Richard F Newland

Richard Newland is a Senior Perfusionist in the Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery at Flinders Medical Centre in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia and is responsible for managing the clinical activities of the Perfusion group. The unit performs in excess of 600 open heart procedures annually, and supports the South Australian liver transplantation programme, organ retrieval and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) service. In addition, he has been involved in the Cardiac Surgery Research Group at Flinders since 1997 and has consistently been actively involved in ongoing clinical research projects during this time. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Adelaide and post graduate qualification as a Certified Clinical Perfusionist from the Australasian Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion (ABCP). He has a special interest in the development and use of electronic data in clinical practice, working on improving the process for the collection of data, developing software and electronic databases. His academic focus has been on the utilisation of electronic data for research, quality control and improvement. He has authored papers related to this topic, as well as cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) temperature management, emboli measurement and auditing practice change. In 2005, the abstract submitted on electronic data management for the San Diego Cardiothoracic Surgery Symposium received the Utley award. As an invited member of the Perfusion Downunder Collaboration he has had the major role in the development of an electronic database to support the initiative to promote perfusion research in Australasia. The presentation of this project received the Terumo award at the 2006 Australian and New Zealand College of Perfusionists (ANZCP) Annual Scientific Meeting. His ongoing work on the topic of integration of electronic data in CPB practice has been recognised as unique internationally and made significant contribution to the understanding of the role of CPB on patient outcome and the identification of modifiable factors for CPB quality improvement. This has been demonstrated most recently with the recognition and inclusion of his work in the Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists and American Society of ExtraCorporeal Technology clinical practice guidelines for cardiopulmonary bypass, and the EACTS/EACTA/EBCP guidelines on cardiopulmonary bypass in adult cardiac surgery. He is an active member of the ANZCP, as an associate editor of the ANZCP Gazette (2002-2008), chairing the ANZCP conference subcommittee (2003-2008), and as Vice President (2010-2012). The Flinders unit has received the ANZCP Perfusion Unit of the Year award for the most active unit in Australia and New Zealand on six occasions since its inception in 1999. He has contributed to the peer review process of cardiopulmonary bypass related manuscripts as an editor for journals including Perfusion, the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anaesthesia, and Journal of Extracorporeal Technology. He currently acts on the Perfusion Downunder Collaboration Steering Committee and as the data coordinator and developer of the Australian and New Zealand Collaborative Perfusion Registry. The objective of the Australian and New Zealand Collaborative Perfusion Registry is to empower cardiac surgical team members through the collection and reporting of data relevant to the practice of CPB. This is achieved through utilization of the data to understand clinical practice, provide a foundation for research, and to facilitate quality improvement. Formed in 2007, the registry has collected data in more than 40,000 procedures in 10 hospitals throughout Australia and New Zealand and meets its objectives through the publication of an annual report and ongoing peer reviewed publications.