Dr Silver Heinsar wins UQ Dean’s Award for Outstanding HDR Thesis
Former CCRG International Research Fellow, Dr Silver Heinsar and his Doctoral work has been awarded The University of Queensland's 2023 Dean's Award for Outstanding Higher Degree by Research Thesis.
Dean of UQ's Graduate School Professor Virginia Slaughter noted that fewer than 10% of PhD and MPhil graduates are recognised in this way and that Dr Heinsar's thesis is considered to be a substantial contribution to the field of pulsatile extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
"Dr Heinsar must be commended for what is an outstanding thesis, conducted with a methodology of the highest quality,” said Pr Nicolas Bréchot MD, Phd, AP-HP.Centre, Université Paris Cité, France, who acted as Dr Heinsar's examiner.
“The data presented in his thesis comes from a very difficult piece of work and offers a significant contribution to our knowledge of circulatory support. This research, along with other projects currently being undertaken by CCRG, will have an enduring impact on this field for many generations of clinicians and researchers to come.”
Covering a four-year body of work, Dr Heinsar’s thesis examinse the use of pulsatile flow veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (V-A ECMO) support in cardiogenic shock (CS). The findings highlight the complexity of the interaction between the device and physiology and identifies potential benefits if careful consideration is maintained in future trials and clinical use.
Dr Silver Heinsar is a junior doctor specialising in cardiology and an emerging critical care researcher. He completed his PhD with CCRG in 2023 and is passionate about ECMO research. Dr Heinsar has been recognised twice as Young Investigator of the Year in 2020 & 2022 at the European Extracorporeal Life Support Organisation and in 2021 at the Asia-Pacific Extracorporeal Life Support Organization.
Read more of Dr Heinsar’s research here
Silver Heinsar, Kei Sato, Nchafatso Obonyo, Samia M Farah, Mahe Bouquet, Margaret R Passmore, Keibun Liu, Shinichi Ijunin, Carmen Ainola, Gianluigi Li Bassi, Jacky Y Suen, and John Fraser.
Karin Wildi, Sebastiano Maria Colombo, Daniel McGuire, Carmen Ainola, Silver Heinsar, Noriko Sato, Kei Sato, Keibun Liu, Mahé Bouquet, Emily Wilson, Margaret Passmore, Kieran Hyslop, Samantha Livingstone, Marianna Di Feliciantonio, Wendy Strugnell, Chiara Palmieri, Jacky Suen, Gianluigi Li Bassi & John Fraser.
Sato K, Wildi K, Chan J, Palmieri C, Obonyo NG, Heinsar S, Liu K, Livingstone S, Sato N, Ainola C, Abbate G, Bouquet M, Wilson E, Passmore M, Hyslop K, Platts DG, Suen J, Bassi GL, Fraser JF.
Karin Wildi, Samantha Livingstone, Carmen Ainola, Sebastiano Maria Colombo, Silver Heinsar, Noriko Sato, Kei Sato, Mahé Bouquet, Emily Wilson, Gabriella Abbate, Margaret Passmore, Kieran Hyslop, Keibun Liu, Xiaomeng Wang, Chiara Palmieri, Louise E. See Hoe, Jae-Seung Jung, Katrina Ki, Christian Mueller, John Laffey, Paolo Pelosi, Gianluigi Li Bassi, Jacky Suen & John Fraser
C Palmieri, LS Hoe, W Dyer, S Heinsar, S Rozencwaig, J Tung, N Bartnikowski, M Passmore, M Bouquet, K Hislop, E Wilson, GL Li Bassi, D Mcgiffin, J Suen, JF Fraser.
Taniguchi H, Rätsep I, Heinsar S, Liu K, Cespedes M, Suen JY, Li Bassi G, Fraser JF, Jacobs JP, Peek GJ.
See Hoe LE, Li Bassi G, Wildi K, Passmore MR, Bouquet M, Sato K, Heinsar S, Ainola C, Bartnikowski N, Wilson ES, Hyslop K, Skeggs K, Obonyo NG, Shuker T, Bradbury L, Palmieri C, Engkilde-Pedersen S, McDonald C, Colombo SM, Wells MA, Reid JD, O'Neill H, Livingstone S, Abbate G, Haymet A, Jung JS, Sato N, James L, He T, White N, Redd MA, Millar JE, Malfertheiner MV, Molenaar P, Platts D, Chan J, Suen JY, McGiffin DC, Fraser JF.
Doyle BJ, Kelsey LJ, Shelverton C, Abbate G, Ainola C, Sato N, Livingstone S, Bouquet M, Passmore MR, Wilson ES, Colombo S, Sato K, Liu K, Heinsar S, Wildi K, Carr PJ, Suen J, Fraser J, Li Bassi G, Keogh S
AM Zaaqoq, MJ Griffee, TL Kelly, JP Fanning, S Heinsar, JY Suen, Jacky, S Mariani, G Li Bassi, JP Jacobs, N White, JF Fraser, R Lorusso, GJ Peek, S Cho, COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium
S Rozencwajg, S Heinsar, K Wildi, J Jung, SM Colombo, C Palmieri, K Sato, C Ainola, X Wang, G Abbate, N Sato, WB Dyer, S Livingstone, L Helms, N Bartnikowski, M Bouquet, MR Passmore, K Hyslop, B Vidal, JD Reid, D McGuire, ES Wilson, I Rätsep, R Lorusso, M Schmidt, JY Suen, G Li Bassi, JF Fraser.
Kei Sato, Silver Heinsar, Karin Susanne Wildi, Nchafatso Obonyo, Keibun Liu, Samia Farah, Carmen Ainola, Noriko Sato, Gabriele Fior, Sun Kyun Ro, Lucia Gandini, Shinichi Ijuin, Mahe Bouquet, Emily Wilson, Margaret Passmore, Kieran Hyslop, Jonathan H. Chan, David Platts, Jacky Suen, Gianluigi Li Bassi, John Fraser
Silver Heinsar, Nicole Bartnikowski, Gunter Hartel, Samia M. Farah, E-Peng Seah, Eric Wu, Sebastiano Maria Colombo, Clayton Semenzin, Andrew Haymet, Indrek Rätsep, Jo Pauls, John F. Fraser, Jacky Y. Suen
Dyer WB, Simonova G, Chiaretti S, Bouquet M, Wellburn R, Heinsar S, Ainola C, Wildi K, Sato K, Livingstone S, Suen JY, Irving DO, Tung JP, Li Bassi G, Fraser JF.
Wildi K, Bouquet M, Ainola C, Livingstone S, Colombo SM, Heinsar S, Sato N, Sato K, Wilson E, Abbate G, Passmore MR, Hyslop K, Liu K, Li Bassi G, Suen JY, Fraser JF.
Meili Zhang, Chris H.H. Chan, Jo P. Pauls, Clayton Semenzin, Carmen Ainola, Hui Peng, Changkui Fu, Andrew K. Whittaker, Silver Heinsar and John F. Fraser
Urner M, Barnett AG, Bassi GL, Brodie D, Dalton HJ, Ferguson ND, Heinsar S, Hodgson CL, Peek G, Shekar K, Suen JY, Fraser JF, Fan E; COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium
Silver Heinsar, Jae‑Seung Jung, Sebastiano Maria Colombo, Sacha Rozencwajg, Karin Wildi, Kei Sato, Carmen Ainola, Xiaomeng Wang, Gabriella Abbate, Noriko Sato, Wayne Bruce Dyer, Samantha Annie Livingstone, Leticia Pretti Pimenta, Nicole Bartnikowski, Mahe Jeannine Patricia Bouquet, Margaret Passmore, Bruno Vidal, Chiara Palmieri, Janice D. Reid, Haris M. Haqqani, Daniel McGuire, Emily Susan Wilson, Indrek Rätsep, Roberto Lorusso, Jacky Y. Suen, Gianluigi Li Bassi & John F. Fraser.
Zaaqoq, A. M., Barnett, A. G., Griffee, M. J., MacLaren, G., Jacobs, J. P., Heinsar, S., Suen, J. Y., Bassi, G. L., Fraser, J. F., Dalton, H. J., Peek, G. J., COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium
Akram M. Zaaqoq, Adrian G. Barnett, Silver Heinsar, Matthew J. Griffee, Graeme MacLaren, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, Jacky Y. Suen, Gianluigi Li Bassi, John F. Fraser, Heidi J. Dalton, Giles J. Peek on behalf of the COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium
Heinsar, S., Raman, S., Suen, J. Y., Cho, H. J., & Fraser, J. F. (2021). The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in children with acute fulminant myocarditis. Clinical and experimental pediatrics, 64(5), 188–195. https://doi.org/10.3345/cep.2020.00836
Pressure injuries (PIs) are an enduring problem for patients in the intensive care unit (ICU) because of their vulnerability and numerous risk factors.
Javidfar, J., Zaaqoq, A. M., Yamashita, M. H., Eschun, G., Jacobs, J. P., Heinsar, S., Hayanga, J. W., Peek, G. J., & Arora, R. C. (2021). JTCVS techniques, 10, 335–348.
Javidfar, J., Labib, A., Ragazzo, G., Kurtzman, E., Callahan, M., Heinsar, S., Gudzenko, V., Barrett, P., Binongo, J., Wei, J. W., Fraser, J., Suen, J. Y., Li Bassi, G., Peek, G., & Covid-19 Critical Care Consortium
See Hoe, L.E., Wildi, K., Obonyo, N.G. et al. A clinically relevant sheep model of orthotopic heart transplantation 24 h after donor brainstem death. ICMx 9, 60 (2021).