Baird News

The Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery (ACS) is delighted to announce that its continued strong growth has been reflected in a new higher Impact Factor of 4.101 as released by Clarivate Analytics.  This means that the journal is ranked first in Asia-Pacific and fourth in the world and is one of the leaders in the communication and…

Former patients of the namesake of our Institute, Professor Douglas Baird, who passed away in November 1995, tell of a caring and humble man without pretension but with great skill and expertise.  As our Patron, the Honourable Michael Kirby, described him, “a very modest man, very unassuming, but very brilliant”. Enid Eyles In December 1989…

Former patients of the namesake of our Institute, Professor Douglas Baird, who passed away in November 1995, tell of a caring and humble man without pretension but with great skill and expertise.  As our Patron, the Honourable Michael Kirby, described him, “a very modest man, very unassuming, but very brilliant”. Savas Savidis In September, 1995…

In the past 6 months we have held 2 webinars educating ICU, operating theatre and ward nurses, junior doctors and medical students on various forms of cardiothoracic surgery. Aortic Surgery: 23 July 2021 Presenter: Professor Paul Bannon This webinar was designed to give an insight into patients undergoing aortic surgery. There were three focus areas…

Recently we have developed a model for looking at mitral valve repair. This model will assist us with the maintenance of heart function when we replace a mitral valve.

Bio-banking in health care has evolved over the last few decades from simple biological sample repositories to complex and dynamic units with multi-organisational infrastructure networks.

An Interview with Dr Mathew Doyle – Cardiothoracic registrar, Master of Philosophy candidate at the University of Wollongong and the recipient of a Baird Institute scholarship.

In 2017 at the age of 38, Alan Pope was referred to a cardiologist in Perth who advised that as he had an aneurysm of the aortic root, he would likely need an aortic root replacement.

This is another important investment in the team which supports the high-impact research conducted by our researchers.  Our wonderful supporters have made this investment possible.