Speakersathan.JPG Organisation: Department of Infectious Disease, Barwon Health Position: Director Professor Eugene Athan is the Director, Department of Infectious Disease, Barwon Health, Geelong. He is a lecturer with the School of Medicine Deakin University and University of Melbourne. Brian Buxton.jpg Organisation: Epworth Research Institute Position: Cardiac Surgery Consultant Professor of Cardiac Surgery, University of Melbourne Professor Brian Buxton has a long and distinguished career in cardiac surgery and associated research after training with Denton Cooley. Brian has extensive international experience having practised in Asia, New Guinea, Port Moresby, Bien Hoa US Airbase during the Vietnam War, Scotland, USA and Australia. Dr Paul Calafiore 16082012.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Cardiologist Associate Professor Paul Calafiore is a graduate of the University of Melbourne and trained at The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne before traveling to the USA where he undertook an Advanced Cardiology Fellowship in Echocardiography at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. Upon returning to Australia, Paul was appointed as a Staff Specialist at The Austin Hospital where he introduced transoesophageal echocardiography to Victoria, as well as bringing intraoperative echocardiography – a fundamental advancement to the initiation of mitral valve repair surgery at the Austin Hospital. During his years as Director of Echocardiography at Austin Health and at Epworth Richmond, Paul helped streamline the performance of exercise and pharmacological stress echocardiography as well as 3D transoesophageal echocardiography. Paul’s specific areas of clinical interest are in valvular heart disease, cardiomyopathies, pericardial disease and adult congenital heart disease. His commitment to sharing knowledge and expertise is clearly demonstrated through his teaching commitments with medical students, cardiology trainees and trainee cardiac sonographers. Paul participates in interventional cardiology programs such as transcatheter aortic valve implantation, MitraClip (a minimally invasive mitral valve repair process), percutaneous left atrial appendage occlusion and atrial septal defect closure. ac.JPG Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Cardiologist and Electrophysiologist Dr Catanchin is a heart rhythm specialist, performing catheter ablation for arrhythmias as well as pacemaker/ICD implants. His specific interests are in atrial fibrillation ablation (radiofrequency and cryoablation) and anticoagulation (NOACs) and he is involved in clinical trials and regular education in these areas. Nic Cox.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Cardiologist
Associate Professor Cox is an interventional cardiologist with experience in managing patients with coronary disease, heart attacks and chest pain. Nicholas was an early advocate for the use of radial access for coronary intervention and has published in this field. His areas of expertise are coronary angiography, stenting, myocardial infarction and heart failure management.
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.
Andris Ellims.png Organisation: Victoria Heart Position: Cardiologist Dr Andris Ellims is a cardiologist and cardiac imaging specialist at Epworth Freemasons, Epworth Richmond and the Alfred Hospital. Dr Ellims trained at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and completed Advanced Training in Cardiology with a Fellowship in Cardiac Imaging (including echocardiography, cardiac CT and cardiac MRI) at the Alfred Hospital. Emily Granger Pic.jpg Organisation: St Vincent's Clinic Position: Cardiothoracic Surgeon/Heart and Lung Transplant Surgeon MBBS. (Hons) FRACS Tony Jackson headshot.PNG Organisation: Central Victorian Cardiology Position: Cardiologist Dr Anthony Jackson (B.Sc. [Hons], MBBS, FRACP, FCSANZ) is a Consultant Cardiologist living in Bendigo, working at Bendigo Health and St. John of God Hospital, and is a Director of Central Victorian Cardiology. KINKADE, A 14102013.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Group Chief Executive Marco Larobina.PNG Organisation: Epworth HealthCare and Royal Melbourne Hospital Position: Cardiothoracic Surgeon Mr Marco Larobina is a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at the Epworth Richmond Hospital, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne Private Hospital, and One Heart Cardiology. He has a special interest in adult cardiac surgery, minimally invasive surgery, adult congenital heart disease, thoracic surgery, and aortic valve surgery. He completed his training at the Alfred Hospital, Royal Melbourne Hospital, and Royal Children’s Hospital. Following this, Marco completed a Fellowship at Papworth Hospital, Cambridge and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston and obtained his Fellowship from Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. disease.
dr-george-proimos.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Cardiologist George is an interventional cardiologist, primarily based at Epworth Richmond but sees patients at the Austin Medical Centre and Box Hill Hospital. He obtained his medical degree at Melbourne University and his cardiology training was at the Austin & Repatriation hospital. He has developed a strong interest in training up and coming cardiologists as well as being involved in research activities at both hospitals. D Rollo pic- 2015-10-15 - 885.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Cardiologist Dr David Rollo is a cardiologist with Epworth HealthCare. His special interests are the way in which doctors think and how they communicate risk. He has particular interest in Bayesian reasoning, and in the disconnect between cognitive conceptualisation and behavioural change. James Sapontis.jpg Organisation: Monash Health Position: Cardiologist Dr James Sapontis is an interventional cardiologist with a special interest in complex coronary intervention. He has worked both in the United Kingdom and the United States where he focused on chronic total occlusion angioplasty. His clinical research is related to CTO-PCI, complete revascularisation, and the use of left ventricular support devices. He is a national and international proctor in CTO-PCI and helps trains interventional cardiologists in C.H.I.P (Complex Higher-risk and Indicated Patients) angioplasty. Photo - Mr Peter Skillington.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Cardiothorarcic Surgeon Mr Peter Skillington is a specialist cardiothoracic surgeon. He also performs routine coronary artery bypass graft, heart valve and aortic surgery. He is Director of the Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit of the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Deputy Director of the Cardiac Sciences Clinical Institute, Epworth Hospital. His chief research and clinical interests are aortic valve replacement utilising the ROSS procedure, for which he is a world expert, an operation which he has pioneered in this country. His other main area of interest is in adult congenital cardiac surgery, an area in which he has performed over 900 congenital cardiac surgery procedures since the 1990s. He has previously been President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS), and also he has been Chairman of the Board of Studies for Cardiothoracic Surgery Training in Australia and New Zealand (RACS).
. Neil Strathmore.png Organisation: Epworth Hosptal Position: Cardiologist Associate Professor Neil Strathmore has expertise in pacemaker & defibrillator implantation, follow up and removal. However, he is also interested in arrhythmias, valve problems, heart failure and general cardiology. He is widely recognised as a leading teacher of medical students. Elli Tutungi.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Anaesthetist Dr Elli Tutungi is a Cardiothoracic Anaesthetic specialist who has pioneered anaesthesia for robotic and minimally invasive heart surgery in Australia. He has been involved with the robotic cardiac surgical program at Epworth since its inception in 2004, and has trained specialists and trainees in anaesthesia for robotic heart surgery both locally and from interstate. WALTON, Tony - CONFIRMED 14082014.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Interventional Cardiologist Prof Antony Walton is an Interventional Cardiologist based at Epworth Hospital, and is a Professor in Medicine at Monash University. He is Deputy Director of Cardiology and Head of the Cardiac Labs at The Alfred, and is an Honorary Research Fellow at The Baker Institute. His training in Cardiology was at the Alfred Hospital and further postgraduate training in Interventional Cardiology was undertaken at Stanford University Medical Centre in the United States. His professional interests include general and interventional cardiology, with particular interests in structural heart disease and hypertension. The developing areas of percutaneous valve replacement and interventional techniques for the treatment of common conditions such as hypertension are particular interests. He has published his clinical and research work in peer reviewed manuscripts on subjects including the novel techniques of percutaneous aortic valve replacement and renal denervation for refractory hypertension.
Monique Watts.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Cardiologist A/Prof Monique Watts is a heart failure cardiologist and specialist in women’s heart disease who works at Epworth Freemasons and the Alfred.
Michael Yii.JPG Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Cardiothoracic Surgeon Mr Michael Yii is a senior cardiothoracic surgeon at Epworth Eastern Hospital and St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, with special interest in arrhythmia surgery and clinical trials. He established the concomitant AF program at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne in 2001 and more recently the Totally Thoracoscopic Epicardial AF Ablation programme for Standalone AF at Epworth Eastern. Thomas Yip.jpg Organisation: Pulse Cardiology Position: Cardiologist Thomas started working as an interventional cardiologist for Barwon Health (Geelong) in 2005, after returning to Australia from his interventional fellowship in Queen’s University, Canada. His interests include general and interventional cardiology, new device therapy for coronary artery disease and renal denervation for resistant hypertension. After completing his sabbatical in 2015 under the supervision of Prof. Jan Kovac in UK in structural heart interventions, he has been performing TAVI (transcatheter aortic valve implantation) and left atrial appendage closure with A/Prof Tony Walton at the Epworth Richmond Hospital. He is also accredited for reporting CT coronary angiographies. He had been the Director of Physician Education and is an examiner for the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. He is the principal site investigator for international trials such as CLARIFY and Global Symplicity Registry. His other research interests include high-sensitivity cardiac troponin. hendrik-zimmet.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Cardiologist Hendrik is a cardiologist with a special interest in heart failure management. Hendrik graduated from the University of Melbourne, undertook physician training at Royal Melbourne Hospital, and then advanced training in General Medicine at the Alfred, followed by Cardiology advanced training at Epworth Richmond and Flinders Medical Centre. In 2011, Hendrik did Fellowship training in Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology at The Alfred. Hendrik's clinical interests include management of refractory heart failure; acute decompensated heart failure; the role of device therapy in heart failure treatment; use of inotropic support in specific heart failure settings; pulmonary hypertension; and cardiac amyloidosis. Leonie.jpg Organisation: Epworth HealthCare Position: Cardiac Outcomes and Audit Coordinator Ms Leonie Baker is the cardiac audit and outcomes coordinator for Epworth HealthCare. She currently holds the roles of VCOR data manager for Epworth PCI data and co-manager for ANZSCTS cardiac surgery data. Prior to this Leonie has managed the Epworth PCI database and worked as a cardiac nurse in the catheterization laboratory and cardiac wards. |
