John James Atherton

Dr. John J. Atherton is the Director of Cardiology, at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital and an Associate Professor at the University of Queensland, and an Adjunct Professor at the Queensland University of Technology.

Dr. Atherton was on the board of the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ, 2009–2015) and chairs the CSANZ Professional Ethics Standards Committee. He previously chaired the Asia-Pacific Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Registry Scientific Advisory Committee and the CSANZ Heart Failure Council. Dr. Atherton is an appointed member of the Australian Government Medical Services Advisory Committee and provides advice to Government on public funding arrangements through Medicare.

Dr. Atherton is the Associate Editor, of Heart Lung, and Circulation, and sits on the editorial board for Cardiac Failure Review. His research interests include screening for pre-symptomatic heart disease and heart failure disease management. His contributions to service enhancement include the development of coordinated statewide heart failure disease management in Queensland and commencing of a state-wide cardiac genetics clinic.