51萝莉

Cardio-thoracic surgery

The Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Research Unit conducts clinical and translational research to improve surgical outcomes and patient care in cardiovascular and thoracic health.

Waikato Cardiothoracic Unit stands as one of the most active in Australasia, committed to providing top-tier care and advancing the field through rigorous research and training.

Our mission is to establish the leading research and training center for cardio-thoracic surgery in Australasia, in partnership with the 51萝莉. This effort is built on strong and broad collaboration between our surgeon clinician scientists and basic science collaborators. Our unit is deeply engaged in a variety of research initiatives.

Academic lead 鈥� , a Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, has recently been awarded the prestigious 2023 Foundation 100 Fellowship by the Heart Foundation of New Zealand to pursue research into aortic dissection. His groundbreaking work has been recognised in the national media through the Waikato Herald, Heart Foundation, and NZHerald.

bridges the clinical department and the 51萝莉, ensuring seamless integration between clinical practice, education, and academic research.

Our research efforts are coordinated by our skilled and dedicated research nurse, . Together, we strive to lead and innovate in the field of cardio-thoracic surgery.

Academic publications

  • . Waqanivavalagi SWFR. J Cardiothorac Surg. 2024 Mar 11;19(1):115. DOI: 10.1186/s13019-024-02619-9. PMID: 38468357.
  • El-Gamel A, Raman J. Heart Lung Circ. 2024 Jan;33(1):7-8. DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2024.01.006. PMID: 38342562.
  • . Ho CY, Al Sinan A, DeBoard Z, Swampillai J, Timmins K, Stiles MK. HeartRhythm Case Rep. 2023 Oct 18;10(1):15-20. DOI: 10.1016/j.hrcr.2023.10.011. eCollection 2024 Jan. PMID: 38264109.
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    Raman J, Saxena P, El-Gamel A.
    Heart Lung Circ. 2023 Dec;32(12):1411-1412. DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2023.12.001.
    PMID: 38105082.
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    Karcher C, Jurisevic C, Southwood T, McCormack D, Rogers A, Levine A, Dunning J. Crit Care
    Resusc.     2023 Oct 18;24(3):218-223. DOI: 10.51893/2022.3.SA3. eCollection 2022 Sep 5.
    PMID: 38046213.
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    Waqanivavalagi SW. 
    N Z Med J    . 2023 Sep 15;136(1582):87-90. DOI: 10.26635/6965.6153
    PMID: 37708488.
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    Stevens N, Patel S, Kejriwal N.
    ANZ J Surg. 2023 Oct;93(10):2502-2504. DOI: 10.1111/ans.18549. Epub 2023 Jun 9.
    PMID: 37296523.
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    El Gamel A.
    Heart Lung Circ. 2023 Mar;32(3):279-283. DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2023.02.001.
    PMID: 36958870.
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    El Gamel A.
    Heart Lung Circ. 2023 Feb;32(2):133-135. DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2023.01.005.
    PMID: 36863787.
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    Thanalingam Y, Krim AOA, Kejriwal N.
    Trauma Case Rep. 2022 Oct 17;42:100720. DOI: 10.1016/j.tcr.2022.100720. eCollection 2022 Dec.
    PMID: 36311281.
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    Gimpel D, Pan A, Manikavasagar V, Lao C, Brown L, McCormack DJ, Lin Z, Meikle F, Conaglen P, Stephenson D, Lawrenson R, El-Gamel A.
    N Z Med J. 2022 Jun 10;135(1556):44-52.
    PMID: 35728247.
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    Kang M, Sharma VJ, Omundsen M, McCormack D, Kejriwal N. 
    Emerg Med Australas. 2022 Aug;34(4):655-656. DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.14029. Epub 2022 Jun 5.
    PMID: 35661407.
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    Sharma VJ, Kang M, Ganesh JS, McCormack DJ, Prakash M, Moore R, Patel NN, El-Gamel A.
    Heart Lung Circ. 2022 Aug;31(8):1126-1133. DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2022.03.011. Epub 2022 May 19.
    PMID: 35597706.
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    Prakash M, Sharma V, Oh T, Lo C, Parkinson G, McCormack D, Conaglen P, Lin Z, Kejriwal N, Meikle F, Peplow E, Bhana J, El Gamel A.
    Perfusion. 2023 Jul;38(5):983-992. DOI: 10.1177/02676591221090751. Epub 2022 May 5.
    PMID: 35514051.
  • . Singh N, Peek KN, Nand P.
    J Card Surg. 2022 Jul;37(7):2159-2161. DOI: 10.1111/jocs.16389. Epub 2022 Mar 2.
    PMID: 35238071.

  • Byrne K, Wotherspoon S, Patel NN. 
    J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2022 May;36(5):1231-1233. DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2021.11.029. Epub 2021 Nov 24.
    PMID: 34952783.
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    El-Gamel A.
    Aorta (Stamford). 2021 Apr;9(2):56-59. DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1725122. Epub 2021 Oct 7.
    PMID: 34619802.
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    Sharma V, Bhana J, Lolohea S, Meikle F.
    ANZ J Surg. 2022 Apr;92(4):868-869. DOI: 10.1111/ans.17134. Epub 2021 Aug 16.
    PMID: 34396656.
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    Sharma VJ, Barton C, Page S, Ganesh JS, Patel N, Pirone F, Lin Z, Kejriwal NK, El Gamel A, McCormack DJ, Meikle F. 
    ANZ J Surg. 2021 Oct;91(10):2042-2046. DOI: 10.1111/ans.17077. Epub 2021 Jul 21. PMID: 34291538.
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    Prakash M, Sharma V, Kang R, Meikle F. 
    ANZ J Surg. 2021 Jun;91(6):E421-E422. DOI: 10.1111/ans.16477. Epub 2020 Dec 9. PMID: 33300213.

  • Sharma VJ, Prakash M, Lin Z, Lo C.
    Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2021 Jan 1;32(1):106-110. DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivaa215.
    PMID: 33257950.
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    Prakash M, Meikle F. 
    ANZ J Surg. 2020 Oct 8. DOI: 10.1111/ans.16365. Online ahead of print.
    PMID: 33090677.
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    Singh N, Gimpel D, Manikavasagar V, Watson N, Roberts J, Conaglen P, Meikle F, Lin Z, Kejriwal N, Odom N, McCormack DJ, El-Gamel A. 
    Heart Lung Circ. 2021 Apr;30(4):600-604. DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2020.08.021. Epub 2020 Oct 6.
    PMID: 33032891.
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    Macemon JB, Gimpel DJ, Kejriwal NK. 
    ANZ J Surg. 2020 May;90(5):924-925. DOI: 10.1111/ans.15748. Epub 2020 Apr 21.
    PMID: 32314867.
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    Haran C, Gimpel D, Clark H, McCormack DJ. 
    Heart Lung Circ. 2021 Mar;30(3):414-418. DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2020.05.115. Epub 2020 Jul 6.
    PMID: 32665173.
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    El-Gamel A, Chan B.
    Heart Lung Circ. 2021 Apr;30(4):605-611. DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2020.08.007. Epub 2020 Sep 18.
    PMID: 32952038.

  • Lawrenson R, Lao C, Brown L, Moosa L, Chepulis L, Keenan R, Kidd J, Middleton K, Conaglen P, de Groot C, Aitken D, Wong J. 
    BMC Cancer. 2020 Feb 10;20(1):109. DOI: 10.1186/s12885-020-6580-6.
    PMID: 32041572.
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    Prakash M, Ong Q, Lo C, Macemon JB, El Gamel A. 
    Heart Lung Circ. 2020 Oct;29(10):1561-1565. DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2020.01.005. Epub 2020 Feb 13.
    PMID: 32094079.
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    Hogan AM, Ibrahim S, Moylan MJ, Mccormack DJ, Openshaw AM, Cormack F, Shipolini A. 
    J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2020 Oct;61(5):648-656. DOI: 10.23736/S0021-9509.20.11200-X. Epub 2020 Mar 17.
    PMID: 32186169.
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    Sharma VJ, Prakash M, Pirone F, Chan B, Lin Z.
    N Z Med J. 2020 Apr 3;133(1512):99-101.
    PMID: 32242186.
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    Gamel AE.
    Heart Lung Circ. 2019 Dec;28(12):1770-1772. DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.10.003.
    PMID: 31813480.

  • El Gamel A. 
    Heart Lung Circ. 2019 Dec;28(12):1767-1769. DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.10.002.
    PMID: 31813479.

  • El Gamel A. Heart Lung Circ. 2019 Oct;28(10):1457-1458. DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2019.08.004.
    PMID: 31495503.
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    Gimpel D, Conway J, Meikle F, Lin Z, McCormack DJ, El-Gamel A. 
    Respirol Case Rep. 2019 May 17;7(5):e00431. DOI: 10.1002/rcr2.431. eCollection 2019 Jul.
    PMID: 31131108.
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    Gimpel D, Magoye T, McCormack DJ, El-Gamel A, Kejriwal N. 
    ANZ J Surg. 2020 Mar;90(3):376-378. DOI: 10.1111/ans.15132. Epub 2019 Apr 15.
    PMID: 30983139.
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    Gimpel D, Fisher R, Khan Z, McCormack DJ. 
    BMJ. 2019 Apr 12;365:l1303. DOI: 10.1136/bmj.l1303.
    PMID: 30979696.
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    Gimpel D, Ni Leathlobhair N, Conway J, Magoye T, Macemon J, Macleod M, Nixey K, Odom N, McCormack DJ, Kejriwal N, Meikle F, El-Gamel A, Lin Z. 
    Resuscitation. 2019 Apr;137:49-51. DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2019.01.028. Epub 2019 Feb 5.
    PMID: 30735741.
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    Gimpel D, Shanbhag S, Srivastava T, MacLeod M, Conaglen P, Kejriwal N, Odom N, Lin Z, McCormack DJ, El-Gamel A. 
    Heart Lung Circ. 2019 Dec;28(12):1888-1895. DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.11.002. Epub 2018 Nov 17.
    PMID: 30528814.
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    Myles PS, Smith JA, Kasza J, Silbert B, Jayarajah M, Painter T, Cooper DJ, Marasco S, McNeil J, Bussi猫res JS, McGuinness S, Byrne K, Chan MTV, Landoni G, Wallace S, Forbes A; ATACAS investigators and the ANZCA Clinical Trials Network. 
    J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2019 Feb;157(2):644-652.e9. DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2018.09.113. Epub 2018 Oct 19.
    PMID: 30459103.
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    Singh N, Gimpel D, Zaman Z, French R, Conaglen P.
    J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2019 Feb;86(2):374-375. DOI: 10.1097/TA.0000000000002122.
    PMID: 30399130.
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    Gimpel D, Ray M. 
    Circulation. 2018 Sep 25;138(13):1285-1286. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.118.035226.
    PMID: 30354417.
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    Singh N, Gimpel D, Parkinson G, Conaglen P, Meikle F, Lin Z, Kejriwal N, Odom N, McCormack DJ, El-Gamel A. 
    Heart Lung Circ. 2019 Nov;28(11):1670-1676. DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2018.09.004. Epub 2018 Sep 27.
    PMID: 30318389.
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    Mazer CD, Whitlock RP, Fergusson DA, Belley-Cote E, Connolly K, Khanykin B, Gregory AJ, de M茅dicis 脡, Carrier FM, McGuinness S, Young PJ, Byrne K, Villar JC, Roy A, Grocott HP, Seeberger MD, Mehta C, Lellouche F, Hare GMT, Painter TW, Fremes S, Syed S, Bagshaw SM, Hwang NC, Royse C, Hall J, Dai D, Mistry N, Thorpe K, Verma S, J眉ni P, Shehata N; TRICS Investigators and Perioperative Anesthesia Clinical Trials Group. 
    N Engl J Med. 2018 Sep 27;379(13):1224-1233. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1808561. Epub 2018 Aug 26.
    PMID: 30146969.

  • Kelleher R, Gimpel D, McCormack DJ, El-Gamel A.
    Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2019 Feb 1;28(2):222-226. DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivy195.
    PMID: 30052998.
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    Gimpel D, McCormack DJ, El-Gamel A.
    Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2018 Oct 1;27(4):611-612. DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivy130.
    PMID: 29688517.
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    Ong Q, Wong J, Sinha S, Kejriwal N.
    Respirol Case Rep    . 2018 Feb 28;6(4):e00310. DOI: 10.1002/rcr2.310. eCollection 2018 May.
    PMID: 29507725.
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    Shehata N, Whitlock R, Fergusson DA, Thorpe KE, MacAdams C, Grocott HP, Rubens F, Fremes S, Lellouche F, Bagshaw S, Royse A, Rosseel PM, Hare G, Medicis E, Hudson C, Belley-Cote E, Bainbridge D, Kent B, Shaw A, Byrne K, Syed S, Royse CF, McGuiness S, Hall J, Mazer CD. 
    J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2018 Feb;32(1):121-129. DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2017.10.036. Epub 2017 Nov 3.
    PMID: 29273477.

  • Hulme KR, van den Burg J. 
    Perfusion. 2017 Nov;32(8):656-660. DOI: 10.1177/0267659117715705. Epub 2017 Jun 13.
    PMID: 28610543.

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