Aaron Sverdlov, Co-Director of the Newcastle Centre of Excellence in Cardio-Oncology at Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI), shared a post by Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand on LinkedIn, adding:
“I would like to congratulate Dr Alpa Gupta on winning the NSW State prize for her case presentation as well as the other finalists: Dr Bernard Chan and Dr Tim Kwan.
Thank you, Ravinay Bhindi and Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand for the invitation to deliver the keynote on CardioOncology – how we can best improve cardiovascular health of people living with and beyond cancer.
Highlighting these key messages:
- Rising cancer survival is accompanied by a substantial increase in cardiovascular disease among survivors.
- Cardio-oncology aims to enable optimal cancer therapy while protecting the heart through early risk stratification, surveillance and timely treatment.
- Cardiotoxicity is far more than just heart failure, and often sits on a background of under-recognised and undertreated CV risk.
- Modern tools – from risk scores and GLS/MRI to AI-enabled ECG and “permissive cardiotoxicity” approaches – are helping personalise care and keep patients on life-saving cancer treatment.
- Future work will focus on dual cardioprotective/anticancer strategies and reducing inequities, especially for older, frail and regional patients.
It’s all about working together across specialties cardiology oncology radiation oncology haematology in multidisciplinary teams with nurses and all allied health professionals to improve patient outcomes!”
Quoting Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand‘s post:
“The NSW AGM & Scientific Meeting was held on Thursday the 27th of November hosted at Doltone House Hyde Park with great success.
A huge thank you to Prof Aaron Sverdlov for his keynote speech on Cardio-Oncology: New & Emerging which captivated the crowd.
Congratulations to Dr Alpa Gupta (Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD)) who took home the NSW State Prize for her case presentation “A Valve Out of Rhythm”.
The night also featured presentations from our case finalists Dr Bernard Chan (Royal North Shore Hospital) “Taming Electrical Chaos with Precision Medicine” & Dr Tim Kwan (Concord Hospital Health System) “A short HALT on the road to recovery.”
CSANZ President Dr Mayanna Lund was in attendance to present the State Prize alongside a FCSANZ certificate to Mr Robert Zecchin.
The AGM was Chaired by CSANZ NSW Committee Secretary Dr James Weave who we’d like to thank for organised the evening alongside NSW Committee Chair Prof Ravinay Bhindi.
Thank you to everyone who attended our final event for 2025 and we look forward to seeing you all again for many educational CSANZ events in 2026.”
More posts featuring Aaron Sverdlov on OncoDaily.
