Perfusion Week

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Keep submitting your images for entry until Friday 8th May

PERFUSION WEEK 4-10 MAY 2026

Recognising the heart of patient care and the skilled professionals behind the pump.

Perfusion Week (4–10 May) is our chance to celebrate perfusionists across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, raise awareness of what we do, and shine a light on a profession that is often essential… and invisible.

Perfusionists support life-saving cardiac surgery and mechanical circulatory support by managing cardiopulmonary bypass, ECMO and complex physiology in real time. We’re the people quietly keeping everything stable while the rest of the team focuses on the operation.

This week, let’s make perfusion visible — for our teams, our hospitals, and our community. Professional advocacy and visibility makes it easier to have conversations about funding, requests for training, and even CPD for conferences if the people who make decisions understand the importance of what we do.

Photography Competition - Winners announced soon!

Thank you for submitting your photos that capture the spirit of our profession — collaboration, technology, education, preparation, and pride in the work we do.

Winners will be selected from entries from Australia and New Zealand only, and awarded a prize from the College. Selected images will be featured in the Gazette and the ANZCP / ANZBP communication channels.

Westmead Hospital

Perfusion: At the heart of every case

Image: Rona Steel, Shiv Anand, Holly Gleave

Queensland Children's Hospital

“Our Home in Pumpville – because sometimes the pump room really is our second home.”

Description: Built from recycled circuit materials, this snapshot reflects our commitment to sustainability and captures the camaraderie, care, and dedication at the heart of perfusion.

Image: Phoebe Hafner
(featuring L-R Mahesh Naidu, Nicole Wallace, Alice Polkinghorne, Anthony Black, Phoebe Hafner)

Westmead Children's Hospital

ACP – Antegrade Caffeine Perfusion.

For those extra long paediatric pump runs.

Image: Scott Munro

St George's Hospital

‘Degree of Teamwork’

After a long DHCA case, rewarming back to normothermia is a team effort, and I’m lucky to do it with this team!

Image: Neesha Ghedia

Trainee Hospitals in Australia

‘We’re all in this together’

Image: Sumbul Syed

Royal Children's Hospital

‘Blood DJ Stevie H ready to drop the beat!’
(plays epic remix of Pumpin blood – NONONO)

Image: Jatz Suthumporn

‘Mosi the Meerkat runs the pump!’

RCH’s resident Meerkat Mosi, stepped in to give the crew a break to celebrate Perfusion week!