News and events

Help for pregnant women navigating congenital heart disease

11 May 2023

The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) cardiology service is the centre for congenital interventions for Victoria and Tasmania, and as part of this service takes care of women through their pregnancies.

$5 million MRFF research grant awarded to progress treatment of heart disease

05 April 2023

A ground-breaking study led by the Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) and the University of Melbourne (UoM) has found that coronary bypass surgery using arteries rather than vein grafts can lead to longer lives for patients.

The RMH cardiologist Luke Burchill receives NHMRC Research Excellence Award

18 June 2022

The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) cardiologist Associate Professor Luke Burchill has been awarded the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Sandra Eades Investigator Grant Award.

Lung ultrasound program nabs nurse award

19 August 2021

An education and training program that teaches nurses and physiotherapists to assess lung health using ultrasound has been recognised by the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ).

Kath wins ACRA award

06 August 2021

The Royal Melbourne Hospital’s Kath Kelly has received an award from Australian Cardiovascular Health and Rehabilitation Association. 

‘Waking Up’: The Royal Melbourne Hospital nurse-led research project

29 January 2021

A new research project is underway in the Royal Melbourne Hospital’s (RMH) Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and ward 6SE (cardiothoracic) to investigate the ways in which cardiac surgery patients wake up from their anaesthetics in ICU.

Cardiology Registrar a recipient of Premier’s Award for Health and Medical Research

17 January 2021

Dr Melissa Lee is a Royal Melbourne Hospital veteran who started her career at the hospital as a medical student in 2011, and a medical intern in 2014.