Sunshine Coast Local Medical Association Monthly Meeting
May 1, 2025 6:30 pm
Maroochy Surf Club Function Room
Monthly Meeting May 2024
DATE: May 30, 2024 6:30 pm
VENUE: Maroochydore Surf Club Function Room
ADDRESS: 34-36 Alexandra Parade, Maroochydore QLD 4558
RSVP BY: 24/05/2024
COST: MEMBERS $0 / PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS: $ 0
COST: VISITORS / NON-MEMBERS: $ 30
TOPIC: Incidental pulmonary nodule management guidelines
PRESENTER: Dr Nigel Sommerfeld
Dr Nigel Sommerfeld
Clinical Director – Lungscreen Australia
MBBS (Qld) FRANZCR, NIOSH B-Reader
Dr Nigel Sommerfeld is a co-founder and Radiologist specialising in lung malignancy and occupational lung disease. He is the Clinical Director of Lungscreen Australia. He has participated extensively in redesigning the Coal Mine Workers Health Scheme through his work with the Coal Mine Dust Lung Disease Collaborative and the RANZCR.
He is a NIOSH-accredited b-reader for ILO grading of chest radiographs. He is also an advocate for CT screening for Lung Cancer. He has provided radiology representation for Thoracic Malignancy MDTs and trans thoracic lung biopsies for almost 20years, both in Sunshine Coast and Central Queensland.
Clinical Bio
Dr Sommerfeld completed his undergraduate medical training at the University of Queensland and pursued his radiology specialist training at the Mater Public and Princess Alexandra Hospitals in Brisbane. Winning the Uhr-Clarke Bursary in 2003, Dr Sommerfeld became a fellow of RANZCR in 2004.
He specialises in lung malignancy and occupational lung disease. He is the Clinical Director of Lungscreen Australia. He has participated extensively in redesigning the Coal Mine Workers Health Scheme through his work with the Coal Mine Dust Lung Disease Collaborative and the RANZCR.
He is a NIOSH-accredited b-reader for ILO grading of chest radiographs. He is also an advocate for CT screening for Lung Cancer. He has provided radiology representation for Thoracic Malignancy MDTs and trans thoracic lung biopsies for almost 20years, both in Sunshine Coast and Central Queensland.
TOPIC: Introducing Lung Nodule Clinic
PRESENTER: Dr Siavash Es'haghi
Dr Siavash Es’haghi
Managing Director / CEO
MB ChB FRANZCR, NIOSH Accredited B-reader
Dr Siavash Es’haghi is a Director and Radiologist at Lungscreen.
He is also the founder and former Managing Director/CEO of Imaging Queensland.
He established Imaging Queensland in 2007 and was instrumental in the company’s successful growth strategy. He has over 14 years of experience in developing and managing diagnostic imaging businesses.
Dr Siavash Es’haghi is a NIOSH qualified B reader, performing lung screening services for the Queensland industrial sector, performing ILO and ICOERD classifications for chest X-ray and CT imaging of the lung, respectively.
Dr Es’haghi served on the board of the Australian Diagnostic Imaging Association (ADIA) and was the president of ADIA from 2017 to 2019.
Dr Siavash Es’haghi is a highly qualified radiologist and has completed an Executive Masters in Business Administration (EMBA). He obtained his medical degree at the University of Otago (NZ) and was accepted as a fellow of the RANZCR in 1993.
Clinical Bio
Dr Es’haghi obtained his medical degree at the University of Otago (NZ) in 1993 and was accepted as a fellow of the RANZCR following his training at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane. Dr Es’haghi’s experience as a Radiologist is enhanced through his completion of a fellowship in Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). He specialises in lungs and Occupational Lung disease.
Dr Siavash Es’haghi is a NIOSH qualified B reader, performing lung screening services for the Queensland industrial sector, performing ILO and ICOERD classifications for chest X-ray and CT imaging of the lung, respectively.
Dr Es’haghi served on the Australian Diagnostic Imaging Association (ADIA) board and was the president of ADIA from 2017 to 2019.
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