MonashHeart


MonashHeart is a non-profit cross-site cardiological service operating within the southern region of Victoria's Metropolitan Health Services.
MonashHeart is co-located with Monash Medical Centre and is part of Southern Health, one of the main public health service providers in Victoria. MonashHeart operates from three sites, all within the Southern Health network of hospitals covering populations located south-east of Melbourne. Clinical services are provided at Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Dandenong Hospital and Casey Hospital.

History

became director in 2005.
MonashHeart is an amalgamation of the former Departments of Cardiology of Monash Medical Centre, Clayton and Dandenong Hospital. In 2007, the two departments were merged to create one service across multiple sites, creating MonashHeart.
On 26 May 2009, Victorian Health Minister at the time, Daniel Andrews officially opened the third site for MonashHeart at Casey Hospital in Berwick, Victoria
MonashHeart is named after Sir John Monash, the highly decorated Australian military commander of the First World War.

Services

MonashHeart’s services are divided into six clinical service sub-specialities:
The Monash Cardiovascular Research Centre is a self-funding, independent research group within the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University.

Medical firsts