Professor Andrew Sindone is Director of the Heart Failure Unit and Department of Cardiac Rehabilitation, Concord Hospital and Head of Cardiology, Ryde Hospital.
He established the Heart Failure Unit at Concord Hospital in 1995, with its Clinic, research, rehabilitation and outreach programs. He teaches medical students, junior doctors, General Practitioners and cardiologists and ran a program to update over 150 cardiologists in the management of heart failure.
Professor Sindone has received multiple awards, Grants, has been Principal Investigator in over 60 international multicentre clinical trials and has presented over 120 research papers. He is advisor to the NSW Government on heart failure policy, is co-author of the Asia-Pacific, Global and the Australian Heart Failure Guidelines and served on over 50 Pharmaceutical Advisory Boards. He is patron of multiple charities and supports the Italian Community in Australia with heart disease.