David Celermajer

David Stephen Celermajer AO FAA FAHMS (born 8 December 1961) is an Australian cardiologist and the Scandrett Professor of Cardiology at the University of Sydney.[1]

Early life and education

Celermajer is the son of John and Tina Celermajer, both Polish Jews who survived the Holocaust.[2] When he was eleven, Celermajer won a scholarship to Sydney Grammar School.[2] He went on to win the World Universities Debating Championship.[2] He graduated from the University of Sydney with a medical degree in 1983, and won a Rhodes Scholarship that same year.[3] He has a PhD in children's heart disease from the University of London, which he received in 1993,[3] and a higher-doctorate D.Sc. from the University of Sydney.[2]

Career

In 2003, Celermajer was appointed the clinical director of the Heart Research Institute.[4]

Research

In 1996, Celermajer published a study showing that exposure to secondhand smoke was associated with "dose-related impairment of endothelium-dependent dilatation" in the arteries of healthy young adults.[5][6]

Honors and awards

In 2002, Celermajer was awarded the Commonwealth Health Minister's Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Research, and in 2006, he was elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science.[3] In 2014, he was named an Officer of the Order of Australia for his "distinguished service to medicine in the field of cardiology, as a clinician and researcher, to improved medical diagnostic methods, and to the promotion of heart health, particularly in children and young adults.”[3] In 2018 he was elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.[7]

Personal life

Celermajer describes himself as an atheist Jew.[2] He is married to nurse Noirin Celermajer, whom he met at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital when they were both trainees there.[2]

References
  1. "Professor David Celermajer AO". Menzies School of Health Research. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  2. Snow, Deborah (26 October 2013). "At the very heart of life and death". Sydney Morning-Herald. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  3. "Professor David Celermajer". University of Sydney. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  4. "David Celermajer". University of Sydney. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  5. Celermajer, David S.; Adams, Mark R.; Clarkson, Peter; Robinson, Jacqui; McCredie, Robyn; Donald, Ann; Deanfield, John E. (18 January 1996). "Passive Smoking and Impaired Endothelium-Dependent Arterial Dilatation in Healthy Young Adults". New England Journal of Medicine. 334 (3): 150–155. doi:10.1056/NEJM199601183340303. PMID 8531969.
  6. "Jurors reminded of evils of secondhand smoke". CNN. 20 August 1997. Retrieved 22 May 2016.
  7. "Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences" (PDF). Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. October 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
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