About The Database
Vision Statement
As a highly technical and specialised area of medicine, cardiothoracic surgery is constantly advancing in techniques and knowledge base. Integral to this advancement is the requirement to ensure the attainment and maintenance of best practice at an individual and national level.
The Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) views routine systematic collection of data related to each surgical procedure and the monitoring of that data as the cornerstone of best practice. Surgical performance data is communicated to the Australian Cardiac Surgery Community in the hope that knowledge of performance will lead to improved outcomes. The ANZSCTS Database Steering Committee welcomes feedback from participating sites about how to improve program initiatives.
Participating Sites
There are currently 23 public, and 17 private, hospitals contributing to the national program.
Number of cardiac surgeries per year
Number of surgeries captured in database
Number of participating sites
Governance
The ANZSCTS Database Program is an initiative of ANZSCTS. The society established the Australasian Cardiac Surgery Research Institution Limited (ACSRI Ltd) to manage the business aspects of the program. The responsibilities of governance are divided between specialised committees, depicted below.
The Steering Committee provides strategic decision-making activities and oversees successful delivery of the project. The Research Committee reviews all requests for data access and use for research purposes, and the Peer Review and Quality Assurance Committee liaises with sites who do not meet performance standards to strategise methods of improvement.
The Centre of Cardiovascular Research and Education in Therapeutics (CCRET), Monash University, manages and maintains the operations of the program.
National Steering Committee
Mr Gil Shardey
Chair / ASCRI Ltd
Prof Christopher Reid
Custodian/Epidemiologist
Prof Julian Smith
ANZSCTS Surgeon
Mr Andrew Newcomb
ANZSCTS Surgeon
Mr Andrew Cochrane
ANZSCTS Surgeon
Mr Gregory Rice
ANZSCTS Surgeon
A/Prof Jurgen Passage
ANZSCTS Surgeon
Mr Hugh Wolfenden
ANZSCTS Surgeon
Mr Deepak Mehrotra
ANZSCTS Surgeon
Dr Christopher Cole
ANZSCTS Surgeon
Dr Sumit Yadav
ANZSCTS Surgeon
Prof Rob Baker
Dr Robert Costa
ANZSCTS Surgeon
Mr Ashutosh Hardikar
ANZSCTS Surgeon
A/Prof Rochelle Wynne
Data Manager
Mr Tom Hunter
Data Manager
Ms Gemma Ricketson
Manager
Ms Dervla O'Regan
Project Lead
Dr Jenni Williams-Spence
ANZSCTS Database
Dr Lavinia Tran
ANZSCTS Database
Mrs Angela Brennan
SURE Curator
Prof Danny Liew
Epidemiologist
Mr Noah Solman
ANZSCTS Database
Ms Jenna McLaren
ANZSCTS Database
Mrs Nicole Marrow
ANZSCTS Database
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