JOHN LANE ORATION

Dr Andrei Catanchin MBBS FRACP FCSANZ

Andrei Catanchin graduated from the University of Melbourne (Royal Melbourne Hospital) and his training has taken him to Geelong, Brisbane, Perth and London UK where he completed his cardiac electrophysiology clinical and research fellowship at St George’s University and Hospital. His current appointments are as cardiologist at Royal Perth and Hollywood Private Hospitals.

Whilst Dr Catanchin manages a wide range of general cardiac conditions his primary interest is in the treatment and cure of heart rhythm disorders and includes catheter ablation procedures for atrial fibrillation and other arrhythmias as well as implantation and extraction of pacemakers and ICDs.

Dr Catanchin has a strong involvement with research and new developments and his recent activity has included MRI safe pacemakers, remote monitoring and alternatives to warfarin in AF such as left atrial appendage occluders (Watchman) and novel anticoagulants.

PATTERSON TRUST ORATION

Professor Rod Jackson

Rod Jackson is a professor of epidemiology in the Section of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at
the School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland.
He is also the director of EPIQ (www.epiq.co.nz), an in-house group undertaking teaching,
research and consultancies in Evidence-based Practice (EP), health Informatics (I) and Quality improvement (Q),
for healthcare services.

He is medically trained, has a PhD in Epidemiology and is a member of the New Zealand College of Public Health Medicine. He has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers. His main research interest for the last 25 years has been the epidemiology of chronic diseases, particularly cardiovascular diseases.  He is one of the architects of New Zealand risk-based clinical guidelines for managing CVD risk. He is currently involved in developing and implementing a web-based decision support system - PREDICT - to help primary care practitioners across the country systematically manage CVD and diabetes risk at the ‘moment of care’ for their practice populations.