Phone +61 1300 643 278 Funding Non-profit Hospital | Founded 2007 Number of beds 83 (across three sites) | |
Care system Medicare, Public, Private Hospital type Specialist, Teaching, Research Address 246 Clayton Rd, Clayton VIC 3168, Australia Similar Monash Medical Centre, Jessie Mcpherson Private H, Monash Health, Clayton Road Doctors Profiles | ||
Monashheart victorian heart hospital
MonashHeart is a non-profit cross-site cardiological service operating within the southern region of Victoria's Metropolitan Health Services.
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- Monashheart victorian heart hospital
- History
- Services
- Research and education
- Medical firsts
- Notable cases
- References
MonashHeart is co-located with Monash Medical Centre and is part of Southern Health, one of the main public health service providers in Victoria. MonashHeart operates from three sites, all within the Southern Health network of hospitals covering populations located south-east of Melbourne. Clinical services are provided at Monash Medical Centre, Clayton, Dandenong Hospital and Casey Hospital.
History
MonashHeart is an amalgamation of the former Departments of Cardiology of Monash Medical Centre, Clayton and Dandenong Hospital. In 2007, the two departments were merged to create one service across multiple sites (Clayton, Victoria and Dandenong, Victoria), creating MonashHeart.
On 26 May 2009, Victorian Health Minister at the time, Daniel Andrews officially opened the third site for MonashHeart at Casey Hospital in Berwick, Victoria
MonashHeart is named after Sir John Monash (1865-1931), the highly decorated Australian military commander of the First World War.
Services
MonashHeart’s services are divided into six clinical service sub-specialities:
Research and education
The Monash Cardiovascular Research Centre (MCRC) is a self-funding, independent research group within the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University (through the Southern Clinical School and Departments of Medicine and Surgery, Monash Medical Centre).