Associate Professor Kavitha Muthiah is a clinical and academic cardiologist specialising in Advanced Heart Failure, Mechanical Circulatory Support and Heart Transplant at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney with conjoint appointments at UNSW and the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute. She is current council representative for Transplant Society of Australia and New Zealand. Following her Phd studies, she completed three additional clinical fellowships in London, UK and in Melbourne. She has served as on consensus statements for the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplant (ISHLT). She has been recipient of the ISHLT Award in MCS Translational Research being the first female and first Australian recipient of this international award. In 2018, she was recipient of the Heart Foundation Innovation Award. She is current supervisor of PhD and honours students with over 50 peer-reviewed publications.