Reserve your complimentary seat now (in-person or ZOOM) for special guest lecturer, world-renowned pioneer in cardiothoracic surgery, David McGiffin, MB, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery with Monash University and Alfred Health.
Every contributor across the healthcare community will benefit from this exclusive opportunity.
RSVP Email Alison Ralbovsky at alison.ralbovsky@dignityhealth.org
Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Monash University and Alfred Health
Professor David McGiffin graduated from the University of Queensland Medical School and subsequently interned and trained in General Surgery at Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane before going on to train in Cardiothoracic Surgery at the Prince Charles Hospital. In 1982, Professor McGiffin went to the United States as a Fulbright Scholar and undertook a Fellowship at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He joined the faculty at the University of Alabama but returned to Australia in 1986 to work at The Prince Charles Hospital where he did adult and pediatric cardiac surgery and also set up the Queensland Heart Transplant Program. In 1992, Professor McGiffin returned to the University of Alabama at Birmingham. At UAB, his clinic duties included the full range of adult cardiac surgery, adult and pediatric heart transplantation, and adult lung transplantation. He commenced a pulmonary endarterectomy program for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
Choose from two available sessions
Creighton University - Phoenix Health Sciences Campus
Audience: Health sciences professionals and learners
Time: 8:00 - 9:00 am MST
Location: Ballrooms A/B and ZOOM
Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center
Audience: Transplant teams and staff
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm MST
Location: Goldman Auditorium (box lunch provided) and ZOOM