Cardiology Unit
Cardiology Unit- Heart Disease research, Heart Attacks & ‘Broken Heart Syndrome’
Heart Disease research is the focus of researchers in the Cardiology Unit at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
The Cardiology Unit undertakes its research largely in association with other TQEH researchers in Clinical Pharmacology and Vascular Surgery, and researchers in the Physiology Department, University of Adelaide, within the TQEH Vascular Disease and Therapeutics Research Group.
Research Focus
Research within the Cardiology Unit has an overall translational focus based on diseases affecting the heart and blood vessels, particularly in the ageing population and/or in women, and then developing the appropriate therapies.
The overall research focus is on development of new therapeutic models for cardiovascular (heart) diseases, utilising a translational, and “bench to bedside” approach.
Specific research projects within the Unit are investigating arterial spasm in angina, as well as the most common cause of valve disease and replacement.
There have been improved methods for quick diagnosis Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy (“broken heart syndrome”).
Other researchers are looking at the association between and polycystic ovarian syndrome, and management of heart failure and atrial fibrillation (common cause of irregular heartbeat) with the potential use of outreach programmes.
Staff
Director
Professor JD Horowitz AM, MBBS BMedSc(Hons) PhD FRACP
Senior Clinical Staff
O Akbar Ali MBBS FRACP FCSANZ
MA Arstall MBBS PhD FRACP
P Averbuj MD FRACP
JF Beltrame BSc BMBS FRACP PhD FESC RACC FCSANZ
WP Chan MBBS FRACP
R Dautov MBBS FRACP
D DiFiore MBBS FRACP
ADB Hains MBBS FRACP
JTY Hii BMBS FRACP
SB Limaye MBBS MD MRCP FRACP
D Lypourlis MD FRACP
G Mahadavan BMBS FRACP
K Mishra MBBS MD MRCP FRACP
C Neil MBBS FRACP
D Ninio MBBS(Hons), PhD FRACP
A Philpott MBBS FRACP
S Rajendran MBBS PhD FRACP
PR Sage MBBS PhD FRACP
AL Sverdlov MBBS FRACP FCSANZ
S Unger MBBS PhD FRACP
AS Warner MBBS BMedSc(Hons) PhD FRACP
CJ Zeitz MBBS PhD FRACP OstJ
Senior Research Scientists
YY Chirkov BSc PhD
JA Kennedy BSc(Hons) PhD
D Ngo BPharm BHlth Sc(Hons) PhD FCSANZ
DP Wilson BSc(Hons) MSc PhD
Laboratory Manager
I Stafford BSc
Research Assistants
T Heresztyn BSc
Dan Gavriliouk BSc
Postgraduate Students
3 Postgraduate Students
13 PhD Candidates
2 Masters Candidates