Cardiology

Biography

Scott Willoughby obtained his PhD in 1999 from the University of Adelaide. From June 1999 to June 2001 he was a Post-doctoral Fellow at the Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University Medical Centre and Boston, Massachusetts under the mentorship of Prof Joseph Loscalzo (current Editor in- chief Circulation). Willoughby is the Head of the Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Laboratory at the Centre for Heart Rhythm Disorders, University of Adelaide and South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, Adelaide, Australia. Dr Willoughby’s research focuses on understanding the integrative physiological mechanisms controlling inappropriate thrombus formation in conditions of increased cardiovascular risk. Dr Willoughby’s work has been published his work in leading journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America, Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Heart Rhythm, Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology and European Heart Journal. He has published more than published 40 papers and serves on the editorial board of 3 journals. He has also received several awards during his career and has received more than $3 million in personal and collaborative research funding.

Abstract

Abstract : Time course of prothrombotic response after radiofrequency catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation