This webinar will discuss the findings of the most recent publication of the Thoracic Society of Australian and New Zealand (TSANZ) position statement on chronic suppurative lung disease and bronchiectasis in children, adolescents and adults in Australia and New Zealand dated March 2023.
Review the paper here: Clinical Documents Archives - The Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand
Program
Professor Keith Grimwood (Chair) - Welcome and Webinar Open
Associate Professor Lucy Morgan - Management of Bronchiectasis in adults
Associate Professor Cass Byrnes - Management of Bronchiectasis in children and adolescents
Professor Anne Holland - Nonpharmacological management of Bronchiectasis
Panel Discussion
Webinar Topic: Management of Bronchiectasis across the lifespan
Chair: Professor Keith Grimwood
Speakers
Lucy is a Respiratory Physician working in Sydney and was the inaugural Chair of The Australasian Bronchiectasis Consortium, CI for the Australian Bronchiectasis Registry and is currently the Chair of Lung Foundation of Australia.
Cass Byrnes is a Professor of Paediatric Population Health, in the Paediatric Department at the University of Auckland and a Paediatric Respiratory Specialist at the Starship Children & Kidz First Hospitals. She leads research in prevention of disease and disease progression that occurs with acute respiratory tract infection especially in early childhood and seeks to improve health equity especially for Māori and Pasifika children. Her clinical care is focussed in acute respiratory infections, bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis and asthma.
Anne is the Professor of Physiotherapy and Head of Respiratory Research at Alfred Health and Monash University, Melbourne. She is the current President of TSANZ.
Thank you to our valued sponsor BMedical.
If you have any questions, please contact us at tsanzeducation@thoracic.org.au