Board Executive

Academic Director of the Westmead Applied Research Centre.
Clinical Lead, Community Based Cardiac Services at Westmead Hospital.
Prof Clara Chow
President
Director of Monash Heart.
Director of Victorian Heart Institute, Monash University.
Prof Stephen Nicholls
President Elect, Honorary Treasurer
Cardiologist, Department of Cardiology, The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne.
Adjunct Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, Monash University.
Prof Stephen Duffy
Honorary Secretary
Senior Cardiologist at Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Brisbane QLD.
Adj/Prof QUT’s Institute Health and Biomedical Innovation and Senior Lecturer at UQ Medicine.
Prof William Parsonage
Chair, Quality Standards CommitteeCommittee Chairs

Cardiologist, Christchurch Hospital.
Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Otago, Christchurch.
Dr Paul Bridgman
Education Committee
Senior Staff Specialist at Westmead Hospital.
Senior Lecturer Medicine, Westmead Clinical School.
Dr Aravinda Thiagalingam
Professional and Ethical Standards Committee
Cardiologist, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney.
Head, Agnes Ginges Centre for Molecular Cardiology, Centenary Institute.
Prof Chris Semsarian AM
Scientific Committee
Head of Unit of Cardiology at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and the University of Adelaide.
A/Prof Matthew Worthley
Advanced Training CommitteeAppointed Members

Head, Cardiology, Middlemore Hospital, Counties Manukau District Health Board.
Past Chair of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians NZ Specialist Advisory Committee.
Dr Selwyn Wong
NZ Regional Committee Chair
Chief Medical Advisor, Heart Foundation of Australia.
Senior Director, Baker Heart & Diabetes Institute.
Prof Garry Jennings AO
Heart Foundation Representative
Director of Cardiology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney.
Clinical Professor, University of Sydney.
Prof Robert Denniss
Editor-in-Chief, Heart Lung and Circulation Journal
Cardiothoracic Heart and Lung Transplant Surgeon at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney.
Lecturer, Clinical Medical School at SVH and University Notre Dame.
Dr Emily Granger
Surgical Representative
Clinical A/Prof University of Sydney
Consultant Cardiologist, RPAH and Alfred Cardiology
Consultant in Cardiovascular MRI, RPAH, CHW, SMRI
A/Prof Rajesh Puranik
Clinical Practice AdvisorCouncil Chairs

Senior Research Fellow in Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology, UWA
National Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow.
Dr Lee Nedkoff
Allied Health, Science and Technology Council
A/Prof IMPACCT – Improving Palliative, Aged and Chronic Care through Clinical Research and Translation, Faculty of Health,
UTS
Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow.
A/Prof Sally Inglis
Cardiovascular Nurses Council
Head of Department, Heart Rhythm at Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Professor of Medicine at the University of Melbourne.
Prof Jonathan Kalman, AO
Heart Rhythm Council
Director of Echocardiography and Senior Staff Cardiologist at the Princess Alexandra Hospital.
A/Prof of Medicine with the University of Queensland in Brisbane.
A/Prof Sudhir Wahi
Imaging Council
Cardiologist at Princess Alexandra Hospital.
A/Prof of Medicine at the University of Queensland.
A/Prof William Wang
Indigenous Health Council
Interventional Cardiologist at Liverpool Hospital.
Dr Sidney Lo
Interventional Council
Director, Cardiology, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne.
Group Leader Heart Research, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute.
A/Prof Michael Cheung
Paediatric and Congenital CouncilElected Representatives

Cardiologist, Middlemore Hospital.
Clinical Lead, Northern Region Cardiac Clinical Network.
Dr Mayanna Lund
NZ Elected Board Member
Conjoint Prof, University of Sydney and Adjunct Prof, UNSW.
Clinical Lead for non invasive cardiac imaging at Westmead Hospital and senior staff specialist.
Prof Liza Thomas
NSW Elected Member
Cardiologist – GenesisCare.
Senior Visiting Cardiologist – Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital
Dr David Cross
QLD Elected Member
Head of Unit of Cardiology at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and the University of Adelaide.
A/Prof Matthew Worthley
SA Elected Board Member
Director of Cardiology Department, Royal Hobart Hospital.
Research Associate, Menzies Institute for Medical Research.
Dr Nathan Dwyer
TAS Elected Board Member
Cardiology, Department of Cardiology, Royal Melbourne Hospital
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine RMH, University of Melbourne
A/Prof Dominica Zentner
VIC Elected Board Member
Interventional Cardiologist.
Head of Cardiology at Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth