Register Your Interest: Women's Heart Health Program - February 2025
Menu
Eugene has extensive experience in cardiovascular health as a clinician, educator, health promotion professional, improvement advisor and quality improvement lead for statewide heart health initiatives.
As a registered nurse, Eugene began his acute experience in tertiary hospitals in Cardiothoracic surgery and Cardiology, before moving to a rewarding role as a heart failure nurse with the Hospital Admission Risk Program supporting Victorians to manage their heart health and live well at home.
Jennifer has diverse experience working in metropolitan and regional cardiology settings, both public and private services, and in the healthcare sector. She is a passionate advocate for equity in cardiovascular health for vulnerable groups, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and regional/rural communities.
Having worked for over a decade in Melbourne, she established private practice and social enterprise, Connected Cardiology, to actively champion heart health in regional Victoria.
Having rapidly expanded through telehealth support through the COVID-19 pandemic, the practice relocated to the Goulburn Valley area in 2022 when Jennifer took on the role of Clinical Director of Cardiology at Goulburn Valley Health. Since then, Jennifer has successfully supervised successful quality improvement initiatives in regional Victoria, having a positive impact on clinical outcomes for heart failure, atrial fibrillation and ischaemic heart disease.
As senior lecturer and Associate Dean at the St Vincent’s Clinical School, University of Melbourne, Jennifer wrote and delivered lectures, seminars and tutorials to enhance the cardiology curriculum content and continues to teach at all levels within hospital, primary care and community settings. She firmly believes that better awareness of heart health and cardiac conditions is needed to impact more broadly across the Australian community. In 2024, she established PulsePoint Academy to elevate cardiology knowledge across the healthcare workforce and to partner with primary care to deliver better cardiology care, both preventative and for known cardiac conditions, to patients within the community.
Eugene has extensive experience in cardiovascular health as a clinician, educator, health promotion professional, improvement advisor and quality improvement lead for statewide heart health initiatives.
As a registered nurse, Eugene began his acute experience in tertiary hospitals in Cardiothoracic surgery and Cardiology, before moving to a rewarding role as a heart failure nurse with the Hospital Admission Risk Program supporting Victorians to manage their heart health and live well at home.
After a decade of clinical acute care, Eugene transitioned to health promotion, where he led national patient support programs for the Heart Foundation. Four years later, Eugene moved into quality improvement and program management at Safer Care Victoria where he managed a team to design, deliver and evaluate six cardiovascular projects in over 29 hospitals. Projects Eugene has led have focussed on secondary prevention, digital health, reducing unplanned readmissions, and bringing high quality cardiac care closer to home for regional patients.
Eugene is passionate about heart health, equity, and supporting and coaching clinicians to provide better high-quality care for Australians. Outside of work, Eugene enjoys time with his family with two energetic young sons, philosophy, running and travel.
