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Thursday 31 July, 2025 – Room 1

SESSION 1

Adenomyosis – Dr Eisen Liang

Fibroids – HIFU & Microwave – Professor Simon Yu

Venous pelvic congestion – from diagnosis to treatment – Dr Eisen Liang

Peripartum intervention in placental disorder – Dr Dinesh Ranatunga

Hypermobile EDS & compression syndromes – Dr Brendan Buckley

SESSION 2

PAE Medical & MIST – Dr Prassannah Satasivam

PAE – What’s new – Dr Duncan Walker

PAE – Work up, perioperative care & service establishment – Dr Hao Xiang

PAE – challenging cases, tips, tricks and pitfalls – Professor Simon Yu

Venogenic Erectile Dysfunction – Dr Tuan Phan

Varicocoeles – Professor Mick Lee

SESSION 3

Prostate artery embolisation clinical efficacy and the relationship of embolic dose relative to prostate size – Zebadiah Melvin

Efficacy of point of care cortical assay testing during adrenal venous sampling – Adrian Tinney

Intra-arterial lidocaine in uterine artery embolisation – the Auckland City Hospital experience – Kieren Kusel

Image-Guided Percutaneous Cryoablation for Hepatic Tumours – Efficacy and Safety in a Retrospective Cohort – Akshay Kohli

Transcatheter closure of spontaneous portosystemic shunts for the management of re – Lucy Corlette

Comparison of Conventional vs “Reverse” Technique for Transjugular Intra-hepatic Portosystemic Shunt (TIPS) insertion – A Retrospective Case Series – Kenji Hinde

Anticoagulation Management for Percutaneous Renal Biopsies in the Peri-procedural Period – Salam Findakly

Immediate Sheath Removal After Prophylactic Internal Iliac Artery Balloon Occlusion in the Management of Placenta Accreta Spectrum: A 10-Year Experience – Soo Yeon (Joy) Kim

Image guided thermal ablation of malignant renal tumours: a retrospective review of patients treated at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital with follow up to 5 years – Nicholas D’Arcy

Standardizing Interventional Radiology Services in Australia – Bridging Gaps for Equitable, High-Quality Care – Dr Akshay Kohli

SESSION 4

RANZCR Update – Specialty Recognition & Curriculum, Preparing for the new curriculum – Associate Professor Nick Brown

IR training –  fostering a healthy environment for trainee – Associate Professor Diederick De Boo

Turf wars & Advancing IR in a changing landscape – Professor Mick Lee

Gender (& racial) diversity – Associate Professor Donna D’Souza

You may not always get what you want, but you may get what you need – Professor Mick Lee

Q&A Panel Discussion – Dr Brendan Buckley, Associate Professor Nick Brown, Professor Mick Lee, Associate Professor Donna D’Souza

 

Thursday 31 July, 2025 – Room 2

SESSION 1

What is IR and why is it important – Dr Goran Mitreski

A Day in a Life as an IR – Dr Phil Chan

Career Pathway to IR & IR Curriculum – Dr Georgina Venn

Women in IR – Dr Caitlin Farmer

IR – An American perspective – Associate Professor Donna D’Souza

Q&A Panel – Dr Goran Mitreski, Dr Phil Chan, Dr Georgina Venn, Dr Caitlin Farmer, Associate Professor Donna D’Souza

SESSION 2

Comparative study of Long-term OUTcomes after management of pulmonary embolism – interim results – India Plath

Systemic immunomodulation by irreversible electroporation versus stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy in locally advanced pancreatic cancer: The CROSSFIRE trial – Bart Gaboers

A cost-minimisation analysis of catheter-directed thrombolysis versus percutaneous large-bore mechanical thrombectomy for intermediate – risk pulmonary embolism in an Australian public hospital – James Chan

Improving Peri-Procedure Care – An Evaluation of Interventional Radiology Outpatient Clinic Implementation – Asare Amoafo

An Australian series of paediatric empyema thoracis management: Chest drain with fibrinolysis vs video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery – which is better? – Kai Zeong Lim

Haemostatic Agent Injection for Tract Bleeding from Tunnelled Central Venous Catheter Insertion – Eri Aung

Sharp needle recanalisation of central venous occlusion – A dualcentre case series – Rory McCarthy

Navigating Errors in Cerebral Catheter-Based Pressure Measurements – Can We Take the Pressure – Hussein Al-Fiadh

Efficacy and Safety of Transcatheter Arterial Chemoembolization Combined with Microwave Ablation for Hepatic Hemangiomas – Jiapeng Sun

Impact of Junior Medical Staff on an Interventional Radiology Unit’s Clinical Capabilities – Kim Quach

SESSION 3

Liaison Service & PAC Service – Ms. Jenniffer Breach

Perioperative care & sedation, the intubated patient – Mr Nicholas Berthelemy

Scrub techniques- flush, sharp safety, bubbles, wires, sterile field – Ms Olivia DelGrosso

Lab preparation (medications, monitoring, equipment) – Mr Rex Mangapis

Education for the next generation – Ms Lana Van Raay

How the ANMF elevates you and your department – Ms Shaleen King

SESSION 4

Angiography – optimising imaging – Ms Cassie Cooper

Optimising Radiation Safety for patient and staff – Mr Mohamed Badawy

Biplane angiography – Mr David Zhang

Cone beam – why and how, neuro and body utility – Mr Andrew Michail

Education for the next generation – Mr Brendan Erskine

Radiography outreach program – Mr Ertan Yirldeim