Professor William Parsonage Becomes CSANZ President
Professor William Parsonage, clinical director for the Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation (AusHSI) and senior staff cardiologist at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and St Vincent’s, has been announced as new President of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ), the peak body representing cardiology health professionals across Australia and New Zealand.
It’s the culmination of a career built on both clinical excellence and a genuine commitment to improving outcomes for patients.
Megan Campbell, Operations Director at AusHSI and the QUT Centre for Healthcare Transformation, said Prof Parsonage is an exceptional clinician, researcher and leader whose focus has always been on improving care for patients and health systems.
“We are enormously proud to see his expertise and leadership recognised at this level. I know he will do an outstanding job in guiding the Society over the coming years. Congratulations on this remarkable achievement, Will.”
A graduate of the University of Nottingham Medical School, Professor Parsonage completed a Doctor of Medicine researching chronic heart failure before relocating to Brisbane in 2000 to finish his cardiology training at the Prince Charles Hospital, followed by fellowships at the Queensland Heart Failure and Transplant Unit and The Prince Charles Echocardiography Department.
Since then, he has become one of the state’s most respected cardiologists: a Director of QCG, a Senior Staff Cardiologist at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and Visiting Cardiologist at St Vincent’s Private Hospital Northside. Over 15 years ago, he established Australia’s first dedicated multidisciplinary clinic for pregnant patients with heart disease at RBWH, a service that continues to support some of the state’s most vulnerable cardiac patients. As Clinical Director of QUT’s Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation since 2018, he has also worked to ensure that research findings translate into real, measurable improvements in care.
His research focused on including faster and safer chest pain diagnostics, atherosclerotic coronary artery disease and maternal heart disease, has shaped clinical practice guidelines both here and internationally. Professor Parsonage brings years of leadership experience to the CSANZ role, having served as a Fellow, Board Member, and previously as Chairman and Secretary of the Society’s Queensland Branch.
We’re proud to see Professor Parsonage shaping the future of cardiology across Australia and New Zealand, and we look forward to seeing his impact over the next two years.
Read the Queensland Cardiovascular Group news story.
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