Dr Geoffrey Oldfields' Resume
PRIMARY ACTIVITY:
1982 - Present
DIPLOMAS & DEGREES :
1973
1973
1978
1984
Consulting & Interventional Cardiologist
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
University of Sydney
FRACP
Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
General Medicine
Fellow, Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand
Cardiology/Cardiac ICU/Post-op Cardiothoracic/ICU
APPOINTMENTS:
1984 - 2002
Public Hospitals:
Belmont District Hospital
Visiting Consultant Cardiologist/General Medicine
1985 - 1991
Royal Newcastle Hospital
Visiting Medical Officer - Cardiology/General Medicine
1987 - 2001
Cessnock & Kurri Kurri District Hospitals
Visiting Consultant Cardiologist/General Medicine
1991 - 2001
John Hunter Hospital
Visiting Cardiologist
Private Hospital:
1982 - Present
1982 - Present
1985 - Present
1989 - Present
Lingard Private Hospital
Visiting Consultant Cardiologist/ General Medicine
Warners Bay Private Hospital
Visiting Consultant Cardiologist
Lake Marquarie Private Hospital
Visiting Consultant Cardiologist
Toronto Private Hospital
Visiting Consultant Cardiologist,
University of Newcastle
1985 - Present
Clinical Tutor (Medicine)
PREVIOUS APPOINTMENTS:
1980 - 1982
1973
Intern
Royal Newcastle Hospital
Senior Resident Medical Officer
Repatriation General Hospital, Concord General Hospital
Senior Resident Medical Officer
Repatriation General Hospital, Concord General Hospital
General Medical Registrar
Royal Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle
Cardiology Registrar
St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst
Professorial/Senior Medical Registrar
Cardiology/Diabetes - Royal Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle
Senior Registrar in Cardiology
Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
Associate Visiting Medical Officer
Cardiology/ General Medicine - Royal Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle
Visiting Medical Officer
Cardiology/General Admission - Cessnock District Hospital
Visiting Medical Officer
Cardiology/General Admission - Royal Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle
Visiting Consultant Cardiologist
Wallsend District Hospital, Wallsend
Visiting Medical Officer
Cardiology - John Hunter Hospital
Visiting Medical Officer
Cardiology/General Medicine - Cessnock District Hospital
1974
1975
1976 - 1977
1978 - 1979
1979 - May-Dec
1983 - 1985
1985 - 1991
1986 - 1993
1991 - 2001
1984 - 2001
1984 - 2001
DETAILED TRAINING:
Internship: 1973
Royal Newcastle Hospital
Term 1 Haematology/Pathology
Term 2 General Medicine
Term 3 General Surgery
Term 4 Orthopaedics
Term 5 Orthopaedics
Resident 1: 1974
Concord Repatriation Hospital
Term 1 Respiratory Medicine
Term 2 Endocrinology
Term 3 Cardiology
Term 4 Haematology/Pathology
Resident 2: 1975
Concord Repatriation Hospital
Term 1 Professional Medicine
Term 2 General Medicine
Term 3 Rheumatology
Term 4 Acute Respiratory Care (incl 4 Ventilated beds)
PART 1 FRACP EXAMINATION – PASSED July 1975
Registrar 1: 1976
Royal Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle
Term 1 Respiratory Medicine/ICU
Term 2 General Medicine (Mater) incl CCU/ICU
Term 3 Cardiology
Term 4 Endocrinology
Registrar 2: 1977
Royal Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle
Term 1 Respiratory Medicine/ICU
Term 2 Renal
Term 3 Neurology
Term 4 Gastroenterology
St Vincent's Hospital
Cardiology 1:1978
Term 1 Coronary Care/Post-op ICU
Term 2 Cardiac Catheterisation
Throughout the years - In charge of A & E one night each week
3 sessions of cardiac ultrasound (total 2 hours) per week
Cardiology 2: 1979
Royal Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle
Senior Professional Registrar
Coronary Care
Dr J J Morgan, St Vincent’s Hospital
Professor T Morgan, Professor of Medicine,
University of Newcastle
Echocardiography Laboratory
Cardiac Rehabilitation Dr J.J Morgan
Diabetes / General Medicine Professor P. Moffitt
Royal Newcastle Hospital
Night on call Cardiology & General Medicine
FRACP General Medicine Awarded May 1979
Cardiology 3: 1980
Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
Term 1 Cardiac Intensive Care Up to 12 ventilated beds
4 echo sessions pwk - 16 hrs pwk
Term 2 Cardiac Catheterisation
Cardiology 4: 1981
Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
Term 1 Cardiac Catheterisation
Term 2 General Ward Cardiology Including HDU consultantions
Echocardiology Laboratory - 4 sessions / 16 hrs pwk
Post-op ICU
FRACP Cardiology/Cardiothoracic ICU - Awarded June 1982
* The Cardiac Intensive Care was a 12 bed unit where all beds were capable of (i) ventilation and (ii) intra cardiac balloon pumping. In general, 4-6 patients were ventilated at any one time. It was used not only for arrythmias and IHD - ACS/cardiogenic shock, but also for acute rheumatic carditis with shock, heart failure in pregnancy with congenital/valvular disease, severe heart failure in preparation for transplantation
"Non-life-threatening" ACS were treated in High Dependency Units attached to each medical ward, a total of 48 such beds - fully monitored with daily cardiology consultation.
VMO RESPONSIBILITIES:
Royal Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle 1985 - 1991
General Cardiology on-call and CCU, general medical consultation
Valvular and adult congenital heart disease clinic
John Hunter Hospital, New Lambton Heights
General Cardiology on-call and CCU
General Medical consultation
LOG BOOK:
St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst
Cardiac Catheterisation
Assistant
Echocardiography
Primary Operator
Temporary Pacemaker
500
750 reported under supervised
200 performed
50
Royal Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle
Right Heart Catheterisation
Primary Operator
120
Echocardiography
1500 performed
Temporary Pacemaker
30
Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
Cardiac Catheterisation
Incl. Right heart studies, Cath Lab and CCU
Assistant
Primary Operator
500
1000
Echocardiography
Primary Operator
600
Reported on studies
Technician performed
1500
Pericardiocentesis
Temporary Pacemaker
Permanent Pacemaker
50
150
160
FURTHER TRAINING:
Transoesophageal Ecocardiograpgy
1987-1990
200 cases as assistant
St Vincent's / Prince Henry / Royal North Shore Hospitals
30 cases as primary operator
Angioplasty
12 weeks 1984
Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
(Sept-Nov incl) Dr R Fraser, Dr D Kalil, Dr A Horak 60 cases as assistant
60 cases as assistant
8 cases as primary operator
1991-1995
St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst
Dr Paul Roy, Dr John J. Morgan
400 cases as an assistant
150 cases as primary operator
Dr Paul Royator
Renal Angiography and Angioplasty
SUMMARY TRAINING:
Echocardiography
2850 primary operator
2200 reporting of technician’s data
Cardiac Catheterisation
1000 assistant
1100 primary operator
Temporary Pacemaker
200 primary operator
160 primary operator
Permanent Pacemaker
Pericardiocentesis
50 primary operator
Transoesphageal Echo
200 assistant
30 primary operator
Completion of Training – 1982
1978
1982
1982
1990
1995
FRACP – General Medicine
Cardiorespiratory Intensive Care
Cardiology
Transoesophageal echocardiography
Coronary Angioplasty
SUBSEQUENT TRAINING:
Transoesophageal Ecocardiograpgy
Coronary Angioplasty
1984
1991-1995
2008 - 2011
2008 - 2011
Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
1.5 days a week, St Vincents Hospital, Darlinghurst
Drs Paul Roy and J J. Morgan
Cardiac Echocardiography – Owen Brown Course Basic Physics – Doppler Echo Cardiology
Mayo Clinic – Doppler/Tissue Doppler/Strain/Diastolic
American Society Echo Advanced echo doppler/Strain/Diastology
CT Coronary Angiography Dr Ken Sessel, St Vincents Hospital, Darlinghurst
Sleep Medicine - The Woolcock Institute
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
1975 - 1990
1975
1976 - 1979
1976 -1979
1978
1979
1980 - 1982
1982 - 1990
1982 - 1990
Clinical Tutor of under/post-graduates (long/ short cases/ lectures - weekly) following major hospitals
Repatriation General Hospital, Concord
Co-ordinator of long and short courses for Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (incl the Examiner's Roster)
Member of the Post-Graduate Education Committee Royal Newcastle Hospital
St. Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst
Royal Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle
Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
Royal Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle
Clinical Tutor, University of Newcastle
2nd and 4th Year blocks
1984 - 1990
Supervisor Saturday morning Post Graduate Physician
Trial Clinical Examinations - held 3 monthly
1985 - 1990
1985 - 2016
Out-Patient Clinic, Royal Newcastle Hospital
Involved in the training of 23 Cardiac Ultrasonographers at Newcastle and Hunter Cardiac Services - 16 with the Australian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine (DMU) and 7 to the Graduate Diploma in Ultrasound, Queensland University of Technology
1996 - 2001
Weekly clinic of predominantly heart valves and congenital lesions to allow students, both under and post-graduate, to be taught the clinical examination of the heart and vascular system; also attended by candidates for the Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of General Practitioners. Lecturer in Haemodynamics for the Australian Society of Ultrasound in Medicine NSW Branch
SABBATICALS:
1984
1999
2009
4 months – PTCA, Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
3 weeks – Heart Failure Clinic, St Vincent’s Hospital, Darlinghurst
2 months – General Cardiology, Cardiac Cath Lab (Teaching)
Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town
POSITIONS HELD:
1986
1986 - 1987
Chairman, Division of Medicine Lingard Hospital
Membership, Quality Assurance/ Peer Review Committee Royal Newcastle Hospital
SPECIAL ASSOCIATION:
1986 - 1987
1990
1991 - 1995
1991 - 1999
1993 - 1994
1991 - 1994
Membership, Ad Hoc Committee on Hospital Acquired Infection Royal Newcastle Hospital
Member, Board OF Hunter Post-Graduate Medical Institute
Member of Board, Hunter Medical Association
Member of Board, Lake Macquarie Private Hospital
Member of Board, Hunter Medical Association
President, Hunter Medical Association
Member, Medical Advisory Appointments Committee, Hunter Area Health Service
SPECIAL ASSOCIATION:
Member, Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
Member, Australian Society for Ultrasound in Medicine
Member, Australian Medical Association
PERSONAL INITIATIVES:
1977
General Medical Registrar - performed an Epidemiological Study into Coeliac Disease within the Hunter Valley. This culminated in the formation of the Hunter Branch of the Coeliac Society of Australia.
1977
Senior Professorial Registrar (Royal Newcastle Hospital) - established
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a cardiac rehabilitation service, incorporating the Cardiology Unit, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Social Work Department of the Royal Newcastle Hospital (this was a broad ranging program aimed not only at post-infarct patients, but also at post-cardiac surgery patients transferred to the Hunter Region after surgery in Sydney.
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"on demand" exercise stress testing and echocardiography services for the Royal Newcastle Hospital, which attracted referrals from Royal Newcastle Hospital in-patients and out patients, inpatients of other hospitals and private consultations.
1985
Consultant Cardiologist - established a Cardiac Catheterisation laboratory at Lake Macquarie Private Hospital - the first unit outside of the Sydney Metropolitan region (230 km)
2001
Established the first interventional catheterisation laboratory in a facility unassociated with cardiac surgery -
PENDLEBURY CLINIC - performing diagnostic catheterisation
PTCA
Coronary Atherectomy/rotablation
PFO and PDA closure
CURRENT ACADEMIC / RESEARCH INTERESTS INCLUDE:
Diabetic Heart Disease
Heart Failure combined with Renal Disease
Echocardiography
Diastolic Left Ventricular Dysfunction
Secondary Hyperaldosteronism in Heart Failure
Aortic Stenosis