Biography

Associate Professor Rod Warren is an Interventional Cardiologist with a special interest and expertise in interventional cardiac catheter procedures and coronary angioplasty.

He is currently in charge of angioplasties at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and also consults at the Melbourne Private Hospital and John Fawkner Private Hospital.  He has performed over 1500 invasive procedures every year, including a large number of elective and emergency angioplasty procedures.

Rod completed his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Melbourne, graduating with first-class honours and was awarded the Jamieson Prize for Medicine and Stirling Prize for Surgery.

Following this, A/Prof Warren completed specialty cardiology training at the Royal Melbourne Hospital and was awarded an NHMRC Scholarship to complete a PhD at the Baker Medical Research Institute which focused on cholesterol research. He completed further training in angioplasty at the Andreas Greuntzig Angioplasty Centre at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

A/Prof Warren has been integral in developing acute stroke service at both the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Melbourne Private Hospital. Additionally, he provides interventional cardiology services to country centres and interstate in Tasmania. He has trained a number of interventional cardiologists both locally and internationally.

* This physician is currently not participating in the Hope For Hearts program. This profile was created using publically available information.