleep Medicine, Austin Health
Austin Health

Treatment of the small airways disease

4:30 PM - 4:50 PM

Biography

Professor Christine McDonald is a respiratory physician and Director, Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine, Austin Health, Vic; Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne; Medical Director, Institute for Breathing and Sleep. She has longstanding clinical and research interests in airways disease and chairs the COPD National Program, Lung Foundation Australia.
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Prof Christine Jenkins
Professor Respiratory Medicine
The George Institute for Global Health

Chairperson

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Biography

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.
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Assoc Prof Philip Masel
Thoracic Physician
The Prince Charles Hospital

Chairperson

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Biography

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