Professor Prash Sanders

Biography/ Background

Professor Prash Sanders (MBBS, PhD, FRACP, FRCP, FCSANZ, FESC, FHRS) is a Clinical Academic based at the University of Adelaide and the Royal Adelaide Hospital.

He graduated from the University of Adelaide with Honours, undertook training as a Clinical Cardiologist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and as a Cardiac Electrophysiologist at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. His PhD was undertaken at the University of Melbourne under the mentorship of Professor Jonathan Kalman. His postdoctoral studies were with the team of Professor Michel Haissaguerre at the Hôpital Cardiologique du Haut-Lévêque and Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux II, Bordeaux, France.

Professor Sanders returned to Australia in 2005 to the Knapman, National Heart Foundation Chair of Cardiology Research at the University of Adelaide and as Clinical Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. He has established a formidable team of clinicians and researchers who span the spectrum of research into heart rhythm disorders; ranging from computer modelling of cardiac arrhythmias, cellular electrophysiology, small and large animal models of disease to evaluate arrhythmia mechanisms, clinical mechanistic, outcome and more recently population based studies. The group has an established clinical trials program and is involved in development of novel technologies. In recognition of this expansive research strength, this group led by Professor Sanders has been made the Centre of Heart Rhythm Disorders (CHRD) at the University of Adelaide. Further details of staff, students, funding and projects can be found by visiting the Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders (www.adelaide.edu.au/chrd).

He has been awarded various awards and was most recently recognised by the award of the Scopus Young Australian Medical and Medical Science Researcher of the Year 2010. In 2013 he was awarded a NHMRC Practitioner Fellowship.

Professor Sanders has an interest in all heart rhythm disorders with a particular focus on the interventional management of atrial fibrillation. He consults at the Cardiovascular Centre and undertakes procedures at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Calvary-Wakefield Hospital and Ashford Hospital. Further details on the clinical services and interest of the group can be found at www.cardiovascularcentre.com.au.

The groups research updates can be followed on twitter @PrashSanders

Publications

Professor Sanders has published over 230 peer-reviewed publications and has an H index of 42. Some of his recent publications are shown below. For a review of publication history: http://www.researcherid.com.proxy.library.adelaide.edu.au/rid/D-7641-2013

Publications in 2013

1. Kumar S, Walters TE, Halloran K, Morton JB, Hepworth G, Wong CX, Kistler PM, Sanders P, Kalman JM. Ten-year trends in the use of catheter ablation for treatment of atrial fibrillation versus the use of coronary intervention for the treatment of ischemic heart disease in Australia. Europace (In Press).

2. Brooks AG, Wilson L, Chia NH, Lau DH, Alasady M, Leong DP, Laborderie J, Roberts-Thomson KC, Young GD, Kalman JM, Sanders P. Accuracy and clinical outcomes of CT image integration with CARTO sound compared to electro-anatomical mapping for atrial fibrillation: a randomized controlled study. International Journal of Cardiology (In Press).

3. Wong CX, Sun MT, Cheng YH, Dang J, Barlow DS, Chia NH, Wong NX, Wong MX, Lau DH, Brooks AG, Roberts-Thomson KC, Sanders P. Temporal and comparative outcomes of cardiac electrophysiology abstracts. American Journal of Cardiology (In Press).

4. Wong D, Leong DP, Khurana S, Puri R, Tayeb H, Sanders P. Severe mitral regurgitation due to right ventricular apical pacing. BMJ Case Reports (In Press).

5. Baumert M, Lambert E, Vaddadi G, Sari CI, Esler M, Lambert G, Sanders P, Nalivaiko E. Cardiac repolarisation variability in patients with postural tachycardia syndrome during graded head-up tilt. Clinical Neurophysiology (In Press).

6. Wong KKL, Tu J, Kelso RM, Worthley SG, Sanders P, Mazumdar J, Abbott D. Technique for cardiac flow component analysis. Medical Engineering & Physics (In Press).

7. Ganesan AN, Shipp NJ, Brooks AG, Kuklik P, Lau DH, Lim HS, Sullivan T, Roberts-Thomson KC, Sanders P. Long term outcomes of catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of the American Heart Association 2013; 2: e004549.

8. Mahajan R, Pathak R, Lim HS, Willoughby SR, Sanders P. Does catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation eliminate the need for anticoagulation? Interventional Cardiology 2013; 5: 171-178.

9. Pathak R, Mahajan R, Sanders P. Evolving therapies for atrial fibrillation: focus on embolic stroke. Cardiology Today 2013; 3: 19-24.

10. Wong CX, Mahajan R, Pathak R, Twomey DJ, Sanders P. The role of pericardial and epicardial fat in atrial fibrillation: pathophysiology and ablation outcomes. Journal of Atrial Fibrillation 2013; 5: 37-43.

11. Ganesan AN,* Kuklik P,* Lau DH, Brooks AG, Baumert M, Lim WW, Thanigaimani S, Nayyar S, Mahajan R, Kalman JM, Roberts-Thomson KC, Sanders P. Bipolar electrogram Shannon entropy at sites of rotational activation: implications for ablation of atrial fibrillation. Circulation, Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology 2013; 6: 48-57. *equal contribution

12. Lim HS, Willoughby SR,* Schultz C, Gan C, Alasady M, Lau DH, Leong DP, Brooks AG, Young GD, Kistler PM, Kalman JM, Worthley MI, Sanders P.* Effect of atrial fibrillation on atrial thrombogenesis in humans: impact of rate and rhythm. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2013; 61: 852-860. *equal contribution

13. Nayyar S, Ganesan AN, Brooks AG, Sullivan T, Roberts-Thonson KC, Sanders P. Venturing into ventricular arrhythmia storm: a systematic review and meta-analysis. European Heart Journal 2013; 34: 560-569.

14. Nayyar S, Young GD, Sanders P, Roberts-Thomson KC. Paradoxical ventricular activation sequence and para-hisian entrainment response: do they challenge the diagnosis? Circulation, Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology 2013; 6: e1 – e6.

15. Abed HS, Samuel CS, Lau DH, Kelly DJ, Royce SG, Alasady M, Mahajan R, Kuklik P, Zhang Y, Brooks AG, Nelson AJ, Worthley SG, Abhayaratna WP, Kalman JM, Wittert GA, Sanders P. Obesity results in progressive atrial structural and electrical remodeling: implications for atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm 2013; 10: 90-100.

16. Nayyar S, Middeldorp ME, Roberts-Thomson KC, Sanders P. Clatter on the electrocardiogram. Journal of Electrocardiology 2013; 46: 66-68.

17. Kalman JM, Sanders P, Brieger DB, Aggarwal A, Zwar NA, Tatoulis J, Tay AE, Wilson A, Branagan MG. National Heart Foundation of Australia consensus statement on catheter ablation as a therapy for atrial fibrillation. Medical Journal of Australia 2013; 198: 27-28.

Entry last updated: Saturday, 20 Apr 2013