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Future Participants of The Baird Institute’s Kenyan Fellowship Program

Two future participants of The Baird Institute’s Kenyan Fellowship program visit Australia Pictured: (Left to right)  photographed in front of RPAH; Dr Nikita Mehta, Dr Fredrick Mitema, Ambassador Isaiya Kabiya, Prof Paul Bannon & Dr Victor Kwasi In November we hosted two future participants of The Baird Institute’s Kenyan Fellowship Program in Australia; Dr Nikita Mehta and…

“The best surgeon will eventually be a robot”

Professor Michael Wilson of The Baird Institute, recently spoke to Matt Peacock of the ABC’s 7.30 Report. The revolution in robotics and artificial intelligence has made its way into surgery. Patients needing coronary artery bypasses would normally require open heart surgery but now, thanks to robots, they are facing far less traumatic surgery and a…

ATACAS clinical trial named winner of the 2017 ACTA Trial of the Year

The people who make ground breaking clinical trials happen have been honoured. These are the people who save and improve lives across Australia and around the world by funding, designing, conducting or participating in clinical trials. As a continuous and dedicated supporter of all cardiothoracic and vascular surgery clinical trials conducted with patients undergoing heart…

Surgeons issue warning over government policy on the ABC’s 7.30 Report

Two of The Baird Institute’s Cardiac Surgeons, Prof Paul Bannon and Prof Michael Wilson, issue a warning over government policy on the ABC’s 7.30 Report. The warning relates to government policy on a revolutionary keyhole heart surgery procedure called TAVI (Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implant) where the aortic valve is replaced without the need for open-heart surgery.  A…

A year of achievements celebrated at the Annual Baird Institute Christmas Party

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 Institute’s chairman, Professor Paul Bannon and Dr James Edelman the recipient of the Baird Institute’s inaugural Medtronic Heart…

Cocktails and Conversation 2016

The Baird Institute’s Annual “Cocktails & Conversation” was held on December 7, 2016 at the Wooloomooloo 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 Baird Institute Christmas Party.

Blackmore’s Sydney Running Festival 2016

Blackmore’s Bridge Run – Part of the Sydney Running Festival 2016 Our regular readers may remember when we wrote some years ago about Steve Suttor and his amazing determination to walk the Kokoda Track in PNG for The Baird Institute. Steve achieved his goal back in June 2011 – he walked the Track and raised…

Morning Tea at Vaucluse House

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 The Baird Institute for many years. It was…

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