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Dr Robert Weintraub - Curriculum Vitae
Name:
Robert Gideon Weintraub
Marital Status:
Married, Three Children
Present positions:
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Associate Professor, Dept of paediatrics, University of Melbourne
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Paediatric Cardiologist, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
- Honorary Research Fellow, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
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Visiting Specialist, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne
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Visiting Cardiologist, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne
Previous position:
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Tutor, Medical Radiations Sciences, Royal Melbourne Institute Of Technology
Degrees and Professional Qualifications:
- M.B.,B.S. Honours. University of Sydney. January 1979
- Fellowship Royal Australian College of Physicians. December 1987
- M.D. in Paediatrics (in progress). University of Melbourne
Scholarships and Research awards:
- 1988 Clinical Research fellowship, Royal Child ren's Hospital, Melbourne
- 1989 Nestle overseas travelling scholarship, Australian College of Paediatrics
- 1990 Australian cardiovascular training fellowship, National Heart Foundation of Australia
- 1992 American College of Cardiology/Bristol Laboratories affilitate travel award
- 1994-1995 Research grant-in-aid, National Heart Foundation of Australia
- 1995-1996 Children's Research Foundation grant, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
- 1998 Children's Research Institute grant, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne
- 1999-2000 Research grant-in-aid g 98m 0159, National Heart Foundation of Australia
- 1999-2000 Research grant-in-aid g 98m 0160, National Heart Foundation of Australia
- 2000 Bernard O’Callaghan Award, National Heart Foundation of Australia
- 2005-2006 National Australian Childhood Cardiomyopathy Study, ANZ Children’s Heart Research Centre
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2005-2006 National Paediatric Pulmonary Hypertension Database, ANZ Children’s Heart Research Centre
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2005-2006 Research Grant-in-Aid G 04M 1586, National Heart Foundation of Australia
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2006-2007 Research Grant-in-Aid G 05M 2151, National Heart Foundation of Australia
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2008-2009 Research Grant-in-Aid G 07M 3185, National Heart Foundation of Australia
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2008-2009 Research Grant-in-Aid G 07M 3180, National Heart Foundation of Australia
Membership of Professional Organisations:
- Associate Fellow American College of Cardiology
- American Heart Association Scientific Council of Cardiovascular Disease in the Young
- Member International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation
- Fellow Royal Australian College of Physicians
- Member Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand
- Member Paediatric Research Society of Australia and New Zealand
Other Activities:
Secretary
- Paediatric Research Society of Australia, 1996- 2000
Medical advisor
- Cardiomyopathy Association of Australia 2000-present
Editorial board
- Paediatric Cardiology: 1997-present
Clinical responsibilities:
- Care of inpatients and outpatients with congenital heart disease, including participation in the on-call service, echocardiography and cardiac catheterisation
- Physician in charge of the national paediatric cardiac transplant programme, based at the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
- Physician in charge of the cardiomyopathy programme
- Physician in charge of the pulmonary hypertension programme
- Participation in the transoesophageal echocardiographic service to outpatients and inpatients, including during cardiac catheterisation and open heart surgery
- Participation in the foetal echocardiographic service
Clinical interests:
- Cardiomyopathy and myocardial disease
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Cardiac transplantation
- Marfan syndrome
- Cardiac effects of anthracycline therapy
- Growth and congenital heart disease
- Foetal, thoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography
University Academic Record:
- 1974-1978 University of Sydney M.B.,B.S. Honours
- Distinction in Paediatrics
- Credits in Psychiatry, Internal Medicine, Community Medicine
High school academic record
- 1973 Higher School Certificate, Newington College, Sydney
First level passes:- English
Maths
Science
French
Music
- English
1971 School Certificate, Newington College, Sydney
Advanced passes:
- English
French
Latin
Russian
Music
Maths
Science
Social Studies
- Credit: Hebrew
Publications