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STAFF UPDATES
Queenie Leung
Konrad Schultz
Blake Giarola
Sundip Udani
Dr Sundip Udani joined the RNSH NI Unit as a fellow in 2021, and has since gone on to neuroradiology consultant work.
Dr Konrad Schultz was a member of the NI Unit as an SRMO for one year during the 2021/2022 clinical year. Dr Schultz undertook his medical degree at the University of Sydney and completed internship and residency in the Hunter New England network. Dr Schultz subsequently commenced radiology training at Prince of Wales Hospital in Sydney in 2022.
Queenie Leung is a neurointensive care nurse with 15 years of experience. She has been working in research in the NI and ICU departments at RNSH. Her previous roles include Stroke CNC at Northern Beaches Hospital, Nurse Educator, Clinical Nurse Educator and Rapid Response Nurse at RNSH. Queenie commenced as the NI Unit Research and Data Officer in July 2021, primarily coordinating the Monitoring Of Stroke Endovascular Services (MOSES) Registry. Queenie strives for evidence- based practice and regularly engages in research and quality improvement projects. She has successfully published an academic paper in the Australian Journal of Neuroscience
Dr Blake Giarola joined the NI Unit for 12 months in 2021, where he gained extensive experience in all aspects of neurovascular intervention. Dr Giarola studied medicine at Flinders University, Adelaide and completed Basic Physician Training at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. Prior to commencing his neurointervention fellowship in 2020 at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and John Hunter Hospital, Dr Giarola completed Advanced Training in Neurology. Dr Giarola is undergoing his final fellowship year at Liverpool Hospital, and will complete his neurovascular training for the Conjoint Committee for Recognition of Training in Interventional Neuroradiology (CCINR) in 2022.
Lachlan Jackson
Dr Lachlan Jackson joined as a Senior Resident Medical Officer (SRMO) in 2021. During this time, he developed neurological examination skills and the ability to interpret neuroimaging from critically ill acute stroke and cerebrovascular patients. Dr Jackson has also been involved with managing postoperative cerebrovascular pathology in both the acute and longer-term phases of patients’ journeys. Dr Jackson has also written a technical case report on a novel technique for ‘Retrieval of microcatheters entrapped in Onyx during dural arteriovenous fistula embolisation’, and has since been published in the Operative Neurosurgery Journal . Dr Jackson is now a neurosurgery registrar, and hopes to become an open and endovascular dual-trained neurosurgeon. He looks forward returning to RNSH for his training.
Heather Thom
Dr Ryan Mcconnell
Ryan Mcconnell
Dr Ryan McConnell studied medicine at Flinders University in South Australia and completed his specialty radiology training at RNSH. Dr McConnell undertook his provisional fellowship in interventional radiology in 2019, and commenced his INR postgraduate fellowship in 2020 at RNSH. After his fellowship training, Dr McConnell was successful in obtaining registration in the CCINR. He is now a consultant in interventional radiology at Nepean Hospital and is working to expand the neurointerventional capability of this unit. Dr McConnell has appointments as an INR consultant at the Northern Beaches Hospital, and in interventional radiology at RNSH and has recently started his own private practice.
and presented at local and international conferences.
Heather Thom
Heather Thom is a Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) in the NI Unit. She has worked in neurosurgery for over 15 years and has a Master in Nursing, Advanced Practice and Graduate Certificate in Health Service Management. Heather is responsible for the coordination of inpatient and outpatient care, development of specialty education resources and support, selected clinical trial coordination, as well as strategic planning and pathway optimisation relating to neurointervention care.
Dr Blake Giarola
Queenie Leung
Dr Lachlan Jackson
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Neurointervention Unit Annual Report 2021
Neurointervention Unit Annual Report 2021
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