Welcome back to our revamped “Heart to Heart” newsletter. Heart to Heart will be published twice a year with the aim being to keep you updated on all that is happening in research and training at The Baird Institute.   2017 has been a big year! In May, we released...

The Baird Institute’s Christmas ' "Cocktails and Conversation" was held on Thursday 30 November,  2017 at the Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel. (Left to right)  Monica Attard,  Rodney Merrett, Norman Kroehnert, Jo Dean and brothers Jake & Jason Rance, explaining what applied...

The Baird Institute’s Christmas “Cocktails and Conversation” was held on Wednesday 8 December, 2016 at the Woolloomooloo Bay Hotel.   Our special guest for the night, award winning Australian Journalist and TV Broadcaster, Monica Attard, interviewed The Baird...

THE BAIRD INSTITUTE'S ANNUAL 'COCKTAILS & CONVERSATION' WAS HELD ON DECEMBER 7, 2016 AT THE WOOLLOOMOOLOO BAY HOTEL, SYDNEY. For more details from the evening, including photos, please view the follow-up news item here: A YEAR OF ACHIEVEMENTS CELEBRATED AT THE ANNUAL...

OVER 80 OF OUR GENEROUS DONORS JOINED PROFESSOR PAUL BANNON AND THE BAIRD INSTITUTE TEAM FOR MORNING TEA AT VAUCLUSE HOUSE.   Our Donor Morning Tea was held at Vaucluse House Tea Rooms on Thursday, 12 May 2016.  Over 80 guests attended - most of whom have supported...

INAUGURAL CARDIAC NURSES EDUCATION CONFERENCE The Baird Institute’s first Cardiac Nurses Education Day focused upon the surgical care of patients requiring cardiac intervention with four rotating workshops to enable small group learning in conjunction with...

THE BAIRD INSTITUTE AND INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is an overarching term used to describe a group of diseases that affect both the heart and blood vessels. The most common forms affecting Australians is coronary artery disease (which includes...

The Kenyan Cardiothoracic Surgical Trainee Fellowship was launched at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Reunion Week, 2-4 September 2015.hin Nairobi and Kenya. The fellowship aims to raise funds for an ongoing rolling fellowship to support a 2 year registrar placement...

PROF PAUL BANNON DISCUSSES THE RACS EAG REPORT ON BULLYING IN SURGERY ON LATELINE the RACS EAG Chairman of The Baird Institute, Professor Paul Bannon, joined Professor Rob Knowles & Tony Jones on Lateline to discuss the Royal Australian College of Surgeons' EAG draft...

THE JAMES WADLAND NIGHT OF HEARTS 2015 This event is dedicated to honouring the memory of the late James William Howard Wadland who passed away suddenly on 13th August, 2013 of an Aortic Aneurysm. James was a larger than life ‘Gentle Giant’ loved by all. A phenomenal...

Congratulations to Baird Institute Chairman Prof. Paul Bannon who recently became the President of the Australian & New Zealand Society of Cardiac & Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) at the Annual Scientific Meeting in November.