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Dr Chan is Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Melbourne and Adjunct Lecturer at Monash University. He is a consultant and interventional cardiologist as well as a clinician-investigator. His public appointments are based at The Alfred, Western and Sunshine Hospitals, where he works as a consultant cardiologist with close affiliation to the BakerIDI Heart and Diabetes Institute. He has held the prestigious NHMRC Early Career Fellowship enabling him to conduct clinical research in cardiology. He is actively involved in clinical research and supervises research and PhD fellows.
Dr Chan completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Melbourne and advanced cardiology training at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. He undertook a PhD postgraduate degree at The Alfred and BakerIDI Heart and Diabetes Institute (Monash University) focusing on patients with acute myocardial infarction (acute 'heart attacks'), peripheral arterial disease and novel uses of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in myocardial infarction. He was the winner of the 2011 Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) Clinical Ralph Reader Prize (Young Investigator Award). He completed 3 further years of postdoctoral clinical training and research at the Mount Sinai and Toronto General Hospitals in Toronto, Canada.
Dr Chan has interests in assessing and performing complex, high-risk, coronary artery revascularisation procedures in patients who have heart failure or who cannot otherwise undergo coronary artery bypass graft surgery because of high-risk co-morbidities (e.g. advanced age, severe heart failure or heart muscle weakness, inoperable targets, previous strokes or kidney failure). These procedures include:
- Unprotected left main stenting
- Rotational atherectomy to highly calcified vessels
- Complex bifurcation lesions
- Patients requiring mechanical assist devices during their procedures because of severe heart failure
- Chronic total occlusions
Dr Chan is also interested in diagnosing and treating patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (unexplained thickening of heart muscle) who are troubled by symptoms of shortness of breath or chest discomfort. He performs catheter ablation to reduce some of the thickening of the heart muscle to improve symptoms in those who might be suitable or who cannot undergo cardiac surgery.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Acute myocardial infarction
- Peripheral arterial disease
- Myocardial infarction
- MRI Techniques
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Association of socioeconomic status in the incidence, quality-of-care metrics, and outcomes for patients with cardiogenic shock in a pre-hospital setting
Bloom, J. E., Wong, N., Nehme, E., Dawson, L. P., Ball, J., Anderson, D., Cox, S., Chan, W., Kaye, D. M., Nehme, Z. & Stub, D., 1 Jan 2024, In: European Heart Journal - Quality of Care and Clinical Outcomes. 10, 1, p. 89-98 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown on Emergency Medical Service Utilisation, and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Volume—An Australian Perspective
Haji, K., Vogrin, S., D'Elia, N., Noaman, S., Bloom, J. E., Lefkovits, J., Reid, C., Brennan, A., Dinh, D. T., Nicholls, S., Nehme, E., Nehme, Z., Smith, K., Stub, D., Ball, J., Zaman, S., Oqueli, E., Kaye, D., Cox, N. & Chan, W., Aug 2024, In: Heart Lung and Circulation. 33, 8, p. 1151-1162 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Healthcare and economic cost burden of emergency medical services treated non-traumatic shock using a population-based cohort in Victoria, Australia
Bloom, J. E., Nehme, E., Paratz, E. D., Dawson, L., Nelson, A. J., Ball, J., Eliakundu, A., Voskoboinik, A., Anderson, D., Bernard, S., Burrell, A., Udy, A. A., Pilcher, D., Cox, S., Chan, W., Mihalopoulos, C., Kaye, D., Nehme, Z. & Stub, D., 28 Apr 2024, In: BMJ Open. 14, 4, 10 p., e078435.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Age as a predictor of clinical outcomes and determinant of therapeutic measures for emergency medical services treated cardiogenic shock
Xiao, X., Bloom, J. E., Andrew, E., Dawson, L. P., Nehme, Z., Stephenson, M., Anderson, D., Fernando, H., Noaman, S., Cox, S., Chan, W., Kaye, D. M., Smith, K. & Stub, D., Jan 2023, In: Journal of Geriatric Cardiology. 20, 1, p. 1-10 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Early versus deferred coronary angiography following cardiac arrest. A systematic review and meta-analysis
Goel, V., Bloom, J. E., Dawson, L., Shirwaiker, A., Bernard, S., Nehme, Z., Donner, D., Hauw-Berlemont, C., Vilfaillot, A., Chan, W., Kaye, D. M., Spaulding, C. & Stub, D., Jun 2023, In: Resuscitation Plus. 14, 10 p., 100381.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access2 Citations (Scopus)