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6Th Monash Cardiovascular Symposium REGISTRATION FORM Please fax/post/email your Registration by OCTOBER 1 latest Name ___________________________________________________________________ Designation ____________________ Institution _________________________________ Postal address ____________________________________________________________ Phone __________________ Email (print) _____________________________________ Symposium – $220 Early Bird (up to August 31) Symposium – $320 (from September 1) (Nurses half price of above, only with accompanying letter from NUM confirming employment as RN) Symposium + Workshop and simulation $350 (limited places) “Hands On” Workshop (led by experienced educators in small groups) Credit card details: VISA MASTERCARD DINERS AMEX Card no: _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ Expiry date: _ _ / _ _ 6th Monash Signature ________________________Name on card ____________________________ Cardiovascular Dietary requirements: Vegetarian Lactose free Gluten free Other ___________________________________________________________________ Symposium (Fetal, Neonatal and Paediatric) Enquiries and Registrations Ms Rowena Ferguson, PA to the Director, Monash Newborn, Monash Children’s Hospital 246 Clayton Road, Clayton, 3168, Australia Ph: +61 3 8572 3650; Fax: +61 3 8572 3649 Email: [email protected] October 15–16, 2018 Organiser: Prof Arvind Sehgal [email protected] Lecture Theatre 1, Level 2 Main sponsors Monash Medical Centre 246 Clayton Road, Clayton Melbourne, Australia MONDAY, OCTOBER 15 TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16 08.00am Registration SESSION 1 – Chair, Prof Steve Abman 08.50am Inauguration (A/Prof Ryan Hodges) 09.00-09.30am Pulse oximetry screening: Why, When and How (Martin Kluckow) 09.30-10.00am Planning for a birth of a baby with cyanotic CHD (Susan Heath) SESSION 1 – Chair, A/Prof Ryan Hodges 10.00-10.30am Transferring a cyanotic infant - planning and pitfalls (Risha Bhatia) 09.00-09.40am Haemodynamics: From clinical trials to precision medicine (Martin Kluckow) 10.30-11.00am TEA / COFFEE / EXHIBITION 09.40-10.20am Physiology driven approach to pulmonary hypertension in preterm infants (Steve Abman) SESSION 2 – Chair, Prof Martin Kluckow 10.20-10.45am Monitoring heart rate in the delivery room: Nursing led research (Jennifer Dawson) 11.00-11.40am Bronchopulmonary dysplasia: Interaction between the heart and the lungs (Steve Abman) 10.45-11.15am TEA / COFFEE / EXHIBITION 11.40-12.10pm Fetal growth restriction - interventions before birth (Ryan Hodges) 12.10-12.40pm Twin to twin transfusion - fetal interventions (Mark Teoh) SESSION 2 – Chair, Prof Arvind Sehgal 12.40-1.10pm Free papers 11.15-11.45am Transition at birth: Heart and Lungs (Graeme Polglase) 1.10pm Closing Remarks 11.45-12.15pm The golden hour of strategic patience (Ian Callander) 1.30-4.00pm Workshop (including lunch) - for those registered (Monash University Educational Precinct, Level 5, Monash Children’s Hospital; 12.15-12.45pm Cardiovascular simulation teaching - from planning to implementation with Martin Kluckow, Sheryle Rogerson, Pramod Pharande) (Kathryn Carmo) 12.45-1.15pm The Echo Simulator - 21st century learning (Sheryle Rogerson) 1.15-1.30pm Free paper (Kristin Ferguson) SPEAKERS Martin Kluckow, Professor and Staff Specialist in Neonatology, Royal North Shore Hospital, 1.30-2.00pm LUNCH / EXHIBITION Sydney Steve Abman, Professor, Department of Pediatrics; and Director, Pediatric Heart Lung Centre, SESSION 3 – Chair, A/Prof Rod Hunt University of Colorado School of Medicine, USA Jennifer Dawson, Nurse Researcher and Deputy Director Newborn Research Centre, The Royal 2.00-2.30pm PDA - Cardiologist’s perspective (Suraj Varma) Women’s Hospital, Melbourne 2.30-3.00pm PDA – no need to treat – it will close… eventually (Martin Kluckow) Graeme Polglase, NHFA & NHMRC Career Development Fellow, The Ritchie Centre, Melbourne Ian Callander, Staff Neonatologist, Liverpool Health Service, Sydney 3.00-3.30pm Antenatal imaging in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (Mark Teoh) Kathryn Carmo, Staff Specialist Neonatologist, NSW Newborn and Paediatric Emergency 3.30-4.00pm Antenatal interventions in the management of CDH (Aidan Kashyap) Transport Service, Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney 4.00-4.30pm Peri-operative cardiac function in left CDH (Arvind Sehgal) Sheryle Rogerson, Consultant Neonatologist, the Royal Women’s Hospital, Melbourne Suraj Varma, Paediatric Cardiologist, MonashHeart and Monash Children’s Hospital, Melbourne Mark Teoh, Obstetrician and Obstetric and Gynaecological Ultrasound Specialist, Monash Health, Melbourne Arvind Sehgal, Staff Neonatologist and Professor of Paediatrics, Monash Newborn, Monash Children’s Hospital, Melbourne Aidan Kashyap, MBBS/PhD Candidate, The Ritchie Centre, Monash University, Melbourne Susan Heath, High Risk Pregnancy, Clinical Midwifery Consultant, Women’s and Newborn Health, Westmead Hospital, Sydney Risha Bhatia, Staff Neonatologist, Monash Newborn, Monash Children’s Hospital, Melbourne Pramod Pharande, Staff Neonatologist, Monash Newborn, Monash Children’s Hospital, Melbourne .
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