Register Your Interest: Women's Heart Health Program - February 2025

Coaching

Managing cardiac conditions is nuanced and translating evidence to day to day practice can be challenging.

Professional Development

We can design a coaching program to support you and or your team in knowledge translation and to develop and refine your skills in:

Heart failure medication rapid uptitration

Echocardiography interpretation and translation
Comprehensive risk factor management in atrial fibrillation

Stroke prevention 

Anticoagulation prescribing

…and your identified knowledge or practice gap

Let’s work together toward better experiences and outcomes for your cardiac patients!

Eugene Lugg

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.