Cardiologist
MBBS(Melb), BMedSci, FRACP, PhD, FCSANZ
Dr Gautam Vaddadi is the Head of Heart Failure Services at Northern Health, one of Victoria's busiest public teaching hospitals (University of Melbourne Clinical School). He has been instrumental in establishing a multidisciplinary heart failure unit and he created the first acute heart failure at home (hearts@home) service through the Victorian Better@home program. His model is being adopted by many other health services. He was also the Director of Cardiac Services, Cabrini Health from 2017 to 2021. Gautam graduated in medicine from the University of Melbourne in 1999 and was also awarded a Bachelor of Medical Science for research at the Baker Heart Research Institute. He completed basic physician training at Austin Health in 2003 and undertook advanced training in cardiology, heart failure and transplantation at The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne from 2004 to 2006. He then undertook further postgraduate studies (Monash University) investigating the mechanisms of syncope (low blood pressure and fainting) from 2006 to 2009. This work resulted in several high profile peer reviewed research publications in leading cardiovascular journals. He was awarded the Ralph Reader Prize by the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand in 2008 for his research investigating syncope. Dr Gautam Vaddadi has received grants from the Department of Health (Victoria) culminating in the establishment of a heart failure inpatient unit under cardiology at Northern Health in 2019. Gautam continues to lead the development of this program with a focus on delivering patient centred holistic care. Gautam is also actively involved in teaching. He was appointed as Associate Professor at University Notre Dame Medical School and also teaches medical students from the University of Melbourne.