ProfessorDavid Celermajer

Professor David Celermajer AO is a University Medallist from Sydney University, a Rhodes Scholar and was the first winner of the prestigious Blackburn Medal for Clinical Research at the University, in 2019. He holds a Masters of Science degree from the University of Oxford, a PhD from the University of London and a Doctorate of Science from the University of Sydney. 

 

Since 2004, he has been the Scandrett Professor of Cardiology at the  University of Sydney and from 2006 to 2020, was Head of the Discipline of Cardiology at the University. David is also an Academic Cardiologist at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, where he is currently Head of the Department of Cardiology, after long periods as Director of Adult Congenital Heart Services and Director of Research in Cardiology. In addition to these roles, David is also the Clinical Director of the Heart Research Institute. He is currently the Chairman of the Congenital Heart Alliance of Australia and New Zealand. He is one of the very few physicians in Australia to be elected as a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (2006) and is also a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science (since 2018). In 2014, He was appointed as an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO).

 

Professor Celermajer sits on the Editorial Boards of many of the world’s leading Cardiology Journals, including the European Heart Journal, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology and Heart. He has published over 600 papers, with career citations of over 80 000 and an H-index of >110. In recognition of this, he has been awarded many major national and international awards for Research Excellence. He is also one of the world’s leading authorities on the treatment of adults with congenital heart disease.

 

With established research teams at the Heart Research Institute and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, he applies basic and clinical science to investigate his main research interests; Congenital Heart Disease, Pulmonary vascular disease and Atherosclerosis.