MonashHeart

MonashHeart (formerly known as Cardiology, Monash Medical Centre)
Geography
Location	Melbourne, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Coordinates	37°55′10″S 145°07′17″E / 37.9194°S 145.1214°E / -37.9194; 145.1214
Organisation
Care system	Medicare, Public, Private
Funding	Non-profit hospital
Hospital type	Specialist, Teaching, Research
Affiliated university	Monash University
Services
Beds	83 (across three sites)
History
Founded	2007
Links
Website	http://monashheart.org.au
Lists

MonashHeart is a non-profit cross-site cardiological service operating within the southern region of Victoria's Metropolitan Health Services^[1].

MonashHeart is co-located with Monash Medical Centre and is part of Southern Health, one of the main public health service providers in Victoria. MonashHeart operates from three sites, all within the Southern Health network of hospitals covering populations located south-east of Melbourne. Clinical services are provided at Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Dandenong Hospital and Casey Hospital.

History

MonashHeart is an amalgamation of the former Departments of Cardiology of Monash Medical Centre, Clayton and Dandenong Hospital. In 2007, the two departments were merged to create one service across multiple sites (Clayton, Victoria and Dandenong, Victoria), creating MonashHeart.

On 26 May 2009, Victorian Health Minister at the time, Daniel Andrews officially opened the third site for MonashHeart at Casey Hospital in Berwick, Victoria

MonashHeart is named after Sir John Monash (1865-1931), the highly decorated Australian military commander of the First World War.

Services

MonashHeart’s services are divided into six clinical service sub-specialities:

• Acute cardiac
• Non-invasive imaging
• Cardiac Computed Tomography (CT)
• Paediatric cardiology and congenital heart disease
• Cardiac rhythm management
• Interventional

Research and Education

The Monash Cardiovascular Research Centre (MCRC)^[2] is a self-funding, independent research group within the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University (through the Southern Clinical School and Departments of Medicine and Surgery^[3], Monash Medical Centre).

Medical firsts

• first robotic heart operation in the southern hemisphere^[4]
• first Artic Front case in Australia^[5][6]
• first WATCHMAN case in Australia^[7]
• first Australian centre approved for independent percutaneous valve replacement^[8]

Notable cases

• Victoria's youngest person to have a heart rate monitored over the internet^[9]

See also

• Healthcare in Australia

References

1. ^ Morrissey, Paula(2010-08-30) "Victorian Government Health Information - Interactive Maps" State Government of Victoria. Retrieved 2010-09-08.
2. ^ Southern Health Research Directorate (2008) Southern Health Research Report, July 2007 – December 2008. Retrieved 2010-09-08.
3. ^ Southern Clinical School - Monash Cardiovascular Research Centre
4. ^ Julian Smith "Monash heart surgeons make history" Monash University, Australia. Retrieved 2011-02-10
5. ^ GTV 9 News, Melbourne, Australia(2007-09-20). "MMC Cardiologist - Artic front first".
6. ^ “CryoCath Introduces Arctic Front in Australia” PRNewsWire. Retrieved 2011-02-10
7. ^ Miller, Nick(2009-11-25) “Tension runs high but surgeon scores medical first” The Age, Australia. Retrieved 2010-09-08
8. ^ 7 News Melbourne, Australia(2009-09-11).
9. ^ "Victoria's youngest person to have heart rate monitored over the internet (Filetype: WMV)" Channel 9 News, Australia (2009-12-21). Retrieved 2011-02-10.

External links

• MonashHeart official website

Coordinates: 37°55′10″S 145°07′17″E / 37.9194°S 145.1214°E / -37.9194; 145.1214