SpeakersFraser_Ian.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Director, Internal Medicine Clinical Institute Associate Professor Ian Fraser is active in general medicine and nephrology. He has appointments in nephrology and general medicine at Royal Melbourne Hospitaland Epworth HealthCare. He is Chair of Victorian State Committee for RACP, and a member of the NAP. Nerina Harley_1.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Director of Intensive Care MBBS MD FRACP FJFICM PGDipperiopEcho Chair, Group Medical Advisory Committee Current Areas of Interest: promotion of clinical excellence, research and education in ICU Simon Reilly_2.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Deputy Director, Critical Care Clinical Institute MBBS FANZCA Dr Simon Reilly is the Chair of Epworth Anaesthetic Advisory Committee and past Chair of Anaesthetic Services. Simon works full time in private practice in Anaesthesia. He has interests in developing improved post-surgical analgesia pathways and enhanced recovery of patients. He is involved with the Australian Society of Anaesthetists and is on the Professional Issues in Anaesthesia Committee (PIAC). He is also involved in overseas aid work with Interplast. CON-GIANNELLIS.jpeg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Intensive Care Specialist Con is an intensive care specialist at Epworth Richmond. He is currently a Fellow of both The Royal Australasian College of Physicians and the College of Intensive Care Medicine. He has served as Director of Critical Care Medicine at Epworth Eastern, a Senior Intensivist at Epworth Richmond, and practised Perioperative Medicine at Epworth Richmond and Eastern private hospitals. He has also taught both at an undergraduate and postgraduate level for many years. Nimo.bill.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Deputy Director, Richmond Emergency Department Associate Professor Bill Nimo (Vasilios Nimorakiotakis) MBBS FACEM, FACRRM, Dip Mgt is the Deputy Director at Epworth Emergency Department. He graduated 25 years ago and works as a specialist in Emergency and Retrieval Medicine. He is the Associate Dean of the Epworth Clinical School. He also has a special interest in toxinology which is a subspecialty in medicine that looks at how humans are affected by all animals that bite and stings. Additionally, he works as a retrieval specialist in Queensland with Retrieval Services Queensland (RSQ). He has a passion for teaching both at the undergraduate and post graduate level and is currently the ambulatory clinical Associate Dean (Ambulatory) for the Epworth clinical school. Recently he has developed an interest in the use of technology in medicine and with a scholarship awarded last year with Damian Claydon-Platt went on a trip to the USA to see how augmented and virtual reality is being used in healthcare. His main interest, however, is his family which includes his wife, Cherie and his three awesome children, Isabelle, Luca and Noah. KINKADE, A 14102013.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Group Chief Executive Ong.Emerald.JPG Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Geriatrician Consultant Geriatrician working at Epworth HealthCare and St Vincent’s Hospital with special interests in Delirium, Dementia and Osteoporosis. Scott.David.jpg Organisation: St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne Position: Director of Anaesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine MB, BS, PhD, FANZCA, FFPMANZCA David A Scott is a Professor at the University of Melbourne and Director of Anaesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine at St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne. Shehabi.Yahya_cropped.jpg Position: Intensivist PhD, FANZCA, FCICM, EMBA, GAICD Dr. Shehabi is a Professor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Monash University and Program Medical Director Critical Care Services, Monash Health. Professor Intensive Care Medicine, Clinical School of Medicine, The University of New South Wales. Silbert.Brendan.jpg Organisation: St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne Position: Director of the Centre for Anaesthesia and Cognitive Function Brendan Silbert is a founding member and Director of the Centre for Anaesthesia and Cognitive Function at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. He has been actively involved in clinical research for over 20 years, with a particular interest in perioperative cognitive decline and has published widely on the subject. Padayachee.Laven.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Intensivist Dr Laven Padayachee is a Senior Intensivist at Epworth Healthcare and a Clinical Senior Lecturer for the University of Melbourne. He is the supervisor of ICU training for the College of Intensive Care Medicine for Epworth Richmond and a Senior Instructor of the EMST program for the Royal Australian College of Surgeons. His areas of interest include Medical Education, Simulation, Quality and Risk Management and the use of inotropes in shock. Fourlanos.Spiros.jpg Organisation: Royal Melbourne Hospital Position: Endocrinologist Dr Spiros Fourlanos is a consultant endocrinologist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. He graduated in Medicine at the University of Melbourne and underwent physician training at the Royal Melbourne Hospital to become a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. Spiros completed a PhD entitled ‘Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults (LADA): New Clinical, Immunogenetic and Metabolic Perspectives’ at the Walter & Eliza Hall Institute. Spiros’ clinical research interests include investigating the pathogenesis of autoimmune diabetes and interventions to preserve beta-cell function as well as developing new models of care for hospital diabetes inpatients. He established the RMH Bariatric Medicine Clinic and continues to have a keen interest in the clinical management of obesity. MacIsaac.Richard.jpg Organisation: St Vincent's Hospital Position: Director, Department of Endocrinology & Diabetes Bsc (HONS), PhD, MBBS, FRACP Richard MacIsaac is professor and director of Endocrinology and Diabetes at St Vincent’s Hospital and the University of Melbourne. He is also a senior principal research associate St Vincent’s Institute of Medical Research. Prior to taking up his current position he was head of diabetes at Austin Health. He also completed a PhD at the Howard Florey Institute on the development of the fetal hypothalamic-pituitary axis prior to commencing his medical studies. He is a clinician-researcher who sees both public and private patients in the outpatient and inpatient setting. His main research interests relate to diabetes and its complications, especially those related to cardiovascular and kidney disease. He has published over 170 research articles. In the past five years he has published work that relates to diabetic kidney disease, estimating glomerular filtration rate in indigenous Australians, diabetes and heart disease, glucose control, and sodium intake and its relationship to outcomes such as heart disease and mortality. His other research interests relate to inpatient diabetes management and the application of new technologies to optimise glucose control in people with type 1 diabetes. He has his private practice based at Epworth Richmond. Weinberg.Laurence.JPG Organisation: Austin Hospital and University of Melbourne Position: Anaesthetist Laurence Weinberg is Director of Anaesthesia & A/Prof. in both the Department of Surgery, and Anaesthesia Perioperative Pain Medicine Unit, University of Melbourne. Bridgford.Lindsay.JPG Position: Emergency Physician Dr Lindsay Bridgford is an Emergency Physician in Melbourne. He has postgraduate qualifications in child and women’s health, diagnostic ultrasound for emergency medicine, and is currently pursuing advanced training in critical care echocardiography. He is a contributing author and instructor for the University of Melbourne Ultrasound Education Group. Brooks.Kyle.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Intensivist Kyle is an intensive care specialist with an interest in emergency medicine and critical care ultrasound. He is currently employed full time at Epworth Richmond where he has been instrumental in developing the integrated echocardiography long course for intensive care trainees which has been accredited by the college of intensive care medicine and the Australasian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine. He has completed the ASUM CCPU (basic echocardiography in life support) and is currently enrolled in the DDU (crit care). In 2015 and 2016 he worked as the echocardiography fellow in the Alfred Hospital under the supervision of Deirdre Murphy. Kyle is an enthusiastic teacher and is a regular faculty member on a number of courses including Advanced Life support, BASIC and the Alfred HEART, echo and ultrasound courses. In 2016 he attended an instructor course from the Harvard centre for medical simulation to further his teaching and simulation experience and is currently a Senior Lecturer with Melbourne University. In 2016 Kyle received a $50,000 grant from the Epworth Research Institute for the VEREEFY study for which he is the primary investigator. The study aims to assess the accuracy of ICU registrars using echocardiography in critical care and is currently recruiting. Annabel Tuckfield.png Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Haematologist and Physician Dr Annabel Tuckfield is a haematologist and general physician with a particular interest in haemostasis and thrombosis as well as caring for patients with malignant haematological disorders.
Ron Dick.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Cardiologist and Director, Cardiac Sciences Clinical Institute Associate Professor Ron Dick is the Director of Cardiac Services Clinical Institute at Epworth HealthCare and the former Chair of Epworth’s Group Medical Advisory Council.
Lian.Michael.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Nephrologist and General Physician Michael Lian graduated from the University of Melbourne (MBBS) in 1996 and completed advanced training in Nephrology (FRACP) in Melbourne in 2005. He worked as a consultant nephrologist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital since 2005. He worked as a consultant physician in a General Medical Unit at the Royal Melbourne Hospital from 2007 till 2013. Additionally, he was actively involved in undergraduate training and teaching, as a clinical tutor and clinical sub dean position at the Clinical School at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. He was also involved in postgraduate physician training as a Deputy Director of Physician Education from 2009 to 2013, and briefly as the Acting Director of Physician Education at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Buchanan.Guy.jpg Organisation: Victoria Pain Specialists Position: Specialist Pain Medicine Physician MBBS FANZCA FFPMANZCA Miles.Lachlan.square.JPG Organisation: Austin Health Position: Consultant Anaesthetist Dr Lachlan Miles is a Staff Specialist and Consultant Anaesthetist at Austin Health. He completed a clinical fellowship in cardiothoracic anaesthesia and intensive care at Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom in March 2016. |
