MB ChB, Otago
FRACS, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
Member, The European Association of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Member, Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Member, Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons
Member, Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
Fellow, Royal Society of Medicine
Member, The Academy of Surgical Educators, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons
I am a consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon working at Wellington Hospital. I graduated from The University of Otago and undertook advanced training in Cardiothoracic Surgery through the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. My post-fellowship training focused on surgery of the thoracic aorta, the use of arterial conduits in coronary surgery and both general and minimally invasive thoracic surgical techniques. I am actively involved in clinical research and I currently hold editorial positions with 2 international cardiothoracic surgical journals and i review for 10 international peer reviewed pub-med indexed journals.
Contact details
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Level 12 CSB
Wellington Hospital, Private Bag 7902
Wellington South 6242
New Zealand
Email Sean Galvin
Current role
- Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, CCDHB
- Editorial Board, Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Assistant Editor, Multimedia Manual of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Research interests
- Thoracic Aortic Surgery
- Organ injury and prevention in cardiac surgery
- Cerebral protection in surgery of the Thoracic Aorta
- Surgical outcomes and Risk Modelling
Publications
Sean D. Galvin. ANZAME: A Student Perspective. ANZAME Bulletin. The Association for Health professional Education. Nov 2002 29(3) 4-5.
Sean D. Galvin, Ian A. Thomson, Neil Morrison and Andre. van Rij. Infection of Aortic Endoluminal Graft Following Internal Iliac Embolisation. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Extra 6 122-123, 2003
Sean D. Galvin, James A. Letts and Narayanan R. Sampangi. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Partial Segmental Priapism (segmental thrombosis of the corpus cavernosum). Urology, 73: 275–276, 2009.
Kate N. Thomas, James D. Cotter, Sean D. Galvin, Michael Williams, Chris Willie and Philip N. Ainslie. Initial Orthostatic Hypotension Is Unrelated To Orthostatic Tolerance In Healthy Young Subjects. Journal of Applied Physiology. 2009 Aug;107(2):506-17.
Sean D. Galvin, Brecon Wademan, John Chu and Richard W. Bunton. Benign metastasizing leiomyoma: A rare metastatic lesion in the right ventricle. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2010;89:279-281.
Shigehiko Ogoh, Yu-Chieh Tzeng, Samuel J.E. Lucas, Sean D. Galvin, and Philip N. Ainslie. Influence of baroreflex-mediated tachycardia on the regulation of dynamic cerebral perfusion during acute hypotension in humans. Journal of Physiology 2010 Jan 15;588(Pt 2):365-71.
Sean D. Galvin, Victor Chen, Richard Bunton, and Terence Doyle. Sutureless pericardial patch augmentation for impending left ventricular free wall rupture. Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery 2010 Feb;10(2):341-3.
Samuel J.E. Lucas, Yu-Chieh Tzeng, Sean D. Galvin, Kate N. Thomas, Shigehiko Ogoh and Philip N. Ainslie. Influence of changes in blood pressure on cerebral perfusion and oxygenation. Hypertension 2010;Mar;55(3):698-705.
Kate N. Thomas, Sean D. Galvin, Michael Williams, Chris Willie, and Philip N. Ainslie. Identical pattern of cerebral hypoperfusion during different types of syncope. Journal of Human Hypertension. 2010 July;24(7):458-66.
Sean D. Galvin, Leo A. Celi, Kate N. Thomas, Thomas Clendon, Ivor F. Galvin, Richard W. Bunton, and Philip N. Ainslie. Effects of Age and Coronary Artery Disease on Cerebrovascular Reactivity to Carbon Dioxide in Humans. Anasthesia and Intensive Care 2010 July; 38(4) 710 – 717.
Sean D. Galvin, Narayanan R. Sampangi, Benjamin K.J. Wilson and Kampata P. Samalia. Periurethral Abscess: An Unusual Source of Sepsis. ANZ Journal of Surgery 2010 September 80:653-654.
Sean D. Galvin, Shola B. Ninan, Gabriel B. Lau and Ivor F. Galvin. Rupture of aortic pseudoaneursym arising from a transverse aortotomy line 12-years following mechanical aortic valve replacement. Journal of Cardiac Surgery 2010 Sep;25(5):563-5
Ivor F. Galvin and Sean D Galvin. Top-end aortocoronary anastamosis made easy: The Visor Technique. Journal of Cardiac Surgery 2010 Sep;25(5):511-2
Joesph Donnelly, Sameul J. Lucas, Kate N. Thomas, Sean D. Galvin, Philip N. Ainslie. Profound hyperventilation and development of periodic breathing during exceptional orthostatic stress in a 21 year-old man. Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology. 2011 Jun 30;177(1):66-70
Kugathasan Nadarasa, Victor H.T. Chen, Sean D. Galvin, Antje van der Linden. A large tricuspid valve mass associated with rectal carcinoma. The New Zealand Medical Journal. 2011 Aug 12;124(1340):80-83.
Sean D. Galvin and Ahmed El-Gamel. Cavernous haemangioma of the right atrium. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2012 May;27(3):360.
Melissa J. Whitehouse, Sean D. Galvin, Chris Horrocks and Barry Mahon. Pseudo-aneurysm of the Aortic Arch with Aorto-Venous Fistula Following Penetrating Chest Trauma. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2012 Sep;27(5):609-10.
Leo A. Celi , Sean D. Galvin, Guido Davidzon, Joon Lee, Daniel Scott and Roger Mark. A database-driven decision support system: Customized mortality Prediction. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 2012; 2(4):138-148.
Brian Buxton , William Shi. Sean D. Galvin and Philip Hayward. Total arterial coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with diabetes: an 8-year experience. Internal Medicine Journal, 2012 Oct;42 Suppl 5:9-15.
Sean D. Galvin, Brecon Wademan and Ivor F.Galvin. Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma. Journal of Cardiac Surgery. 2012 Nov;27(6):707-8.
George Matalanis and Sean D. Galvin. “Branch-First” continuous perfusion aortic arch replacement and its role in intra-operative cerebral protection. Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013;2(2):194-201.
Sean D. Galvin and George Matalanis. Aortic Arch surgery using the “Branch-First” technique: a technical perspective. Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2013;2(2):229-234.
Casey Lo, Sean D. Galvin and Nick Roubos. Incomplete Vascular Ring: Left Aortic Arch with aberrant right subclavian artery arising from Komerell’s diverticulum. Internet Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2013; 16 (1) 1428
N. Kalhara Perera, William Y. Shi, Rhiannon S. Koirala, Peter R. McCall, Sean D. Galvin and George Matalanis. Outcomes of aortic arch replacement performed without circulatory arrest or deep hypothermia. Aorta 2013;1(2):102–109.
Casey Lo, Sean D. Galvin, Stephen Barnett, and Siven Seevanayagam. Endovascular Repair of Iatrogenic Aortic Rupture. Journal of Cardiac Surgery 2013 Sep;28(5):561-3.
Brian Buxton and Sean D. Galvin. The history of arterial revascularization: from Kolesov to Tector and Beyond. Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery . 2013;2(4):419-426.
Lisa Lim, Sean D. Galvin, Mohamad Jarvid and George Matalanis. Should the radial artery be used as a bypass graft following radial access coronary angiography? Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 2014; 18(2):219-24.
Brecon H. Wademan and Sean D. Galvin. Desmopressin for reducing post-operative blood loss and transfusion requirements following cardiac surgery in adults. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 2014; 18(3):360-70.
Nisal K. Perera, Sean D. Galvin, Siven Seevanayagan and George Matalanis. Optimal Management of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection with Visceral Malperfusion. Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, 2014; 19 (2): 290-294
Laurence Weinberg, Irene Kearsey, Clarrisa Tjoakarfa, George Matalanis, Sean D. Galvin, Scott Carson, Rinaldo Bellomo, Larry McNicol, Peter McCall. Haemostatic management for aortic valve replacement in a patient with advanced liver disease. World Journal of Clinical Cases, 2014 Oct 16;2(10):596-60
George Matalanis, Nisal K. Perera and Sean D. Galvin. Aortic arch replacement without circulatory arrest or deep hypothermia: the “Branch First” technique. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2015 Feb;149(2 Suppl):S76-82 (Invited Manuscript).
Kalhara Perera, Sean D Galvin, Shoane Ip, Lisa Lim, Omar Faroque and Nick Roubos. Coronary artery bypass graft psuedo-aneurysm following sternal wire removal. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 2015 Jan 12. Epub ahead of print
Nisal K. Perera, Sean D. Galvin, Siven Seevanayagam, Mark Brooks and George Matalanis. Total Aortic Repair for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Complicated by Malperfusion or Symptomatic Branch Vessel Mal-alignment. Accepted for Publication 2016, Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
Sean D. Galvin, Nisal K. Perera and George Matalanis. Technical Aspects of Total Aortic Repair in the Surgical Management of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection. In Masters of Cardiothoracic Surgery series, Accepted for Publication 2016 Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Invited Manuscript.
George Matalanis, Nisal K Perera and Sean D. Galvin. Evolving surgical philosophy in the management of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection. Accepted for Publication 2016 Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Invited Manuscriptt
Sean D. Galvin, Nisal K. Perera and George Matalanis. The surgical management of acute type A Aortic Dissection. Accepted for Publication 2016 Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Invited Manuscript Art of Operative Technique.
Publications – Peer Reviewed Abstracts
Sean D. Galvin, Ivor Galvin and Richard Bunton. Heart Surgery in the Golden Years: Operating on Patients over the age of 80: Is it feasible and worthwhile? An 11-year review. Heart Lung and Circulation June 2006;15(3)221.
Sean D. Galvin, Richard W. Bunton and Victor Chen. Images of infarct related incomplete left ventricular rupture managed with pericardial patch repair. ANZ Journal of Surgery. May 2007 Volume 77(suppl 1). A 11.
Sean D. Galvin, Philip Ainslie, Leo Celi, Kate Thomas, Thomas. Clendon, Ivor Galvin, R. Bunton and Gerard Wilkins. Cerebrovsacular function before and after cardiopulmonary bypass. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care .35(6) 1000-1001.
Sean D. Galvin, Philip Ainslie, Leo Celi, Kate Thomas, Thomas Clendon, Ivor Galvin, Richard Bunton and Gerard Wilkins. The effects of aging and ischaemic heart disease on cerebrovascular CO2 reactivity Proceedings of the New Zealand Medical Science Congress. Queenstown. New Zealand. 27 – 30 November 2007.
Kate Thomas, Jim Cotter, Sean D. Galvin, Michael Williams, Chris Willie and Philip Ainslie.
Initial Orthostatic Hypotension and Syncope. Proceedings of the New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress, Queenstown, New Zealand, 27-30 November 2007.
Sean D. Galvin, Leo Celi, Kate Thomas, Ivor Galvin, Richard Bunton and Philip Ainslie. Cerebrovascular Responses to Hyperoxia in Humans Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. ANZ Journal of Surgery. May 2008 Volume 38 (suppl 1) A22.
Sean D. Galvin, Brecon Wademan, John Chu and Richard Bunton. Benign metastasizing leiomyoma: A rare metastatic lesion in the right ventricle. ANZ Journal of Surgery. May 2008 Volume 38 (suppl 1) A23.
Sean D. Galvin, Philip Ainslie, Leo Celi, Kate Thomas, Thomas Clendon, Ivor Galvin and Richard Bunton. Cerebrovascualar Reactivity and Coronary artery bypass Surgery. Heart, Lung and Circulation 2009;18:68-9.
Leo Celi, M Villaroel, Guido Davidzon, Sean D. Galvin, G Clifford, Ivor Galvin, Richard Bunton and Peter Szolovits. Comparing the performance of customized mortality prediction models using local databases against current standard scoring systems. Critical Care Medicine 2009;37:A357.
Sean D. Galvin and Ahmed El Gamel. Double-breasted mitral valve repair: A simplified approach to surgical management of posterior leaflet prolapse. Heart, Lung and Circulation 2010; 19 (Suppl 1): S10.
Sean D. Galvin, Nand Kejriwal, Ahmed El Gamel , Gerard Devlin, Raewan Fisher and Sanjeevan Pasupati. Transapical aortic valve implantation in New Zealand – An early single centre experience. Heart, Lung and Circulation 2010;19 (Suppl 1): S10-S11.
Sean D. Galvin and Ahmed El Gamel. Beyond Serum Creatinine: Creatinine Clearance is a Better Predictor of Postoperative Renal Dysfunction, and Outcomes Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass.
Heart, Lung and Circulation 2010;19 (Suppl 2): S233-234.
Sean D. Galvin and Ahmed El Gamel. Combined off pump left ventricular aneurysm plication and multivessel coronary revascularization in patients with Ischaemic cardiomyopathy. Heart, Lung and Circulation 2010;19 (Suppl 2): S235.
Kate N. Thomas, Sean D. Galvin, Philip N. Ainslie and Sam J.E. Lucas. Influence of sympathetic nervous activity on initial orthostatic hypotension: The effect of age. Proceedings of the New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress, Queenstown, New Zealand.
Sam J.E. Lucas, Kate N. Thomas, Sean D. Galvin and Philip N Ainslie. The influence of systemic sympathetic activity on cerebral perfusion at rest and during exercise: Alterations with ageing. Proceedings of the New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress, Queenstown, New Zealand.
Sean D. Galvin, Leo Anthony G. Celi, Ivor F. Galvin and Richard W. Bunton. Use of machine learning algorithms to predict outcome in patients over 80 years of age undergoing cardiac surgery. Heat Lung and Circulation. January 2011: 20 (1), 48
Sean D. Galvin and Adam El Gamel. A Modified Sternal Closure Technique to Reduce the Incidence of Sternal Complications in High Risk Patients. Heart, Lung and Circulation April 2011: 20(4) 267
Sam JE Lucas, Kate N. Thomas, Sean D. Galvin and Philip N Ainslie. The influence of systemic sympathetic activity on cerebral perfusion at rest and during exercise: Alterations with ageing. Proceedings of the Physiological Society, Physiology 2011, University of Oxford, UK. Proc Physiol Soc 2011: 23, C20.
Kugan Nadarasa, Victor. Chen, Sean D. Galvin, Antje van der Linden. A Case of Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis with Large Vegetation due to St. Agalactiae and Rectal Carcinoma. Heart, Lung and Circulation, June 2011: 20, (6), 402.
Sean D. Galvin, Kate N. Thomas, Philip N. Ainslie and Samuel J.E. Lucas.The Influence of Systemic Sympathetic Activity on the Regulation of Cerebral Blood Flow and Cerebrovascular CO2 Reactivity. Heart, Lung and Circulation December 2011:20(12),79.
Brian Buxton, Philip Hayward, James Tatoulis, Sean D. Galvin and Willian Shi. Comparable patencies of the radial artery, left and right internal thoracic arteries and saphenous vein. Proceedings of the 20th Annual Meeting of the Asian Society of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons, Nusa Dua, Bali, Indonesia.
Adam EL-Gamel, Kamaraj Radhakrishnan, and Sean D. Galvin. Late Outcomes of long left coronary artery endarterectomy in inoperable patients with diffuse coronary disease. Proceedings of the 21st Annual Meeting of the Asian Society of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons, Kobe, Japan, 2013
Adam EL-Gamel, Kamaraj Radhakrishnan, and Sean D. Galvin. Functional neocordae length adjustment in mitral valve repair. Proceedings of the 21st Annual Meeting of the Asian Society of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons, Kobe, Japan, 2013.
Casey Lo, Lisa Lim, Sean D. Galvin, Rinaldo Bellomo, Siven Seevanayagam and George Matalanis, Renal dysfunction as a predictor of poor-outcomes in patients with infective endocarditis (IE) undergoing surgical intervention. ANZ Journal of Surgery 2013, 83: 17–20.
Casey Lo, Lisa Lim, Sean D. Galvin, Mohamed Jarvid, Rinaldo Bellomo, Siven Seevanayagam and George Matalanis. Surgical Management of Infective Endocarditis – An 11-year Single Centre Experience. Heart, lung & circulation 2013: 22 (6) 463-464
Felicity Meikle, Sean D. Galvin, Yuanji Zhang, Kim Pickering and Adam El-Gamel. The Role of Closure Techniques in Sternal Dehiscence – An Artificial Model. Heart, lung & circulation, 2013: 22 (6) 477.
Mohamed Javid, Sean D. Galvin, Casey Lo, Lisa Lim, Balamurali Srinivasan, Siven Seevanayagam and George Matalanis. Can the Radial Artery be Used as a Bypass Graft Following Radial Access Coronary Angiography. Heart, lung & circulation, June 2013: 22 (6) 459-460.
Sean D. Galvin, William Y. Shi, John A. Fuller, Philip A. Hayward and Brian F. Buxton. Total Arterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients with Diabetes. Heart, lung & circulation, June 2013: 22 (6) 470 – 471.
George Matalanis, Sean D. Galvin, Siven Seevenayagam and Mark Brookes. Complete Aortic Repair for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection. Proceedings of the seventh Postgraduate Course for Surgery of the Thoracic Aorta, 11 – 12th November 2013, Bologna, Italy.
Nisal K. Perera, Sean D. Galvin, Siven Seevanayagam and George Matalanis. Aortic Valve Replacement for Aortic Stenosis Over 11-Years. Heart, Lung and Circulation. January 2014; 23, (1) e56.
Brian F. Buxton, William Y. Shi, John A. Fuller, Philip A. Hayward, James Tatoulis, Cheng-Hon Yap and Sean D. Galvin. Evolution of Arterial Grafting in Coronary Artery Surgery: A 30-Year Multicentre Experience. Heart, Lung and Circulation. January 2014; 23, (1) e26.
Nisal K. Perera, Sean D. Galvin, Bruno Marino, Frank Liskaser, Peter McCall, Rinaldo Bellomo, Siven Seevenayagam, and George Matalanis. Custodiol® is a Safe Alternative to Blood Cardioplegia in Major Aortic Surgery. Heart, Lung and Circulation. January 2014; 23, (1) e45 – 46.
Lisa Lim, Sean D. Galvin and George Matalanis. First Australian experience with the Thora-Flex hybrid arch graft. Proceedings of the inaugural Techno Practium College, Sydney, Australia, March 13 – 15th 2014.
Lisa Lim, Sean D. Galvin and Siven Seevanayagam. Is the timing of pre-operative coronary angiography a predictor of acute renal impairment in patients undergoing cardiac surgery? A review of the evidence. Proceedings of the inaugural Techno Practium College, Sydney, Australia, March 13 – 15th 2014.
Nisal K. Perera, Sean D Galvin and George Matalanis. Valve Sparing Aortic Root Replacement with and without Aortic Valve Repair. Proceedings of the inaugural Techno Practium College, Sydney, Australia, March 13 – 15th 2014
Sean D. Galvin and Adam El Gamel A simple sternal closure technique to reduce the incidence of sternal complications in high risk patients CSANZ New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting; 4-6 June 2015
Heart, Lung and Circulation, 2015, Volume 24, Supplement 1, Pages e56–e57
Prakash Balakrishnan, Casery Lo, Sean D. Galvin and Barry. Mahon P1.01-038 – Endosonographic vs Surgical Staging for Mediastinal Nodal Staging of Lung Cancer: A Systematic Review (ID 3016) 16th World Conference on Lung Cancer in Denver, Colorado, USA, September 6 – 9, 2015
Casey Lo, Sean D. Galvin and Prakash Balakrishnan P3.02-015 – Impact of a Lung Multidisciplinary Team Meeting 16th World Conference on Lung Cancer in Denver, Colorado, USA, September 6 – 9, 2015
Publications, other – Surgical Video:
Sean D. Galvin and George Matalanis. Aortic Arch surgery using the “Branch-First” technique. In Masters of Cardiothoracic Surgery Series, Aortic Arch Surgery (I), Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Volume 2 Number 2, March 2013. http://www.annalscts.com/article/view/1700/2377.
Teruhisa Kazui. Editing and Narration only Total Arch Replacement with Separated Graft Technique with the Aid of Antegrade Selective Cerebral Perfusion. In Masters of Cardiothoracic Surgery Series, Aortic Arch Surgery (II), Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Volume 2 Number 3, May 2013. http://www.annalscts.com/article/view/2008/2738
Brian Buxton and Sean D. Galvin. “The history of arterial revascularization” In Keynote Lecture Series, Total Arterial Revascularisation, Annals of Cardiothoracic Surgery,Volume 2 Number 4, July 2013 http://www.annalscts.com.article/view/240
Reprinted, Brian F. Buxton, Sean D. Galvin . The history of arterial revascularization: from Kolesov to Tector and beyond. Asvide 2014; 1: 92. doi:10.3978/asvide.2014.92
George Matalanis and Sean D. Galvin. Total Aortic Repair for complex aortic dissection. Surgery of the Thoracic Aorta, Seventh Postgraduate Course, 11th – 12th November 2013, Bologna, Italy.
Sean D. Galvin, Nisal K. Perera, P.McCall, M. Brooks, Siven Seevanayagam and George Matalanis. Total Aortic Repair for acute type A aortic dissection. Video on demand, American Association of Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Aortic Symposium, New York, USA, April 24 – 25 2014. http://www.aats.org/aortic/abstracts/2014-Presentations-On-Demand-Onsite.cgi
Publications, other – book chapters
Philip A.R. Hayward, Sean D. Galvin and Brian F. Buxton. Expanded use of arterial conduits. In Operative Cardiac Surgery 6th Edition, Edited by M. Ackar and T.L. Spray. To be published 2017
Publications, other – Non-referred publications and reports:
A Al-Dameh, C Buhay, S. Galvin, R Gangaraju, T Hill, D Silva Current Primary Care Management of Intermittent Claudication: A Survey of General Practitioners in the Otago Region (held at Medical Library University of Otago) . Department of Preventative and Social Medicine. University of Otago Medical Library. Med NZ WA 30 T81 2002 Cur
University of Otago departmental review, Medical & Surgical Sciences. Review Report. University of Otago, Quality Advancement Unit: See http://www.otago.ac.nz/quality/ for additional information.
Poster Presentations:
Infarct related incomplete left ventricular rupture managed with pericardial patch repair. Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Annual Scientific Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand May 2007.
Benign metastasing leiomyoma: A rare metastatic lesion in the right ventricle. Conjoint annual scientific congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong. Hong Kong May 2008 and also presented at Tongariro Cardiac Surgical Meeting. Rotoura, New Zealand. April 2008.
Comparing the performance of customized mortality prediction models using local databases against current standard scoring systems. The Society Of Critical Care Medicine, 39th Critical Care Congress. Miami Beach, Florida USA, January 2010.
Double-breasted mitral valve repair: A simplified approach to surgical management of posterior leaflet prolapse. Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, New Zealand Annual Scientific Conference, June 2010. Also presented at rapid fire oral poster session.
Protection from initial orthostatic hypotension depends on sympathetic activity in young but not older adults. The New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress, Queenstown, New Zealand, 30th November – 3rd December 2010.
The influence of systemic sympathetic activity on cerebral perfusion at rest and during exercise: Alterations with ageing. The New Zealand Medical Sciences Congress, Queenstown, New Zealand, 30th November – 3rd December 2010.
A Case of Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis with Large Vegetation due to St. Agalactiae and Rectal Carcinoma. Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, NZ Annual Scientific Meeting, Hawkes Bay 10 – 12th June 2011.
The influence of systemic sympathetic activity on the regulation of cerebral blood flow and cerebrovascular CO2 reactivity. Australasian Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Annual Scientific Meeting, Queenstown, August 4 – 7th 2011.
Total Arterial Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients with Diabetes. Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZCTS), Annual Scientific Meeting, Hobart, Australia November 2012.
The role of closure techniques in sternal dehiscence – An artificial model. Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZCTS), Annual Scientific Meeting, Hobart, Australia November 2012.
Aortic valve replacement for aortic stenosis over 11-years. Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZCTS), Annual Scientific Meeting, Darwin, Australia August 2013.
Valve Sparing root replacement with and without aortic valve repair. Techno Practium College, Inaugural Scientific Meeting, Sydney, Australia, 13th – 15th March 2014.
First Australian experience with the thora-flex hybrid arch graft. Techno Practium College, Inaugural Scientific Meeting, Sydney, Australia, 13th – 15th March 2014.
Is the timing of pre-operative coronary angiography a predictor of acute renal impairment in patients undergoing cardiac surgery? A review of the evidence. Techno Practium College, Sydney, Australia, March 13 – 15th 2014.
Extended Pulmonary Resection for left hilar metastatic melanoma. Tongariro NZ Cardiac Surgical Meeting, Taupo, NZ, 18 – 20th March 2016.
Patch Repair of oncotic pulmonary artery aneurysm from metastatic choriocarcinoma. Tongariro NZ Cardiac Surgical Meeting, Taupo, NZ, 18 – 20th March 2016.
Valve Sparing Aortic Root Replacement with and without aortic valve repair. Tongariro NZ Cardiac Surgical Meeting, Taupo, NZ, 18 – 20th March 2016.
Australian Single Center Experience with the Frozen Elephant Truck Technique. Tongariro NZ Cardiac Surgical Meeting, Taupo, NZ, 18 – 20th March 2016.
Levosimedan in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: Wellington’s early experience. Tongariro NZ Cardiac Surgical Meeting, Taupo, NZ, 18 – 20th March 2016.
Oral Presentations:
Post-operative Complications in the Cardiac Surgical Patient. Invited lecture, Cardiac Study Day for Otago and Southland Nurses. 24th July 2004.
Heart Surgery in the Golden Years: Operating on patients over the age of 80, Is it feasible and worthwhile? An 11-year Review. Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, New Zealand Annual Scientific Congress, Auckland. 13th May 2006.
The effects of aging and ischaemic heart disease on cerebrovascular reactivity. Medical Science Congress. Queenstown. New Zealand. November 2007.
Cerebrovascualar Reactivity and Coronary artery bypass Surgery. Australasian Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Annual Scientific Meeting. Noosa, Australia, October 2007
Cerebrovsacular function before and after cardiopulmonary bypass: Testing cerebral orthostatic tolerance. Australia New Zealand Intensive Care Society. Annual Scientific Meeting Rotoura, New Zealand October 2007.
Cardiac surgery in the elderly. Invited Lecture, Surgical Research Seminar, University of Otago, Dunedin. 28th May 2007.
Infarct related incomplete left ventricular rupture managed with pericardial patch repair. Poster and oral presentation. Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Annual Scientific Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand May 2007.
Heart Surgery in the Golden Years: Operating on patients over the age of 80, Is it feasible and worthwhile? An 11-year Review. Tongariro Cardiac Surgical Meeting, Taupo, New Zealand, April 2007.
Cerebral and systemic vascular function following cardiopulmonary bypass. Invited Lecture, Surgical Research Seminar. University of Otago, March 2007
Endothelial dysfunction following cardiopulmonary bypass. Invited Lecture, University of Otago Research Seminar, University of Otago. Dunedin. 7th March 2007
Changes in cerebral vascular function with age and coronary artery disease. Tongariro Cardiac Surgical Meeting. Rotoura, New Zealand. April 2008
Cerebrovascular Responses to Hyperoxia in Humans Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery. Conjoint annual scientific congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the College of Surgeons of Hong Kong. Hong Kong May 2008.
Research musings of a surgical registrar.Invited lecture, Feitschrift for Mr Stephen Packer, Dunedin Hospital, November 13th 2009.
Identification of static cerebral autoregulation in healthy humans. Tongariro Cardiac Surgical Meeting. Rotoura, New Zealand. April 2009.
A modified sternal closure technique to reduce the incidence of sternal wound complications in high-risk patients. Australasian Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Annual Scientific Meeting. Hamilton Island, Australia, October 2010.
Combined off pump left ventricular aneurysm plication and multivessel coronary revascularization in patients with Ischaemic cardiomyopathy. Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, Annual Scientific Conference, Adelaide, Australia, August 2010.
Beyond Serum Creatinine: Creatinine Clearance is a Better Predictor of Postoperative Renal Dysfunction, and Outcomes Following Cardiopulmonary Bypass. Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, Annual Scientific Conference, Adelaide, Australia, August 2010.
Transapical aortic valve implantation in New Zealand – An early single centre experience.Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, New Zealand Annual Scientific Conference, Rotoura June 2010.
Left Ventricular remodelling and reconstruction. Cardiothoracic Trainee Course, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. Feburary 2010.
Use of machine learning algorithms to predict outcome in patients over 80 years of age undergoing cardiac surgery.
Australasian Society of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Annual Scientific Meeting. Noosa, Australia, November 2009.
Management of the prolonged air leak. Cardiothoracic Trainee Course, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. February 2011.
Prevention of renal failure following cardiac surgery. Cardiothoracic Trainee Course, Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. February 2011.
Renal failure and cardiac surgery.Invited Lecture, Wellington Postgraduate Medical Society, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand (March 17th 2011).
Simplified leaflet sparing mitral valve repair. Tongariro Cardiac Surgical Meeting, Queenstown, New Zealand (April 2011).
Postoperative deep sternal wound infections in cardiac surgery. Austin Hospital Cardiac Surgical Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
Management of acute pulmonary embolus.Austin Hospital Cardiac Surgical Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
Challenging Cases. What would you have done? Australasian Thoracic Aortic Symposium, Melbourne Australia.
Ventricular septal defect following myocardial infarction. Austin Hospital Cardiac Surgical Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
Preventing and managing deep sternal wound infections in cardiac surgery. Invited Lecture, St Jude Victorian Theatre Nurses Study Day, St Kilda Melbourne. September 8th 2012.
Customising Mortality Prediction Using Local Databases. Registrars Research Prize Finalist, Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, Victorian AGM, October 9th 2012.
Can the radial artery be used as a bypass graft following radial access coronary angiography? Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZCTS), Annual Scientific Meeting, Hobart, Australia November 2012.
Transcatheter therapies for Aortic StenosisCardiology – Cardiac Surgery Combined Conference, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
Surgical Management of Infective Endocarditis – An 11-year single centre experience.Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZCTS), Annual Scientific Meeting, Hobart, Australia November 2012.
Risk Modelling in Cardiac Surgery. Laboratory of Computational Physiology, Invited lecture, Harvard-MIT, Boston, MA, USA, April 2013.
Antiplatlet therapy and coronary artery bypass grafting. Austin Hospital Cardiac Surgical Conference, Melbourne, Australia.
The evolution of arterial revascularization: A 30-year multi centre experience. Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZCTS), Annual Scientific Meeting, Darwin, Australia August 2013.
The impact of radial access coronary angiography on the structure and function of the radial artery: can it be used for bypass grafting ? Cardiology – Cardiac Surgery Combined Conference, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
Cardiac Surgical Procedures; what the surgeon is doing and why. Invited Lecture, Perioperative nursing study day, operating suite management of the patient undergoing cardiac surgery. Austin Hospital, 13th September 2013.
Is too much oxygen a bad thing? Implementation of a conservative oxygen therapy regime in cardiac surgery. Invited Lecture, Anaesthesia Educational Symposium, Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. 17th October 2013.
Bretschneider Histidine-Tryptophan-Ketoglutarate Crystalloid Solution (Custodiol ®) As A Safe Alternative To Blood Cardioplegia In Major Aortic Surgery. American Association of Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Aortic Symposium, New York, USA, April 24 – 25.
The Thoracic Aorta: A surgeons Perspective. Invited lecture, Royal Australasian College of Radiologists, Victorian Division General Meeting, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 20th March.
Malperfusion in Aortic Surgery, Invited Lecture at Aortic Arch Symposium, The Austin Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. 31st March 2014.
Surgery of the thoracic Aorta, Invited Lecture, St Jude Victorian Theatre Nurses Study Day, St Kilda Melbourne. June 14th 2014
Assessment of patients with thoracic aortic disease. Invited Lecture. Midland regional cardiology meeting, Wellington Hospital, November 2014.
Cerebral Protection in Aortic Surgery Invited Speaker for Perfusion Section of Tongariro Cardiac Surgical Meeting, March 10 – 12th 2015.
• Branch First Aortic Arch Replacement
• Methods of antegrade cerebral perfusion in aortic arch surgery
• Management of Malperfusion in Acute Type A Aortic Dissection
Management of malperfusion in acute aortic dissection Invited Speaker at Anasthesia Perfusion Symposium, Australasian Thoracic Aortic Symposium, April 2015.
The importance of total arch replacement in type A aortic dissection: setting the patient up for success. Invited Lecture at Australasian Thoracic Aortic Symposium, April 2015
Registrar Training Session, Case Presentation and Discussion. Tongariro Cardiac Surgical Meeting 18th March 2016. Taupo, NZ
Frailty Assessment in cardiac surgery. Tongariro Cardiac Surgical Meeting. Friday 18th March 2016, Taupo NZ.
Simplified Thoraflex ® Frozen Elephant Trunk implantation using a “Branch-First” Arch Technique. Tongariro Cardiac Surgical Meeting. 19th March 2016, Taupo, NZ
Thoracic Trauma. Invited Lecture at Central Regional Trauma Network, 6th May 2016, Wellington Hospital
Surgical Management of Lung Cancer. Invited Presentation at Royal Australia and New Zealand College of Radiologists, NZ ASM. August 2016, Te Papa, Wellington, NZ
