Event Details

New Zealand Pleural Procedures & Bronchoscopy Course

A comprehensive 3-day face-to-face course for advanced trainees wishing to learn bronchoscopy, pleural ultrasound and pleural procedures from an experienced faculty.

When: February 23-25, 2026 

Where: Ko Awatea, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland

More Information: Can be found here

Participant numbers strictly limited to 20.

Highlights Include:

• Practical interactive stations with models and simulators
• Range of pleural pathology
• Ultrasound physics and principles
• Safe insertion of chest tubes
• Indwelling pleural catheters
• Bronchoscopy in ICU
• Introduction to linear EBUS TBNA
• Range of bronchoscopic sampling techniques using animal lung

Faculty

The New Zealand Pleural Procedures and Bronchoscopy Course will be delivered by the following expert faculty members:

• Dr Elaine Yap - Co-Convenor - Middlemore Hospital
• Dr Nicola Smith - Co-Convenor - Wellington Hospital
• Dr Cameron Sullivan - Middlemore Hospital
• Ms Mikayla Neil - Middlemore Hospital
• Dr Sonia Cherian - Auckland City Hospital
• Dr Ha Na Ahn - Middlemore Hospital
• Dr William Good - Middlemore Hospital
• Dr Robert Lewis - Middlemore Hospital

Registration is yet to open. For more information and to register an expression of interest, please click here.