Management of Heart Failure
in Rural and Remote Australia:
Identifying Regional Evidence and Gaps
Supported by RACP and RHCE
Date: 12 October 2015
Time: 9am - 4pm
Venue: Waterfront Room 1 Darwin Convention Centre DARWIN NT
Cost: Free (by Registration)
Theme Summary
 Participate and contribute in a dialogue to help shape the management of
heart failure care in rural and remote Australia.
 Learn about developments in treatment options and methods of delivery
from different groups.
 Understand the experiences from treating teams.
 Network with other cardiac specialists, other related specialists and allied
health workers
To reserve your place, please email: francoise.maingard@racp.edu.au
Or contact
Francoise Maingard
Education Officer | Learning Support | Office of the Dean
Royal Australasian College of Physicians
145 Macquarie Street, Sydney NSW 2000
Ph: (+61) 02 8076 6305
SPEAKERS
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Ms Annabel Hickey - State-wide Heart Failure Services Coordinator, Prince Charles, Qld
Dr Pupalan Iyngkaran - Cardiologist Senior Lecturer & Research Fellow Flinders University, Vic
Dr Angeline Leet - Heart Failure and Heart Transplant Cardiologist, Alfred Hospital, Vic
Dr Scott McKenzie - Cardiac Transplantation Unit/Telehealth specialist, Price Charles, Qld
Prof Merlin Thomas - Head, Biochemistry of Diabetic Complications, Baker IDI, Vic
Dr Samia Toukhsati - Research Fellow, Cardiology, Austin Health, Vic
PROGRAMME
Theme 1: Heart Failure (HF) Epidemiology and Chronic Heart Failure Therapeutics
Chair: Scott Mckenzie, Pupalan Iyngkaran
0900 – 0910 – Intro - Why we need greater choice in HF management?
0910 – 0930 – Nadarajan Kangaharan – HF in the NT
0930 – 0950 – Mark Haste – HF nursing in NT
0950 – 1010 – Simon Quilty – HF In Katherine
1010 – 1030 – Discussion and questions
Morning Tea 1030 - 1100
Theme 2: Improving access to Advanced Heart Failure Therapies and Improving Comorbidity care
Chair: Dr Kangaharan Nadarajan & Dr Angie Leet
1100 – 1120 – Angeline Leet – Advanced HF Therapies for Remote patients
1120 – 1140 – Merlin Thomas – Diabetes and Heart Failure
1140 – 1200 – William Majoni – Cardiorenal Axis in the NT
1200 – 1230 – Discussion and questions
Lunch 1230 - 1330
Theme 3: Chronic Disease Management, Self-Care and Psychosocial Comorbidities
Chair: Dr Christine Connors & Dr Samia Toukhsati
1330 – 1350 – Christine Connors – HF Disease Management in NT
1350 – 1410 – Annabel Hickey – Heart Failure Disease Management Services: Connecting
the dots across Queensland
1410 – 1430 – Samia Toukhsati – Psychology in HF Care – From Self Care to Depression
1430 – 1600 – Discussion and questions
This Project has been funded by the Department of Health under the Rural
Health Continuing Education Sub-program (RHCE) Stream One which, is
managed by the Committee of Presidents of Medical Colleges. The Royal
Australasian College of Physicians is solely responsible for the content of, and
views expressed in any material associated with this project.