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Hector’s incredible fight for survival

30 August 2023

Earlier this year, Hector Saenz became the second person in Australia to receive a lung transplant following COVID-19 – after six months in The Alfred ICU, more than 4000 hours of critical care from 1500 medical professionals, and the longest recorded stint on ECMO.

critical care

icu

patients

Specialist care extended for construction workers

18 August 2023

An Australian-first clinic for construction industry workers exposed to silica or diagnosed with silicosis, a deadly lung disease, has received a boost in funding that will see it continue for at least another three years.

respiratory

First-in-world endometriosis trial begins

16 August 2023

Doctors from The Alfred Interventional Radiology (IR) team, headed up by principal investigator Associate Professor Jim Koukounaras, have designed a world-first study using interventional radiology to treat endometriosis.

clinical trials

interventional radiology

patients

research & innovation

Prof McLean honoured with prestigious award

16 August 2023

It is with great pride that we share pathologist Prof Catriona McLean AO has been awarded the prestigious Bethlehem Griffiths Research Foundation medal for her remarkable contribution to neuropathology.

neuropathology

pathology

patients

New clinic helping people with functional seizures

7 August 2023

When Natalie started experiencing involuntary jerks in 2020, she had no idea the journey she had begun. Following a tonic-clonic seizure and a misdiagnosis of epilepsy, Natalie eventually discovered she had functional neurological disorder (FND). Daily, she was experiencing clusters of jerks – about 50 at a time – and as a busy professional, Natalie felt her body was out of her control. 

patients

research & innovation

seizures

Sign up to save a life

24 July 2023

Earlier this year, Steven Fletcher-Jones underwent a lung transplant at The Alfred, thanks to the generosity of an anonymous organ donor. It's Donate Life Week, and we're urging everyone to register to become an organ donor so that you too could have the chance to save a life.

donatelife

lung transplant

organ donation

patients

Heart partnership to drive cutting edge care

6 July 2023

Heart patients of the future are set to benefit from a new partnership which will bring together the combined strengths of three leading institutions in cardiovascular research and patient care.

heart

research & innovation

Indigenous Garden opens

3 July 2023

The new Indigenous Garden at The Alfred has officially opened and is open to patients, visitors and staff.

aboriginal events

staff

Prescribing a more sustainable future

28 June 2023

Hundreds of disposable insulin pens will be kept out of landfill thanks to a campaign headed by endocrinologist Dr Shoshana Sztal-Mazer.

diabetes

endocrinology

patients

World-first melanoma study to boost early detection

22 June 2023

A world-first study, for which The Alfred is the Victorian lead, is using 3D skin imaging technology and artificial intelligence to significantly improve the early detection of melanoma for all Australians.

cancer

cancer research

melanoma