Heart partnership to drive cutting edge care

Launched today, the Monash Alfred Baker Centre for Cardiovascular Research will build on the many significant advances in cardiovascular medicine and surgery already achieved by specialists at The Alfred, Monash University and Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, to tackle some of Australia’s most significant and emerging cardiac issues.

Professor David Kaye, Director of Cardiology at The Alfred and inaugural director of the new centre, said the formalised partnership will become a hub for the next generations of leading clinicians and researchers, as they work together to break new ground in the treatment of heart failure and heart disease.

“Our three organisations have a long and proud history of together translating research into health care that saves lives,” Prof Kaye said.

“This new partnership now means we can continue to achieve more together, using big data and first in human clinical trials to ensure patients receive cutting edge care.”

Alfred Health chief executive Prof Andrew Way AM said the centre is a great reflection of what can be achieved through collaboration in health care.

“The care we deliver to our patients has evolved over decades and, at the core, has mostly only been advanced through innovation driven by leading clinical scientists,” Prof Way said.

“I look forward to seeing what this great partnership between university, research institute and one of Australia’s great public health services can achieve.”

The Alfred, Monash University and Baker Centre are part of the Alfred Research Alliance, a collaborative community in Melbourne, dedicated to excellence in medical research and education.