Speaker
Profiles
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Professor James Isbister AM FRACP FRCPA
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Consultant in Haematology and Transfusion Medicine
and Clinical Professor of Medicine, Sydney Medical School, Royal North Shore
Hospital of Sydney
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Conjoint Professor of Medicine, University of
NSW
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Adjunct Professor, University of Technology,
Sydney
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Adjunct Professor of Medicine, Monash
University Melbourne, VIC
Professor Isbister was an undergraduate at
the University of NSW and did postgraduate training at St Vincent’s Hospital
and the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, London. His main career has been
at Royal North Shore Hospital as Head of the Department of Haematology and
Transfusion Medicine being appointed Consultant Emeritus in 2004. He has
conjoint professorial appointments at several universities and continues to
serve on National and International Advisory Committees. He is currently
chair of the massive transfusion registry at Monash University and chair of
the National Blood Authority PBM steering committee. Prof Isbister has had a
broad range of clinical, research and teaching interests in haematology,
transfusion medicine and patient blood management and has received
acknowledgement with several National and International awards. He was one of
the early advocates for moving blood transfusion from a product focus to a
patient focus and differentiating patient blood management from donor blood
management.
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Mr
Shannon Farmer
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Consultant in
Patient Blood Management
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Adjunct Research
Fellow, School of Surgery, University of Western Australia
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow,
Centre for Population Health Research, Curtin University, WA
Mr.
Farmer is an independent consultant in patient blood management (PBM) and
holds academic appointments. He co-founded/directed Australia’s first
comprehensive Blood Conservation Program at Fremantle Kaleeya Hospital. He
has previously been a Consultant to the WA Department of Health PBM Program.
He has published in peer-reviewed journals, co-authored a book and book
chapters, is an invited reviewer for peer-reviewed journals, lectured widely
on the subject of PBM, organised scientific meetings, facilitated surgical
haemostasis training workshops, and consulted to a number of national and
international health bodies and institutions, assisting with developing PBM
programs and doing collaborative research. He is on the National Blood
Authority Expert Working Group and Clinical Reference Group developing
national evidence-based PBM Guidelines. He was a founding member of Society
for the Advancement of Blood Management and is a Board member of Medical
Society for Blood Management. He is currently a Principal/Associate
Investigator of three research grants.
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Dr.
Axel Hofmann, ME
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Visiting
Professor, Institute of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich,
Switzerland
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Adjunct
Associate Professor, School of Surgery, University of Western Australia
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Adjunct
Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University WA
Dr.
Hofmann is a Doctor of Medical Science and holds a Master’s Degree in
Economics. He currently has several academic affiliations in Europe and
Australia. With his background in health economics and outcomes research, he
has specialized in the field of Patient Blood Management (PBM). His main
activities are related to PBM research and the implementation of PBM programs
in the public health sector and large hospital systems. Dr. Hofmann is well
published in international peer-reviewed journals and an invited speaker at
numerous universities, medical schools, government agencies and international
symposia. He is also a consultant to major pharmaceutical corporations and
NGOs particularly in the field of PBM. He is a founding member of the Society
for the Advancement of Blood Management where he served on the Board of
Directors from 2001-2004, and a co-founder of the Medical Society for Blood
Management where he serves as a board member.
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