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Thank you to the Convenor and Organising Committee who planned some inspiring sessions including those addressing important equity issues, historical and current Māori relationships within health and specialist services. The faculty, including Dr John Mandrola were impressive.

All abstracts submitted to the meeting are available to view here online at Heart Lung and Circulation.

Congratulations to all the Young Investigator Award Prize Winners:

Evie Templeton – Young Investigator Award for her work on “Harnessing the power of omics: discovering novel microRNZ and protein biomarkers of acute kidney injury in acute heart failure”

Ellen Woodcock – Allied Health Investigator Award for her work on “Spironolactone and atrial remodelling in patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF)”

John Ramos – Nurse Investigator Award for his work on “Hospitalisation during lockdown – Patient’s beds-eye view”

The full recording of the meeting is available for a limited time – access here (NZ members only).

The Australian Government Department of Health introduced permanent telehealth arrangements on 1 July 2022 following cessation of the temporary telehealth arrangements on 30 June 2022. Information on the permanent telehealth items is available in the new Fact Sheet on the MBSOnline website MBS online – MBS Telehealth Services from 1 July 2022

Members are advised that the Government has indicated it intends to defer to 1 October 2022 the implementation of the telephone specific 30/20 compliance rule which was to take effect on 1 July 2022.

The ANZET 2022 program is coming together for the Meeting 12 – 14 August 2022.

We are delighted to announce the Named Lecturers for 2022:
The Louis Bernstein Lecture will be presented by Prof John Ormiston, Medical Director INTRA, NZ.

The Paul Yock Innovations in Cardiology Lecture will be presented by Prof Paul Yock, Professor of Medicine, Stanford University, USA (virtual presentation).

Other international faculty presenting at ANZET22 include Prof Vinayak Bapat, Dr Dipti Itchhaporia, MD, Prof Akiko Maehar, Dr Michael J. Reardon, MD and Lauren Connolly, Clinical Nurse Specialist. Register Now!

Submissions for ANZET Prizes close soon, apply now:

The Geoff Mews Memorial ANZET Fellows’ Prize – closing 13 July 2022.
Best Interventional Imaging Competition –  closing 13 July 2022.

The 4th International Clinical Cardiovascular Genetics (ICCG) conference was held in Brisbane on May 11-13, 2022. As the first face-to-face meeting for the majority of the attendees, it was as much a social event and “family reunion” as it was an outstanding scientific conference exploring the latest in cardiovascular genetic advances and how these amazing developments have led to improved patient care.

Our two international guests, Dr Perry Elliott (UK) and Dr Bruce Gelb (USA), shared their knowledge in the fields of inherited cardiomyopathies and congenital heart diseases, and were accompanied by an exceptional national faculty of unmasked speakers, and a number of students presenting abstract talks and posters many for the first time at an international conference.

 Download the report in full here (pdf).

Prof Chris Semsarian, Scientific Program Chair