
2021 Clinical Trials Update
The cardiovascular research team at Royal Prince Alfred hospital consists of Lisa Turner, Carmel Oostveen, Lorna Beattie and we welcome our new recruit, Dhairya Vayada….

Vascular Surgical Expansion of The Biobanking Program at The Sydney Heart Bank Dr Jacky Loa
Dr Jacky Loa – Vascular Surgeon RPA and IAS Vascular Research Lead The Sydney Heart Bank is a well-established biobank that procures aortic and valvular…

Welcome To Dhairya Vayada – Data Research Assistant
Dhairya commenced with The Baird Institute in September having recently completed his Bachelor of Biomedical Science at The University of Queensland. He has a strong…

ACS – Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery (September 2021)
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…

Reflections from Enid Eyles – Former Patient of Professor Douglas Baird AM
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…

Reflections from Savas Savidis – Former Patient of Professor Douglas Baird AM
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…

Cardiothoracic Surgical Education Webinar 2021
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…

The Broken Heart Program
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.

The Biobanking Program
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.