A/PROF GREG NELSON

Head of Department of Cardiology, Royal North Shore Hospital

Clinical Associate Professor in Medicine, University of Sydney, Northern Clinical School

Supervisor of advanced training in Cardiology, Royal Australian College of Physicians

Co-Chairman of New Devices Committee, Agency for Clinical Innovation, NSW Health

Interventional Cardiologist, Royal North Shore Hospital and North Shore Private Hospital

Private Consultant Cardiologist, North Shore Cardiac Centre

Professor Greg Nelson has been in Cardiology practice since 1984 and has been involved in the development of the process of field triage for primary angioplasty in acute myocardial infarction.  He has helped establish the concept of the Regional Heart Attack Centre at the co-located cardiac catheter laboratory of the RNSH and the North Shore Private Hospitals.  He has a strong interest in clinical research and has published over 70 papers in peer reviewed journals and been primary investigator in over 20 multicentre randomised controlled trials at the Royal North Shore Hospital.