| Dr. Robert Larbalestie | |
MB, BS, FRACS
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| Citizenship: Australian | |
| Hospital: | |
| - Appointed Director of WA Heart and Lung Transplant Unit, Royal Perth Hospital, Australia - Appointed Head of Department, Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, Royal Perth Hospital |
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| Edu1980: | |
| Sydney University Medical School Royal North Shore Hospital Clinical SchoolGraduated MB BS Januarycation | |
| 1989: Academic Qualifications: MB BS (Sydney), FRACS | |
| Clinical Experience | |
| 1980: Intern – Royal North Shore Hospital | |
| 1981-1989:Cardiothoracic Surgical Training Programme: | |
| - Royal North Shore Hospital | |
| - Royal prince Alfred Hospital | |
| - Royal Melbourne Hospital | |
| - Royal Perth Hospital | |
| 1990-1991: Cardiac Surgical Fellow: | |
| - Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, USA - Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, USA - Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA |
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| 1992-1993: Staff Cardiothoracic Surgeon, St.Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, Australia | |
| 1993. 8 – current: Visiting Cardiothoracic Surgeon: | |
| - Royal Perth Hospital - Mount Hospital - Hollywood Private Hospital - St John of God Hospital, Murdoch |
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| 1994. 9- current | |
| Appointed Director of WA Heart and Lung Transplant Unit, Royal Perth Hospital Appointed Head of Department, Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, Royal Perth Hospital |
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| Current Research Pursuits and Auditing | |
- Evaluation of the VentrAssist TM Left Ventricular Assist System as a Bridge to Cardiac Transplantation – Principal Investigator |
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| - Evaluation of the VentrAssist TM Left Ventricular Assist System as a Destination LVAS – Principal Investigator | |
| - Aprotinin Study (Bayer) – Principal Investigator | |
| - PICS (Metronic) - Principal Investigator | |
| - STITCH Trial (NIH) - Principal Investigator | |
| - Radial Grafts in CABG audit | |
| - Mitral valve audit | |
| - Bentall’s Procedure audit | |
| Sessional Accrreditation | |
| - Hollywood Private Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia | |
| - Mount Hospital, Perth, Western Australia | |
| - St. John of God Hospital, Murdoch, Western Australia | |
| Professional Memberships | |
| - International Society of Heart-Lung Transplants | |
| - Royal Australian College of Surgeons | |
| - Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons | |
| - Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand | |
| - Australian Medical Association | |
| - Royal Perth Hospital Medical Advisory Council | |
| - Harvard University Alumni | |
| - Honourary Professor of Cardiac Surgery, First Military Hospital, Liaoning Military District, Shenyang Province, China | |
| - Clinical lecturer at University of Western Australia | |
| Meetings | |
| - Organiser/presenter of Mitral Valve Repair Workshop RACS, Perth, 2005 | |
| - Chairman of CSANZ session, Perth, 2005 | |
| - Chairman of selected ASCAT sessions, 2002 – 2005 | |
| - Leader of Abiomed BBS 500 Training Course Singapore | |
| - Abiomed First Experience in Australia Noosa, 2001 | |
| - Leader of Abiomed BBS 500 Training Course Sydney and Brisbane | |
| - Leader of Jarvik Training Course | |
| - Mitral Valve Repair presentation Edwards Lifesciences meeting, 2005 | |
| - Aortic Valve Replacement (19-21 mm) with Small Aortic Root presentation St Jude Symposium, Yarra Valley | |
| - Presentation on Indications and Outcomes in establishing LVAD programs and Management RACS | |
| - Presentation on Indications and Outcomes in establishing LVAD programs and Management CSANZ | |
| Achievements | |
| - Performed the first Heart Transplant in Western Australia in January 1995 | |
| - Personally performed more than 200 transplants | |
| - Establishment of Heart-Lung Transplant Unit at Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia | |
| - Performed the first Double Lung Transplant in western Australia | |
| - Performed the first combined Heart Lung Transplant in Western Australia | |
| - Performed the first Abiomed BBS 5000 LVAS in South East Asia | |
| - Performed the first Thoratec TLC II in South East Asia | |
| - Performed the first Jarvik 2000 in South East Asia | |
| Board Membership | |
| - Western Australian Heart-Lung Transplant Foundation | |
| - Sanofi~Synthelabo Medical Atherosclerosis Advisory Board | |
| - State representative of the Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ASCAT), 1996 – 2000 | |
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