Professor Sean Lal

Sean Lal is an Professor of Medicine and Medical Sciences in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney. He is also a Consultant Cardiologist in the Department of Cardiology at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, where he is the Director of Acute Heart Failure Services.

Sean completed his undergraduate degree in Medical Science with first class honours at the University of Sydney, receiving full academic scholarship. He pursued his graduate Medical Degree (MBBS) and a Master of Medicine by research (MPhil) at the University of Sydney, where he was awarded the Dean’s Scholarship, the Medical Foundation Scholarship, and the University of Sydney Bercovici Medal. As a medical doctor, Sean completed his general and specialty training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. During his cardiology training, he was awarded a National Churchill Fellowship to study mechanisms of cardiac regeneration at Harvard Medical School, USA.

Sean has clinical and research training in heart failure. For his PhD in this field, he was awarded a combined National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and National Heart Foundation (NHF) Scholarship, as well as the NHMRC and Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) prize for research excellence.

Following cardiology training, Sean completed an overseas clinical and basic sciences fellowship in Boston, USA. He was awarded a National Endeavour Postgraduate Scholarship by the Australian Government to Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he undertook molecular studies demonstrating the intrinsic regenerative capacity of the human heart after myocardial infarction, whilst also leading Attending Rounds in acute heart failure management in the Cardiac ICU at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Sean’s research laboratory in the School of Medical Sciences at the University of Sydney focuses on basic science and translational research into the molecular pathways of human heart failure, cardiac ageing, and cardiac regeneration. He is also Co-Director for The Centre for Heart Failure and Diseases of the Aorta, a partnership formed by the Baird Institute, the University of Sydney, and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

 

Interests

• General cardiology
• Arrhythmias
• Cardiac imaging including transesophageal echocardiography
• Heart failure
• Cardiac regeneration strategies
• Teaching in the medical sciences