Peter MACDONALD

Conjoint Professor of Medicine, University of New South Wales
Medical Director of the Heart Transplant Unit, St. Vincent's Hospital
Head of Transplant Research Laboratory, Victor Chang Cardiac Research institute
Australia

Peter Macdonald is a Conjoint Professor of Medicine in the University of New South Wales, Medical Director of the Heart Transplant Unit at St Vincent's Hospital,Sydney and head of the Transplantation Research Laboratory at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute. He is a past President of the Transplantation Society of Australia & New Zealand (TSANZ). His major research interests over the last 30 years have been in the areas of heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, heart transplantation, donor management and organ preservation. He has co-authored over 300 peer-reviewed manuscripts, more than 30 invited manuscripts and has contributed to the development of 10 national guidelines on these subjects. His current H index is58. In 2010, 2015, 2017 and 2019 he was nominated for the Award of Australian of the Year. In 2015 his research into the recovery and transplantation of hearts from DCD donors was recognised by the NSW Government with the NSW Ministerial Award for cardiovascular research excellence and by the ACT Gift of Life Organisation with the Terry Connolly Award for Healthcare Leadership and Innovation. In 2017, he was made a member of the Order of Australia.