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Contact Details

Email
sean.coffey@otago.ac.nz
Position
Senior Lecturer
Department
Department of Medicine (Dunedin)
Qualifications
MB BS FRACP Phd
Research summary
Cardiovascular medicine
Clinical
  • Clinical cardiology
  • Cardiovascular imaging – echocardiography, cardiac CT, and cardiac MRI

Research

I am interested in many aspects of cardiovascular medicine, especially valvular heart disease, but also ischaemic heart disease, cardiomyopathies, and atrial fibrillation.

To tackle these, I, along with collaborators, use basic science techniques in molecular biology and genomics, population based approaches, and advanced phenotyping techniques using echocardiography, cardiac CT, and cardiac MRI. We have started running clinical trials in-house, with the aim of developing therapies for testing in wider clinical settings.

Current research projects

The PressUre reduction in Mild-to-moderate Aortic Stenosis (PUMAS) study

Publications

Hintz, M. O., Ahmad Zamri, A. S., Erickson, E. W., Barlev, F., Coffey, S., & Lamberts, R. R. (2025). Associations between heart size, anthropometric and cardiovascular indicators: An undergraduate physiology teaching laboratory. Advances in Physiology Education. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1152/advan.00254.2024 Journal - Research Article

Vlietstra, L., Fordyce, A., Costa, E. C., Coffey, S., Walker, X. J., Whalley, G. A., & Waters, D. L. (2025). Exercise interventions to improve physical frailty and physical frailty components in older adults with hypertension: A systematic review. Ageing Research Reviews, 107, 102714. doi: 10.1016/j.arr.2025.102714 Journal - Research Other

Moore, M. K., Jones, G. T., Whalley, G., Williams, M. J. A., Stewart, R. A., & Coffey, S. (2025). The prevalence of aortic stenosis in Maōri undergoing clinically indicated echocardiography compared to New Zealand Europeans. New Zealand Medical Journal/Te ara tika o te hauora hapori, 138(1608), 84-93. Retrieved from https://www.nzmj.org.nz/ Journal - Research Article

Beck, S., Whalley, G., Coffey, S., Hawley, A., & Anakin, M. (2025). Cardiac ultrasound training for medical students utilizing drawing and ward-based instruction. MedEdPortal, 21, 11485. doi: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.11485 Journal - Research Article

Keaney, E. R., Bingham, K. T., de Jonge, W., Coffey, S., Munro, M. L., & Lamberts, R. R. (2024, August). Sex differences in human myocardial function. Verbal presentation at the BMS Postgraduate Symposium, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

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