MonashHeart

MonashHeart (formerly known as Cardiology, Monash Medical Centre)
Geography
Location Melbourne, Clayton, Victoria, Victoria, Australia
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

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:

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

Notable cases

See also

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 - Arctic 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.

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

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