David Abelson

Experience

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  Applied Economics Partners

  Jan 2006 - May 2008

  Economics and Healthcare Analyst

  Research on falls, fatal alcohol spectrum disorders and other public economic issues

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  Goldman Sachs

  May 2008 - May 2009

  Analyst
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  PwC Australia

  Jun 2009 - Dec 2009

  Healthcare Analyst

  Health Economics ResearchMedical Device Industry Costing and EconomicsCost of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

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  Wollongong Hospital

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2012

  Intern and Resident Medical Officer
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  Sydney Local Health District

  Feb 2012 - Jan 2016

  Physician Trainee

  Rotations in respiratory failure, sleep, interstitial lung disease, bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis

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  St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney

  Jan 2017 - Feb 2019

  Lung Transplant Fellow

  For two years, I dedicated myself to the lives of our lung transplant patients in Sydney. Lung transplantation is an incredible gift and also a very difficult emotional and clinical journey for our patients. It was my pleasure and honour to be there for our patients and learn from some of the world's leading transplant physicians.

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  University of Toronto

  Aug 2019 - Aug 2020

  Data science investigation into lung transplant outcomes

  Data science using R to investigate lung transplant outcomes. This work was cut short by the COVID pandemic.

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  Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service

  Nov 2020 - Apr 2023

  Consultant Respiratory and Sleep Physician

  Medicine in Cairns is fascinating, challenging and personally demanding due to tropical diseases, the huge territory we cover, to Cape York, and the large sociodemographic challenges such as 30% of the population living in poverty. Lung cancer and smoking are far too common and the obesity epidemic causes surging rates of sleep apnoea and respiratory failure. But with challenge comes learning, maturity and opportunities to help. I relish helping patients every day and prioritising helping them understand what is going on. If a doctor doesn’t do that, what are they good for? Show less

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  Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

  Aug 2023 - now

  Clincial and Research Fellow, Lung Infection

  Lung infection is critical to outcomes in many respiratory diseases including bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis and transplantation, yet we know comparatively little about what antibiotics work for our patients. In Cambridge, I am lucky to be working with world leading specialists in the bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis and non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung infections. I am now working on research in bioinformatics of lung infection to predict the best antibiotics to use for our patients at Papworth Hospital and as a Visiting Researcher with the Floto Lab, University of Cambridge. Show less

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  University of Cambridge

  Aug 2024 - now

  Bioinformatics Research on Lung Microbiome and Antibioics

  Data science and machine learning study to examine and predict outcomes from antibiotics in lung infections.