St Vincents Private Hospitals

Biography

Professor Peter Macdonald is a cardiologist and senior staff specialist in the Cardiopulmonary Transplant Unit at St Vincent’s. He’s a senior member of our cardiothoracic transplant program, the largest cardiothoracic program transplant program in Australia which is regarded internationally as a leading transplant program.

In 2014, Peter and his team successfully transplanted a heart that had stopped beating for 20 minutes.

Peter’s expertise in managing critically ill transplant patients has played a key role in the development of a successful mechanical assistance program for patients with advanced heart failure.

He is co-head of the Transplantation Research Laboratory at the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute where he’s established a basic research laboratory. The lab has developed a variety of in vitro and in vivo models in order to investigate conditions including heart failure, issues surrounding cardiac transplantation, and pulmonary hypertension.