Baird News

City to Surf Natalie Zugec and her band of family and friends were back at the City to Surf this year after a 3 year hiatus due to the pandemic. At this event each year, Natalie and her team always manage to raise in excess of $2,000 for The Baird Institute in memory of her…

Ms Jivani Murugan BSocSc We warmly welcome Ms. Jivani Murugan to the Board of The Baird Institute as Non-Executive Director. Jivani is a Policy Officer employed at the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of NSW. She is a Criminal Justice graduate from Macquarie University and is passionate about reducing health inequities for all communities….

Mr. Ross Saunders We warmly welcome Mr. Ross Saunders to the Board of The Baird Institute as Non-Executive Director. Ross is a business leader based in Sydney and originating from the United Kingdom. He currently runs the Australia & New Zealand operation for a global manufacturer with specialisation in business transformation, governance & compliance, program…

Associate Professor Christopher Cao BSc (Med), MBBS (1st Hon), PhD, FRACS We warmly welcome A/Prof Christopher Cao to the Board of The Baird Institute as Non-Executive Director. Associate Professor Christopher Cao is a Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Concord Hospital, Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, Macquarie University Hospital, and Sydney Adventist Hospital. Christopher graduated…

The Baird Institute has partnered with the University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital to establish an exciting new Centre for Heart Failure and Diseases of the Aorta. This new venture aims to make advances in the discovery, diagnosis, and treatment of heart failure and aortic diseases. The Centre’s overarching aim is to accelerate…

A transcript of the Eulogy given by The Hon. Michael Kirby AC CMG at Douglas Baird’s Memorial Service, 12 December 1995 at  The Great Hall, University of Sydney.

The 9th Annual James Wadland Night of Hearts event was held at Jbiel Cuisine Restaurant in Kareela. This annual event is held by Natalie Zugec on the 2nd of April – the birthday of her late husband, James Wadland. James died from an aortic aneurysm 9 years ago and Natalie has worked tirelessly, since that…

It is fair to say that a Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm is a Great Masquerader. It can destroy any vessel to any organ in the body, with a single stroke. Of course, it can cause aortic rupture and death. This is the reason an ‘aneurysm’ has historically been perceived as the ‘old demon’ in the surgical…

The Aortic Research Group, led by Professor Richmond Jeremy, undertakes both clinical and laboratory research into genetic causes of thoracic aortic aneurysms. Approximately 50,000 Australians, of all ages, have a genetic aneurysm, which are typically asymptomatic until the potentially fatal event of aortic dissection. Detection of affected individuals, understanding of clinical features and discovery of…