Associate Professor Sarah Zaman is an Academic Interventional Cardiologist at Westmead Hospital and the Westmead Applied Research Centre, University of Sydney, Australia. A/Prof Zaman is a national leader in academic cardiology, as a Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow and through her roles on guideline writing committees. She has been recognized internationally within interventional cardiology; selected from a world-wide application process to be a United States’ SCAI-ELM Fellow and to take part in The Lancet commission on ischaemic heart disease. A/Prof Zaman has a PhD from the University of Sydney, targeting prevention of sudden cardiac death. She leads a Women’s Heart Disease Research Program at the University of Sydney that involves clinical trial and cohort studies. She has received $4.6 million in competitive grant funding, ~$9 million in Industry support and has published 84 journal articles/book chapters. She is regularly invited faculty to international scientific meetings (e.g. TCT, ACC and SCAI) and organizes the Australian/New Zealand Endovascular Therapies Scientific Sessions. A/Prof Sarah Zaman is an active advocate for women in cardiology, having co-founded the Women in Cardiology groups for Australia/New Zealand.