Modern Cardiac Surgery
March 31, 2021
Modern cardiac surgery includes less invasive procedures. With a minimally invasive approach, heart valves can be repaired or replaced, and coronary artery bypass surgery can be performed.
Podcast: Let’s talk robotics with Professor Paul Bannon
March 29, 2021
Joining me in today’s episode is Professor Paul Bannon. Paul is an adult cardiothoracic surgeon of international standing with clinical appointments at Royal Prince Alfred, Concord, Strathfield Private and Macquarie University Hospitals. At Royal Prince Alfred Professor Bannon is the Head of Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Co-Chair of the Institute for Academic Surgery, Director of…
Rebecca Mason’s Perth to Rottness Island ocean swim
February 25, 2021
The event is the equivalent of swimming from the Sydney Harbour Bridge to Manly return, just over 60% of the English Channel (35km), while the running translation is 80km.
An Interview with Dr Kei Woldendorp
December 1, 2020
A big congratulations to one of our Scholarship recipients, Dr Kei Woldendorp, who has submitted the thesis for his MPhil and is currently awaiting allocation of examiners and marking. Below is an interview with Kei about his research, so you will be able to discover more about the work he did during his MPhil. Cardiothoracic…
Sean Lal – New board member for The Baird Institute
September 10, 2020
We warmly welcome Dr Sean Lal, Cardiologist, to the Board of The Baird Institute as Non-Executive Director. Dr Sean Lal is an Academic in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney and a Consultant Cardiologist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, sub-specialising in heart failure and cardiac MRI. He is also the…
A letter from The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG
June 1, 2020
To all the wonderful supporters of the Baird Institute, I send greetings and good wishes. This has been a truly extraordinary year. Nothing quite like it since the scourge of the Spanish Flu in 1919, which even an old-timer like me did not witness. The grim news of COVID brought frightful danger; the repeated warnings…
Professor Martin Misfeld joins the Institute
May 5, 2020
Welcome to Professor Martin Misfeld Co-Director of Research, Cardiothoracic Department, RPAH We warmly welcome Prof Martin Misfeld. Martin is a Clinical Professor and Visiting Medical Officer in Cardiothoracic Surgery at RPAH. He is also the Co-Director of Research in the Cardiothoracic Department and a Senior Cardiothoracic Academic Advisor and International Proctor within RPA’s Institute of…
The Sydney Heart Bank
March 15, 2020
The Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney The Sydney Heart Bank (SHB) is the largest repository of cryopreserved human hearts in the world (17,000 samples). It was established in 1989 by Cris Dos Remedios (Emeritus Professor University of Sydney) and the Late Victor Chang AC (Cardiothoracic surgeon at St. Vincent’s Hospital Sydney). It has…
Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery
January 20, 2020
Recently The Baird Institute and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital began supporting The Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISSN 2225-319X), an international bi-monthly peer-reviewed publication, dedicated to the field of cardiothoracic surgery, with the primary aim of providing critical analysis and comprehensive overview of contemporary topics within the field. The interplay of best clinical evidence, surgical education…
