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Professor Michael Vallely

MBBS PhD FRACS

Cardiothoracic Surgeon

Professor Vallely has a special interest in elderly, complex, and high-risk patients with multiple medical issues, and minimally invasive heart and lung surgery. He holds Clinical Professorships at The University of Sydney and Macquarie University.

Professor Vallely has clinical and academic interests in minimising the invasiveness of cardiothoracic surgery and is a world authority on total arterial, anaortic, off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery. He also has interests in minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS and Da Vinci robotic surgery), transcatheter (TAVI and Mitra-Clip) cardiac surgery, thoracic aortic surgery, geriatric cardiac surgery and hybrid procedures including the use of ECMO.

Professor Vallely has a special interest in electrophysiological (pacemakers, defibrillators and CRT) devices and performs more than 250 implants per year. He has presented extensively at national and international conferences and authored or co-authored more than 75 scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals. In his spare time he enjoys the occasional round of golf and spending time with his family.

Sydney Heart Team is a uniquely interdisciplinary practice, led by world-leading interventional cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery practitioners. Working together allows our multi-faceted team to provide comprehensive, integrated management of complex cardiovascular problems in a single setting.

Since 2009, we have made significant global contributions to the practice and development of many Structural Heart Disease interventions including TAVI, TEER, transcatheter mitral valve replacement and transcatheter tricuspid valve interventions. The breadth and depth of our collective expertise and experience in transcatheter and surgical therapies maximises the likelihood that outstanding clinical outcomes are achieved, even in the most challenging clinical scenarios.

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Since 2009, the Sydney Heart Team has been successfully treating some of the country’s most challenging heart patients, returning them to an excellent quality of life.

- Professor Martin Ng

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