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Program

8:00 AM - 8:40 AM

Registration

Duration: 40 mins
8:40 AM - 8:50 AM

Epworth HealthCare Introduction and Welcome

Nicole Waldron, Executive Director, Epworth Freemasons and Epworth Richmond 

Duration: 10 mins
8:50 AM - 9:00 AM

Introduction and Overview

Associate Professor Ron Dick 

Duration: 10 mins
9:00 AM - 10:40 AM

Session 1

Chair: Dr Martin Hiscock 

09:00 - 09:20      Five new and important things you need to know about TAVI - Associate Professor Tony Walton 


09:20 - 09:40      Five things cardiologists need to know in Nephrology - Associate Professor Ian Fraser


09:40 - 10:00      “Sometimes it can be tough in the Country” - Associate Professor Ernesto Oqueli 


10:00 - 10:20      Importance and guidelines of Cardiac Rehabilitation - Associate Professor Nicholas Cox 


10:20 - 10:40      How has 10 years of OCT in Australia changed interventional cardiology? - Professor Peter Barlis 

Duration: 1.67 hours
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM

Morning Tea and Sponsor Exhibition

Duration: 30 mins
11:10 AM - 12:40 PM

Session 2

Chair: Professor Silvana Marasco

11:10 - 11:30      Five things you don’t know about Cholesterol and Vascular Disease - Dr David Rollo 


11:30 - 11:50      Unforgiving PCI Lesions - Dr George Proimos


11:50 - 12:20      Panel Discussion - Echo Assessment: Repair, Replace or Clip the Mitral Valve

                          Presenter: Dr John Morgan 

                          Panel: Mr Aubrey Almeida, Associate Professor Tony Walton and Mr William Wilson 


12:20 - 12:40      Atrial Fibrillation: Five things to know and do - Dr Michael Wong                         

 

Duration: 1.5 hours
12:40 PM - 2:00 PM

Lunch and Sponsor Exhibition

Duration: 1.33 hours
2:00 PM - 3:50 PM

Session 3

Chair: Mr Marco Larobina

14:00 - 14:30     Panel Discussion - CABG/AVR or PCI/TAVI 

                          Presenter: Rob Xu 

                          Panel: Mr Marco Larobina, Associate Professor Tony Walton, Mr Michael Yii and Associate Professor Neil Strathmore


14:30 - 14:50      Five things cardiologists need to know in Neurology - Dr Amanda Gilligan 


14:50 - 15:10      Five drugs making a difference Cardiac Failure - Dr Hendrik Zimmet 


15:10 - 15:30      Best place for Heart Attack: MCG, home or In hospital? - Associate Professor Ron Dick and Stephanie Oxley 


15:30 - 15:50      Left Main is it still CABG only? - Dr William Wilson 

 

Duration: 1.83 hours
3:50 PM - 3:55 PM

Closing comments

Duration: 5 mins
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Drinks and Canapés - Library

Duration: 1 hour