Following a Mihi whakatau from representatives of Ngāti Whātua ki Orākei, and the traditional kapu time te pihikete, New Zealand Cardiac Society Chair Dr Selwyn Wong welcomed a strong delegation of over 400 members and guests to the opening of the 2023 ASM at the Aotea Centre. The theme of the meeting was ‘better together’ and the organising committee was led by Dr Seif El-Jack and Dr Andrew To both from Waitematā. (pictured right with Selwyn Wong centre)

 

After the opening ceremony, Selwyn was delighted to award the NZ Cardiac Medal to cardiac physiologist Fiona Riddell (pictured below). The medal is awarded to a member of the Cardiac Society who has made an outstanding contribution by making heart care better for New Zealanders.

The CSANZ New Zealand ASM was highly successful in June and we are thrilled to announce all the Investigator Award winners for 2023.

The investigator and poster awards were presented during the Friday evening function to:

Nursing Investigator Award
Lisa Caddis, Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley, presenting: External Service Providers (ESP) Reach-Out Project.  How can nurses assist with improving patients social, economic and physical environments?

Allied Health Investigator Award
Stacey Neilson, Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand Lakes, presenting: Incidence of cancer therapy related cardiac dysfunction (CTRCD) in Maori vs non-Maori (pictured above)

Young Investigators Award
Thomas Pirker, University of Otago, presenting: Soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) promotes cardioprotective intracellular signalling in myocardial ischaemia (pictured above)

Best Poster Group 1 – Heart Failure
Julie Chirnside, Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand Canterbury Waitaha, presenting: P25 Heart Failure discharge checklist for improving quality of care

Best Poster Group 2 – Imaging
Vindhya Wilson, Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley, presenting: P51 – Anatomical Computer Tomography Parameter Prediction of Pacemaker Requirement Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation.

Best Poster Group 3 – Equity
Liam Gilheany-Black, Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand Waikato, presenting: P58 – High rates of progression from screening to requiring investigation: Early report from the Te Kūiti Access to Cardiology Pilot Study (TKACPS)

All Abstracts are now available here on heartlungcirc.org

Well done to all!