Professor Leonard Kritharides

Senior Staff Specialist in Cardiology Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Clinical Director Cardiovascular Stream Sydney Local Health District, Group Leader Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology Laboratories ANZAC Medical Research Institute

Professor Kritharides is Senior Staff Specialist in Cardiology at Concord Repatriation General Hospital (CRGH) Sydney, Conjoint Professor in Medicine at the University of Sydney and Director of the Cardiovascular Stream Sydney Local Health District. He is Group leader of the Atherosclerosis and Vascular Biology Groups of the ANZAC Research Institute (ARI). He was Director of Cardiology at Concord Hospital from 2003-2021, was President of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (2018-2021) and Chair of the Research Strategy Committee (and Board Member) of the National Heart Foundation (2018-2021). His major research interests are cellular cholesterol metabolism, thrombosis, and clinical outcomes research.