Professor John Atherton

Professor John Atherton

 

Director of Cardiology - Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital

John Atherton is a Pre-eminent Staff Specialist and Director of Cardiology at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH); Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland; Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology.

Professor Atherton was one of four non-European official content reviewers for the 2016 European Society of Cardiology Heart Failure Guidelines, chaired the 2018 National Heart Foundation of Australia/ Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ) Heart Failure Guidelines, and sits on the Therapeutic Guidelines Cardiovascular Expert Group. He recently co-authored the first universal definition of heart failure.

Last updated 11:41 1.11.2023