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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
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Adverse impact of chronic kidney disease on clinical outcomes following percutaneous coronary intervention
Bloom, J. E., Dinh, D. T., Noaman, S., Martin, C., Lim, M., Bachelor, R., Zheng, W., Reid, C., Brennan, A., Lefkovits, J., Cox, N., Duffy, S. J. & Chan, W., 1 May 2021, In: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 97, 6, p. E801-E809 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Pre-hospital heparin use for ST-elevation myocardial infarction is safe and improves angiographic outcomes
Bloom, J. E., Andrew, E., Nehme, Z., Dinh, D. T., Fernando, H., Shi, W. Y., Vriesendorp, P., Nanayakarra, S., Dawson, L. P., Brennan, A., Noaman, S., Layland, J., William, J., Al-Fiadh, A., Brooks, M., Freeman, M., Hutchinson, A., McGaw, D., Van Gaal, W., Willson, W. & 11 others, , Dec 2021, In: European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care. 10, 10, p. 1140-1147 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Association of periprocedural intravenous morphine use on clinical outcomes in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) treated by primary percutaneous coronary intervention: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Batchelor, R., Liu, D. H., Bloom, J., Noaman, S. & Chan, W., 1 Jul 2020, In: Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions. 96, 1, p. 76-88 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Incidence and risk factors for stroke following percutaneous coronary intervention
Dawson, L. P., Cole, J. A., Lancefield, T. F., Ajani, A. E., Andrianopoulos, N., Thrift, A. G., Clark, D. J., Brennan, A. L., Freeman, M., O'Brien, J., Sebastian, M., Chan, W., Shaw, J. A., Dinh, D., Reid, C. M., Duffy, S. J. & on behalf of the Melbourne Interventional Group (MIG), 1 Oct 2020, In: International Journal of Stroke. 15, 8, p. 909-922 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Relation of Timing of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention on Outcomes in Patients With Non-ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Batchelor, R. J., Dinh, D., Brennan, A., Wong, N., Lefkovits, J., Reid, C., Duffy, S. J., Chan, W., Cox, N., Liew, D., Stub, D. & on behalf of the VCOR Investigators, 1 Dec 2020, In: American Journal of Cardiology. 136, p. 15-23 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)