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Associate Professor

image alt textBHB MB ChB (Auck) PhD (Edin) MPH FRACP FCSANZ FESC
Email philip.adamson@otago.ac.nz

Current roles

  • Associate Professor – Department of Medicine, University of Otago Christchurch
  • Consultant Interventional Cardiologist – Te Whatu Ora – Waitaha Canterbury and the Christchurch Heart Group
  • Senior Research Fellow – University of Edinburgh

Professional and research interests

  • Coronary artery disease (angina and acute coronary syndrome)
  • Valvular heart disease (aortic stenosis, mitral regurgitation)
  • Stroke prevention (PFO closure, LAA occlusion)
  • Cardiac computed tomography (CT)

Phil works in the Christchurch Heart Institute and is a Consultant Interventional Cardiologist.

His clinical expertise is related to the treatment of coronary and structural heart diseases (coronary stenting, TAVI, PFO closure, etc).

His research focus is the diagnostic and prognostic assessment of cardiovascular disease using circulating and imaging biomarkers, particularly advanced cardiac CT imaging. He currently holds 2 project grants from the Health Research Council of NZ for multicentre trials investigating new approaches to the treatment of acute coronary syndromes. He is also an investigator for new devices being tested as minimally invasive treatments for structural heart disease and stroke prevention.

Outside of work he enjoys anything that gets him into the outdoors – running, hiking, and mountain biking.

Publications

Pirker, T., Keys, T., Pham, T., Montecillo, J., Byers, M., Adamson, P., Richards, A. M., & Pemberton, C. (2024). The cardioprotective potential of soluble urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor (suPAR) in myocardial ischemia. European Heart Journal, 45(Suppl. 1), ehae666.3657. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehae666.3657 Journal - Research Article

Pemberton, C. J., Lee, J. A., Wise, J., Raudsepp, S. D., Paton, L., Powell, J., … Troughton, R. W., Adamson, P. D., Richards, A. M., … Than, M., & Pickering, J. W. (2024). Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein-3 (IGFBP-3) measurement in the detection of significant CAD in acute chest pain patients triaged using the No Objective Testing (NOT) rule. European Heart Journal, 45(Suppl. 1), ehae666.1572. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehae666.1572 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Wang, X., Sia, C. S., Adamson, P. D., Greer, C. E., Huang, W., Lee, H. K., … Baskaran, L. (2024). Characterizing nonculprit lesions and perivascular adipose tissue of patients following acute myocardial infarction using coronary computed tomography angiography: A comparative study. Journal of the American Heart Association, 13, e037258. doi: 10.1161/jaha.124.037258 Journal - Research Article

Shepherd, B., Aldous, S., McAlister, C., Greer, C., & Adamson, P. (2024). Audit on the use of computed coronary angiography at Christchurch Hospital. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 33(Suppl. 4), 086. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2024.06.091 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Greer, C., Sanders, R., Kueh, A., Termouth, I., Dhakshinamurthy, V., Frampton, C., … Crengle, S., … Pitama, S., Troughton, R., … Adamson, P. (2024). Computed tomography to reduce invasive coronary angiography in acute coronary syndrome (CRITICAL ACS): Rationale and design. Heart, Lung & Circulation, 33(Suppl. 4), 467. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2024.06.472 Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

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