Acute Coronary Syndromes (ACS) Clinical Care Standard

Topic Working Group

The ACS Topic Working Group members provide:

·  advice and input to the Commission on the scope of the ACS Clinical Care Standard

·  advice to the Commission on the key sources of evidence that should be used to develop the ACS Clinical Care Standard

·  advice to the Commission on measures and indicators

·  recommendation on quality statements, quality measures and indicators that will form the ACS Clinical Care Standard

·  advice to the Commission on strategies to support the implementation of the ACS Clinical Care Standard

Membership:

Title / Name / State / Current Role /
Professor / Andrew Tonkin
(Co-chair) / VIC / Head of the Cardiovascular Research Unit in the Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University and a Consultant Cardiologist at Austin Health in Melbourne
Professor / David Brieger
(Co-chair) / NSW / Interventional Cardiologist Head of the Coronary Care and Coronary Interventions at Concord Hospital in Sydney and Professor of Cardiology at the University of Sydney
Associate Professor / Tim Baker / VIC / Specialist Emergency Physician and Director of Deakin University’s Centre for Rural Emergency Medicine (CREM)
Mr / Hugh Coulter / VIC / Consumer
Professor / Derek Chew / SA / Interventional cardiologist and cardiovascular outcomes researcher
Ms / Natasha Eaton / QLD / Registered Nurse, and experience in cardiac care for the past 14 years
Dr / Paul Garrahy / QLD / Chair QLD Cardiac Clinical Network
Mr / Bill Hoffman / VIC / Consumer
Professor / Joseph Hung / WA / Academic cardiologist with conjoint appointments as Winthrop Professor of Cardiology, University of Western Australia and Consultant Cardiologist at Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital.
Professor / Ian Jacobs / WA / Professor of Resuscitation and Pre-hospital Care at the University of Western Australia and Clinical Services Director for St John Ambulance (Western Australia)
Dr / Jeffrey Lefkovits / VIC / Interventional cardiologist and head of Coronary Follow Up with the Department of Cardiology, The Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Professor / Yusuf Nagree / WA / Emergency Physician and Professor at University of Western Australia
Mrs / Kathryn O’Toole / SA / Registered Nurse, and experience in cardiovascular health and rehabilitation for the past 10 years
Professor / Philip Tideman / SA / Deputy Director of Cardiology Southern Adelaide Local Health Network; Director of Cardiology Country Health South Australia Local Health Network and the Clinical Director of Cardiology, Integrated Cardiovascular Clinical Network of Country Health South Australia (iCCnet CHSA)
Associate Professor / Thomas Briffa / WA / Head of Cardiovascular Research Group. School of Population Health, University of Western Australia

Advisor:

Title / Name / State / Current Role
Dr / Robert Grenfell / VIC / Public Health Physician who currently holds the position of the National Director, Cardiovascular Health at the National Heart Foundation

Disclosure of Interests

All members of the ACS Clinical Care Standard Topic Working Group are required to disclose financial, personal and professional interests that could, or could be perceived to influence a decision made, or advice given to the Commission. Disclosures are updated prior to each meeting and managed in line with the Commission’s Policy on Disclosure of Interests.