Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) Clinical Care Standard
Topic Working Group
The ACS Topic Working Group members provide:
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advice and input to the Commission on the scope of the ACS Clinical Care Standard
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advice to the Commission on the key sources of evidence that should be used to develop
the ACS Clinical Care Standard
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advice to the Commission on measures and indicators
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recommendation on quality statements, quality measures and indicators that will form the
ACS Clinical Care Standard

advice to the Commission on strategies to support the implementation of the ACS Clinical
Care Standard
Membership:
Title
Professor
Name
Andrew Tonkin
State
VIC
Current Role
Head of the Cardiovascular Research Unit in the
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive
Medicine, Monash University and a Consultant
(Co-chair)
Cardiologist at Austin Health in Melbourne
Professor
David Brieger
NSW
(Co-chair)
Associate
Tim Baker
Interventional Cardiologist Head of the Coronary Care
and Coronary Interventions at Concord Hospital in
Sydney and Professor of Cardiology at the University
of Sydney
VIC
Specialist Emergency Physician and Director of
Deakin University’s Centre for Rural Emergency
Medicine (CREM)
Professor
Mr
Hugh Coulter
VIC
Consumer
Professor
Derek Chew
SA
Interventional cardiologist and cardiovascular
outcomes researcher
Ms
Natasha Eaton
QLD
Registered Nurse, and experience in cardiac care for
the past 14 years
Dr
Paul Garrahy
QLD
Chair QLD Cardiac Clinical Network
Mr
Bill Hoffman
VIC
Consumer
Professor
Joseph Hung
WA
Academic cardiologist with conjoint appointments as
Winthrop Professor of Cardiology, University of
Western Australia and Consultant Cardiologist at Sir
Charles Gardiner Hospital.
Title
Professor
Name
Ian Jacobs
State
WA
Current Role
Professor of Resuscitation and Pre-hospital Care at
the University of Western Australia and Clinical
Services Director for St John Ambulance (Western
Australia)
Dr
Jeffrey Lefkovits
VIC
Interventional cardiologist and head of Coronary
Follow Up with the Department of Cardiology, The
Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Professor
Yusuf Nagree
WA
Emergency Physician and Professor at University of
Western Australia
Mrs
Kathryn O’Toole
SA
Registered Nurse, and experience in cardiovascular
health and rehabilitation for the past 10 years
Professor
Philip Tideman
SA
Deputy Director of Cardiology Southern Adelaide
Local Health Network; Director of Cardiology Country
Health South Australia Local Health Network and the
Clinical Director of Cardiology, Integrated
Cardiovascular Clinical Network of Country Health
South Australia (iCCnet CHSA)
Associate
Professor
Thomas Briffa
WA
Head of Cardiovascular Research Group. School of
Population Health, University of Western Australia
Advisor:
Title
Dr
Name
Robert Grenfell
State
VIC
Current Role
Public Health Physician who currently holds the
position of the National Director, Cardiovascular
Health at the National Heart Foundation
Disclosure of Interests
All members of the ACS Clinical Care Standard Topic Working Group are required to disclose
financial, personal and professional interests that could, or could be perceived to influence a
decision made, or advice given to the Commission. Disclosures are updated prior to each meeting
and managed in line with the Commission’s Policy on Disclosure of Interests.