Dr David Youssef completed undergraduate training at the University of Sydney and post-graduate training at Griffith University, obtaining a Bachelor of Pharmacy and Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, respectively. During his medical training, he gained experience at several hospitals, including Gold Coast, Prince Charles, Tweed Heads and Liverpool Hospital. He undertook a three-year posting at the Sydney Children’s Network, where he focused on Paediatric Cardiology training.

In 2020, he undertook two fellowships at The Stollery Children’s Hospital, Edmonton, Canada, in the fields of Paediatric Echocardiography, 3-Dimensional imaging and Paediatric Pulmonary Hypertension.

On completion of his Paediatric Cardiology training, Dr Youssef returned to Australia where he currently runs a Paediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Pilot program integrating multidisciplinary care and treatment of complex Paediatric Pulmonary Hypertension patients. In addition, he has recently been involved in the development of a multidisciplinary Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD) clinic of graduates from the neonatal intensive care unit.

Dr Youssef continues to work across the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network, including Randwick and Westmead Campuses.

Clinical interests

• Paediatric Pulmonary Hypertension
• Three-Dimensional Imaging of Paediatric Congenital Heart disease
• Co-investigator of new and emerging Paediatric Pulmonary Hypertensive therapy
• Medical school education at University of Sydney, University of New South Wales, and Australian National University.

Research

• Dr Youssef published three manuscripts in Frontiers Journal in 2023 on new and emerging treatment strategies for Paediatric Pulmonary Hypertension
• He will be presenting in August at the 8th World Congress of Paediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery in Washington DC, USA.