Oesophageal screening in practice: A five-year review of clinical and operational impacts following the introduction and refinement of a protocol and clinical pathway

Tracks
20-minute presentations
Saturday, June 27, 2026
12:35 PM - 12:45 PM
Room 7 & 8, First Floor

Overview

Kellie McCarthy


Details

⏫ Oral presentation
⏲️ 12:35–12:55 pm
⌛ 20-minutes
📚 Assumed knowledge of attendees: Foundational (new/casual familiarity with the topic e.g. treated a single case)


Presenter

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Kellie McCarthy
Queensland Government Princess Alexandra Hospital Brisbane

Oesophageal screening in practice: A five-year review of clinical and operational impacts following the introduction and refinement of a protocol and clinical pathway

12:35 PM - 12:55 PM

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Kellie is a speech pathologist with over twenty years of experience in the acute adult hospital setting across clinical, teaching, leadership, quality improvement and research domains. Specific areas of focus include dysphagia and videofluoroscopic swallow studies (VFSSs). Kellie is currently an advanced speech pathologist leading the VFSS clinic at the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane. Kellie is also completing a PhD with The University of Queensland researching the multidisciplinary clinical utility of oesophageal screening in VFSSs. Kellie has three publications arising from her PhD research to date, with a fourth paper currently under journal review. Kellie has presented her research both locally and internationally.

Session chair

Arielle Cassian
Ramsay Health Care


Student volunteer(s)

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Tyler Barrington-Rowe
Griffith University - Gold Coast (student)

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Jade Kinnear
Griffith University Student

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