Jane Broadhurst is an experienced Occupational Therapist who has worked in a variety of positions and more recently concentrating her focus on lymphoedema (as a Level 1 Lymphoedema Therapist) and scar management. She continues to work as a Senior OT within the State Comprehensive Cancer Centre addressing these issues, and also teaches at the school of OT at Curtin University. She has a strong passion for research and is currently involved in a number of research projects.
*Outcomes of lymph node transfer surgery (collaborative project with Dept of Plastic Surgery)
*Investigating the outcomes of compression and exercise in head and neck lymphoedema
*The effect on swallowing of early intervention in the management with head and neck lymphoedema
*Early surveillance using bioimpedance technology in the identification of lymphoedema post-axillary clearance for melanoma
Rosemary Kendell is an experienced Occupational Therapist, specialising in scar and lymphoedema management. She has extensive experience in working with scarring, continuing to work in the State Adult Burns Unit, and is a qualified Level 1 Lymphoedema Practitioner. You may wonder how these two interest areas intersect? Compression. Pressure garments are often (but not necessarily) used both in the management of scarring AND of lymphoedema. She has considerable experience with compression (in all its forms), is currently undertaking further research in this area, works as a Clinical Advisor in compression, guest lectures at Edith Cowan University, and provides professional development workshops all over Australia and New Zealand in the use of compression.
