Leonard Kritharides
Head
Medicine
University of Sydney
Australia
Biography
Professor Leonard Kritharides is Head of Department and Director of Cardiology at Concord Repatriation General Hospital (CRGH) Sydney, University of Sydney, and Deputy Clinical Director of the Cardiovascular Stream Sydney Local Health District. He is Group leader of the Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology Groups of the ANZAC Research Institute (ARI).
Research Interest
In atherosclerosis and thrombosis, spanning proteomics, cell biology, coronary physiology and the epidemiology of cardiovascular disease, publishing in high quality journals in all fields, and being funded continuously by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and/or the National Heart Foundation (NHF) of Australia since 1996. In 2007 he was awarded a NHMRC 5yr Program Grant as one of five Chief Investigators and this was renewed in 2013-2017. He is one of only two Directors of Cardiology departments in Australia to currently hold an NHMRC program grant.
Publications
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Naoum, C., Kritharides, L., Ing, A., Falk, G., Yiannikas, J. (2017). Changes in lung volumes and gas-trapping in patients with large hiatal hernia. The Clinical Respiratory Journal, 11(2), 139-150
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Kritharides, L., Chow, V., Lambert, T. (2017). Cardiovascular disease in patients with schizophrenia. Medical Journal of Australia, 206(2), 91-95.
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Lau, J., Pennings, G., Yong, A., Kritharides, L. (2017). Cardiac Remote Ischaemic Preconditioning: Mechanistic and Clinical Considerations. Heart, Lung and Circulation, 26(6), 545-553
