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 26 public, and 30 private hospitals contributing to the ANZSCTS Cardiac Surgery Database.

Number of cardiac surgeries per year
Number of surgeries captured in database
Number of participating sites
Governance
The ANZSCTS Cardiac Surgery Database 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 Database.

Steering Committee

Mr Gil Shardey
Chair, ANZSCTS SC / Chair, ASCRI Ltd

Prof Christopher Reid
Data Custodian, ANZSCTS Database / Epidemiologist

Prof Julian Smith
ANZSCTS Surgeon

Dr Trevor Fayers
ANZSCTS EC / ANZSCTS Surgeon
Cardiothoracic Surgeon, St Vincent’s Private Northside

A/Prof Jurgen Passage
ANZSCTS Surgeon

Mr Andrew Cochrane
ANZSCTS Surgeon

Mr Andrew Newcomb
ANZSCTS Surgeon

Mr Hugh Wolfenden
ANZSCTS Surgeon

Mr Gareth Crouch
ANZSCTS Surgeon

Dr Christopher Cole
ANZSCTS Surgeon

Prof Rob Baker

Mr Ashutosh Hardikar
ANZSCTS Surgeon

Dr Alastair McGeorge

A/Prof Siven Seevanayagam
ANZSCTS Surgeon

Mr Michael Worthington
ANZSCTS Surgeon

A/Prof Rochelle Wynne
Data Manager

Ms Michelle Cole
Data Manager
Peninsula Private Hospital, VIC

Dr Jenni Williams-Spence
ANZSCTS Database
Program Manager / Research Fellow – ANZSCTS Database Program

Dr Lavinia Tran
ANZSCTS Database
Program Manager / Research Fellow – ANZSCTS Database Program

Mrs Angela Brennan
Program Manager
Cardiac Registries

Prof Danny Liew
Epidemiologist

Mr Noah Solman
ANZSCTS Database
Program Coordinator – ANZSCTS Database Program

Ms Jenna McLaren
ANZSCTS Database

Mrs Nicole Marrow
ANZSCTS Database
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