Consultant Surgeons
Professor Christian Brizard

MD, MS.
Director, Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Cardiac Surgery Unit - RCH
Senior Research Fellow, CNN - MCRI
Professor, Department of Paediatrics - University of Melbourne
Professor Igor Konstantinov

MD, PhD, FRACS
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Cardiac Surgery Unit - RCH
Senior Research Fellow, CNN, MCRI
Director, Melbourne Children's Centre for Cardiovascular Genomics and Regenerative Medicine
Professor, Department of Paediatrics - University of Melbourne
Dr. Edward Buratto![]()

MBBS, PhD, FRACS
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Cardiac Surgery Unit - RCH
Fellow - CNN - MCRI
Principal Fellow, Department of Paediatrics - University of Melbourne
Dr. Stephanie Perrier

MD, MBBS, FRACS
Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Cardiac Surgery Unit - RCH
Perfusionists
Dr. Stephen B. Horton

PhD, CCP(Aus), CCP(USA), FACBS
Associate Professor | Director of Perfusion
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatrics - University of Melbourne
Honorary Research Fellow
- Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
Martin Bennett
Simon Augustin
Bradley Schultz
Stephen Bottrell
Juthawan Suthumporn
Amber Darwinkel-Wodson
Cardiac Surgery Fellows
Dr Alexey Zubritskiy
Dr Carolina Freire Rodrigues
Dr Manish Mahant
Cardiac Theatre Nurses
May Chan - Clinical Nurse Consultant
Bambang Kurnia - Associate Unit Manager
Sarah Downie - Clinical Nurse Specialist
Renae Tranter - Clinical Nurse Specialist
Heidi Osberg - Clinical Nurse Specialist
Cheaw Shya Lim - Clinical Nurse Specialist
Nicole Pickford
Doreen Bachus
Nevada Muller
Virgina Fiona
Sreelekha Madathil
Baljeet Roop
Cardiac Coordinator
Kate Harley & Kimberley Claro - Clinical Nurse Consultants - 03 9345 5205
Administration Team
Diana Josevska - Office Manager and Personal Assistant to Prof Christian Brizard - 03 9345 4616
Lauren Palmieri - Administration Officer - 03 9345 6410
Data and Research Support Manager
Nick Fulkoski - 03 9345 4586
International Patient Enquiries (Cardiac Related Only)
Contact the Cardiac Coordinator - 03 9345 5205