Page 12 - ANZCP Gazette MAY 2014

The Auckland City perfusion team has been pretty busy
the past few months. We have had births and weddings to celebrate as well as gaining some new members. We welcomed three new staff. Mark Greaves came to us from Hamilton,
NZ. James Holder from Bristol, UK and Hina Solanki from Birmingham, UK. The entire department has enjoyed working with them the past couple of months. We have also welcomed back Katherine Morris from maternity leave after having her 4th gorgeous little boy. Last July saw our own Tim Willcox beginning a new role as a grandfather. He seems to fit the position perfectly. We will also be saying a brief goodbye to Taryn Evans as she will be going on maternity in the next couple of months. A big congratulations to both her and Alex Peterson. Shuja Zahidani and Ghaz Jabur have both celebrated weddings in the past couple of months.
On a professional note a bit of research has been going on. Ghaz Jabur has spent quite a bit of time researching the differences between the Pall 20 micron and 40 micron arterial filters. His paper was published in Perfusion last year and
he has presented his data at three conferences of late. He presented at the Sid Yarrow forum in Auckland, the ANZCP meeting in Melbourne where he won the Sid Yarrow award for best first time presenter, and at CREF in San Diego where he won the Utley award for best abstract, content
and presentation. Congratulations to Ghaz on such a great achievement.
The 2013 Friends of Fiji Heart mission was a great success this year. Rachel van Uden, Ghaz Jabur, and Mark Greaves participated this year. It was a busy trip with 20 patients receiving valve surgery. The upcoming trip will be in late August. Hopefully it will not be as hot as years past.
Much work has been put into some upcoming meetings. Tim has put long hours in getting the Perfusion Down Under 2014 meeting together in Queenstown. This year will be to the 10 year anniversary and will prove to be a great one. Taryn has also been working hard on the next ANZCP meeting that will be held in Auckland November this year.
Perfusion News
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by Misty Bean, CCP.
30TH ANNUAL SCIENTIFIC MEETING
AWARD WINNERS
The Terumo Award ‘Best Scientific Paper’ The ANZCP Best Trade Display
Steve Botrell, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne Terumo Corporation Australia and Cellplex Pty Ltd The Medtronic ‘Scientific Encouragement Award’ The ANZCP Gazette Award
Viji Vincent, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth Sid Yarrow Award
Ghazwan Jabur, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland The ANZCP Meritorius Award
Rona Steel, Westmead Public Hospital, Sydney 10 MAY 2014 | www.anzcp.org
Sarah Varghese, The Canberra Hospital, Canberra Presidential Award
Associate Professor Dr. Rob Baker
Service Award
Ken Gall