Bonita Anderson DMU (Cardiac), M App Sc (Med Ultrasound), ACS, AMS, FASE

Bonita has more than 30 years' clinical experience in echocardiography and a 15-year tenure as an academic at the Queensland University of Technology where she coordinated the Graduate Diploma in Cardiac Ultrasound. She is currently a Clinical Fellow at the School of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) and an Advanced Cardiac Scientist at The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.

She has held numerous committee positions including the International Representative to the Board of Directors for the American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), Chair of the ASE Membership Committee, Council of the Australasian Sonographers Accreditation Registry (ASAR), Cardiac Sonographers Working Group for the Australasian Sonographers Association (ASA), Board of Examiners for the Diploma in Medical Ultrasound (ASUM) and the Imaging Council for the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ).

Bonita is also the author of two Echocardiography textbooks which are used in teaching programs within Australia, the USA and Europe. She has edited and contributed to several other echocardiography textbooks and is a frequent speaker at national and international echocardiographic conferences.