ANZCP
Annual General Meeting
will be held at the 3SCTS Symposium
Friday 21st November 4:30pm-5:30pm
ICC Meeting Room 2.3, Level 2, Sydney
The Australia and New Zealand Society of Cardiothoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) is pleased to announce that in collaboration with the American Association of Thoracic Surgeons (AATS) an Aortic Mitral Master Course will be held in Queenstown, New Zealand, on August 7th and 8th 2025. The Meeting will be held at the Millennium Hotel in Queenstown. We cordially invite our Perfusionists to this educational meeting and provide a generous registration rate.
This meeting is open to all members. Please click on the link to register and book accommodation. www.aats.org/anzscts and refer to the program to gauge the content and the host of speakers. There are three symposiums that you can attend that form part of your registration.
Take advantage of early bird registration and ensure you leave enough time to book accommodation at the Millennium Hotel.
Our international invited speakers are: Dr David Adams (USA), Dr Joseph Coselli (USA), Dr Tirone E. David (Canada), Ismial El hamamsy (USA), Dr Hiroki Yamaguchi (Japan), Michael Chu (Canada) and Professor David Muller (Australia).
Conference Dinner – The meeting will be preceded by a reception at the Millennium Hotel on Wednesday evening and the conference dinner will be held on Thursday evening at Walter Peak station which involves a 45-minute cruise across Lake Wakatipu (1400 feet deep) on the TSS Earnslaw. Launched some 113 years ago the Earnslaw is one of the oldest and largest coal burning steam ships still operating in the world
Then stay and enjoy a short break following the meeting:
Queenstown is located in the Southern part of the South Island of New Zealand. It is a very popular destination and regarded by most international travel publications as being the adventure capital of the world. Early August will see Queenstown in the middle of the ski season with four major ski fields being a close distance away from Queenstown.
Any questions contact nickdanes@anzscts.org or read the program here.
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The Serious Transfusion Incident Report Annual Report for 2022 – 2023 is available to read now.
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Public and private health services in Victoria, Tasmania, Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory contribute to the system.
