Meet Our Team - ASNEN
The ASNEN committee is comprised of leading stroke nurses from across Australia, ensuring the interests of all Australians with stroke are represented.
Simeon Dale
Co-Chairperson
Tanya Frost
Co-Chairperson
Liz O'Brien
Treasurer
Kylie Tastula
Secretary
Haylee Berrill
Committee member
Haylee Berrill is a Stroke Clinical Nurse Consultant since at Gold Coast University Hospital since 2010.
Prior to this Haylee worked as both the Clinical Facilitator and Nurse Unit Manager in Cardiac Catheter Suite.
Haylee has Post Graduate Certificates in Neuroscience Nursing from RMIT and Stroke Management from University of Newcastle. Whilst a project officer with QLD stroke network, Haylee helped developed the QLD stroke pathways – available on the QHEALTH intranet. The Thrombolysis and Endovascular consent forms for QLD. And the Transition to Practice Stroke Module Haylee is a current Member of Qld Stroke Network steering committee and developed the Queensland Stroke Education Teams link for monthly education sessions. Prior to moving to QLD – Haylee worked as a clinical nurse specialist at the stroke and neurology unit at Austin Health.
Bianca Piantedosi
Committee member
Carolyn Harrison
Committee member
As the Stroke clinical nurse consultant at Launceston General Hospital, Carolyn has worked at the unit since it opened in the early 2000s. As a born and bred Tasmanian, Carolyn was in the last nursing cohort to train at the Launceston General Hospital before converting entirely to university-based training. Carolyn has attained an Advanced Diploma in Management and a Graduate Certificate in Neurological Nursing along with many career accomplishments, too numerous to mention.
Gil Edmonds
Committee member
Jessica Pyman
Committee member
Jess Pyman is a Stroke Clinical Nurse Consultant at the Sunshine Coast University Hospital. Jess has been instrumental in establishing nurse-led stroke and TIA clinics. With extensive experience in neurosciences, including neurosurgery, neurology, and stroke, Jess holds master’s degrees in Neurosciences and Nurse Practitioner. Recently endorsed as a Nurse Practitioner, Jess is dedicated to supporting the education and professional development of stroke nurses.
Past Team Members
Sarah Kuhle
Sarah Kuhle is a Stroke Clinical Nurse Consultant and Project Officer for the Queensland state-wide Stroke Clinical Network, and the Queensland Research Coordinator for the University of Newcastle NRHMC funded TACTICS trial. She is a PhD candidate and holds a master’s degree in Stroke Management. Sarah has focused on change implementation within Queensland’s acute stroke services, and participates in national research projects, steering committees and reference groups involved with improving stroke care. Previous bodies of work include development of Queensland’s state-wide stroke unit endorsement process that subsequently distributed over $35 million in additional funding, as well as implementation of state-wide perfusion imaging services.
Skye Coote
Skye is a Stroke Nurse Practitioner and the Nursing Coordinator of the Melbourne Mobile Stroke Unit at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. She holds a master’s degree in Nursing and has an extensive background in both stroke and critical care nursing. She is certified as an Advanced Neurovascular Practitioner (ANVP-BC) and a Neurovascular Registered Nurse (NVRN-BC). She is a member of the Stroke Foundation’s Clinical Council and the Association of Neurovascular Clinicians. Her passion is improving hyperacute stroke care, stroke research and education.
Lizzie Dodd
Lizzie Dodd is a Stroke Nurse Consultant at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, which provides a comprehensive hyper acute stroke service for South Australia including thrombolysis and endovascular treatments. With 1400 acute stroke presentations per year, her primary role is to run the 24-hour Code Stroke Service, provide training and education to the stroke unit staff, information and support to the patients and their families, promote recovery and early discharge planning, data collection, and be involved in the ongoing updating and implementation of the acute stroke management protocols and procedures.
Who We Are
Learn more about the role of Acute Stroke Nurses Education Network Ltd (ASNEN)
Our History
Learn about the history of ASNEN from its formation in 2012 to the present day.
Our Mission
We aim to improve outcomes for the many Australians affected by stroke each year.