Anushka Patel

About Professor Anushka Patel

Chief Executive Officer, The George Institute for Global Health

  • Scientia Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW Sydney
  • Cardiologist (Hon), Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
  • MBBS,
  • SM,
  • PhD,
  • FRACP ,
  • FAHMS,
  • GAICD

Professor Anushka Patel is CEO and Director of The George Institute for Global Health and Scientia Professor at UNSW, Sydney.  She is a cardiologist with research interests in the prevention and management of common chronic conditions through large-scale clinical trials and implementation science. 

Anushka undertook her medical training at the University of Queensland, with subsequent postgraduate research degrees from Harvard University and University of Sydney. Anushka is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians and of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences and is a Director and Trustee of the Pulmonary Vascular Research Institute.

Risk treatment thresholds for initiating cardiovascular disease pharmacotherapy: Synthesis of international evidence to support guideline recommendations

Australian Journal of General Practice Date published:

More Than a Decade of Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Polypill Trials

JACC: Advances Date published:

Protocol for a randomized controlled trial of intensive blood pressure control on cardiovascular risk reduction in patients with atrial fibrillation: rationale and design of the CRAFT trial

American Heart Journal Date published:

Female participation, and sex-specific reporting practices, in polypill randomised controlled trials in the prevention of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: a secondary analysis of a systematic review

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology Date published:

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