Board Members

Board Executive

PRESIDENT

Dr Mayanna Lund

Head of Cardiology, Middlemore Hospital, Counties Manukau District Health Board.
Clinical Lead, Northern Region
Cardiac Clinical Network, NZ.

PRESIDENT ELECT/
HONORARY SECRETARY 

Prof William Parsonage

Senior Cardiologist,
Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital.
Professor and Clinical Director of
The Australian Centre for
Health Services Innovation
Queensland University of Technology.

HONORARY ASSISTANT SECRETARY/TREASURER

A/Prof Matthew Worthley

Head of Unit of Cardiology
Royal Adelaide Hospital and
University of Adelaide.

CLINICAL PRACTICE
ADVISOR

Prof Rajesh Puranik

Clinical Professor University of Sydney.
Consultant Cardiologist,
RPAH and Alfred Cardiology.
Consultant in Cardiovascular
MRI, RPAH, CHW, SMRI


Committee Chairs

EDUCATION
COMMITTEE

Prof Jenny Deague

Cardiologist Joondalup Health Campus and Northern Hearts Cardiology.
Adjunct Clinical Professor
Curtin Health Sciences.

PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL STANDARDS COMMITTEE

Prof Rochelle Wynne

Chair of Nursing, Western Health,
Centre for Quality & Patients Safety,
Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University.

QUALITY STANDARDS COMMITTEE

A/Prof Dominica Zentner

Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital.
A/Prof, Department of Medicine RMH, University of Melbourne.

SCIENTIFIC
COMMITTEE

Prof Martin Stiles

Director of Electrophysiology,
Department of Cardiology,
Waikato Hospital.
Professor, University of Auckland.


Appointed Members

CLINICAL PRACTICE
ADVISOR

Prof Rajesh Puranik

Clinical Professor University of Sydney.
Consultant Cardiologist,
RPAH and Alfred Cardiology.
Consultant in Cardiovascular
MRI, RPAH, CHW, SMRI.

NZ REGIONAL
COMMITTEE CHAIR

Prof Martin Stiles

Director of Electrophysiology,
Department of Cardiology,
Waikato Hospital.
Professor, University of Auckland.

RACP ADVANCED
TRAINING COMMITTEE

A/Prof James Shaw

Deputy Director of Cardiology
Alfred Hospital

SURGICAL
REPRESENTATIVE

Mr Marco Larobina

Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Epworth Richmond Hospital

Council Chairs

ABORIGINAL, TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER, MAORI AND
PACIFIC COUNCIL

Dr Anna Rolleston

Managing Director,
Manawaora The Centre for Health.
Honorary Research Fellow,
University of Auckland.

ALLIED HEALTH, SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL

Dr Lee Nedkoff

Co-Director, Cardiovascular
Epidemiology Research Centre, UWA.
Head, Cardiology Population Health Lab, Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute.

CARDIAC
IMAGING COUNCIL

Prof Liza Thomas

Conjoint Prof, University of Sydney and Adjunct Prof, University of NSW.
Clinical Lead, non invasive cardiac imaging, Westmead Hospital
and senior staff specialist.

CARDIOVASCULAR
NURSING COUNCIL

Prof Caleb Ferguson

Professor of Nursing
(Chronic & Complex Care)
NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow.
University of Wollongong and
Western Sydney Local
Health District.

HEART RHYTHM
COUNCIL

Prof Jonathan Kalman AO

Head of Department, Heart Rhythm
Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Professor of Medicine,
University of Melbourne.

INTERVENTIONAL
COUNCIL

A/Prof Ajay Sinhal

Interventional Cardiologist
Director of Invasive Services,
Flinders Medical Centre.

PAEDIATRIC AND
CONGENITAL COUNCIL

Prof Michael Cheung

Director, Cardiology, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne.
Group Leader Heart Research, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.


Elected Representatives

NSW ELECTED MEMBER

Prof Ravi Bhindi

Interventional Cardiologist
Head of Cardiology, Royal North Shore Hospital

QLD ELECTED MEMBER

Dr David Cross

Cardiologist at AdvaraCare.
Senior Visiting Cardiologist,
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.

SA ELECTED BOARD MEMBER

Dr Alicia Chan

Cardiologist, Central Adelaide
Local Health Network.
Academic Cardiologist, University of Adelaide.

 
TAS ELECTED BOARD MEMBER

Dr David Russell

Staff Specialist Cardiologist, Royal Hobart Hospital
Director, Cardiology Tasmania

VIC ELECTED BOARD MEMBER

A/Prof Dominica Zentner

Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital.
A/Prof, Department of Medicine RMH, University of Melbourne.

WA ELECTED BOARD MEMBER

Prof Girish Dwivedi

Consultant Cardiologist, Fiona Stanley Hospital.
Westfarmers Chair in Cardiology, University of Western Australia (Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research).

NZ ELECTED BOARD MEMBER

Dr Daniel Chan

Cardiologist, Clinical Lead of
Cardiac Cath Lab,
Whangarei Hospital.
Cardiologist, The Heart Group,
Auckland and Whangarei.