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  • Lecture on knee embolisation – Asia Pacific Congress (Seoul).

    Lecture on knee embolisation – Asia Pacific Congress (Seoul).

    I recently had the opportunity to speaking as part of a lecture series on “Current and Future of MSK embolisation at the APSCVIR congress (Asia Pacific Society of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology). Unfortunately for me I was zooming in rather than attending in person in Seoul Korea! The series was moderated by Yuji Okuno from…

  • Genicular Artery Embolisation – for knee arthritis – Moderator for Asia-Pacific webinar

    Genicular Artery Embolisation – for knee arthritis – Moderator for Asia-Pacific webinar

    Late posting this but recently we ran a webinar on embolotherapy for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee which I think is a very exciting area indeed in terms of the early trial data showing promising results and a large patient population who may benefit. We were honoured to hear from two leaders in…

  • Elected as President of the Interventional Radiology Society of Australasia (IRSA)

    Elected as President of the Interventional Radiology Society of Australasia (IRSA)

    Last week I was honoured to be nominated and sworn in as President of IRSA, which is the national association for interventional radiologists for Australia and New Zealand. Over the past 4 years I was on the executive as the secretary and then treasurer, under the previous president Prof Gerard Goh, who did a stellar…

  • Co-Chaired a webinar on TACE for liver tumours in Australasia

    Co-Chaired a webinar on TACE for liver tumours in Australasia

    Gerard Goh (Alfred Melbourne) and I chaired a session on HCC looking at some of the science around optimising the TACE technique and recent guidelines. We had a great turnout of ~150 specialists from across Australia and Asia and there was some good discussion around the talks. We’re doing some live operative cases broadcast out…

  • Our new paper has been published on embolisation of the knee

    Our new paper has been published on embolisation of the knee

    We reviewed the RPA experience and the literature on knee embolisation which is fairly established for treatment of recurrent bleeding, especially in the post knee replacement population. I am interested in this area due to recent research from Japan and the US on using the same technique to reduce pain in patient with knee arthritis…

  • ANZ Virtual venous forum 2020 – Treatment of acute iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis

    ANZ Virtual venous forum 2020 – Treatment of acute iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis

    We had a very informative webinar discussion around treatment of acute DVT and I was glad to learn insights from of one of the world pioneers in the field – Dr Black from London. The trials are mixed on the utility of interventional treatment so case selection is important but there was a general approach…

  • Lectured at Advanced Tumour Ablation Workshop – Melbourne

    Lectured at Advanced Tumour Ablation Workshop – Melbourne

    Last weekend I made a brief overnight trip to Melbourne for the Advanced Ablation Workshop arranged by Getz Medical/Angiodynamics. This was a day long workshop with lectures from IR experts across Australia and New Zealand on advances and nuances in tumour ablation. Ablation of tumours is a minimally invasive form of “pinhole surgery” where needle(s)…

  • Liver Cancer Advisory Board – TACE for hepatocellular carcinoma

    Liver Cancer Advisory Board – TACE for hepatocellular carcinoma

    I had the pleasure of participating in an Australian expert panel on TACE for HCC. Guebert are the manufacturers of lipiodol which is the poppy seed oil based dye which is used for conventional TACE, especially in Asian countries and Australia. TACE is the treatment of choice for patient with HCC which is not amenable to…

  • Liver Tumour Treatment: TACE masterclass in Seoul, Korea

    Liver Tumour Treatment: TACE masterclass in Seoul, Korea

    Late March I had the distinct pleasure of attending Seoul National University Hospital (SNUH), along with five other Australian IRs to learn from the incredible experience of the SNUH interventional radiology team headed by Prof Jin Wook Chung. I am grateful to Guerbet for making the workshop possible. TACE for hepatocellular carcinoma is one of…

  • Return to Australia and election into IRSA executive

    Return to Australia and election into IRSA executive

    It feels good to return to my Australian hospital roles after a stimulating and refreshing break overseas. Having spent time with some luminaries in my field overseas, I’m inspired to apply the pointers I’ve learnt to my practice in Sydney. It’s also nice to be home after a long time based out of a couple…