Dr Ben Costello
Cardiologist | PhD research student
Clinical Imaging
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
Australia
Biography
Dr Ben Costello studied chemical engineering at Melbourne University before transferring into Medicine in 2003. He graduated from Melbourne University in 2007 and was a resident at St Vincent’s Hospital. He trained as a Cardiologist at the Royal Hobart Hospital, St Vincent’s Hospital and Western Hospital, before completing a fellowship in non-invasive cardiac imaging at The Alfred in 2014. This fellowship involved training in echo and stress echocardiography, cardiac CT and cardiac MRI. Ben is currently engaged in research at the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, investigating the role of Cardiac MRI in assessing the relationship between fibrosis (scarring) of the heart muscle and blood flow, with a particular focus on the effect of cancer therapies on the heart. Ben is a Visiting Cardiologist at the Alfred Hospital and Alice Springs Hospital. Ben has three young children, and tries to find time to cycle, play golf and follow the Geelong Cats.
Research Interest
Clinical Imaging
Publications
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Ben Costello,The incidence and natural history of dasatinib complications in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukemia Blood Advances 2017;1(13):802–11.
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Ben Costello,Chemotherapy related cardiotoxicity: are Australian practitioners missing the point? Intern Med J 2017:1–17.
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Ben Costello,SASHA versus ShMOLLI: a comparison of T1 mapping methods in health and dilated cardiomyopathy at 3 T Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2017;0(0):0–0.
