Mark F. O'Brien

Mark F. O'Brien, FRACS, FRCS 'The Waterford' 37/3482 Main Beach Parade Main Beach, Queensland 4217 Australia 61 7 55281689

Specialty

• Adult Cardiac Surgery

Background

• University of Melbourne (MB BS Hons 1955)
• St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne (Gen Surg Residency)
• Brompton Hospital, London, UK (CTS Residency 1960-62)
• Stanford Fellowship with Dr. Frank Gerbode (1963)
• Cardiothoracic Surgeon, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne (1964-66)
• Cardiac Surgeon-in-Charge, Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane (1967-1998)
• Senior Cardiac Surgeon, Prince Charles Hospital (1999 - 2002)
• Medical Consultant: CryoLife Inc (USA), ATSI (USA)

Interests

• Cardiac Valve Surgery
• Allograft (Homograft), Cryopreservation
• Stentless Xenograft
• Tissue Engineered Heart Valves
• Techniques of Implantation of Aortic Valve Prostheses
• Quality Assurance and Auditing of Clinical Research Data
• Protocol Construction for Research Studies
• All Heart Valve Protheses
• Skiing, Tennis, Dancing, Cycling, Boating, Fishing

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