Robert Weintraub
A/Professor
Clinical Sciences
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Australia
Biography
Associate Professor Robert Weintraub is a paediatric cardiologist at the Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne. He obtained his medical degree from the University of Sydney and trained in paediatrics at the Prince of Wales Children's Hospital in Sydney. After completing a fellowship in paediatric cardiology at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Associate Professor Weintraub worked as paediatric cardiologist at Harefield Hospital in the UK, gaining experience in heart transplantation and then as a National Heart Foundation Research Fellow at the University of California Medical Center, San Diego. He returned to Australia in 1992 and runs the paediatric heart failure, transplant and pulmonary hypertension programs at the RCH.
Research Interest
Pediatric Cardiology,Hypertension,Heart & Lung Transplantation
Publications
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Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. Global Burden of Disease 2010 Study Group.
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Vos T, Flaxman AD, Naghavi M, Lozano R, Michaud C, Ezzati M, Shibuya K, Salomon JA, Abdalla S, Aboyans V, Abraham J. Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. The lancet. 2012 Dec 15;380(9859):2163-96.
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Wang H, Liddell CA, Coates MM, Mooney MD, Levitz CE, Schumacher AE, Apfel H, Iannarone M, Phillips B, Lofgren KT, Sandar L. Global, regional, and national levels of neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality during 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013. The Lancet. 2014 Sep 19;384(9947):957-79.
